Boise State University
Master of Educational Technology
Integrating Technology into the Classroom: Edtech 541
Course Description
You will examine and explore technology integration strategies within K-12 networked computing environments. Content will include an examination of technology integration techniques using various application tools, instructional software, productivity software, and the Internet. You will also identify relative advantages for choosing technology integration strategies and resources for you to draw upon in developing your own technology integration activities.
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
Textbook for this Class
Roblyer, M.D. and Doerling, A.H. (2012). Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching (6Ed.). Allyn & Bacon.
You will examine and explore technology integration strategies within K-12 networked computing environments. Content will include an examination of technology integration techniques using various application tools, instructional software, productivity software, and the Internet. You will also identify relative advantages for choosing technology integration strategies and resources for you to draw upon in developing your own technology integration activities.
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of hardware function, installation, selection and maintenance by developing a networking/hardware lesson or conducting a field trip.
- Locate and evaluate current research on teaching and learning with technology and generate a personal rationale for using technology in education based on findings from research and practice.
- Define and identify instructional software types and uses.
- Identify and develop effective classroom activities using telecommunications tools and the Internet and will demonstrate this knowledge through reflective activities and the development of one or more web-based activities.
- Develop effective classroom activities using advanced features of database management systems and/or advanced spreadsheet software tools and demonstrate knowledge of this through the development of a database or spreadsheet supported lesson.
- Identify and classify adaptive assistive hardware and software for students and teachers and demonstrate this knowledge through reflective discussion activities.
- Identify and describe teaching and learning tasks as well as productivity uses for Internet-based tools.
- Identify and describe teaching and learning tasks with productivity software tools.
- Identify current issues in all content areas that will impact the selection and use of technology,describe key strategies for integrating technology into those content areas, and identify example software and Web resources required to carry out each integration strategy.
Textbook for this Class
Roblyer, M.D. and Doerling, A.H. (2012). Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching (6Ed.). Allyn & Bacon.