EED 515 Basic Technology Methods

Dr. Tae Chang: Associate Professor in Elementary Education
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30-3:30 and by appointments in Rm. 2140 College of Education.
Contact information: 818.677.6491, 818.677.2621, or taechang@csun.edu (E-mail preferred)


A. Course Description
This is an introductory course to enhance the effectiveness of teaching by beginning to learn how to use computer-based technology to plan and deliver instruction and to manage information related to teaching.  Additionally, credential candidates become aware of legal and ethical issues related to a teacher's use of technology and learn to select and evaluate technologies in relation to state-adopted academic content standards.  This course meets the technology standards for the preliminary Multiple Subject Teaching Credential.
 


B. Conceptual Framework

The faculty of the Michael D. Eisner College of Education, regionally focused and nationally recognized, is committed to Excellence through Innovation.  We believe excellence includes the acquisition of professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions and is demonstrated by the growth and renewal of ethical and caring professionals - faculty, staff, candidates - and those they serve.  Innovation occurs through collaborative partnerships among communities of diverse learners who engage in creative and reflective thinking.  To this end we continually strive to achieve the following competencies and values that form the foundation of the Conceptual Framework.

  • We value academic excellence in the acquisition of professional knowledge and skills.
  • We value the use of evidence for the purposes of monitoring candidate growth, determining the impact of our programs, and informing ongoing program and unit renewal.  To this end we foster a culture of evidence.
  • We value ethical practice and what it means to become ethical and caring professionals.
  • We value collaborative partnerships within the College of Education as well as across disciplines with other CSUN faculty, P-12 faculty, and other members of regional and national educational and service communities.
  • We value diversity in styles of practice and are united in a dedication to acknowledging, learning about, and addressing the varied strengths, interests, and needs of communities of diverse learners.
  • We value creative and reflective thinking and practice.
 


C.  Course Objectives
1.  Acquire introductory knowledge of best practices and research findings on how to use computer-based technology in teaching and can apply this knowledge to the design of lessons.  (TPE 1)
2.  Apply knowledge of best practices and research to the design of lessons.  TPE 1)
3.  Use computer applications and tools to design instruction.  (TPE 4 & 6)
4.  Have basic knowledge of issues related to the educational use of computers, including: copyright, moral, legal, safety, acceptable use policies, and ethical.  (TPE 12)
5.  Use information management applications for teachers.  (TPE 3)
6.  Use selections criteria to evaluate educational technologies for use with K-8 students.  (TPE 3)
7.  Learn and apply criteria and apply criteria for selecting educational software, computer application, and Internet resources for use with K-8 students.  (TPE 9)
8.  Able to align available software and applications with curricular goals and the K-12 content standards
 


D. Methods of Completing Course Objectives
1.  PowerPoint
2 . Word processing
3 . Web design
4 . Outline
5 . Database
6.  Survey
 
E. Delay/Withdraw Process

In accordance with state and national standards, students in the Department  of Elementary Education at California State University, Northridge are  assessed on knowledge, performance, and professional dispositions.  Faculty  in the Department of Elementary Education fully expect students to be  successful and meet all program standards, but poor academic preparation,  poor academic work, poor performance, or observed professional  dispositional deficiencies will constitute grounds for a decision regarding  separation from the teacher preparation program (or any other Elementary  Education program) at California State University, Northridge.  The  Department of Elementary Education has adopted a process for ensuring that  all CSUN students uphold standards of knowledge, performance, and  professional dispositions recognized by the education profession.  Obtain  detailed information about the involuntary delay/withdrawal process, the  Statement of Concern form, student appeals, and the list of Qualities  Important to Future Teachers and Educational Professionals go here

Withdrawals & Incompletes shall not be permitted during the final twenty percent of instruction (after week 12) except in cases, such as accident or serious illness, where the cause of withdrawal is due to circumstances clearly beyond the student's control (Office of the CSU Chancellor, Executive Order #792, p. 4).

F. Dispositions

In accordance with state and national standards, students in the Department of Elementary Education at California State University, Northridge are assessed on knowledge, performance, and professional dispositions.  Faculty in the Department of Elementary Education fully expect students to be successful and meet all program standards, but poor academic preparation, poor academic work, poor performance, or observed professional dispositional deficiencies will constitute grounds for a decision regarding separation from the teacher preparation program (or any other Elementary Education program) at California State University, Northridge.  The Department of Elementary Education has adopted a process for ensuring that all CSUN students uphold standards of knowledge, performance, and professional dispositions recognized by the education profession.  Obtain detailed information about the involuntary delay/withdrawal process, the Statement of Concern form, student appeals, and the list of Qualities Important to Future Teachers and Educational Professionals at www.csun.edu/coe/eed/delay_withdrawal.

Qualities Important to Future Teachers and Educational Professionals
A. Personal qualities important to the teaching/education profession
B. Qualities important to collaboration
C. Commitment to professional growth
D. Commitment to diversity and social justice
E. Commitment to ethical practices
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FYI, besides syllabus, it would be a good idea to look at the following sites...
 

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