The course is designed to assist professionals and teachers in working with the exceptional child in the regular education environment. With a contemporary focus on the inclusive classroom, teachers require additional strategies and tools for an integrated classroom setting. This course is designed to familiarize teachers, who are novices in computing, with how they can best utilize the computer to assist, enhance and enrich their curriculum. This hands on course will utilize the networked IBM computers and will include the use of Microsoft Word for work processing, Power Point for slide presentations and Linkway for animation. Telecommunications, including the Internet and E-mail will also be addressed.
Students study research designs and their appropriateness to educational problems.
With the guidance of a faculty member, students determine a topic and develop a plan for the project. Faculty approval of a proposal for the Project must be granted before a student may enroll for EDUC 800. The implementation of the approved project proposal. Seminars, individual meetings, and conferences will assist the student with implementation, feedback, revision, and evaluation. The written Project is placed on permanent file with the Long Island University School of Education and is made available to all interested members of the educational community.