Field experience is required. This course is a study of methods of teaching mathematics to young children. It emphasizes a variety of techniques and a developmentally appropriate curriculum. Field experience is required. This course provides an introductory overview of educational media and technology from a conceptual perspective and gives students the opportunity to learn techniques for incorporating media materials into their classrooms and operating commonly used educational media equipment.
Students become familiar with a spectrum of traditional, interactive and emerging technologies.
Students will design materials through structured assignments. Final products may be used during student teaching. In this course, teacher education candidates explore instructional computing and develop an understanding of the role and application of computers in the classroom. Students select and use instructional computing hardware and software appropriate to instructional goals, objectives and educational settings. Students also learn to use electronic networks for instructional purposes and develop skill in using basic productivity software through structured assignments and collaborative projects.