EDUC 573 - Learning Technology across the English Language Arts Curriculum

Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
This is a hands-on course focusing on applications of learning technology to enhance the teaching and learning of English Language Arts as defined in the Common Core Standards. Effective use of technology for teaching the literacy skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing to native English speakers and students who are English language learners will be discussed. Criteria for evaluating software and a variety of approaches to integration of technology into the curriculum will be explored as it applies to the age/grade level and content area of the students’ teaching certificates. The course will also examine techniques to enable students to collaborate with and support other staff in their schools to develop their own skill in of technology. Ten hours of fieldwork required.