Technology

Concentration Area for Elementary Education

For further information, contact your advisor or Dr. Richard Seymour, Department of Industry and Technology, AT 217, 285-5652 rseymour@bsu.edu

Rationale for the Concentration Area

This concentration area provides the opportunity for students to acquire specialized professional knowledge beyond the minimum technological benchmarks expected of all future teachers.
"Technology is the human innovation in action" (Technology for All. nd., p16).
This action facilitates the generation of knowledge that leads to the development of solutions that assist and extend our capabilities as people.

Required Courses, 12 credits

            ITDPT 100, Technology and Society (3)
            EDTEC 350, Curricular Integration of Technology (3)
            EDTEC 470, Technology Policy and Ethics (3)
            ITDPT 400, Concentration Capstone Course (3)

Choose 3 hours from the following courses

            CS 110, Introduction to Programming (3)
            CS 112, Programming for the Classroom (3)
            CS 116, Introduction to Computer Information Systems (3)
            EDCUR 331, Public School Curriculum (3)
            EDRDG 445, Computers in Reading Instruction (3)
            EDTEC 352, Multimedia Web Design and Development for Education (3)
            EDTEC 355, Inquiry Models in Educational Computing (3)
            EDTEC 360, Theories and Design of Instructional Computing (3)
            EDTEC 365, Visual Literacy and Computer Interactions (3)
            EDTEC 480, Digital Medial Planning and Production (3)
            EDTEC 485, Distance Learning and School Infrastructures (3)
            MATHS 330, Technology in Elementary and Middle School Mathematics (3)