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= EDU 580 Educational Technology = =Welcome=

//Course Description// Through reading, reflective writing, and hands-on activities or practice, this course is designed to help practicing educators become aware of the current status of educational technologies for curricular enhancement, professional development, instructional management, administrative application, basic telecommunication infrastructure, and teaching tools.

//Course Rationale// A goal of this course is to help practicing educators develop a complete understanding about concepts, applications, implications, issues, trends, and systems of current educational technology. Realize the benefit of and potential for educational technologies in their professional life as well as the implications for the school.

National Educational Technology Standards
· [|NETS for Teachers] (2008) · [|NETS for Administrators] (2009) · [|NETS for Students] (2007)

Required online videos and articles are hyperlinked above. These will provide the bulk of the instructional content in this course. In some cases the online materials are designed to provide coverage of the same topic from multiple reference frames. Multiple sources covering the same material may be utilized to provide corroboration.

Each week you will find assigned material for the week along with other supportive material. The supportive material may include helpful tools that will be beneficial as you work on future assignments or your final project as well as a selection of Web 2.0 tools to help provide an introduction or overview to a number of different tools as you proceed through the course. Each week includes a list of required links (must be viewed), looking forwards links (to help you on future assignments), and optional links (use as you desire).