CIRL 335 - Literacy,Technology,and Instruction

Institution:

William Paterson University of New Jersey

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Description:

This course is an introductory course in the use of new media and technologies as tools to foster critical and creative thinking in the context of hands-on exploration. Its purpose is to provide teacher candidates with a broad understanding of professional issues related to literacy, technology, and instruction. This course focuses on infusing technology and media literacy skills into the classroom across grades and curricula in consonant with the NJCCCS. The course uses a hands-on approach to enable teacher candidates to have practical applications for their learning and to integrate pedagogy with their respective liberal arts or science subject matter during twenty hours of tutoring. Teacher candidates will explore, investigate, evaluate, and analyze educational software and online resources relevant to the curriculum of their assigned students and develop and implement cooperative, technology-based learning experiences. Teacher candidates will discuss contemporary technology issues, read relevant literature, and use technology appropriately in an interdisciplinary lesson plan. Prerequisite: CIED 203; co-requisite: CISE 295

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wpunj.edu

Phone Number:

(973) 720-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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