2007 Graduate course catalog at New Jeresey City University. Some courses were transferred from another university and will not be listed.
EDTC 621 Using the Internet in Education
This course prepares school library media specialists to use the Internet as an educational resource. Through the creation of a web project, candidates gain insight into using new technologies to create an active learning environment that encourages critical thinking and collaboration. Candidates learn to conduct research on the World Wide Web, correspond using e-mail, participate in Usernet bulletin boards and LISTSERVE mailing lists, and create web pages. Candidates are introduced to working with graphics, digital sound, and video. The controversial issues of censorship, intellectual property rights, security, source validity, and the impact of multimedia technology on education are studied in this course.
EDTC 625 Using Integrated Software Across the Curriculum
An integrated software package is one that combines Word, data base management, paint, draw, speadsheet and telecommunications capabilities into one package. The package is the starting point to use as a resource-based curriculum. New types of learning and assignments across the curriculum are explored. The goal is to develp candidates who know how to access resources to maintain state-of-the-art technological literacy. Each candidate will design an instructional project as part of the class.
EDTC 627 Seminar: Integrating the National Educational Technology Standards into the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards
This course is designed to explore the latest trends and research in curriculum integration. In this course candidates investigate the Educational Computing and Technology Facilitation Standards and its integration into the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards and their impact on the school library media center.
EDTC 642 Introduction to Authoring Tools
This course will explore a variety of authoring tools. Candidates will conduct a comprehensive survey of authoring tools and create documents applying design elements in order to create an e-book tailored for different learning styles. Candidates will examine the way that hypermedia can be used to improve student achievement in the library/multimedia centers by using a variety of media types, including sound, video, and animation. Throughout the course, candidates will reflect upon the capabilities of authoring tools that are available to educational multimedia designers.
EDTC 631 Technology Facilitator: Issues and Challenges
This course prepares candidates to serve as technology facilitators-professionals who promote the development and implementation of technology infrastructure, procedures, policies, plans, and budgets for P-12 schools. An analysis of district-wide and school curriculum needs, state agency mandates and federal imperatives as well as personnel roles and services will be conducted.
The following are courses not yet taken, but required:
EDTC 618 Learning Theories, Motivation, and Relationship to Technology
In this course the principal theories of human learning are surveyed including behaviorism, cognitive information processing, and conconstructivism. Additional theories which have been shown to affect learning are examined, including motivational, developmental, biological, sociological, and physiological factors. Special emphasis is given to alternative educational approaches, methods, strategies, and technologies that increase instructional effectiveness.
EDTC 655 Internship: School Media Centers
The internship is undertaken after all of the other School Library Media Courses have been completed. Qualified candidates, with approval of the department chairperson, must apply one semester in advance for placement in a school library media center. The center will provide a practical experience for the candidate to utilize the principles and techniques acquired in the coursework. Seminars will be held to review, discuss, and evaluate the internship experience.
EDTC 661 Administration and Supervision of Library Media Centers
This course looks at the management of school library media centers-an analysis of policies and procedures applicable to these centers. This course will develop an understanding of the role, duties, and responsibilities of the professional school library media centers in the educational community.
EDTC 662 Advanced Field Experience
Candidates are assigned to work within a school library media center, working under an established administrator in assisting in the managerial and decision-making responsibilities of the position. Through mutual agreement with the candidate, the media center administrator, and the professor, a program of work is designed that integrates the duties and responsiblities of an educational media specialist.
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