Note: Students will be assumed to have a reasonable acquaintance with the Macintosh and/or Windows interface, word processing and basic file manipulation.

Credit Points: 6.25

HECS Band: 1

Coordinator: John Warner

Semester: 1, repeat 2 (view timetable)

Contact: A total of 18 hours

Subject Objectives:

On successful completion of this subject students should be able to:

• Understand the ethics of using computers in the classroom;
• Evaluate educational software in a critical way from both the product design and analysis of educational objectives;
• Be critical users of the information available through Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), especially the World Wide Web;
• Be capable users of a range of ICT within a variety of classroom models;
• Understand and communicate the place of ICT in the CSF learning outcomes and in an integrated curriculum;
• Understand and appreciate the role of multimedia in the classroom;Be aware of computer hardware and software for students with special needs; and
• Be able to use a range of ICT for teacher and student research within the context of a global educational community;
• Develop and teach appropriate and engaging learning experiences for students that enrich students’ information technology capabilities.

Subject Description

Topics include ethics of using computers in the classroom; computers in the integrated curriculum; a critical evaluation of current curriculum software and strategies for software evaluation in the context of teaching and learning styles and CSF learning outcomes; communications and the use of the internet in the classroom; productivity tools for teachers; the place of multimedia in the classroom. Computers and software for special needs; computers and the technology CSF; and IT resources for teachers.

Assessment :Projects dealing with educational applications of software typically used in schools, equivalent to a 2000-word essay

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