Educational Technology Skills for Teacher Education Majors

Introduction

Technology-related skills and knowledge will be developed, demonstrated, and implemented in education and content area courses required of teacher education majors. These skills will be utilized and developed in carefully sequenced steps that are appropriate for knowledge acquisition and application. The syllabi of the courses involved will state directly which technology-related skills and/or knowledge will be developed and utilized during completion of course assignments. The following is a list of technology-related skills that students of teacher education will be expected to use throughout their course of study at KSU and the courses in which these skills are utilized.

• Basic skills (ENGL 1101 and 1102)
1. Computer terminology such as hard drive, CPU, floppy disk, memory, RAM, etc.
2. Operating systems – Mac OS Windows
3. Formatting disks


• Word processing ( ENGL 1101 and 1102)
1. Creating, saving, and retrieving files
2. Formatting a document (spacing, alignment, margins, tabs)
3. Manipulating text (font, size, styles)
4. Printing


• Electronic mail (EDUC 2201, EDUC 2204)
1. Receiving mail
2. Sending mail


• Research (EDUC 2201, EDUC 2204)
1. Accessing the Internet and World Wide Web using search engines
2. Searching ERIC for documents on a specific topic


• Multimedia/Presentation Software
1. Creating linear and/or nonlinear presentations using packages such as Power Point and/or HyperStudio. [ Courses in which an individual or group presentation is assigned (as in EDUC 3308). Also used in the English courses above.]


• Management/Productivity Software (EDUC 3302)
1. Creating a spreadsheet that includes:
• Textual information appropriate for students records (name, address, parents, phone numbers, etc.)
• Numerical information appropriate for calculation of student grades.
2. Manipulating a spreadsheet by sorting information (for example, by last name or final grade)


• Content Area Software and its Application [FLED 4410, FLED 4412, FLED 4413, FLED 4480]
1. Selection of content area software are appropriate to instructional objectives
2. Evaluation of content area software in consideration of instructional objectives


• Other Media such as interactive videodiscs, computer-based labs, and calculators. [FLED 4410, FLED 4412, FLED 4413, FLED 4480]

The majority of technology-related skills listed above will not be taught in education or content area courses. It is therefore the student’s responsibility to gain experience with these skills before he or she takes a course in which the utilization of the skills are required. Many opportunities for developing technology skills are available on campus. An informational handbook listing the skills, the courses in which the skills are taught and/or utilized, and sources of information regarding technology classes and workshops is available in the Graduate Office in the College of Education, 3^rd floor of Kennesaw Hall. Students are encouraged to obtain a copy of this handbook.