Bill Robertson, Ph.D. - Classes
Teacher Education Department
EDT 5373 - Advanced Productivity Technology Classroom
This class focuses on curriculum strategies that utilize word processing, presentation programs, and spreadsheets for the EC-12 classroom; development and use of databases; extended web page creation integrating graphics, web-page scripts, and file transfer; creation and implementation of online collaborative projects; continued portfolio development and peer mentoring experiences .
Technology can be an ally to the modern teacher, and should be effectively integrated into the presentation and demonstration of the curriculum. This takes a different style of teacher, one who learns from students and also models the use of technology in the classroom (Duffy et al. 1986). Today’s student needs to be stimulated, and since technology is an integral feature of the modern world, to not use it in the classroom is a real disservice to the student. In science, "technology provides the eyes and ears of science - and some of the muscle too" (Rutherford and Alhgren, 1990). Technology, whether it is a computer or a calculator, is vital to teaching the concepts associated with data collection, computation and measurement. It is also something that is recommended by educators in such volumes as the National Science Standards and the National Mathematics Standards.
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Bill Robertson, Ph.D. (robertson@utep.edu)
Teacher Education Department, College of Education, University of Texas at El Paso