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__Technology in Education - EDUC 5553 Course Page__
Dates: July 14 - July 18 Day and Time: 9:00 am to 4:20 pm Location: BMH 205 || Instructor: Scott Parks Office Hours: Daily 4:30-5:30 or By Appointment Email Address: scott.parks@nbed.nb.ca Twitter: [|@scott_parks] Twitter Hashtag: [|#EDUC5553] ||
 * __**Course Information**__ || __**Instructor Information**__ ||
 * Term: Summer 2014

**__What’s the course about?__** This Education Institute course focuses on technology in education. As a result, study and discussions will focus on products of technology, the impact that technology has on society and on the students in our classrooms. The work of the course will be studying broadly about technology education, the use of social media, looking at provincial technology curricula and designing a curriculum based project utilizing technology.



I want this course to offer you opportunities to:
 * __What are the course goals?__ **
 * read and discuss the impact of technology in society
 * read and discuss technology education
 * look at the use of technologies in schools
 * explore and apply the concepts of technology education
 * demonstrate an understanding of student collaborative projects relating to technology education
 * develop practical, curriculum relevant materials for technology education classrooms

**__Course Structure__** The structure of the class will be very relaxed. Most of the time we will be reading, working on our own projects, and discussing what we have been reading, observing and/or discovering. There will be active participation by class members as well as independent and group focus discussions and research. The majority of the time will be spent working in curriculum design teams for the technology education section. I encourage you to contact me if you are having unusual problems that are affecting the quality of your work.

There is no textbook for this class, however there are a number of required readings. The links to the left provide all information and readings that will be used during the course of our study.
 * __Required Readings__ **