Integrating Content and Technology to Enhance Learning

Course Description

This course emphasizes the integration of pedagogy, content knowledge, and technology for a transformative impact on elementary education. The course explores current thinking on the role of technology in today's elementary school classrooms while inspiring teacher candidates to use evidencebased practice for integrating technology with elementary curriculum. Designed for aspiring elementary educators, the course emphasizes how technology can support diverse learning strengths and needs, foster collaboration, and promote creativity. Teacher candidates gain hands-on experience with a variety of digital tools, applications, and resources aligned to the key content areas of social studies, language arts, science, math, and the arts. Through practical applications, candidates have opportunities to enhance lessons by integrating technology that encourages critical thinking to deepen learning and builds digital literacy skills. The course also addresses ethical considerations and developing policies for creating safe, equitable, and inclusive digital learning environments. Candidates explore responsible use of AI tools by Pre-requisites elementary educators and consider multiple views - including expressing their own - on integrating AI and other technology tools in elementary classrooms. By the end of the course, teacher candidates will have had multiple opportunities to develop a robust understanding of how to leverage technology to enhance student engagement, foster excitement in learning, and prepare learners for a rapidly evolving digital world. Pre-requisites

Code

EDUC 3064

Credits

5

Subject

Education