EDU 580 Technology Integration
Module I

EDU 580 Technology Integration. (6 credit hours distributed in .5 modules across each Core
course. Prerequisites: Access to a computer for personal use meeting current hardware and software standards; introductory knowledge, skills, and understanding of concepts related to technology.)

This course is designed to prepare leaders to integrate diverse educational technologies in an
educational setting in ways that reflect a theoretical, research based, and practical understanding
of curriculum/assessment development and the effective uses of technology. The course
emphasizes practical ways to integrate technology into everyday instruction including contentarea
knowledge acquisition, inquiry, communication, critical thinking, and problem solving.
Course content explores the role of leaders as agents of reform regarding technology and includes
the role and responsibility of various technologies to address diverse learning needs by utilizing
an array of applications to enhance classroom instruction, motivate learners, and connect home
and school. [Offered Summer 1 and each semester when its companion core is offered]