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Technology in Education I - EDU 508 - Course Outline

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Strand 1:
Technology Outcomes and WINDOWS 98/2000/XP
a. Overview of Technology Outcomes and Incorporation of Technology Outcomes in the Classroom
b. WINDOWS 98/2000/XP activities including: use of program manager, mouse activities, running programs, creating, saving, moving and finding files and folders, loading programs, locating devices, and printer setups.
c. Current topics
d. Project

Strand 2:
Microsoft WORD - Word-processing and Desktop Publishing
a. Create, Save, and Print document
b. Change formatting of document
c. Integration with other applications
d. Mail Merge
e. WordArt, columns, drawn objects, and other desktop publishing activities
f. Current topics
g. Project

Strand 3:
Microsoft Excel - Spreadsheet applications
a. Create, Save, and Print spreadsheet
b. Change formatting of spreadsheet
c. Use Formulae and Functions
d. Integration with other applications
e. Create graphs and charts
f. Current topics
g. Project

Strand 4:
Access - Database applications
a. Create, Save, and Print
b. Tables, queries, forms, and reports
c. Integration with other applications
d. Current topics
e. Project

Strand 5:
PowerPoint - Presentation graphics including multimedia
a. Create, Save, and Print presentation
b. Add graphics and transitions to slides
c. Integration with other applications
d. Create Graphs, Charts, and Sound
e. Current topics
f. Project

Strand 6:
Internet - Efficient, effective educational use of the Internet
a. Overview of the Internet including E-Mail, FTP, Gopher, Telnet
b. WWW
c. Search Engines, Efficient Use
d. Build and Link Web Pages, Part I, including: text, lists, and links
e. Build and Link Web Pages, Part II, including graphics, color, tables, frames
f. Current topics
g. Project

Strand 7:
Project Presentation
a.  Project - The participant will present, for peer evaluation, a major project that s/he has developed during the course.  An analysis of the peer evaluation will be written by the presenter and electronically presented to the instructors.