EDL 7510 - Improving Productivity and Practice with Technology

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to M. Ed. program or permission of instructor.
This course prepares educational leaders to apply technology to enhance their professional practice and to increase their productivity; design and facilitate high-quality professional learning experiences that help other educators apply technology to enhance their professional practice; and to increase their productivity, and implement technology in ways that support the emergence and evolution of professional learning communities in schools. Candidates become familiar with information and technology tools common to information-age professionals. Emphasis is placed on computer operations, presentation and communication tools, manipulation, interpretation, and analysis of data that will lead to the academic success of all P-12 students, including those with learning disabilities and those who come from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds.