EDUC 679 - Workshop:

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0

This course, designed for the computer novice, will introduce teachers (and prospective teachers) to a wide variety of uses for microcomputers in the classroom. The course will involve a great deal of “hands-on” experience. The course will include an introduction to the popular “integrated” software package called Microsoft Office, and will expose you to three of its components: the word processor, database, and electronic spreadsheet. The emphasis will be on showing you how a teacher might be able to use each of these components. You will learn how to access the Internet and how to use electronic mail (“e-mail”) and the “World-Wide Web” to gather information for you and your students. You’ll learn how to create a “multimedia presentation” using a popular program called “PowerPoint.” Attention will also be given to the evaluation and selection of educational software.