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 485-113 Computers and the Classroom

Note

Students will be assumed to have a reasonable acquaintance with the Macintosh and/or Windows interface, word processing and basic file manipulation.

Credit Points

6.25

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

John Warner

Semester

1, repeat 2 (view timetable)

Contact

A total of 18 hours

Subject Description

Topics include computers in the integrated curriculum; a critical evaluation of current curriculum software and strategies for software evaluation in the context of teaching and learning styles and CSF learning outcomes; communications and the use of the Internet in the classroom; productivity tools for teachers; the place of multimedia in the classroom. Computers and software for special needs; and computers and the technology CSF.

Assessment

Projects dealing with educational applications of software typically used in schools, equivalent to a 2000 word essay.

Prescribed Texts
  • D P Chambers & M Dobbins, Computers & the K-6 Classroom: Kids Can Do. CD-ROM, Department of Science & Mathematics Education, University of Melbourne, 1998.
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