COMPUTER AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE

Catalog description

This course will prepare the teacher to integrate technology in the classroom. Will study typical computer models, its basic internal structure and the peripheral equipment necessary. Will present elements that teachers should consider to integrate computers as an instructional tool in their classes. The fundamentals of how the students learn through the computer and the development of a n adequate instructional design in the production of computerized materials will be studied. Part of the laboratory experience will be revising computerized instructional programs on different curriculum levels, use of the information web on the Internet a s an instructional tool, and the alternative of Distance Learning using the computer.