WISCONSIN ONLY

Instructional Technology Coordinator
With Option to Pursue Master's Degree in Technology in Education*

This program enables educators to meet the Instructional Technology Coordinator license competencies. Eligibility requires a Wisconsin license to teach and three years of successful teaching experience at the K-12 level. Prerequisites: experience or course work equivalent to ECOMP 5100 Computers, Technology, and Education and ECOMP 6008, The World Wide Web as an Educational Resource.

ECOMP 6101 | Technology: Impact on Society and the Schools
Through discussions, readings, group work, and class activities, the course focuses on current social and political issues in educational technology, issues of effectiveness, and the process of leading change in educational institutions. Students analyze current practice and evolving issues with varied perspectives. Students lead a seminar on one of the course’s controversial topics and develop a plan for change in their own classrooms, schools, or communities.

ECOMP 7100 | Fundamentals of Computer Structure
This course investigates technical aspects of the computer balancing between hardware and operating system. Methods of maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair are demonstrated and experienced. The goal is to demystify the computer, not create technicians. Students learn basic technical language and concepts to communicate about, prevent, and solve basic technical problems, enabling them to function more effectively in educational settings with computers. This includes being able to make technically informed decisions regarding the purchasing and upgrading of computers.

ECOMP 5007 | 21st Century Teaching: Supporting All Learners on the Ability Spectrum
This hands-on course teaches the application of technologies to the special needs curriculum. Participants develop the knowledge and skills to support special needs learners using technologies—understanding the learning characteristics of special needs students, developing customized hypermedia, selecting and evaluating appropriate software, experimenting with and using software and adaptive technologies, discussing special needs research and national legislation, investigating the latest issues of using technology for special needs learners, and integrating technology into the curriculum.

ECOMP 7009 | Leadership in Educational Technology: Systemic Program Implementation
Using case studies, internet-based sources and publications in the market, and participants’ professional contexts, this course explores and applies key educational leadership principles in technology use. Participants will analyze these principles in their professional settings and develop a product that has significant value to their educational technology leadership role. Course topics include shared vision, planning, access, integration into instruction, assessment and evaluation, support, professional development, community relationships, and ethical legal issues.

ECOMP 6011 | Database Management Systems for Educational Settings
Today’s teachers and administrators use Database Management Systems (DBMS) to support a variety of purposes, and this is becoming increasingly true as educators adopt data-driven decision making. This course provides the knowledge and experience that educators need to understand, design, and implement relational DBMS projects to serve a wide set of goals in educational settings. Course goals and objectives are achieved through group and individual projects that include extensive hands-on experience with Microsoft Access.

ECOMP 6102 | Classroom Assessment with Technology
This course investigates use of classroom assessments to make decisions about instruction and student learning. During the course, participants will explore a broad range of strategies, including:  selected response assessments (such as multiple choice tests, extended written response assessments, and use of observation and personal communication. Participants will learn about the technologies that support assessment design, and they will use technology to design balanced assessments that both prove and improve student achievement.

ECOMP 6106 | Designing Curriculum That Integrates Technology
This course investigates uses of technology in conducting and transforming assessment practices. Participants learn about technologies that support both formal and alternative/authentic assessment (e.g., tests, portfolios, observation tools, self- and whole-class assessments).  Roles of assessment in student learning and meeting an educational organization’s needs will be explored (including current assessments of technology’s efficacy). Participants design balanced assessment programs that both prove and improve student achievement and use multiple methods to evaluate uses of technology resources in schools.

ECOMP 7008 | Research in Technology in Education
This course engages students in action research leading to development of an appropriate intervention in using technology. Through research, students are expected to more fully understand technology’s role in education. Student research projects will include the development of meaningful research questions, a cultural-historical analysis of context, an appropriate research design, and the application of qualitative methods for data collection and analysis. Students will relate their findings to published research, and plan a research-based intervention using technology.

Lesley University reserves the right to unilaterally add, withdraw, or revise any course offering in the above-mentioned program of study, including policies, provisions, requirements, and fees.

Lesley University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity institution and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, handicap or disability in its education programs, employment, or in admissions to, access to or treatment in its programs or activities.