Learning Technology Specialty

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Advisor: Michelle Fraboni
Phone: 718-997-5324
e-mail: michelle_fraboni@qc.edu

Program Requirements: 39 credits The graduate specialty in Learning Technology is designed for upper-elementary and middle-school teachers. Courses in the technology specialty are designed to enhance the expertise of teachers in using technology in the core subject matter areas of Language Arts, Social Studies, Mathematics, and Science. Completion of this specialty will allow teachers to enhance their own classroom teaching through the use of modern learning technology and prepare them for a leadership role in learning technology in their schools.

Courses

Credits

Semester Taken

ADVANCED STUDY CORE (15 credits)

    

Select ONE of the following 3-credit courses:         

EECE 702    Social Foundations of Education

EECE 704    Major Contemporary Issues in Education

EECE 705    School and Community

3

  

Select ONE of the following 3-credit courses:

EECE 710 Ecological Perspectives on Development: The Early Years        

EECE 711 Ecological Perspectives on Development: The Childhood Years

EECE 717 Ecological Perspectives on Development: The Adolescent Years

3

  

Take ALL of the following 3-courses:

EECE 703    Classroom Realities in Diverse Settings                 

EECE 780    Introduction to Educational Research (Take this course as part of your first 12 credits)

EECE 782    Teacher as Researcher

                        (Take this as your final course in the program)

3

3

3

  

INTERDISCIPLINARY CORE (12 credits)

    

Take ALL of the following 3-credit courses:

EECE 796    Exploring Problems in History through Literature

EECE 797    Queens County as a Learning Lab

EECE 798    Reading and Writing for Learning in Science           

EECE 799    Exploring Mathematical Ideas through Literature

3

3

3

3

  

Learning Technology Specialty (12 credits)

    

Take BOTH of the following 3-credit courses:

EECE 750    Modern Learning Technologies* (see note below)     

EECE 783    Research in Educational Technology OR EECE 800 - Issues in Math, Science, and Technology

 

Learning Technology Electives

Choose two of the following 3-credit courses:

EECE 734    Using Telecommunications/WWW in Classrooms    

EECE 735    Multimedia in the Classroom                               

EECE 800    Teaching Science and Social Studies through Technology

EECE 790    Independent Study (in Learning Technology)

EECE 800    Special Topics in Educational Technology

 

3

3

 

6

  

Total Credits:

39

  

*Special  note regarding EECE 750Students who have taken an undergraduate introductory educational  technology course (similar to EECE 220) in the past 2 years may opt out of EECE 750 and  take a third elective from the above list.