Brief Catalog Description:
This graduate course in educational technology will provide an awareness, understanding, and appreciation of the use of application and curriculum-related software in the teaching and learning process. It will include the use of application programs and instructional software in selection, evaluation, and correlation with the adopted WV Instructional Goals and Objectives.

Information:
Educators will use application programs and instructional software relating to state goals and objectives for professional enhancement and for use in the classroom.

Objectives:  By the end of this class, the learner will be able to:

• Demonstrate skills in using application programs for professional productivity
• Demonstrate skills in developing the students’ abilities to use application software as a tool
• Demonstrate the ability to evaluate new software programs
• Demonstrate the ability to integrate application software to curriculum subjects
• Demonstrate the knowledge to identify system requirements for software purchases
• Select appropriate applications or software for a given task or problem
• Demonstrate an awareness of copyright laws as they relate to software and licensing
• Identify sources both electronically and in periodicals that introduce new software applications

• Examples of products created with productivity software
• Thematic unit utilizing publishing and multimedia
• Software evaluations