Seminar: Integrating the National Educational Technology Standards into the New Jersey Core Curriculum Contents Standards ( In Progress)

This course is designed to explore the latest trends and research in curriculum integration. In this course candidates investigate the Educational Computing and Technology Facilitation Standards and its integration into the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content

Standards and their impact on the school library media center.

Organization of Library Media Materials ( In Progress)

This course provides an examination of the technical processes (acquisitions, cataloging, processing, and circulation) necessary for the access, organization, and maintenance of media materials in the educational media center and a general conceptual foundation for student centered information services and instruction in educational media centers. It provides access to all types of resources and equipment by identifying, establishing, and using delivery systems to retrieve information in all formats.

Using Integrated Software Across The Curriculum

An integrated software package is one that combines word processing, data base management, paint, draw, spreadsheet and telecommunications capabilities into one package. The package is the starting point to use as a resource based curriculum. New types of learning and assignments across the curriculum are explored. The goal is to develop candidates who know how to access resources to maintain state-of-the-art technological literacy.

Introduction To Authoring Tools

This course will explore a variety of authoring tools. Candidates will conduct

a comprehensive survey of authoring tools and create documents applying design elements in order to create an e-book tailored for different learning styles.

Using The Internet In Education

This course prepares school library media specialists to use the Internet as an educational resource. Through the creation of a web project, candidates again insight into using new technologies to create an active learning environment that encourages critical thinking and collaboration.

Learning Theories