38-6191 Technology in the Classroom: Audio-Visual Equipment

To stay abreast of our complex electronic society, teachers must possess theoretical and practical knowledge of sophisticated technology and apply it appropriately within their discipline. The curriculum consists of a series of two courses (each one semester-hour credit), divided into three areas: audio-visual equipment, visual media, and computer technology and graphics. The courses focus on audio, visual, and audio-visual equipment, and on computer hardware and software available today in most schools. Through hands-on experience, participants learn how to operate the equipment, integrate its use into instruction to meet educational needs, and how to design new education-related applications for the equipment. Laboratory tests and projects are required to measure the students’ proficiency on the equipment. However, the emphasis in these courses is not the technology per se, but rather the productive and efficient ways in which it can enrich classroom learning.

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