Elementary education majors at Ball State are required to select a concentration area to complement their education program. The technology concentration area provides the opportunity for you to acquire specialized professional knowledge beyond the minimum technological benchmarks expected of all future teachers.
You may count as many as 12 hours from the technology concentration toward a computer education teaching license. For more information contact the concentration coordinator or the Department of Elementary Education.
Required Courses (12 hours)
ITDPT 100 - Technology and Society EDTEC 350 - Curricular Integration of Technology EDTEC 470 - Technology Policy and Ethics ITDPT 400 - Capstone in Technology for the Elementary Grades
Choose 3 hours from the following courses:
CS 110 - Introduction to Computer Science CS 116 - Visual Programming EDCUR 331 - Public School Curriculum EDRDG 445 - Using Computers in Reading Instruction EDTEC 352 - Multimedia Web Design and Development for Education EDTEC 355 - Learning and Teaching with Emerging Technologies EDTEC 360 - Studies in Educational Technology EDTEC 365 - Visual and Digital Literacies EDTEC 480 - Internship in Educational Technology EDTEC 485 - School Information Infrastructures and Technology Leadership MATHS 330 - Technology in Elementary and Middle School Mathematics