Welcome to ED 101, your Educational Technology Lab at Boston University. This online "book" will provide a brief introduction to the course, including its goals, objectives, and final project.
The overarching goal of this course is to:
Investigate, design, and develop technology-based instructional materials for the classroom.
The objectives of this course include:
• Understand and describe how varieties of instructional technology can help improve learning.
• Demonstrate mastery of basic principles of web design for educational purposes.
• Recognize the legal and ethical issues that arise from the use of the Internet and other electronic resources.
• Be able to adequately search the Internet for grade and learning level-appropriate content.
• Write lesson plans that include instructional technology solutions that support classroom activities.
What are the requirements of this course? This class consists of a few assignments. These are:
• Dockterman Pecha Kucha
• Web-based Lesson Plan
• Educational Website
• Web-based Quiz
• Final reflection paper