Computer/Technology Endorsement

Computer/Technology Endorsement

Program Description

This fully online program will help prepare candidates to develop innovative teaching and training practices and bring them into K-12 settings, with a specific focus on computers and technology-based learning. Candidates will learn to design technology-based learning environments using a variety of educational technologies and the fundamentals of instructional design.

This program can be completed at the same time as the Instructional Design and Learning Technologies M.Ed. program. Please contact the M.Ed program director for more information.

This program does not lead to an initial teaching license. Students must complete all five courses in the program before being eligible for the Computer/Technology Endorsement.

 

Admission Requirements

1. Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
2. Cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.7 or higher
3. GPA of 3.0 or higher on any previous graduate work, if applicable.
4. Current Ohio teaching license (Endorsements cannot be added to alternative or supplemental licenses).
5. Entrance Essay: Please include a short essay with your application that answers the following questions (see below). Your essay should not exceed 1,000 words or two pages (whichever comes first). You will upload the essay to your application.  

• Why do you want to earn the Computer/Technology endorsement?
• To complete this program, you will need to be able to complete a 50 hour field experience. Most students complete this in their own classroom, implementing lessons with students that are designed with technologies and pedagogies learned while enrolled in the program. Please tell us where you are currently actively teaching, including the school, address, classes taught, and grade level taught. Also, please share if you will have the ability to implement several lessons designed with technologies and pedagogies learned while in the program.
• Please provide specific examples describing your experience using educational technologies, multimedia technologies, or other technologies and how these experiences would help you to be successful in this program. Examples of relevant experience could include but are not limited to, practical teaching experiences, training classes, certificates, minors, or degrees in these areas. Provide links to examples of work samples or a digital portfolio, if applicable.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the program will be able to:

• Use educational technologies to improve student learning.
• Demonstrate best practices when designing learning environments that use or are facilitated by educational technologies.
• Create learning environments that encourage collaboration and use project-based learning.

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