Academic
Catalog August 2009 - August 2010 Undergraduate
and Graduate
College of Education
Department of Educational Specialties
Eastburn Education Center, room 106
NAU, PO Box 5774, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5774
928-523-5342 (fax 928-523-9284)
Department Chair
Lawrence D. Gallagher
As an educator, you must be prepared to meet the needs of students in a technologically advancing world. Our educational technology area is designed to help you explore the use and integration of technology in instructional learning settings (using technology to support instruction), computer-aided learning, telecommunications, and multimedia. We support a bi-platform (Windows and Mac operating systems) teaching lab for students taking ETC 447, our undergraduate course, to provide you with experiential preparation in strategies for teaching in classrooms with one computer or in state-of-the-art technology classrooms.
You may pursue the following graduate academic plans through the College of Education’s Educational Technology program:
Over the last several years, study after study has identified good pre-service and in-service education in technology as a pressing public school need. Many national reports cite the critical need for prospective and professional teachers to have training in technology. Indeed, classroom teachers are not only required to be proficient in using computer technology, but are also expected to understand and integrate a variety of technologies in their teaching methodology.
Our academic plans are based on the standards of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and the National Educational Technology (NETS) for both students and teachers and help prepare you to meet these expectations.
Click here for more information about Educational Technology undergraduate courses, graduate courses, and faculty.