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=**__Johns Hopkins University Graduate Courses__**= http://education.jhu.edu/mse/mse/
 * //Technology for Educators Graduate Program//**

I enjoyed my time immensely earning my Master's Degree in Education with a concentration in Instructional Technology and Technology Leadership at Johns Hopkins so much that I decided to stay as a faculty member teaching in the very program I graduated from. The course descriptions and artifacts below highlight the classes I instructed over the past three years.

893.515 Hardware, Operating Systems, and Networking for Schools
Students in this hands-on course will examine major computer hardware, operating systems, and networking used in educational settings and address issues related to computer ethics and network security. Topics include system architecture, central processing unit capacities, communication standards, storage mediums, features and functions of operating systems, applications of electronic mail and databases, and the fundamentals of networking and the uses of classroom computers connected to local area networks and wide area networks. Students learn how to design, manage, and evaluate a variety of hardware configurations for individualized access to computing in labs, classrooms, and media centers.

893.508 Technology and the Science of Learning
New technologies are part of the intellectual landscape in which new kinds of knowledge are breaking down the boundaries of previous distinct disciplines. The design and use of new technologies make possible new approaches to learning, new contexts for leaning, new tools to support learning, and new understandings of the dynamics of the learning process itself. This course examines the role of technology relative to the key concepts of active learning, metacognition, and transfer of knowledge from multidisciplinary perspectives on learning. Based on the new science of learning, students will develop and implement technology related strategies that align instructional technology to standards-based instruction, teach problem solving and higher-order thinking skills, promote cooperative learning, and use reflective teaching and inductive approaches to increase student achievement.

=893.628 Gaming and Media Design for Learning= This course provides an overview of the learning theories behind game and simulation design, and how emerging technologies found in the commercial gaming arena can be applied for educational effect. The past and present application of virtual environments and 3-D modeling in education will be explored, with a view toward the projected future use of these technologies to engage students in tomorrow's schools. This course brings together cultural, business, government, and technical perspectives on developing and integrating electronic gaming techniques and technologies to enhance and enrich learning. Course participants will develop an understanding of the current trends (technical and sociological) in computer and console gaming, and what can be learned and applied from the world of gaming to positively affect teaching and learning.

893.545 Integrating Media into Standards-Based Curriculum
Participants explore the use of telecommunications in bringing information and resources from around the world to their individual classrooms, including the technical components of using on-line resources and services, such as digital media centers, electronic text distributors, and video and media available through eServices. Students develop differentiated instructional activities for teaching collaborative projects, for corresponding with students and teachers in other countries, for gathering and analyzing data, and for conducting research in K-12 classrooms.

893.550 Emerging Issues for Instructional Technology
This course will provide students with an overview of emerging issues in instructional technology. Participants will be exposed to emerging issues for Internet-based education, including captology, digital libraries, data mining, and the use of neural networks for enhancing instructional delivery by bringing information to teachers, working with meta-tagging and objects in virtual Web-based environments, and using data as a base for making instructional decisions in schools respectively.