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Graduates of the Educational Technology M. Ed. program at Texas State will be prepared to teach technology applications, use technology to support student learning of subject-area content, and provide professional development, mentoring, and basic technical and instructional assistance to other professional educators on their campuses and/or in their districts.
The program will meet the International Society for Technology in Education's standards, which are required for National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education accreditation, and appropriate Texas State Board for Educator Certification standards.
The educational objectives are the same as those for existing M. Ed. degrees in the College of Education with the addition of the following objectives based on the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) objectives:
- Technology Facilitation: Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of technology operations and concepts in order to model for and assist teachers.
- Planning and Designing Learning Environments & Experiences: Plan, design, and model effective learning environments and multiple experiences supported by technology.
- Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum: Apply and implement curriculum plans that include methods and strategies of utilizing technology to maximize student learning.
- Assessment and Evaluation: Apply technology to facilitate a variety of effective assessment and evaluation strategies.
- Productivity and Professional Practice: Apply technology to enhance and improve personal productivity and professional practice.
- Social, Ethical, Legal, and Human Issues: Understand the social, ethical, legal, and human issues surrounding the use of technology in P-12 schools and assist teachers in applying that understand to their practice.
- Procedures, Policies, Planning, and Budgeting for Technology Environments: Promote the development and implementation of technology infrastructure, procedures, policies, plans, and budgets for P-12 schools.
- Leadership and Vision: Contribute to the shared vision for campus integration of technology and foster an environment and culture conducive to the realization of the vision.
An additional objective based on SBEC standards for the Master Technology Teacher certificate not directly dealt with in the objectives above, is:
- Assistive Technologies: Demonstrate knowledge of assistive technologies and ability to collaborate with appropriate teachers and other staff to link appropriate technology to individual students with special needs.
Other requirements are that students meet requirements for admission to the Texas State Graduate College, complete required graduate classes and demonstrate required competencies, maintain the GPA required by the Texas State Graduate College, and successfully complete a graduate comprehensive exam.
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