Education majors at New Mexico State University must pass a comparable technology class as a graduation requirement. About one-third of those students will eventually teach in bilingual programs, says Dr. Karin M. Wiburg, associate dean for the College of Education. Wiburg says the course exposes students to a wide range of burgeoning technologies.
“If they didn’t know what podcasting was before they took this class, they’ll get a good idea here,” she says.
While the emergence of these types of technology courses seems gradual, their existence is imperative, say their supporters.
“With so much media that makes communication non-face-to-face, we faculty aren’t teaching students what they need to know if we don’t teach them how to use the technology,” Gaugler says.
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