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This one hour course will explore a variety of children’s literature across various genres. Among the topics addressed are major works, writers, and illustrators and the distinctive genres and their characteristics.

This course is an introduction to trauma-informed care including the nature of traumatic events and the impact on biological, psychological, academic, and social functioning as it relates to P-12 student development and learning. In addition, students enrolled in the course will identify resiliency factors contributing to growth and well-being despite adverse childhood events. This course prepares the preservice teacher for designing trauma-informed individual and system-wide interventions in the school setting. Preservice teachers will apply universal and foundational traumatic stress assessment skills in discerning appropriate intervention methods based on the students’ level of need and context.

Online research presents unique challenges for students as they develop and extend fundamental literacy skills to various media/ This teacher preparation course focuses on internet, a global library system, which has become the largest repository of information. The ability to think critically about online information is often referred to as Web literacy. To be web literate, readers need to become healthy skeptics who develop critical thinking skills to determine deceptions and truths in an increasingly complex world that grows more and more dependent on online information. Web literacy requires the knowledge and skills to locate, evaluate, synthesize, organize, and communicate information found on the internet.

Designed specifically for education majors, this course is an introduction to educational technology used in contemporary schools; emphasis is placed on interactive boards, computers, tablets, and web applications. This course examines the integration of current technology used for planning, organizing, and delivering instruction based upon the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Students will receive practical hands-on experience in designing learner-centered activities and increasing teacher productivity.