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Early Childhood, Elementary and Literacy Education

Academic Programs: Graduate
Certificate in New Literacies, Digital Technologies and Learning

Overview

The certificate in New Literacies, Digital Technologies and Learning focuses on developing educators who are able to use a range of digital technologies as a seamless part of literacy instruction. It focuses on literacy practices that are mediated by digital technologies (i.e. blogging, gaming, social networking) or that are newly recognized as literacies (i.e. fanfiction writing, narrative video making).

These technologies - like blogs and wikis, video and audio creation, social networking applications, and user - created content management systems - require and generate new ways of reading, writing, viewing and communicating with others. The program provides educators with sound theories that help shape practice, along with practical strategies for developing effective ways of using new literacies and Web 2.0 technologies in learning contexts.

This 15-credit program:
  • Will qualify individuals as experts in K-12 new literacies and digital technologies

  • Offers courses in hybrid mode (a few traditional classes, with the rest online)

  • Has the potential to advance standing in a current teaching position

  • Is an ideal complement to degrees and certifications in Reading

  • Is an excellent stepping-stone to doctoral study in the field of new literacies

Course Requirements:

All candidates must meet the basic admission requirements for graduate study at Montclair State University. Applicants are not required to be certified teachers.

Required Courses
Number Name Hours
MEDI 503 Critical Basics of Media and Technology Production 3
MEDI 506 Evaluation and Selection of Educational Media 3
MEDI 521 Design of Innovative Curriculum Resources 3
READ 525 Literacies, Digital Technology and Learning 3
 
Elective Course (select one)
Number Name Hours
ECEL 517 Integrating Science and Technology in Early Childhood and Elementary Classrooms 3
EDTC 510 Technology Planning for Education Renewal 3
EDTC 520 Integrating Technology Across the Elementary Curriculum 3
EDTC 530 Integrating Technology Across the Secondary Curriculum 3
MEDI 500 Media, Technology, and Learning in the Curriculum 3
MEDI 520 Production of Materials for Media Technology 3
MUED 518 Technology for Music Teachers 3
READ 503 Literature for Adolescents 3
READ 522 History of Literacy and Media 3
READ 524 Teaching Multiethnic Literature in P-8 Classrooms 3
SPED 585 Technology for Inclusive Classrooms 3
 
PROGRAM TOTAL: 15 credits