Improving chemistry education by offering salient technology training to preservice teachers: A graduate-level course on using software to teach chemistry. Tofan, D., C. Journal of Chemical Education, 86(9):1060-1062, 2009.
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This paper describes an upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level\ncourse on computers in chemical education that was developed and\noffered for the first time in Fall 2007. The course provides future\nchemistry teachers with exposure to current software tools that can\nimprove productivity in teaching, curriculum development, and education\nresearch. Topics include features of Microsoft Office 2007, database\nprogramming using the structured query language, creating structured\ndocuments in extended markup language, drawing chemical structures\nand equipment using ChemSketch and Adobe Illustrator, using Virtual\nLab activities in teaching, using data collection software such as\nVernier LoggerPro, and creating animated tutorials in Adobe Captivate.\nStudent performance is assessed using three different formats. Weekly\nassignments are completed based on the tools studied in class and\nuploaded electronically into the Blackboard course management system.\nAt the end of the semester, each student creates a project based\non one or more tools used in the course. In addition, graduate students\npresent a paper incorporating recent literature citations on the\nuse of computers in chemical education. Student response to this\ncourse has been very positive, and the course is offered regularly.

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