CONT403: Communications Technology Grades 9/10

Course Schedule

Course Description

The Communications Technology Grades 9 and 10 Additional Qualifications course will develop and refine your technical skills. It will broaden your knowledge of Communications Technology-related concepts, resources, curriculum documents, and assessment and evaluation principles, using activity-based, project-driven approaches. You’ll use a variety of collaborative tools, mobile applications and communications technology–specific software to design and create engaging content for your students. You will explore theoretical and practical issues of technological studies and use strategies that are current, relevant, meaningful and practical. You will implement a broad-based pedagogical approach that includes problem solving, professional readings and reflection. The course provides opportunities to create professional support networks, receive feedback from your peers and the instructor, and share your learning with others.

Throughout this course, you will use a variety of collaborative tools, mobile applications, and subject-specific software and peripherals that will allow you to create engaging content for your students.

You will also have the opportunity to collaborate online with your course colleagues on a number of projects. You will be able to discuss theoretical and practical issues of common interest with your colleagues and your course instructor.

The emphasis in this course will be on open-ended cooperative problem solving with a focus on the design process as well as the product or solution.

What You Will Learn and Do

In this course, you’ll have the opportunity to

• learn about current theory and practice in teaching strategies
• create an online presence and work with your online account
• develop a module-based, student-centred, collaborative learning environment that meets Ministry of Education guidelines and the needs of your school and community
• learn about Ministry initiatives that support Communications Technology (e.g., SHSM)
• apply theoretical knowledge to practical classroom strategies and tools
• create and deliver short tutorials that support unit development and delivery
• integrate a variety of new technical skills, software, and mobile apps into your course
• learn about ethical use of communication technology
• learn about environmental considerations as they relate to communication technology
• learn about health and safety issues related to communication technology
• learn from and participate in professional learning networks (PLNs)
• create documentation that will allow you to arrange and manage a communication technology space effectively
• develop skills to effectively communicate with parents/guardians, community partners, and school administration

Application Requirements

1) OCT MEMBERSHIP

We will use the OCT number you provide during online registration to confirm you are an OCT member.

2) WORK EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION

• Educators with existing technological education qualifications do not need to provide additional documentation.
• Educators without technological education qualifications need:
  • a Certificate of Qualification and Registration
  • five years of work experience, including business or industrial experience, or a combined total of five years’ post-secondary education and work experience, including:
    • at least two years’ business or industrial work experience, at least four months of which were continuous, and post-secondary education acceptable to the OCT consisting of:
      • an apprenticeship program acceptable to the OCT, and…
      • work experience demonstrating competency based on an assessment of advanced skills and knowledge, related to a technological education subject listed in Schedule B of the regulation.
  • *Experience teaching Communications Grades 9/10 is accepted as part of the five-year requirement at a ratio of two years experience to one year of the required total e.g., four years teaching Communications Grades 9/10 is equal to two years of the required five years experience.

• Eligible work experience must use skills and knowledge related to the subject and may include business or industrial experience in the following areas:
  • radio and TV arts/animation
  • graphic art and design
  • photography

Applicants must provide a letter of experience from their former employer on official company letterhead. The letter must be signed by an authorized representative of the employer and include:

• The start and end dates of employment
• Whether the employment was full-time or part-time
• A detailed description of the duties, responsibilities, and tasks performed in the position

 *One year of work experience can be interpreted as 1,700 hours of work experience.

**If you were self-employed, you must submit an affidavit and a business license to confirm years of work experience.

Course Materials

Accommodations

Applicants who require accommodations for a specific learning need (e.g., learning disability) within their AQ/ABQ course, should click here for further information and support.

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Refund Schedule

• If you drop a course by the midpoint of the course, you will receive 100% of your course fee
• If you drop a course after the midpoint, before the end of the course, you will receive 50% of your course fee

For more about our refund policies, visit our Fees & Refunds page.