Course Synopsis
This course was an introduction into the world of technology and its uses in education. Throughout the year we researched several different topics, including the history of education, multimedia and education, and educational philosophies. Also, we created thorough timelines on the history of computers. As the year progressed, we learned html on our own in order to prepare for our final project of creating a personal website. Guest speakers attended our classes throughout the year to provide insight into how technology enhances the work environment. To complete the course, we created this website to demonstrate what we learned this semester.
Professor Frank Borchardt
Professor Frank L. Borchardt teaches Education 113S: Educational Technology, and is also a teacher in the German department at Duke University. Borchardt attended Jesuit high school and college (Regis High School and St. Peter's College), and later received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1965, and specializes in Medieval & Early Modern Studies, Literary History & Criticism, 18th Century Literature, Applied Linguistics, and Pedagogy. He has taught at The Johns Hopkins University, Northwestern University, Queens College of the City University of New York, and currently Duke University. He is particularly interested in Early Modern German Culture and Technology, and has been published in both areas. This interest has given him the opportunity for travel all around the world, including visits to Argentina, Austria, Belgium, China, England, Germany, Hungary, Japan, the Netherlands, and Spain. For more information please visit his personal website (which includes E-Papers, his online written work) or email him.
TA Pete Salvadore
Pete Salvadore was born on December 25, 1983. He hails from Holmdel, New Jersey. Pete graduated from Holmdel High School in 2002 and then enrolled at Duke University in the fall of 2002. While at Duke, Pete studied Economics and German. He joined the Sigma Nu fraternity second semester of his freshmen year. One of his professors at Duke was Professor Frank Borchardt. For the past year, Pete has been Professor Borchardt's teaching assistant. One of Pete's most memorable experiences was his junior year when, instead of staying at Duke, he traveled to Germany for the entire year to master the German language. Once school ends this year, Pete will be re-locating from the Triangle-Area to New York, New York in order to begin working for the esteemed investment bank, Morgan Stanley.