The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College

GRADUATE PROGRAM OF STUDY

Revised (12/8/09)

Instructions: This Program of Study must be prepared in consultation with the graduate advisor. It must reflect the degree requirements listed in the Graduate Catalog. Any changes to the degree requirements as shown on the POS must have the written approval and justification of the graduate advisor and the Department Chair prior to submission to the Office of Graduate Studies. Information given must be complete . The POS must be typed.

Name: Garcia Lorrie S Student ID# 0387335 ------~L-as-t------------~Fi~rs-t----------~M~I ------------------------

Address: 13206 Lorna Chica San Antonio Texas 78233-2444 Street City State Zip

Home Phone: 210-602-9806 Cell. Phone: 210-602-9806 Email: lorriesimsgarcia@yahoo.com

Degree Program: M.Ed. Concentration: Educational Technology ----------------------------

1. Transfer courses (if any). If applicable, list the courses you are requesting to transfer (attach copy of transcript). Transfer courses must meet guidelines set forth in tlte Graduate Catalog.

Transfer Course Institution UTB Equivalent Course Year Taken HIS 6413 Topics-Public History UTSA HIST 6303 Topics in Amer. 2008

History HIS 6413 Topics- Colonial UTSA HIST 6307 2009 America Colonial America His 5263 History of Spanish UTSA HIST 6315 2009 Borderlands Borderland History

2. Courses that have been or will be completed at UTB/TSC lfpursuillg 2"d master's degree, maximum of9 hoursfromfirst master's degree can be used toward second master's degree.

Course Prefix & Number Course Name SemesterN ear EDCI6300 EDCI6304 EDTC 6320 EDTC 6321 EDTC 6323 EDTC 6325 EDTC 6329 EDTC 6332 EDTC 6358

Introduction to Research Summer 2012 Learning and Cognition Spring 2012 Instructional Technology Spring 2012 Instructional Design Summer 2012 Multimedia/Hypermedia Fall 2012 Ed ucational Telecommunications Fall 2012 Selected Topics (in Ed. Tech.) Spring 2013 Practicum (in Ed. Tech.) Summer 2013 Theory/Practice of e-Learning Spring 2013

Graduate Studies Champion Hall, 1 st Floor; 80 Fort Brown; Brownsville, TX 78520

(956) 548-6552; utbgrad@utb.edu

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3. Statement of your professional objectives for the program and certification(s) if any. In my current role as an assistive technology specialist for San Antonio's Northeast lSD, I work cooperatively with the campus Ed Tech Specialists to support a universal design for learning with our general ed, special ed, and homebound populations. In my district I am honored to be one ofthe designated administrators working in the Social Studies Sphere, increasing rigor and opportunities for students in our Social Studies courses. With my current Graduate School courses in History, obtaining the e-Iearning certification and M.Ed. in Educational Technology will allow me to support district initiatives within the Social Studies Sphere as we look at options for medically fragile students in a homeschooling environment. I will also further widen my own professional prospects, and have the expertise to teach undergraduate coursework in Social Studies through online programs so that I may enrich the educational experience for other students as a professor of both disabled and non-disabled college students.

4. Experiences other than formal course work necessary or desired to achieve your objectives. One of my goals is to encourage the development of a cooperative online system/educational app, for use with home-bound students, which assesses student needs by finding gaps in their personal knowledge base and documents their progress on TEKS-based activities with integrated multi modal learning opportunities and data collection, with integrated accessibility features. Of my four teaching certifications the one I cherish the most is Social Studies 8-1 i h grades, and utilizing this knowledge in Social Studies is where I would like to begin in the development of this academic system for our students who may not consistently be in a brick-and-mortar academic setting. For some of my grand ideas, such as this one, I need more than formal coursework. I will also need my stubborn determination and a weekend with the Apple iOS Dev Center to teach myself the basics . The excitement of both assistive and educational technology lies in the fluidity. The areas of opportunity widen on a weekly basis; the availability, purpose, and actual technology available changes constantly, much to the benefit of our students both with and without disabilities as we present the Social Studies curriculum to them in a universal design for learning.

5. Check the box that corresponds to the method of final existing examination that will document that you have achieved your professional objectives. Enter the anticipated Semester and Year for the selected method and initial the form in the spaces provided.

Semester Year fil Thesis Initials:

X e-Portfolio 18-hour Evaluation Fall 2012 Initials: LSG 36-hour Evaluation Summer 2013 Initials : LSG

Students must complete all graduate work for a degree within seven years of the time of their first graduate course registration. Graduate courses more than seven years old witlnot be accepted for credit toward a degree program.

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