Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum |
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course introduces educators to the dimensions of educational
technology for teaching and learning. It exposes them to the
history of educational technologies as well as their pedagogical
and practical implementation. Participants draw upon field-based
experiences in real educational settings to plan instructional
technology environments that are student-centered, collaborative,
inquiry-based and focused on specific curricular goals.
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| Technology
Assessment & Evaluation |
This
course explores quantitative and qualitative approaches to
researching the impact of technology within educational and
instructional settings. Participants learn theory and practice
of design, development, utilization, management and (formative
and summative) evaluation of processes and resources for learning.
Participants select an area of inquiry, define a research
problem, and collect and interpret preliminary data (3 credits).
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| The
Public Purposes of Education: Democracy & Schooling |
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course examines the public purposes of education in our social
and political democracy. Participants inquire into the role
of schools in fostering the development of democratic principles
and practices and examine various curricular designs and pedagogical
strategies. Participants also explore the main issues stemming
from efforts to teach democratically in public educational
institutions. Fieldwork in an assigned urban school will add
context to these explorations. (3 credits)
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| Media
Literacy Education through Social Networking |
Workshop
provides a framework for practicing media literacy education
online through the uses of social networking tools to acquire
digital literacy skills and understanding of media literacy
principles. Includes a tour of a social network as an online
classroom where students acquire these digital literacy skills
and
enact the core principles of media literacy. Create your own
Ning community and customize your media literacy efforts across
education, community, and professional contexts. |
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| The
ABCs of PLCs (Professional Learning Communities) |
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Social networks can facilitate—even transform teacher’s understanding
of their subject area and pedagogy.Come explore the characteristics
of a successful professional learning community. We'll explore
free social networking tools made especially for educators and
keep content and collaboration as the main focus. Participants
will establish their own community and gain strategies for its
growth and maintenance. [learn more] |
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| Technology
Planning for Educational Renewal |
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assist school district or organizational leaders in the systemic
design and implementation of a technology plan that is customized
for a school or organization’s philosophy, budget, and
individual staff needs and abilities.Comprehensive planning
considers goals, standards, resources, community structures,
school or organization-based support, and staff development.
Participants conduct a needs assessment, facilitate planning
meetings among leaders, educators, staff, parents and community
representatives and address practical issues of purchasing
and technical support.Open to students, teachers, administrators,
and non-profit educational leaders. [request
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| Overcoming
Technology Roadblocks in the Workplace |
Here's
the scenario: You've just learned there are zero funds left
this year for professional development and no one in your
department wants to train you on that new piece of software.
Your supervisor knows less than you do about technologies.
In fact, it's taken over a year to convince your supervisor
to purchase that software. Where does that leave you? This
brief session introduces you to some resources, strategies
and techniques to address the common challenges that professionals
face when asked to use new(er) technologies in the workplace.
Participants will learn the who, what, when, where and how
of achieving technological literacy, including garnering support
for professional development. Focuses on non-classroom
educators. [request
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| Top
Ten Technologies (T3) for Educational Change |
| What
should teachers and educational leaders really know
and be able to do with technology? This workshop leads participants
through hands-on exploration and technical training in the
"Top Ten" technologies for and schooling and education—including
web design, multimedia authoring, social networking, database
design, file management, and blogging among others. Note:
Technical requirements apply. [request
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| Education,
Technology & Globalization |
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workshop explores global perspectives of education, technology
and pedagogy worldwide. Participants compare epistemologies
in and across the United States, China, Australia, & South
Africa. Students examine the potential roles, regulations
and renewal of the technologies of education within the social
and political democracy of the United States. [request
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| Media
and Technology Literacies: From Standards to Practice |
| This hands-on workshop
focuses on the construction of standards-based curriculum and
supporting uses of technology to achieve educational goals.
Participants operationally define the standards and definitions
of media literacy and technology literacy
from a national (USA) perspective. Participants align and integrate
educational standards/goals and media and technology literacies
according to the National Educational Technology Standards (ISTE)
and relevant state and local standards.[request
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