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A Lesson Plan Using Technology to Engage Learners |
Teachers will develop, create, implement and evaluate a technology infused lesson into existing course curriculum. A comfort level with the technology planned to be integrated into the lesson is suggested. This course is not designed to teach program basics but instead to be used as a tool to foster opportunities for our students. Through this six week journey teachers will look into each component of a lesson plan. Teachers will be required weekly to complete assignments and attach those assignments for instructor review. To complete this course a teacher will be required to implement their lesson and provide attached student example (s). To round out this course the final focus will be on where this lesson fits into the overall course content picture. |
K-12 |
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The Art of Effective Internet Searching and Website Evaluation |
With the huge amount of information available on the World Wide Web, the ability to effectively locate and critically evaluate information are important skills for teachers and librarians, as well as their students in this information age. In this course participants will learn powerful searching skills to effectively and easily locate desired information, to assess it's appropriateness for particular purposes, and to evaluate it based upon it's authenticity, bias, and usability. This course provides a professional development opportunity to participants on a personal level as well as a technology integration opportunity for their classroom as the lessons highlighted in this course align to curriculum standards and can easily be used in classrooms from grades K through 12. |
K-12 |
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Connecting Teachers with the Digital Student |
This course will examine current research on the way students in the digital age learn and how this translates into teaching practices. Additionally, participants will investigate web-based tools and video email technology for integration into their teaching in order to “reconnect” with students. Finally, participants will tap into the technology expertise of their students by having students teach a new tool or technique. A lesson plan will be developed by participants which draws upon the newly acquired knowledge. |
K-12 |
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Creating and Manipulating Digital Images using Microsoft Paint and Adobe Photoshop Elements |
In this 15-hour online course, participants will create and import a variety of digital images for use in publications and presentations. |
K-12 |
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Creating Digital Textbooks for the 21st Learner |
Participants in this course will create a digital, dynamic textbook for a specific curriculum. They will create a course outline of objectives, and find reputable, educationally sound Web sites to fulfill each objective. In the end, the participants will have a digital textbook that they can post online free through TrackStar. This digital textbook would encourage your students to become active participants in the learning process. This is useful for differentiating instruction, as well as encouraging students to learn and review at home. Perhaps one day your students will create their own digital textbooks! |
K-12 |
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Cyber Calligraphy |
With the click of a mouse, Cyber Calligraphy can take you on a journey to carry on tradition. The Hieroglyphics of the Egyptians, the alphabet of the Phoenicians, the
churches of Europe in the Middle Ages and the monks- all ignited the pulse of Calligraphy today. Gutenberg’s printing press and the competition of the computer has
not erased this timeless craft. |
K-12 |
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Designing SMART Board Activities to Promote Higher Order Thinking |
A Smart Board, when used effectively, can be a powerful learning tool that challenges and develops students’ thinking. This course will focus on designing content specific activities for the Smart Board that not only promote interactivity, but also promote higher order thinking (“HOT”) skills and creativity. Participants will be using Smart Notebook software along with other resources such as interactive websites, images, documents and digital video clips and flash files. Basic knowledge of Smart Notebook software is required. Access to a Smart Board is not necessary. |
K-12 |
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The Digital Classroom: Blogging, Podcasting, Wiki-ing and Other Fun and Exciting Tools on the Internet |
There are so many new terms that we hear every day in conjunction with the Internet, how do we know what the y mean? This course will take you through a variety of applications on the web including blogging, podcasting, and wiki-ing (among o the rs!) Participants will discover what each tool is and how students use it outside the classroom. Then, participants will explore how it can be used in the classroom to inform instruction and assist is the preparation of students for the assessments. (NOTE: You will not need an IPOD or an MP3 player for this course. You will need a microphone/speakers or a headset. You will also need to download JAVA applets.) |
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GPS and Geocaching – Teaching 21st Century Skills |
This course takes you from the basics of how to use a GPS
(Global Positioning System), to actually going on a Geocache Treasure Hunt—then
to how to create your own course curriculum. Geocaching in the classroom gets kids moving, teaches Technology Skills, teaches Job Skills, encourages Project-based learning and can be used for almost any subject. |
K-12 |
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Integrating Computers into the Differentiated Classroom |
This course is designed to investigate the ways computer technology empowers the delivery of differentiated instruction in the classroom. Topics for investigation include how computer applications, software programs, computer generated resources, and the Internet support the integration of differentiated instruction, with emphasis on, the general principles of differentiation, areas where teachers can differentiate, the multiple intelligences of students, and management of diagnostic assessment. Participants will also gain insight into how computers enhance learning environments that invite differentiation, such as problem-based learning, group investigation, 4MAT and portfolios. |
K-12 |
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Integrating High Impact Web-Based Presentations |
This course is designed to provide teachers with the necessary skills to build high impact presentations in conjunction with using the Internet as an educational resource within their curriculums. Teachers will learn to build presentations through graphical interface software known as MS PowerPoint. They will then in turn learn to integrate PowerPoint into projects and assignments in their units of study. Participants will gain an understanding of how to integrate the Internet into their presentations, making the access to their on-line resources manageable. In addition to learning the use of the technology, they will also learn appropriate procedures in applying technology within their classroom. This course provides a solid framework in meeting ISTE standards for both students and teachers. |
K-12 |
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Integrating Technology into the Music Curriculum
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Create standards-based lesson plans for music education using Microsoft tools, notation software, recording, and the Internet. Each week, participants will create plans that integrate technology into their own curriculum, discuss possibilities and ideas, and work individually and as a group to create plans. Participants will complete eight daily plans and one larger unit that are readily used with their students. |
K-12 |
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Introduction to Programming using Scratch
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While most technology/computer education programs at the elementary level are doing a laudable job of providing students with multiple experiences in using applications and the Internet, few are incorporating computer science in their curriculum. We live in a society heavily dependent on computers, yet we are sending our students to secondary school with little background in algorithmic thinking. It is imperative that we provide the foundation for all students to understand how computers work and spur their interest in a fun and enticing way. |
K-12 |
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Making a WebQuest
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Bring the resources of the World Wide Web into your classroom in an organized manner designed to maximize student learning and time on task. Find out what a WebQuest is and how to create one tailored to your class objectives and New York State standards. |
3-12 |
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Online Course on Using Google Tools for collaboration, enrichment and differentiation of instruction |
This fun and engaging course offered by a Google Certified Educator, is designed to provide information and examples of various Google tools available to enhance the learning experiences of different learners. Participants will explore Google Earth, Google Docs (collaborative presentations, spreadsheets, documents and forms) Google Apps and Google SketchUp. Examples of how these tools can be integrated with different subject areas that are aligned to national and NYS standards will be shared. To complete this course, participants will create online collaborative materials, mini project and develop a plan to implement Google tools into their curriculum to promote learning in a 21st century environment. Participation in discussions, sharing of ideas and feedback is important, enlightening and promotes professional growth. |
K-12 |
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Podcasting with GarageBand |
GarageBand is a powerful Mac exclusive software program that allows users to compose music and podcasts. Podcasts can be sound recordings, video recordings or sound in combination with still photographs. This course will focus on using Ga-rageBand to create podcasts as final projects/assessments. The course will explore possible uses of podcasts with some project suggestions, why these projects are useful and concentrate on how to use the software program. All participants must be using Apple computers and GarageBand ’08 or ‘09. |
K-12 |
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Using Interactive Whiteboard Technology to Reach the Diverse Learner |
This course will explore the use of interactive whiteboard technology as an essential classroom tool in reaching all students, especially those with diverse needs. It will review current learning theories (Gardner and Dunn & Dunn) and focus on the need for differentiation of instruction through technology integration. It will demystify the device, establish a lesson plan framework that meet the Columbia University Teachers' College Workshop Model of Instruction, incorporate content-specific teaching and learning performance standards, explore multimedia content both on and offline, and culminate in a teacher-created, classroom-specific interactive whiteboard lesson with video/photos of students interacting with their lesson. Participants will be able to walk away with interactive skills to create lessons in all content areas as well have assess to a support network within a collaborative learning community. |
K-12 |
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Using Technology to Enhance the Inclusion Classroom |
This course is designed to provide information that will increase awareness and knowledge of the technology available to enhance the learning experience of a child with disabilities in an Inclusion classroom. Participants will research current technologies, as well as explore those that are available in their district. The current laws and trends in education dealing with Inclusion classrooms will be researched as well as the design of the ideal classroom with technology. Participants will do a technology assessment for a student with a disability, and survey other teachers and their use of technology with special education students. The final focus will be to create a lesson that integrates technology including modifications for special education students. |
K-12 |
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| Web 2.0 for Educators |
How Can Web 2.0 help me as an educator? This course aims to provide an understanding of what Web 2.0 is, help educators in terms of professional development, and look at its potential as a teaching tool. Educators will analyze the potential of having content come to them as opposed to the continuous search for information. Through practice and example educators will look at the value of collaboration in terms of professional development as well as a means of differentiated instruction for students. |
K-12 |
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