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THANK YOU for sharing this announcement with teachers and media specialists in your district who are interested in earning credits online to meet career development plans for portfolio documentation of professional growth, re-certification, or advancement on the salary schedule. Feel free to forward this email, print and post on faculty bulletin boards. FALL 2003 UNI ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT http://www.uni.edu/profdev/ CATALOG SCHEDULE: http://www.uni.edu/profdev/catalog.html **************************************** Check each website to review dates, syllabus, textbook and required software. * 21st Century Media Specialist: Survival Strategies 281:133g,62 Begins Sept. 22 http://www.uni.edu/profdev/survival/ Discuss the critical issues facing the school library media profession and develop practical strategies for coping with change and technology integration as you develop outreach programs for your media center. * Inspiration Kidspiration: K-12 Strategies to Build Study Skills and Comprehension 280:133g,6P Begins Sept. 22 http://www.uni.edu/profdev/conceptmap/ Explore ways to boost your students' skills in note taking, outlining, organization of information, and reading comprehension. Learn how to go "beyond the basics" with Inspiration and Kidspiration software to enhance learning in all curricular areas and grade levels; with special benefits for speech/learning disabilities, special education, Talented and Gifted, and English Language Learners. * Problem Based Learning with WebQuests 280:133g, 6 Begins Sept. 29 http://www.uni.edu/profdev/infolit/ Explore how to replace "copy and paste" thinking with an inquiry-based approach that focuses on information literacy, critical thinking, problem solving and development of students' questioning skills. * NEW! Children's Literature: Then and Now 281:133g, 6N Begins Sept. 29 http://www.uni.edu/profdev/childrenslit/ If you haven't taken a recent update on children's literature, this workshop is a must! This workshop provides a broad survey of children's literature (birth-12 years) -- from folk and fairy tales to today's stories, poems, and novels for children. Explore today's authors and illustrators and the best of new fiction and information books and discuss exciting new ways to integrate children's literature with curriculum activities. * Methods and Strategies for Teaching Reading K-3 281:133g, 6D Begins Sept. 15 http://www.uni.edu/profdev/reading/ Practice new tips and strategies to teach phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension and meet the reading needs of all K-3 students. Designed for K-3 classroom teachers, ESL/ELL teachers, special education teachers and reading teachers who want to remain current and improve their methods of teaching reading. * Teaching Writing with the 6-Traits - Elementary * Teaching Writing with the 6-Traits - Middle School and High School Begins Sept. 15 http://www.uni.edu/profdev/traits/ Learn how to teach writing more effectively and help students understand the 6-Traits attributes of good writing while preparing your students for proficiency testing. Designed for English and language arts teachers, ESL/ELL teachers, special education teachers, curriculum coordinators, and administrators * Excel: Spreadsheets for Curriculum Projects and Data Collection 280:133g, 6Z Begins Sept. 15 http://www.uni.edu/profdev/excel/ Develop spreadsheets for curriculum projects and when collecting, reporting and monitoring student achievement as part of data-driven decision making. Designed for K-12 teachers, administrators and office personnel * WebTools - Creating Rubrics, Quizzes, Surveys, Homework Bulletin Boards 280:133g,6D Begins Sept. 22 http://www.uni.edu/profdev/webtools/ Learn how to use free web-based tools to reduce your paperwork, create rubrics online, class e-newsletters, self-correcting quizzes and surveys, and WWW bulletin boards for homework announcements. Great online 'make it and take it' workshop * Effective Classroom Management Strategies ***Sections for elementary, middle school and high school 281:133g,69 Begins Sept. 22 and Oct. 27 http://www.uni.edu/profdev/management/ Discover best practices to organize your time, physical space, curriculum, instruction, and assessment to minimize and prevent classroom management problems. * Digital Photography for the Classroom Teacher 280:133g,6M Begins Sept. 22 http://www.uni.edu/profdev/photo/ Learn techniques and composition tips for taking a good picture, how to create jpegs, gifs, and animated gifs, the basics of photo manipulation such as image rotation, cropping, resizing, filters and thumbnails and how to design lesson plans incorporating digital photos in classroom activities * Teaching with a Multicultural Perspective 281:133g,6C Begins Sept. 29 http://www.uni.edu/profdev/multicultural/ Designed for elementary, middle, and high school teachers, special educators, administrators, media specialists, and school counselors. Teaching with a multicultural perspective encourages appreciation and understanding of other cultures as well as one's own. Learn how to promote students' sense of the uniqueness of their own culture as a positive characteristic and enable acceptance of the uniqueness of other cultures. Participants will identify and analyze cultural misunderstandings that sometimes hinder communication with parents and students and evaluate strategies for developing a democratic classroom and school climate. * NEW! Methods of Teaching Reading Grades 4-8 281:133g, 6M Begins Sept. 29 http://www.uni.edu/profdev/rdg4-6/ Designed for intermediate classroom teachers, reading specialists, resource teachers, Title I reading teachers, and ESL/ELL teachers who want to help struggling readers with new methods and strategies that strengthen vocabulary, comprehension, word study and fluency. *Methods of Teaching Reading across the Curriculum in Middle School 281:133g, 6F Begins Sept. 29 http://www.uni.edu/profdev/contentreading/ Designed for upper elementary and middle level content area teachers and special education teachers. Examine research and best practices for improving the reading process in content area classrooms. Every teacher of science, social studies, history, mathematics, and the arts can benefit from the strategies taught in this workshop. With high-stakes tests in every district, it is more important than ever that all educators focus on helping students improve reading skills. * NEW! Handheld Computers (PDAs) Resources and Activities for Teachers and Administrators 281:133g,6L Begins Sept. 29 http://www.uni.edu/profdev/handhelds/ Investigate the advantages and uses of handheld computers (PDAs) with classroom and administrative tasks for data collection and analysis, curriculum applications, and productivity tools. * Creating Computer Videos in the Classroom 280:133g, 6Q Begins Sept. 29 http://www.uni.edu/profdev/video/ Learn how to create digital videos on your classroom computer and help your students apply their visual creativity to the learning process. Practice incorporating digital editing with PowerPoint and HyperStudio, burn videos to a CD, send videos via e-mail, post videos on a website or convert to a VCR tape. You will learn how to mix in sound, graphics and animation. Great workshop if you teach media production or gifted and talented * Web Design for Media Specialists 281:133g,64 Begins Sept. 29 http://www.uni.edu/profdev/mediaweb/ Examine the principles of good Web page design and discuss what a media center website should offer to its patrons. Activities will guide you through the creation of templates that can be used as you build your own media center or school website. REGISTER ONLINE FOR FALL 2003 http://www.uni.edu/profdev/register/ Registration is limited to 20 participants per section on a first come, first serve basis. No payment is due at the time of registration. Select university billing, credit card, or school invoice for tuition payment. Participate with educators from around the world via your home or school computer. The workshops are designed to support effective school improvement practices, the No Child Left Behind initiative, Iowa Standards of Practice for Teaching and National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) ********** FOR MORE INFORMATION... Email: vanderveldej@uni.edu Joan Vandervelde Director, Online Professional Development University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614-0613 Voicemail: (319) 273-7861 Fax: (319) 273-7298 http://www.uni.edu/profdev/ Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.uni.edu/profdev/faq.html Catalog Schedule: http://www.uni.edu/profdev/catalog.html What's New? http://www.uni.edu/profdev/news.html Register: http://www.uni.edu/profdev/register/ ********** If this announcement was forwarded to you, and you wish to subscribe, send an email To: mailserv@uni.edu In the body of the email message type: SUB UNIProfDevOnline Josephine Dervan, Library Media Specialist Strathmore Elementary School Aberdeen, NJ home:rderva@infionline.net school:jdervan@marsd.k12.nj.us EarthLink: It's your Internet. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. 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