[LM_NET] Online courses

[Dave Fontaine <davefontaine1@GMAIL.COM>]

Have you ever tried to learn about web 2.0?  Overwhelmed by blogs, wikis,
and RSS?  Then maybe a structured college course is what you are looking
for.  The details are below:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Christine P. Dolan <christine@uri.edu>
Date: Nov 21, 2007 10:58 AM
Subject: URI/SOE COURSE:USING THE INTERNET TO TEACH
To: christine@uri.edu


Hi Everyone,
    If you are interested in registering for this course, please respond by
email for an e-registration form.

Thank you,
Christine

*EDC 920: *(3 grad credits)
*TOPIC: Using the INTERNET FOR TEACHING,  LEARNING, & PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
Registration Deadline: January 26, 2008
*Students will learn how to find relevant information among the abundance of
raw data found online, evaluate its worth and credibility, and effectively
use it to solve an issue or problem. This is an online, asynchronous course
with no classroom meetings.Students will interact completely through a blog,
as well as learn what a blog is, how to use one, and how to access
educational blogs from teachers around the world.
*Course costs:* $500.00 for LM_Net subscribers (Normal graduate level
courses $900 and above)
*Instructor:* David Fonatine
*Class meets completely on line.
Contact:*  Christine P. Dolan at Christine@uri.edu for an e-registration
form
*Class Meeting Dates: *January 28, 2008-May 9, 2008


*EDC 921: USING BLOGS AND WIKIS TO FOSTER LITERACY* (3 grad credits)
*Registration Deadline: January 26, 2008
*This course focuses on the pragmatism of using Web 2.0 tools in education.
Participants will learn how to use the 'Read/Write Web' to foster literacy
in and out of school, to deepen learning and increase student achievement,
to create opportunities to bring these *technologies to the larger school
community, and to identify assessment tools to measure the effectiveness of
Read/Write Web technologies in their personal practice and with their
students.
**Course costs:* $500.00 for LM_Net subscribers (Normal graduate level
courses $900 and above)
**
*Instructor:* David Fontaine
*Class meets completely on line.*
*Contact:*  Christine P. Dolan at Christine@uri.edu for an e-registration
form
*Class Meeting Dates: *January 28, 2008-May 9, 2008
*



*

Christine P. Dolan
Education Specialist
URI/School of Education
714 Chafee Building
Kingston, RI 02881
Office:(401) 874-4108
Fax: (401) 874-5471
christine@uri.edu



-- 
Professionally Yours,

Dave Fontaine
Internet Librarian
National Board Certified Teacher
Educational Consultant
DaveFontaine1@gmail.com
http://ProfessionalDevelopmentCredit.com

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