[LM_NET] Blogs and Wikis--Grad. classes for 3 credits

[Dave Fontaine <davefontaine1@GMAIL.COM>]

> Hi Everyone,
> Here are our three internet courses running for Summer 09. You must
> pre-register for these classes via an e-registration form that you can
> receive through my office. Please contact me if you are interested in taking
> these courses! Also, please pass this on to your peers.
>
>>
>>>  Thank you,
>>
>>

>
>>> Christine Dolan
>>> URI/School of Education
>>> 714 Chafee Building
>>> Kingston, RI 02881
>>> Office: 401.874.4108
>>> Fax: 401.874.5471
>>> christine@uri.edu
>>> All these classes meet from:  May 18, 2009-July 24, 2009
>>>
>>> Registration deadline, May 15, 2009
>>>
>>>
>>> EDC 586:
>>> USING BLOGS AND WIKIS TO FOSTER LITERACY (3) Graduate Credits
>>> Registration cost:$500.00*
>>> (If you have never taken a course at URI before, the course cost is
>>> $535.00 which includes a onetime transcript fee charge of $35.00.)
>>> Course Description
>>> This course focuses on the pragmatism of using Web 2.0 (interactive
>>> tools) in education. Participants will learn how to use interactive, online
>>> tools to: foster literacy in and out of school; Differentiate Instruction;
>>> deepen learning and increase student achievement; create opportunities to
>>> bring these technologies to the larger school community; and identify
>>> assessment tools that measure the effectiveness of Interactive Web
>>> technologies in their personal practice as well as with their students.
>>> Appropriate for grades K-12
>>>
>>> This is an online, asynchronous course with no classroom meetings. There
>>> is no designated time that you have to be on line.  Each week's lesson is
>>> posted on line and participants have 7 days to complete and post their
>>> assignments. All lessons will be completely downloadable and, therefore,
>>> reusable in your own classrooms.
>>>
>>> Course Instructor: Dave Fontaine, NBCT
>>> Registration Contact: Christine P. Dolan at <mailto:Christine@uri.edu>
>>> Christine@uri.edu
>>>
>>
EDC 922:
TOPIC:Online Texts in the 21st Century Classroom (3) grad credits.
 Registration cost: $500.00*
(If you have never taken a course at URI before, the course cost is $535.00
which includes a onetime transcript fee charge of $35.00)
Course Description:
Participants will explore and use collaborative, online tools like wikis to
improve instruction, as well as create digital textbooks from Open Source
material. They will also contribute, and gain access, to unlimited amounts
of free digital textbooks that can be used in their classrooms, schools, and
districts and create an Open Source chapter/subsection that will be shared
with the world!

In the 21st century, teachers and students are finding traditional textbooks
less useful.  Most are out-of-date before they reach the classroom. Teachers
only use a fraction of the material, and the costs have skyrocketed; even
the smallest districts spend over $100,000/year on textbooks!

More and more teachers are beginning to access online resources like:
interactive tutorials, videos, edu-games, and podcasts to supplement their
instruction. In this economic climate, and with the proliferation of free,
quality content on the Internet, is it possible to create your own digital
textbooks?
The answer is yes and the movement is already underway!  Some of the
greatest minds are banding together to harness their Collective
Intelligence. They are collaboratively writing textbooks and giving them
away for free for the common-good.  Learn about this movement, share your
own knowledge, and let your district benefit from the generosity of others.
This course is appropriate for grades K-12, but best suited for STEM subject
area teachers in grades 7-12 since more information in these areas is more
widely available on line. The benefits are also increased when this class is
taken with co-workers.

This is an online, asynchronous course with no classroom meetings. There is
no designated time that you have to be on line.  Each week's lesson is
posted on line and participants have 7 days to complete and post their
assignments. 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. All lessons will be completely downloadable
and, therefore, reusable in your own classrooms.

Course Instructor: Dave Fontaine, NBCT
Registration Contact: Christine P. Dolan at <mailto:Christine@uri.edu>
Christine@uri.edu



EDC 586:
USING THE INTERNET FOR TEACHING, LEARNING, & PRACTICAL APPLICATION (3) grad
credits.
 Registration cost: $500.00*
(If you have never taken a course at URI before, the course cost is $535.00
which includes a onetime transcript fee charge of $35.00)
Course Description
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. Students will also learn "Information
Literacy Skills" (how to develop their own 'research and evaluation' skills)
and transfer this knowledge to the students in their classrooms. This will
occur by continuously integrating practical application, real research
projects for their individual classrooms, and discipline specific lesson
plans. Appropriate for grades K-12.

This is an online, asynchronous course with no classroom meetings. There is
no designated time that you have to be on line.  Each week's lesson is
posted on line and participants have 7 days to complete and post their
assignments. 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. All lessons will be completely downloadable
and, therefore, reusable in your own classrooms.

Course Instructor: Dave Fontaine, NBCT
Registration Contact: Christine P. Dolan at <mailto:Christine@uri.edu>
Christine@uri.edu





Christine P. Dolan
Education Specialist
URI/CCE Providence Campus
Special Programs Room 208
80 Washington Street
Providence, RI 02903
Office: 401.277.5388
Fax: 401-277-5060

URI/School of Education
714 Chafee Building
Kingston, RI 02881
Office: 401.874.4108
Fax: 401.874.5471
christine@uri.edu

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