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Good afternoon everyone,
I've been working with the non-profit organization CK-12 to give away
high-quality, digital textbooks to schools.  We've collaborated on a
3-credit, graduate-level, education course that will teach you how to access
Open Educational resources. One of the tools you will gain access to is the
CK-12 Flexbook database that has free digital textbooks predominantly in the
Science, Technology, and Math areas.

The description for the course is below, but be quick because registration
ends this Friday, 5/15. Textbooks are also free from copyrights, so teachers
may modify the material to best suit their teaching context.

(It's the 922 course description below.)

Please pass this on to any interested parties.

Professionally Yours,

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


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Christine Dolan <christine@uri.edu>
Date: Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Subject: 09 SUM INTERNET CLASSES
To: RITEACHERS@listserv.uri.edu


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!
>
>>
>>>  Thank you,
>>>  Christine
>>>
>>> All these classes meet from:  May 18, 2009-July 24, 2009
>>>
>>> Registration deadline, May 15, 2009
>>>
>>> EDC 586: PROBLEMS IN EDUCATION  (Formerly EDC 920)
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> EDC 586: PROBLEMS IN EDUCATION (Formerly EDC 921)
>>> 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: WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS
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.
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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