Creating Web Hunts for My Curriculum
Credits: 1 (non-credit option also available)
Class syllabus
Take a practical approach to effectively integrate Web Hunts into the curriculum. This course assumes you know the basic use of the Internet. It focuses on the challenge of integrating the Internet and Web Hunts evenly into the curriculum. This course offers lesson-planning tips, step-by-step guides for building a Web Hunt, unit ideas, and other practical guidance you will be able to implement immediately. This hands-on course offers practical, creative, and useful ideas for using the Internet in your classroom.
Creating and Exploring WebQuests
Credits: 2 (non-credit option also available)
Class syllabus
Do the names Bernie Dodge or Kathy Schrock ring a bell? If not, you're missing out on the world of WebQuests. This instructional model uses the internet and specific teacher-selected websites to engage student learning. A WebQuest internet activity includes a standards-based task and process, as well as group role assignments and final product rubric. You could easily take a lesson from your own curriculum, 'spice it up' with a WebQuest, and meet several technology standards at the same time. You will 'meet' with your instructor online and share ideas and projects in the discussion forum. Assignments will be submitted online and final projects will be shared with the class.
Exploring and USING Education's Best Websites
Credits: 1 (non-credit option also available)
Class syllabus
Who is Marco Polo? No, the question is: What is Marco Polo? This terrific site for educators is hardly used. How about Discovery, National Geographic, or How Stuff Works? Educators have not been offered enough TIME and OPPORTUNITY to explore terrific education sites. Take time to write lesson plans or find educational activities that directly link to your curriculum. By the end of this course, you will have several new lessons and many new ideas. We will browse over a dozen fantastic sites that you can apply to your curriculum NOW. You will 'meet' with you instructor online and share ideas in the discussion forum. Assignments will be submitted online and final projects will be shared with the class.
First Aid for Coaches
Credits: 3 (non-credit option also available)
Class syllabus
Designed to provide the student an introduction to sports first aid and injury prevention. Course involves training so you can fulfill the role of being a competent first responder to athletic injuries and illness. Successful completion of the course leads to partial or full certification in 35 states that utilize the course for certification at the High School level. In order to receive certification, students must successfully complete the test and score a minimum of 80% on the certification exams.
iMovie: Digital Video in the Classroom
Credits: 2 (non-credit option also available)
Class syllabus
Bring learning to life using digital video in your classroom. Learn how to use digital video as an instructional tool for school projects and leave prepared with practical ideas that you will be able to immediately apply in the classroom. Learn how to create dazzling movies, complete with special effects, voice-overs, music scores, transitions, titles, credits, and more. Through a variety of hands-on activities, learn how to work with digital video cameras and create and edit movies with iMovie, Apple's breakthrough digital video editing software. During this course you will create and produce your own instructional movie for use in your classroom.
MediaBlender: Project-Based Learning with Multimedia
Credits: 2 (non-credit option also available)
Class syllabus
Requirements for this course can be satisfied anytime between June 1 thru August 31, 2007 at own pace. Explore the exciting possibilities of incorporating student created multimedia projects into the curriculum, using MediaBlender which allows students to create media rich presentations including text with hyperlinks, images, sound, animation, video and interactivity. You will leave this class prepared with practical ideas that you will be able to immediately apply in your classroom. You should have basic computer skills (e.g., word processing, email, basic Internet skills). You will also need access to the Internet and an email account. Trial versions of MediaBlender can be downloaded for free to your computer. This class is open to either Macintosh or Windows PC users. Required text: Simkins, Michael, Cole, Karen, Tavalin, Fern, and Means, Barbara (2002). Increasing Student Learning through Multimedia Projects. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, ISBN: 0-87120-664-1, $22. available at Amazon.com or Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development store (http://shop.ascd.org).
Moodle for Teachers
Credits: 2 (non-credit option also available)
Class syllabus
Extend your classroom beyond its physical boundaries using Moodle. Moodle is the leading Open Source learning management system (LMS) and can be used to deliver online courses or to supplement traditional face-to-face courses. With Moodle, you develop dynamic course content that can be accessed over the Internet by students anywhere at any time. In this hands-on course, you will learn how to use Moodle’s features to create an engaging collaborative online learning community for your classroom. As part of this course, you will create a Moodle course site that you can use in your classroom. This class will be of interest to Elementary School, Middle School, and High School teachers, technology coordinators, and school administrators. No prior knowledge of programming or Moodle is required. The focus of this course will be on using Moodle as an adjunct to classroom teaching rather than in a pure distance learning context.
Movie Maker: Digital Video in the Classroom
Credits: 2 (non-credit option also available)
Class syllabus
Requirements for this course can be satisfied anytime between June 1 thru August 31, 2007 at own pace. Learn how to create and edit movies using Microsoft Windows Movie Maker, a free video editing program for Windows XP. Learn how to use digital video as an instructional tool for classroom projects and leave prepared with practical ideas that you will be able to immediately apply in your classroom. Learn how to create dazzling movies, complete with special effects, voice-overs, music scores, transitions, titles, credits, and much more. You will create and produce your own instructional movie that you can use for your classroom. This is an introductory course open to all K-12 teachers. Access to a digital video camera and PC running Windows XP with a FireWire port and audio capture device is required. It is recommended that you have 2 GB of free hard disk space as well as a high speed Internet connection.
Photoshop Elements: Digital Imaging in the Classroom
Credits: 2 (non-credit option also available)
Class syllabus
Requirements for this course can be satisfied anytime between June 1 thru August 31, 2007 at own pace. Learn how to use digital cameras, color scanners and images from the web to enhance and enliven classroom teaching and learning. Among the topics this course will explore are how digital cameras and scanners work, basic photo editing techniques using Adobe Photoshop Elements, and how to integrate the use of digital images into the curriculum. You will need access to a digital camera, scanner, Internet and an email account. Trial versions of Photoshop Elements can be downloaded for free to your computer. This class is open to either Macintosh or Windows PC users. Required text: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0: A visual introduction to digital imaging by Philip Andrews Copyright Focal Press, 2003, ISBN 0240520491; $35 available at Amazon.com.
Principles of Coaching
Credits: 3 (non-credit option also available)
Class syllabus
Designed to provide the student an introduction to the sport science principles of coaching. Topics include coaching philosophy, sport psychology, sport pedagogy, sport physiology, and sport management. Successful completion of the course leads to partial or full certification in 40 states that utilize the course for certification at the High School level. In order to receive certification, students must successfully complete the test and score a minimum of 80% on the certification exams.
Using the Internet in the Elementary Classroom
Credits: 1 (non-credit option also available)
Class syllabus
Focus on the challenge of integrating the Internet evenly into the curriculum. The course offers lesson-planning tips, unit ideas, and other practical guidance you will be able to implement immediately. This hands-on course offers practical, creative, and useful ideas for using the Internet in your classroom. There will also be time devoted to teacher information, such as software selection and benefits.