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Current Virginia's PBS TeacherLine Course Schedule Course Dates: 6/16/08 - 7/27/08 MATH181.36 Math in Everyday Life for Grades K-5- 15hr Facilitator - Make mathematics "real" for your young students with a fresh look at problem solving, calculators, and the Internet in the classroom. Review the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Calculator-Usage and Problem-Solving Standards for a framework to design lesson plans, address content, and meet state standards. Then, develop a "walking field trip" through tasks found in students' daily lives. Classroom Link-Access to students recommended. PBS Classroom Link courses ask learners to implement lessons with their class or with a small group of students (options for learners without access to students are available). List Price RDLA170.45 Teaching Vocabulary: Word Meanings and Word Knowledge - 30hr Facilitator - Design more effective lesson plans by learning to evaluate your students' word knowledge and to incorporate vocabulary instructional strategies. Explore the role of vocabulary knowledge in the relationship between the written vocabularies of reading and writing, and the oral vocabularies of listening and speaking. Evaluate how your instructional practices align with National Council of Teachers of English/International Reading Association (NCTE/IRA) standards and your state's standards. Classroom Link-Access to students recommended. PBS Classroom Link courses ask learners to implement lessons with their class or with a small group of students (options for learners without access to students are available. List Price TECH195.238 Teaching & Learning with Graphic Organizers: Featuring Inspiration - 30hr Facilitator - Electronic graphic organizers can help students organize ideas, convey complex concepts, progress through the steps of the writing process, and develop their mathematical and scientific thinking skills. Address different learning styles by presenting information in a visual format that shows the connections between concepts. Learn to apply such electronic graphic organizers as Inspiration © across the curriculum, throughout all grade levels, at learning stations, and in computer labs. Expand and enhance student thinking and learning for presentations and personal productivity. List Price TECH325.79 Searching and Researching on the Internet - 30hr Facilitator - This course surveys the tools and background needed to use the Internet successfully as a research tool in the classroom. Practice different methods of Internet research and learn to apply them effectively and efficiently. Review the ethical and legal issues that may arise when using these new tools in the classroom. Use your new skills and knowledge to search the Internet for appropriate lesson materials to help you build a resource library. Classroom Link-Access to students recommended. PBS Classroom Link courses ask learners to implement lessons with their class or with a small group of students (options for learners without access to students are available. List Price TECH335.72 Publishing on the Web - 30hr Facilitator - Master basic knowledge and skills needed for Web publishing. Examine school- based Web sites and other Web-publishing projects to identify both effective and ineffective presentations. Address key issues to help you understand basic requirements before embarking on Web-publishing activities in the classroom. An easy-to-use Web page template and basic HTML prompts are provided to help you complete your final task: creating an effective Web page. List Price
Course Dates: 6/23/2008 - 8/3/2008 INST120.152 Creating Units to Support Differing Learning Styles - 30hr Facilitator - Unlock the secrets to developing a curriculum that meets the learning needs of different types of students. Create a cross-curricular unit that integrates technology to support learning, and plan lessons that address the different ways that your students learn. Activities will help you build flexibility into your lesson plans, enabling you to integrate your new knowledge into your instruction. List Price INST315.59 Teaching for Multiple Intelligences - 30hr Facilitator - Discover the advantages of teaching methods that engage multiple intelligences and explore ways to implement them. You will also learn to teach and assess students differently based on their individual intellectual styles. List Price RDLA125.361 Children's Authors on the Web: Online Sites that Motivate Students to Write - 30hr Facilitator - Discover the power of author studies to motivate students to read and write. This course uses a problem-based approach to teach the techniques of conducting an author study integrating technology and the Internet. Explore author and other Web sites to collect resources that will introduce your students to many genres while encouraging them to experiment by communicating with others in different forms. You'll create an individual author study you can use as the basis of an ongoing plan to inspire your students to read, write, and use technology effectively. List Price TECH320.35 Introduction to a One-Computer Classroom - 30hr Facilitator - Your computer can do more than you may know - discover how to use it as a presentation tool, a personal productivity assistant, a catalyst for creating interactive group experiences, and a student learning center. For your final assignment, choose one of these applications, then create and implement a lesson plan to apply in your classroom. Classroom Link-Access to students recommended. PBS Classroom Link courses ask learners to implement lessons with their class or with a small group of students (options for learners without access to students are available.
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Course Dates: 6/30/2008 - 8/10/2008 INST310.41 Inquiry-Based Learning in the Classroom- 30hr Facilitator - Knowledge gained through investigation produces greater student understanding and achievement. Discover the key principles of inquiry-based learning, and observe and assess its effectiveness on class lessons and student Web projects. Develop an inquiry facilitation plan for a unit to implement inquiry based learning in your classroom. List Price MATH221.107 Count on It: Number Sense for Grades K-5 - 15hr Facilitator - Make sense out of "number sense," as you discover the role it plays in students' mathematical development, and the impact it has on their future performance. Identify effective assessment strategies, examine lesson plans, Web resources, and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards. As a final requirement, you will develop lesson plans using both traditional and technological manipulatives. Classroom Link-Access to students recommended. PBS Classroom Link courses ask learners to implement lessons with their class or with a small group of students (options for learners without access to students are available. List Price TECH145.215 Teaching with WebQuests for Grades K-12 - 30hr Facilitator - Discover Internet resources that promote inquiry oriented student learning and smart use of the Web for research and class assignments. In this course, you will explore WebQuests and learn to integrate the Internet into your curriculum effectively. You will design a WebQuest to enhance a classroom unit or curriculum area to engage students in meaningful research. List Price SCIE568.11 Weather and Climate- Special Collection: Teachers' Domain, produced by WGBH Boston- 30hr Facilitator - A topic immersion course on Teaching Earth and Space Science List Price
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