| 14.702 |
Computer Applications for K-5
Curriculum (3) - Concentrates on increasing
the participant’s understanding of the academic, linguistic, and
sociocultural issues surrounding students who speak a language other than
English at home. The focus of
the course will be particularly on middle and high school students who
come to school with low literacy skills in their native language and
English. Through the format
of the study group, participants will collaboratively work on a written
report containing recommendations for implementing sound educational
practices for this group of students.
|
| 14.748 |
Integrating
Technology K-5 (3)
- Provides elementary school teachers and specialists with an intensive,
hands-on experience with high quality instructional/information technology
in support of Curriculum Frameworks and relevant national standards.
Activities are project-oriented, with periods for discussion and
reflection. The
course is designed to give all participants, regardless of initial
technical skill level, the foundation necessary to develop curriculum that
integrates technology in meaningful ways in support of curriculum
frameworks.
|
| 14.749 |
Integrating Technology 6-12 (3)
- Provides
middle and high school teachers and specialists with an intensive,
hands-on experience with high quality instructional/information technology
in support of Curriculum Frameworks and relevant national standards.
Activities are project-oriented, with periods for discussion and
reflection. The
course is designed to give all participants, regardless of initial
technical skill level, the foundation necessary to develop curriculum that
integrates technology in a meaningful way in support of curriculum
frameworks. |
| 14.791 |
Word
Processing and Draw using Clarisworks (1) -
Focuses on the word processing and draw aspects and applications of
ClarisWorks. Emphasis will be
on a step-by-step process of learning the commands and features that
create processing documents. Educational/classroom
applications will be stressed.
|
| 15.716 |
Web
Site Design for Today’s Educator (1) - A
course in web page design and management primarily focused on the
educator. Learn skills and
fundamentals of building a web site using HTML programming and
photographic image manipulation using Adobe Photoshop, both of which will
help participants create their first web site.
|
| 15.720 |
Computer
Technologies and Curriculum Development (4)
- Explores
in depth the use of new technologies in developing curriculum.
Consideration is given to integrated curriculum development,
focusing on interdisciplinary approaches, which go beyond the usual
classroom approaches. A
secondary objective is to increase skill in using the computer as a
teaching tool, including the Windows operating system and Microsoft Office
applications. |
| 15.729 |
Elementary
Teachers Technology Institute (2) - Gives
teachers the opportunity to work with both technology and curriculum
specialists to practice and develop techniques for using instructional
tools and software to support curriculum units.
Teachers also incorporate student technology benchmarks into these
units at the appropriate grade level of discipline. |
| 15.737 |
Multimedia
and the Classroom (3) - Designed to enable
teachers to incorporate multimedia technologies such as digital cameras,
video, and audio equipment into the curriculum.
Assessment and effective management of a multimedia classroom is a
major part of the course.
|
| 15.738 |
Weaving the
Internet into Your Curriculum (3) - Introduces
the educational resources available on the Internet. Using classroom curriculum as a foundation, teachers learn
about telecommunications using e-mail, listservs, and newsgroups.
The use of audio and graphics, creation of web pages, and how to do
research on the World Wide Web are also covered. |
| 15.751 |
Web
Site Design and Management for the Educator (3)
- Focuses on web page design and management primarily for the educator.
Participants will learn skills and fundamentals of building a web
site using Microsoft FrontPage 98 and 2000.
This course will provide an overview of HTML programming and web
page imaging which will help you create and configure your first web site.
Research on educational strategies to best utilize your web site as
an educational resource with students, parents, administrators, and other
educators will be explored.
|
| 15.765 |
Introduction
to Assistive Technology (3) - Educators
are increasingly called upon to incorporate assistive technologies as well
as universal curriculum design principles into their classrooms to
accommodate the diverse learning needs of their students.
This course provides “real world” training, resources and skill
development in using the latest software, adaptive equipment, and “best
practices”.
Participants make decisions with supportive guidance resulting in
practical solutions that can be readily implemented for inclusive
classrooms. |
| 15.768 |
Assistive
Technology Assessment (3) - Recent
legislation requires special education professionals to design
interventions using assistive and adaptive technology as a vehicle to
individualize instruction. This
course allows special education team members to explore technology
assessment strategies and computer devices which match learner
characteristics and assist learners with intensive special needs as they
perform functional tasks and achieve increased independence.
|
| 15.769 |
Today’s
Technology for Educators (3) - Introduces
participants to various microcomputer concepts and provides hands-on
experience in word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and obtaining
information using the Internet.
|
| 15.778 |
Building
a Technology Enriched Curriculum (3) -
Addresses the coherent integration of multiple technologies into the core
curriculum subjects of high school. Participants
reshape an existing curriculum unit or build a new one to include
multimedia presentations. Particular
emphasis is placed on aligning the curriculum units with the Massachusetts
Curriculum Frameworks.
|
| 15.785 |
Today’s
Technology for Educators II (3) - Expands
knowledge of various microcomputer concepts including word processing,
spreadsheets, databases, and the Internet. Microsoft PowerPoint and
Microsoft Outlook are also introduced. |
| 15.797 |
Teaching
and Learning with Technology (3) - Focuses
on offering teachers an opportunity to expand their knowledge of
appropriate computer software in a way that will enable them to integrate
technology into the classroom. |
| 15.798 |
Advanced
Multimedia Projects (3) - A course for those
who are already familiar with multimedia-rich software.
Participants will learn advanced multimedia techniques and develop
at least two curriculum projects that can be shared and used in the
classroom.
|
| 16.705 |
Web
Page Graphics for the Educator (3) - Addresses
the use of Adobe Photoshop to enhance and manipulate digital images used
in web page design. Starting
with an overview of the tools available in Photoshop, the course will
examine a number of topics, such as color correction, image layers, photo
retouching, filter effects, and others.
With web page design becoming more common as teachers develop
curriculum based web quests and other classroom projects, a knowledge of
how to use this tool to improve the quality and creativity of web page
graphics will be inevitable. |
| 16.709 |
Smart
Surfing: Spending Productive Time on the Internet (1)
- Provides
an opportunity for educators to learn to use Internet resources to design
classroom projects, ideas, and goals, which are directly linked to the
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. |
| 16.722 |
Webquests:
Learning Adventures on the Internet (2) -
Provides an opportunity to learn how to utilize teacher-chosen Internet
resources to design lessons or units that enable students to have a
focused, exciting, and rich experience on the internet.
|
| 16.750 |
Web
Research and Authoring for the Educator (3)
- Focuses
on using the computer and the Internet as a research tool and developing
web pages to enhance the classroom curriculum.
The features of several search engines are considered and criteria
for evaluating web sites are established.
Participants create curriculum web pages that reflect their
classroom practice and the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. |
| 16.756 |
Integrating
Technology Tools for Curriculum Innovation (3)
- Presents
the knowledge and skills required to develop unit or lesson plans that
integrate student use of technology in the classroom. Topics covered include: Internet-Search and Link,
Teacher/Student Homepage, Desktop Publishing, Classroom Software Toolkit,
AVID Cinema, and Digital Imaging. |
| 16.766 |
Using
the IBM-PC as an Educational Tool – Part II (3) - A curriculum
project based course in which educators learn how to make presentations
using graphics, sound and video. The
Internet is explored for educational resources and curriculum research.
Prerequisite:
Using the Computer as an Educational Tool – Part I or permission of the
instructor. |
| 16.796 |
Creating
Computer Simulations for the Classroom (3)
- Introduces teachers to the fundamentals of modeling complex, dynamic
systems using StarLogo. Participants
will learn to build models appropriate to their classes on topics ranging
from demographics to predator-prey dynamics and from particle collisions
to market economics. Students
will also work with other faculty to create supporting curricular
materials and devise strategies for bringing the materials back to the
classroom.
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