Tech Tips Newsletter
April 8, 2014
Editor: Karen Franker
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In this issue...
1. Sign Up for a Summer Online Course 2. How to Create Collaborative Learning Experiences with VoiceThread 3. Tech Tip: How to Add Your Own Slide to a VoiceThread (Video) Sign Up for a Summer Online Course
Are you looking for a course to meet your professional development goals for continuing education, license renewal or advanced certification?
Check out the list of online classes starting in May, June and July.
Creating Collaborative Learning Experiences with VoiceThread
Discover the multiple uses of VoiceThread in flipped and traditional classrooms, and explore how this versatile tool can increase motivation and assess learning.
Technology Forum: VoiceThread (PDF)
Amy Brusini at Johns Hopkins University provides an overview of VoiceThread – what it is, who is using it, why it matters, and how it can be used.
The University of North Carolina ITS Teaching and Learning staff share sample Voicethread presentations including: explaining a process, interpreting a work of art, and analyzing photographic evidence.
Listen, Watch, and Read: Using VoiceThread for Assessing Student Reading
Jeremy Sarachan describes how VoiceThread can provide a refreshing and creative new way for students to orally respond to discussion questions.
Whitney Kilgore explains how the ARCS motivational design model, when used with VoiceThread, stimulates critical thinking and provides students with an opportunity to use their own voices.
Using VoiceThread to Create an Interactive Syllabus
Michelle Pacansky-Brock’s presentation walks viewers through an innovative syllabus via VoiceThread.
Diversifying Instruction in Large Lecture Classes with VoiceThread (Video: 52:41 minutes)
Skim Michelle Pacansky-Brock’s Webinar for terrific tips on using VoiceThread to build an effective and collaborative classroom community, even in very large lecture-based courses.
VoiceThread Digital Library
The official VoiceThread site contains a library of successful projects organized by subject area.
Michelle Pacansky-Brock’s excellent VoiceThread resource page
VoiceThread Participation Rubric by Michelle Pacansky-Brock
Tech Tips
VoiceThread – The Basics (Video 5:30)
Register for May, June and July Online Courses
Final call for the Instructional Design certificate courses beginning on May 5th.
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Showing posts with label graduate credit. Show all posts
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Voice Thread Tech Tips from UW-Stout
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
EDUC 650 Integrating Social Media Instructional Strategies
University of Wisconsin Stout
Online Course 1 semester hour graduate credit
Instructor: Dr. Kay Lehmann
Tuition and Registration
EDUC 650 Integrating Social Media Instructional Strategies
EDUC 650 July 8 - August 2, 2013 (Enroll today!)
Who should enroll?
Designed for elementary, middle school, and high school classroom teachers, special education teachers, guidance counselors, school administrators and support staff at all levels.
Prerequisite: A basic understanding of how to sign up for accounts using web-based tools and a willingness to explore social media instructional strategies.
Description
Social media strategies for professional development, global collaborative initiatives, learning community development and collaborations. Digital citizenship and learning outcomes and assessment using social media.
This course is an approved elective in the Master of Science in Education online degree program.
NOTE: You may enroll in this course to meet your goals for professional development, license renewal, or to complete graduate credits and transfer the credit to another university.
Textbook
Levinson, M. (2010). From fear to Facebook: One school’s journey. ISTE: Eugene, OR. ISBN-13: 978-1564842701 Available from amazon.com or iste.org as a paperback or from amazon.com as a Kindle edition.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Advocate and model safe, legal, and ethical use of social media.
- Evaluate a variety of social media tools for professional or classroom use and develop learning applications.
- Demonstrate an understanding of collaboration and communication strategies using social media with other professionals, community partners, or parents.
- Critically analyze connected classroom projects and professional development opportunities conducted via social media.
- Develop an assessment tool for evaluating social media for classroom or professional applications.
- Develop an action plan demonstrating ethical and effective application of social media for communication, professional development, assessment of learning, learning communities, experiential learning or integration in the curriculum.
Alignment with Standards
Course objectives are aligned with the following:
Wisconsin Standards for Teacher Development and Licensure (WI DPI) 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards 4 and 5
No travel to campus is required. Because this class is asynchronous and open to you 24/7, you may participate from your home or work computer during hours that are best for your work and family schedule.
The class is highly interactive with a significant discussion component. All discussion postings, projects and assignments will be submitted via the course discussion board and dropbox. Activities are conducted according to a schedule with specific due dates each week.
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The School of Education reserves the right to cancel classes that do not meet minimum enrollment requirements.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Online Instructional Design Graduate Certificate from UW-Stout!
New! Instructional Design Certificate
Sign up now and begin January 19, 2010
The Instructional Design Professional Certificate is designed for professionals interested in switching careers, enhancing their career or developing focused competency in instructional design.
You might work as a member of an instructional design team or as a professional development coordinator, instructional designer for textbook or e-learning company, web developer, software consultant or designer, or in curriculum development in education, healthcare, museum, nonprofit organization or military settings.
- Eight week intensive graduate-level online courses
- Expert facilitation by veteran online educators
- Small highly interactive classes
- Professional quality projects for a job search e-portfolio
- Career mentoring
- Highly competitive tuition (same tuition for Wisconsin residents, out-of-state and international students)
Friday, September 11, 2009
Last Call for the Fall!: Assessment in E-learning
Have you realized how powerful assessment is in the online learning environment? Assessment has the capability to drive interactions and engagement, as well as minimize plagiarism in the electronic classroom, strengthen higher-level learning and build e-portfolios. Learn what is needed to become an excellent online course designer while developing your electronic record keeping systems and methods for evaluating student learning, discussion postings and group projects. Become familiar with assessment tools that could make or break your online course.
EDUC 762 900C 3 graduate credits September 21 – November 14, 2009
Course Info Registration
What the students are saying:
"My toolbox runneth over thanks to everyone here. I now have a whole arsenal of tools, a clearer vision of how to use them, and a brain full of ideas."
~ Susan Inak, 30 years in education; Middle School Science Teacher and Media Specialist.
"I feel more comfortable trying new things - actually pressing those buttons to see what else I can do with a tool. I enjoyed our discussions and felt support from everyone in the class. I truly felt like I learned a lot. Everyone brought more to the material for me with their comments."
~ Melissa Anibas, Nursing Instructor
"My appreciation goes to Dr. Khalsa for the great course that she has created. This course has taught me some great assessment tools that can be used in my future online courses. I have learned advantages and disadvantages of many of these tools."
~ Dora Szemborski, College Accounting Instructor
Attention Information Age Educators: Primary Sources A Great Online Class!
Learn how to locate authentic digital primary sources in multiple formats to enhance your curriculum. Develop age appropriate learning activities that promote higher level questioning and critical thinking skills while adding excitement to student learning through engaging activities. The course is especially helpful for teachers of AP classes, teachers addressing state and national standards requiring the use of primary sources, and teachers working with National History Day activities. Materials from TPS Direct, the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources professional development program, will be incorporated in the class.
EDUC 744 951F 3 graduate credits September 21 – November 25, 2009
Course Info Registration
Last Call!
This course is taught by noted Library Media Specialist:
Mary Alice Anderson
School of Education
University of Wisconsin-Stout140E Voc Rehab Bldg
Menomonie, WI 54751
Phone: (507) 452 1180 after 4:00 p.m. CST
E-Mail: andersonmary@uwstout.edu
Primary Sources, Where have you been? Why have I never used primary sources? I didn’t use them because I didn’t know where to find the resources.I never considered all of the possibilities.
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