Educators Choice Awards/ The Best Sites on the Web

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PEDC 9021 Educators Choice Awards/ The Best Sites on the Web
3 Graduate Level or In-service Credits/ 45 Hours Instructor: Janice McLachlan November 1-30, February 1-28, August 1-30
University of the Pacific

Are you looking for new and innovative ways to enhance your classroom curriculum through the use of technology and the Internet in your classroom? Learn to make your classroom an award winning learning environment. Choose from a wide variety of recommended educational sites to integrate into your lesson plans. Teachers will choose a wide variety of activities in every area of study to create valuable classroom resources that will boost student achievement through the use of technology and web-based learning activities. NYS Standards are addressed in every academic area of study. This course is appropriate for all educators N-12 including Psychologists, Guidance Counselors, Special Educators, Social Studies, Technology, Science, Math, ELA, The Arts, Foreign Language and Physical Education.

How will this course help educators to meet the Common Core State Standards?

Educators will learn how to integrate Technology and Inquiry-based Learning across the curriculum to share in the responsibility of teaching literacy to all students through motivating educational web sites for classroom integration. They will learn how to teach students to show evidence of learning with informational and complex text using academic vocabulary and multiple sources through motivating multi-media experiences based on their individual grade level and subject specialization. Educators will integrate and create relevant classroom resources to meet specific Anchor Standards in ELA and Mathematics to meet course specific student learning objectives and increase academic success and questioning practices in preparation for college and career readiness.

How will this course benefit my classroom instruction and student learning objectives?

Foreign Language and LOTE

Teachers will learn how to create motivating literature rich experiences to facilitate in their ELA classrooms with meaningful educational web sites for classroom integration. Inquiry-based Learning topics will be bridged across the curriculum to help meet the rigor of the CCSS. Teachers learn how to integrate a wide variety of technology rich and Inquiry-based Learning opportunities to meet the CCSS ELA Standards: Reading, Speaking, Writing, Listening and Language by creating motivating PowerPoint presentations and lesson plans in addition to a plethora of classroom resources to bring back to the classroom for increased student achievement through informational texts and technology.

Mathematics

Teachers will learn how to integrate topics in Technology and Inquiry-based Learning to make connections to the mathematical practices to mathematical content in mathematics instruction with meaningful educational web sites for classroom integration. Teachers will learn how to create a wide variety of classroom resources including lesson planning and PowerPoint presentation to help students learn how to think like a mathematician. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them, reason abstractly and quantitatively, construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

Science

Teachers will integrate Science into Technology and Inquiry-based Learning topics to make connections to informational text that will expose students to a broad range of genres and multi-media formats with meaningful educational web sites for classroom integration. Teachers will learn how to create a wide variety of classroom resources including lesson planning and PowerPoint presentations to help students learn how to think like a scientist. Teachers will use Technology, Inquiry-based Learning and Science to share in the responsibility of facilitating literacy across the curriculum by creating opportunities for students to read, write and answer questions through multiple sources with the focus on academic vocabulary and technical ideas.

Social Studies

Teachers will integrate Social Studies into Technology and Inquiry-based Learning topics to make connections to informational text that will expose students to a broad range of genres and multi-media formats with meaningful educational web sites for classroom integration. Teachers will learn how to create a wide variety of classroom resources including lesson planning and PowerPoint presentations to help students learn about historical events. Teachers will use Technology and Inquiry-based Learning and Social Studies to share in the responsibility of facilitating literacy across the curriculum by creating opportunities for students to read, write and answer questions through multiple sources with the focus on academic vocabulary.

The Arts: Art, Music, Physical Education

Teachers will use Technology and Inquiry-based Learning topics to make connections to informational text that will expose students to a broad range of genres and multi-media formats with meaningful educational web sites for classroom integration. Teachers will learn how to create a wide variety of classroom resources including lesson planning and PowerPoint presentations to help students learn how think critically and bridge topics to all other areas of learning. Teachers will use Technology and Inquiry-based Learning to share in the responsibility of facilitating literacy across the curriculum by creating opportunities for students to read, write and answer questions through multiple sources with the focus on academic vocabulary.

Special Education

Teachers will use the relevant Anchor Standards in ELA and Mathematics in conjunction with Technology Inquiry-based Learning topics to create support and related services to students with disabilities that will expose them to a broad range of genres and multi-media formats with meaningful educational web sites for classroom integration. Teachers will learn how to create a wide variety of classroom resources including lesson planning and PowerPoint presentations to help students learn how think critically and bridge topics to all other areas of learning. Teachers will use the Inquiry-based Learning to share in the responsibility of facilitating literacy across the curriculum by creating opportunities for students to read, write and answer questions through multiple sources with the focus on academic vocabulary the meet the unique needs of the student.

Social Workers, Guidance Counselors and School Psychologists

Educators will use the relevant Anchor Standards in ELA and Mathematics in conjunction with Technology and Inquiry-based Learning topics to create support and related services to students that will expose them to a broad range of genres and multi-media formats with meaningful educational web sites for classroom integration. Teachers will learn how to create a wide variety of classroom resources including lesson planning and PowerPoint presentations to help students learn how think critically, solve problems and bridge topics to all other areas of learning. Teachers will use Technology and Inquiry-based Learning to share in the responsibility of facilitating literacy across the curriculum by creating opportunities for students to read, write and answer questions through multiple sources with the focus on academic vocabulary the meet the unique needs of the student that will help them for college and career readiness.

Elementary Education

Teachers will use the relevant Anchor Standards in ELA and Mathematics in conjunction with Technology and Inquiry-based Learning topics to create experiences that will expose students to a broad range of genres and multi-media formats with meaningful educational web sites for classroom integration. Teachers will learn how to create a wide variety of classroom resources including lesson planning and PowerPoint presentations to help students learn how think critically and bridge topics to all other areas of learning. Teachers will use Inquiry-based Learning to share in the responsibility of facilitating literacy across the curriculum by creating opportunities for students to read, write and answer questions through multiple sources with the focus on academic vocabulary the meet the unique needs of the student.

Secondary Education

Teachers will use the relevant Anchor Standards in ELA and Mathematics in conjunction with Technology and Inquiry-based Learning to expose students to a broad range of genres and multi-media formats with meaningful educational web sites for classroom integration. Teachers will learn how to create a wide variety of classroom resources including lesson planning and PowerPoint presentations to help students learn how think critically and bridge topics to all other areas of learning. Teachers will use Technology and Inquiry-based Learning to share in the responsibility of facilitating literacy across the curriculum by creating opportunities for students to read, write and answer questions through multiple sources with the focus on academic vocabulary the meet the unique needs of their classroom.

Media and Technology Specialists

Educators will use the relevant Anchor Standards in ELA and Mathematics in conjunction with Technology and Inquiry-based Learning topics to expose students to a broad range of genres and multi-media and digital formats with meaningful educational web sites for classroom integration. Educators will learn how to create a wide variety of classroom resources including lesson planning and PowerPoint presentations to help students learn how think critically and bridge topics to all other areas of learning by using technology. Teachers will use Technology and Inquiry-based Learning to share in the responsibility of facilitating literacy across the curriculum by creating opportunities for students to read, write and answer questions through multiple sources with the focus on academic vocabulary the meet the unique needs of their classroom.

Career and Vocational Specialists

Educators will use the relevant Anchor Standards in ELA and Mathematics in conjunction with Technology and Inquiry-based Learning to expose students to a broad range of genres and multi-media formats with meaningful educational web sites for classroom integration. Teachers will learn how to create a wide variety of classroom resources including lesson planning and PowerPoint presentations to help students learn how think critically and bridge topics to all other areas of learning. Teachers will use Technology and Inquiry-based Learning to share in the responsibility of facilitating literacy across the curriculum by creating opportunities for students to read, write and answer questions through multiple sources with the focus on academic vocabulary the meet the unique needs of their classroom and succeed in college and career readiness.