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IPFW Teacher Workshop, June 11-22

Course Summary

The 21st century has witnessed an explosion of Internet-based innovations for teaching, communicating, learning and expanding classroom connections. To take advantage of them, today's teachers need a wide variety of technology skills. This workshop provides an overview of emerging Internet-based tools and ways that teachers can leverage them to engage students, create an active learning environment, and increase student learning.

Syllabus

•Blogs

•Wikis

•RSS Feeds

•YouTube

•Commercial Web Pages

•google

•Flickr

•SurveyMonkey

Participants will gain hands-on experience working with readily available and free tools. Participants should have basic skills in browsing the Internet and using desktop software applications, a desire to enhance their teaching with technology, and a sense of adventure for exploring new technologies. Applications will not be platform-specific and the workshop will be taught in a computer lab.

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