Cool+Web+Tools+Syllabus

Cool Web Tools to Jazz up Your Lessons Instructor: Rita Partridge

Dates & Times: Thursday ___ at TEC in Dedham Earn: 12 PDPs if not taking the course for graduate credit, or 22.5 PDPs Grad. Credit: 1 credit from Worcester State College

Course Description: Most teachers have heard of web 2.0, but are not sure how these free tools can be helpful in enhancing curriculum in their classroom. And there are so many choices out there that it is difficult to decide which tool, or even if a tool can be helpful to you. In this course we will explore new tools for Presentations, Social Bookmarking. Slideshows, Instructional Videos and more. We will begin with tools to organize your web research and move on to tools that will showcase your research and end with some interactive tools to use with your students. Course Objectives:
 * To learn new Web 2.0 tools for use in the classroom
 * To apply the use of these tools with students
 * To integrate these tools with your curriculum
 * To develop a deeper level of fluency with digital technology on the web

Class One- 4:00 - 7:00 PM • Instructional Videos. Voicethread and Jing

Class Two- 4:00 - 7:00 PM • Social Bookmarking. Diigo Vs. Delicious

Class Three- 4:00 - 7:00 PM • Slideshows/presentations Animoto vs Instructional Podcasts

Class Four- 4:00 - 7:00 PM • Wordle Word Clouds

This course is designed with the expectation that students will have additional work to complete between classes.