This course is for Teachers in grades K-12 and meets the following professional development criteria: Technology, technology content, reading comprehension, and teaching skills.
Participants will complete a written project, performance assessment and an action plan for implementation.
Participants will be assessed using a multiple choice pre and post assessment. Scores on the post assessment must be at least 80%. In addition a lesson plan or project with action plan is required.
Finally an implementation plan will be completed by participants indicating how new learning will be integrated into their assignments.
Does the thought of using a computer or other “techie tools” make your heart race and your palms sweat? Then this is the course for you. This course is designed for non- technical educators who are not comfortable with some of the technology available for use in the classroom.
Educators will learn how to use the computer to search the Internet for appropriate educational sites and materials via the PDE Ed Hub and netTrekker d.i, discuss the current brain research as it applies to selecting appropriate teaching strategies for today’s learners, and learn how to download and incorporate digital images and video clips (from unitedstreaming) into their lessons. They will also create a Microsoft Word document.
*Required out of class work
Participants will develop an action plan on how they plan to incorporate the technologies and strategies presented in this course into their actual classrooms. The plan must include the creation of at least one differentiates PA State Standards based lesson plan using the curriculum framework found on the Learning Nexus of the PA ED Hub. This lesson plan must include 1 Microsoft Word document, 1 concept from an internet search, 1 still digital image, and 1 video clip and also integrate at least two content areas (for example social studies and mathematics).
