Focus on the ISTE NETS Standards
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Research & Information Fluency
by Tammy Stephens
Each month we will devote this column in our newsletter to how PODetc Courses help educators meet the standards The International Society of Technology Education has developed National Education Technology Standards.
This month we will be examining the standard Research and Information Fluency.
The Stephens Group is proud to announce we have a new PODetc course to meet this standard. The course begins April 12th.
The course is broken up into four modules, one module for each week of the course.
- Module 1: Search Tools and their Secrets
- Module 2: Online 'Thinking Tools'
- Module 3: Plagiarism in the Digital Age
- Module 4: Open Educational Resources
The deadline to register for the course is April 5th. More information about the course is available on at the PODetc website. Participants can take the course for 1 graduate credit through the University of Green Bay.
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Still Time to Register for February Courses
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Creativity and Innovation in the Classroom
February 22- March 19
1 graduate credit available through the University of Green Bay
Join us in this online course and examine the International Society of
Technology Education standard, "Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning
and Creativity" and how you can apply and integrate it into your
curriculum with integrated technology! Gain insight into how to balance
your curriculum with integrated technology, learn how to design
curriculum for use in your classroom, and participate in a
collaborative environment to share and build surplus of useful
strategies and ideas!
More information is available at the PODetc website.
Tech Literary 101: Foundations in Collaborative Tools
February 22- March 19
1 graduate credit available through the University of Green Bay
Establish your presence with the creation of an online homesite!
Through this online course, you will be introduced to the concept of
"cloud computing" and the use of open source ware for purposes of
professional development and collaboration. Course activities are
designed to assist you with your online collaboration skills in
creating document, spreadsheets, and presentations. More information is available at the PODetc website.
Hurry Registration ends April 5th!
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Online Education in the News
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Online learning has taken off in the past ten years: The U.S.
Department of Education estimates that e-learning, or virtual school
instruction, is now offered by about 25 percent of all K-12 public
schools. (Michigan and Alabama even require it for graduation.) The following articles are about the growth in K12 online education:
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