Summer Professional Development Catalog
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Summer Professional Development Catalog is now available.
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Focus on the ISTE NETS Standards
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Technology Operations & Concepts
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 Technology Operations & Concepts.
PODetc has three courses devoted to helping teachers develop their technical skills.
Our introductory course is Tech Literacy 101: Foundations in Collaborative Tools is taught by Dr. Lovejoy. In this course, participants create their own iGoogle page. They also collaboratively create Google Docs, Google Spreadsheets, Google Presentations and Google Forms. The next time this course will be offered is June 14 - July 9, 2010.
Tech Literacy 102: Building Knowledge Management Systems is taught by Tammy Stephens. In this course, participants learn how to harness the power of the Web to have information you want delivered to you and how to leverage social networks such as Diigo and Twitter to find useful information. This course will be offered June 14 - July 9, 2010 & August 2 -August 27, 2010.
Tech Literacy 103: Utilizing Social Networking Tools in a Leadership Capacity is also taught by Tammy Stephens. The purpose of this course is to help library media specialists, administrators, technology integrators and directors to take on leadership roles and to utilize social tools to help encourage others in their organizations to learn technology. You can see some of the final projects that have been developed through this course at http://podetcsocialnetworking.wikispaces.com/ The next time this course is offered is August 2 -August 27, 2010.
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Last Day to Register for April Courses!
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The Deadline for registering for April POD etc Courses is Monday, April 5th. Information is available at the PODetc Website.
If you are interested in taking a courses beginning April 12th and have missed the April 5th deadline please contact Dr. Lovejoy at (800) 408.4935 x 2 or vlovejoy@podetc.com.
Courses are 1 graduate credit.
The dates of the courses are April 12-May 7.
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New Professional Development Calendar
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Check out the Stephens Group/PODetc new Online Professional Development Calendar!
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Online Education in the News
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Check out the New National Technology Planwhich calls for all teachers to be trained on teaching online.
Read about an innovative Kansas-based educational program, demonstrates how hybrid learning can help combat high school drop-outs.
Wichita
Public Schools' Learning Centers, March 2010
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