Lisa Brooks: Cutting Edge Classroom Tools for Educators - "Tech 4 Educators"
This is the 7th year I'm teaching my highly practical and well-received summer
technology for educators classes. With all the new Web 2.0 tools and apps available
there's much new to learn and I'd love to include you or your education personnel
this summer. Feel free to pass the following info on to any school admin.,
teachers, or staff who you think would be interested.
Thanks, Lisa Brooks
Hi Everyone!
It's time to begin planning your summer learning. Ready to tackle the world
of tools and apps offered online for communication, research, website development,
photo manipulation, multimedia and more? Take advantage this summer of Lisa
Brooks's 28 years of teaching and tech integration with her "Tech 4 Educators" class
offered through Marlboro Graduate School. Here's the info below. Feel free
to contact Lisa with any questions.
Lisa Brooks,
Marlboro College Graduate School
A summer intensive at Marlboro College Graduate School: "Tech4Educators"
With Web 2.0 - the offering of applications online - technology for educators
has never been easier to learn and apply to the classroom. Gone are the days
of learning complicated software to bring one’s curriculum into cyberspace.
This blended course is taught both online and face-to-face. Pre-class online
technology tips you'll read and respond to online (once a week reading/response:
May through mid-June.) plus a one-week summer hands-on residency in either
Wilmington or Brattleboro will follow (see dates below). The final project,
a personal technology integration plan, will be created and submitted online
in the 2 weeks following the residency.
Registration: April 12 to May 7, 2010 at: https://gradschool.marlboro.edu/admissions/application_cep/
Students must register by May 7th, 2010 in order to complete online pre-residency
reading and response requirements.
Choose the dates and location of your residency when registering. For more
information email instructor, Lisa Brooks, at: lbrooks@marlboro.edu
3 graduate-level credits
Cost: $1464.00. ($488 per credit, equal to UVM and the Vermont State reimbursement
amounts)
Dates:
• Wilmington, VT: May 10-June 18, online - June 21-25 in person,
9am-4pm - final project due: July 9
• Brattleboro, VT: May 10-June 18, online - July 5-9 in person,
9am-4pm - final project due: July 23
Learn to:
• Use blogs and wikis for student journaling and communication
with parents.
• Learn how to make a Webquest for students; safe and structured
browsing of websites.
• Build simple websites for delivering content that are free
to host online.
• Understand learning environments such as Second Life, and the
Vermont Young Writers’ Project.
• Learn about and use an industry-standard Learning Management
System (LMS), Moodle, the environment in which the class is taught.
• Experience the benefits of blended learning by taking a blended
class yourself (meets both in person and online).
• Manage and manipulate photos and graphics using online tools.
• Create podcasts and basic video screencasts as learning tools.
• Discover multimedia presentation applications that make PowerPoint
obsolete.
• Add animation and avatars, online drawing, photography, and
other multimedia tools & applications, to your teaching strategies.
Tech4Educators is a 3 graduate-level credit course that also counts towards
Marlboro's MAT Masters degree, Instructional Technology Certificate, and the
Vermont Educational Technology Specialist Endorsement #42. See: http://gradschool.marlboro.edu/academics/mat/
Instructor Bio
Lisa Brooks is a 28-year veteran public school
art and technology teacher who fell in love with technology when it first slipped
into her art room in the 1980s. She currently teaches art and technology courses
online to students at Community College of VT, as well as face-to-face courses
for Marlboro College Graduate School and Bennington College’s Graduate Program
in Second Language. Lisa is a working artist and Web designer. She holds a
BA from the University of Montana in art and education and an MA in Teaching
with Technology from Marlboro College Graduate School. Lisa has taught local
teachers how to integrate technology in their curriculums (WSSU and WSESU)
since 2003. She has presented at state and New England conferences as well
as teaches Virtual High School teachers how to use contemporary Web 2.0 tools
and apps. in their online classes.
Syllabus:
Tech4Educators. EDU910.SP10, Marlboro College Graduate School
Lisa Brooks, Instructor, lbrooks@marlboro.edu
Tech4Educators is a 3-credit, graduate-level course specifically for educators
from primary through administration. Class will meet online in Moodle for weekly
reading and reflection assignments, with a 5-day residency, 9am - 4pm daily,
of hands-on application of tools and technology applications. As the summary
project a written personal tech plan is required within two weeks of the residency.
Pre-class Reading Topics:
Moodle, Second Life, VT Young Writers’ Project and other online learning
environments
Searching and vetting sources on the Web
Essential Questions and how they apply to online learningCopyright law and web resources
Web 2.0 – What is it and how can I use it?
The Future of the InternetBlogging and Twittering As Educational Communication Tools
Hot New Free Multimedia Tools and Apps for Educators
Residency - General Schedule (time is made for "burning
desires" of
participants)
Day 1
Blogging: set up a blog and Twitter accounts and add to them throughout week.
Class Wiki: participate in a collaborative learning space, set up your profile
Digital cameras - take pix, upload to computer
Basic Photoshop & online photo tools (upload/download, size & make web-ready
photos)
Basic Web Design – online tools, intro to basic web page construction
Day 2
The WebQuest model for structuring online projects
Building your educational website & site management
Researching for WebQuest: online bookmarking
Online photo editors
Blog on copyright law topic
Wiki – creating a new topic page
Day 3
Work on Web pages
Animation, video and avatars
Online photo galleries, animated GIF builders
and Screencasting
WebQuests - begin to put it together, make web pages for your Quest
Slide shows: online apps. vs.
PowerPoint
Blog on working in The Cloud
Wiki – organizing in the wiki, reordering, editing
Day 4
Work on Website, WebQuest, and/or Presentation
Google Apps. and Tools
Second Life, VT Young Writers Project
Podcasts, & video in the classroom; how to embed them on your webpage
Blog: begin thinking about your plan for using technology in the school year
Wiki: create a wiki for your class curriculum or a class project
Day 5
RSS feeds and more multimedia
Embedding video, audio on websites
Work on Websites, WebQuests
Present Websites/WebQuests to peers and teacher last hour of class
Final assignment: Create a plan on how you will utilize technology in at least one of your courses
for the next school year. Include, but not limited to: timeline, site map/plan,
Web pages, wikis and blogs – communication, links – cybrary,
WebQuests, discussion methods, student projects. Explain your plan in detail
and set doable goals for the year.
Text: No pre-purchased text or paid sites. Free online sources, or through Marlboro's
Library Database
Technology expectations:
Home computer expectations: approx. 3 years old, modern
browser, high speed connection
F2F class computer expectations: Laptops are encouraged for the face
to face course as you have more control over your hardware and you get savvy
w/ your own machine. We can provide computers if for some reason you cannot
bring a laptop to the F2F (face to face) class.
