Subject: Summer UMaine Courses
Summer courses through the Professional Development Center at USM. Please post and pass around.
This course is designed for educators who use iBooks, MacBooks or iMacs
to integrate technology into core subject learning. Teachers of any
grade level will learn current tools to engage students and use
technology as a design tool in planning classroom lessons and units of
study. Web 2.0 tools available through the Internet, software native to
the Mac and peripherals like digital cameras and microphones will be
utilized during the course. Texts will include current articles and
online resources connecting content learning to 21st Century Skills.
Participants will be expected to develop an individual project that can
be used in an educational setting. Registrants may bring their own
laptop or use computers provided in the USM lab.
In our technology-driven, globally diverse world, students are
consuming and producing many forms of electronic media. How do we
develop teaching strategies for the 21st Century classroom given
changing ideas about literacy? This course is designed for K-12
educators looking to integrate an array of current digital technology
skills with core academic subjects. The state of Maine has joined the
National Partnership for 21st Century Skills (see http://www.21stcenturyskills.org) and advocates the infusion of these skills into K-12 learning.
Alice Barr