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Instructor: Glenn Gurley
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Summer or Fall 2000
Twenty Contact Hours (2.0 CEUs)
Upon successful completion of this course, a certificate will be issued by the
Division of Instructional Services, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
Participants are to contact their county level Staff Development Coordinator for prior
approval of technology CEU credit.
Sessions
Each weekly assignment requires approximately three hours to
complete. Reserve Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. for the weeks we have chats and
videoconferences, see details of meetings in session assignments.
| Session 1 |
March 20 |
Session 5 |
April 17 |
| Session 2 |
March 27 |
Session 6 |
May 1 |
| Session 3 |
April 3 |
Session 7 |
May 8 |
| Session 4 |
April 10 |
Projects Due |
Friday, May 12 |
Participants are required to have a computer with
Internet access that is not blocked by a firewall (a system that enforces an access
control policy between two networks) and a desktop video camera. Due to
evening sessions, Internet access at home in addition to school is suggested but not
required.
For more information e-mail Teachers Connect:
teachers_connect@hotmail.com
Overview
Teachers Connect has developed this online staff development class as
its first module in a series that introduces educators to a variety of educational
technology topics which include web-based activity structures, Connectivities. These
classes are taught through activity based lessons using the rich resources available
through the Internet. By participation as students, teachers will better understand
and have experience in utilizing the elements of effective online courses. North
Carolina educators will become active members of this new learning
environment. The goal of these courses is to facilitate the enhanced use
of technologies in classes through lessons, activities, and collaborative experiences via
the Internet.
Effective learning hinges on the active engagement of students in
constructing their own knowledge and understanding. The goal for this course is for
educators to understand that desktop videoconferencing breaks down classroom walls and
enables students to be involved in meaningful, real life learning through the collection
and sharing of information.
In this course, participants will learn about the role desktop
videoconferencing can play in instructional technology. Participants will:
- Observe the educational value of desktop videoconference
- Install and configure
telecommunications software
- Participate with other educators in discussion forums,
chats, and videoconferences
- Set up computer with software and hardware needed for
videoconferencing
- Organize a videoconference event that networks
student/teacher with presenters as a class project.
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Prerequisite Technology Skills
To participate in this advanced course, educators must
have a good understanding and command of the following skills:
- Word processing
- Internet navigation
- File uploading and downloading
- Software Installation
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Access and use
resources on Internet and World Wide Web. |
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Demonstrate terms such
as telecommunications, direct access, dial-in access, modem, baud rate, Internet, World
Wide Web. |
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Conduct online
conferences relevant to professional information needs. |
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Install and configure
telecommunications software. |
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Use, effectively,
distance learning, desktop video conferencing, and tele-teaching technologies. |
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Access resources for planning
instruction available via
telecommunications (e.g., experts, lesson plans, authentic data,
curriculum materials.) |
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Use technology in the
discipline/subject for learning and as a
medium for communications. |
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Select and
create learning experiences that are appropriate for curriculum goals, relevant to
learners, based upon principles of effective teaching and learning, incorporate the use of
media and technology for teaching where appropriate, and support learner expression in a
variety of media using a variety of media communication tools. |
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| Syllabus |
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- Session 1
- Join eGroups
- introductions/poll
- Read articles - activity structures
- Submit assignments online
- Session 2
- Analyze effective videoconferences using Town Meetings
- Select student and teacher transcripts to
read
- Submit of summary forms of Town Meetings
- Chat in eGroup chat room - from assign
reading (3/30 at 7 p.m.)
- Session 3
- Download CU-SeeMe software
- Set-up camera and videoconferencing software
- Configure videoconference camera
- Test camera
- Read about the elements of an effective
videoconference
- Session 4
- Participate in videoconference (4/13 at 7
p.m.)
- Meet online for planning
- Form teams for Town Meeting project and
begin team planning
- Secure guest(s)
- Produce promotion page
- Conduct Town Meeting
- Create transcript from pictures and chat
- Session 5
- Participate in a Town Meeting (various
times)
- Copy and create transcript from Town Meeting
- Continue planning of team project
- Session 6
- Submit Town Meeting date and promotion page
- Read article
- Download and install - iVisit videoconferencing software
- Session 7
- Participate in iVisit group session (05/11 at 7 p.m.)
- Provide feedback
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