Course Descriptions

The Certificate of Educational Technology and Information Literacy has been designed to meet the professional development needs of exemplary International School educators including teachers and administrators. The certificate requires five courses which are described as follows:

Course #1 – Information Literacy and Ourselves as Learners
September 5 – October 15, 2011
(ADE 634: Adult Learning in the Workplace)

A foundation course, introducing learners to the methods of information literacy in the 21st Century. Independent learning requires that students and teachers are able evaluate the authenticity, relevance and bias of information that inundates us. Tools and strategies for teacher and students for accessing, filtering, evaluating and applying information will be addressed. This course will address meta-cognition and an awareness of how we learn in a digital landscape. Student will be provided with strategies for reflective practice and using prior knowledge to build understanding and deal with new technology.

Course 1 Meeting Dates:
All Tuesday meetings are 4:30 – 6:30pm in M102
All Saturday meetings are 9:00 – 4:00 in M102

Tuesday August 23: Pre-meeting to set up tech tools
Weekend: September 17-19 – EARCOS Weekend Workshop: The Networked Educator with Chris Betcher
Tuesday September 27: Meeting
Tuesday October 4: Meeting

Course #2 – 21st Century Literacy Ideas, Questions, and Issues
October 31 – December 10, 2011
(EDC 601: Instructional Technologies)

The 21st Century learner had been bombarded with new technology, access to wide ranging global communication, and a plethora of information. Accompanying this new world of learning are ethical, moral, and emotional considerations that are changing the way in which are students are interacting with the world. This course will explore current issues inherent in our technological world.

Course 2 Meeting Dates:
All Tuesday meetings are 4:30 – 6:30pm in M102
All Saturday meetings are 9:00 – 4:00 in M102

Tuesday November 8
Saturday November 26 (Bridging the Gap Conference)
Tuesday December 6
Saturday December 10

Course #3 – Visual Literacy: Effective Communicators and Creators
January 30 – March 9, 2012
(EDC 604: Authoring for Educators)

The curriculum of design and attention to aesthetic has always been the property of the visual arts, however as so much of our media is now consumed and created electronically, a new set of visual literacies have emerged. Awareness of how an audience interacts with that medium and how to take advantage of this to strengthen their message or purpose for communication, will be addressed.

Course 3 Meeting Dates:
All Tuesday meetings are 4:30 – 6:30pm in M102
All Saturday meetings are 9:00 – 4:00 in M102

Tuesday February 7
Weekend February 4 – 5 – EARCOS Weekend Workshop with Andrew Churches
Tuesday March 6

Course #4 – Technology: A Catalyst for Learning
April 16 – May 25, 2012
(EDC 603: Instructional Design and Problem Solving with Technology)

Research based best practice for the embedded use of technology for learning will be shared and practiced. The focus will be on the habits that provide students with the ability to use technology for its greatest learning advantage. The best use of laptop computers, Smart boards, etcetera, will be addressed as embedded tools to foster optimum learning of the curriculum. The optimal use of communication tools such as pod casts, blogs, nings, wikis, and voice threads will be addressed with tips for management and strategies to promote maximum learning in classrooms.

Course 4 Meeting Dates:
All Tuesday meetings are 4:30 – 6:30pm in M102
All Saturday meetings are 9:00 – 4:00 in M102

Tuesday April 17
Saturday April 21
Tuesday May 8
Saturday May 19

Course #5 – Alive in the Classroom: Applied Web 2.0 Technology for Learning
Fall 2012
(EDC 594: Emerging Technologies to Support Teaching and Learning)

The course will be about the classroom application, and reflection on the use of web 2.0 technology in the classroom. Participants will be asked to create a plan for the embedded use of technology to foster learning, share with the group and offer feedback on their cohorts’ embedded use of technology for learning. Did the use of technology lead to deeper learning?