Explore the components that create a successful online learning environment.  Research the various elements in choosing a Learning Management System that supports online learning, and identifies best practices in managing digital content, activities and collaboration using an LMS.

Examine the current best practices for personalized learning of students in K-12 classrooms. Explore aspects of theory, research, policy, tools, and practice in relation to personalized learning and develop a customized personal learning action plan for the classroom.

Combine the art of Storytelling with Google Tour to create custom, interactive media-rich adventures in learning.  Students combine use of Google Earth, images, video, audio, links, text and storytelling components of people, events and ideas to immerses viewers in an[...]

Examine the purpose and tools available for creation of professional and student digital portfolios. Discover best creation practices and directly apply them through the creation of a professional digital portfolio and through development of an action plan for utilizing portfolios[...]

Students will review the importance of screencasting as an everyday learning tool. Educational research and literature will be explored as well as practical application of screencasting. Several screencasting tools will be examined and students will be expected to create multiple[...]

Redefine your teaching approach by using Hyperdocs one-document designs. Customize your own designs or use tips from existing models. Foster a Hyperdocs philosophy using your existing technology tools to support blended and personalized learning. Plan engaging, self-paced, student-centered creativity using[...]

Using video in the classroom is one of the most powerful instructional assets a teacher can utilize. Explore different tools, strategies and ideas for integrating video into your classroom. Learn how classroom video projects teach students to plan, organize, write,[...]

Education lacks a means to measure if and how the use of digital tools is impacting authentic learning. Learn how specific technology frameworks can provide these means by measuring if digitally supported learning is occurring beyond observable student engagement. Discover[...]

Course Overview Create, Communicate and Collaborate! Learn about and create useful examples of GSuite (formally GAFE) tools for education. Used by thousands of educators around the globe, Google’s free to veryone and easily accessed 11 GSuite tools include Drive, Calendar,[...]

Teachers have always held the key to student success. But their role is changing. There are new skills and pedagogical insights educators need to teach, work and learn in the digital age. Learn how to create documents using Google Docs and Drive.[...]

Course Overview Mobile devices continue to make inroads into the modern day classroom, and iPad is in a class by itself! Go to work with your iPad. Explore best practices, promising apps, and implementation strategies. Access rich content to support your students[...]

Course Overview Website creation used to take time - time teachers don’t have. Now Google Sites and other online services make it easy. Teachers focus on their content and what they want to communicate. No software to load or learn. Straight forward,[...]

Note: EDUO 9106 and EDUO 9104 are similar in content. However, EDUO 9104 is offered for 3 semester credits/units and requires additional lesson planning and implementations. Participants should choose one or the other, not both. Course Overview Mobile devices continue to[...]

A textbook is no longer required for this course. Tech changes occur rapidly, outdating print within a short time. The heart of this course remains; assisting newer tech-using teachers or teachers wanting to reacquaint themselves with use of tech, to get up[...]

Welcome to Flip Teaching! EDUO 9108 is a self-paced course designed to help teachers develop an appreciation for the Flipped Classroom. In this course, the participant will learn how the paradigm shift in the definition of homework has caused a permanent shift in[...]

Course Overview Collaborate with other educators on Twitter. Use Twitter technology in your instruction. Build a Twitter page, join the online professional learning community, learn how to use Twitter in the classroom, and encourage fellow educators to use Twitter as an education[...]

Course Description Creating talking stories will brighten the lives of every student! Pictello is a wonderful, inexpensive and easy app used to create talking photo albums and books on an iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. Students and teachers can create text-driven speaking[...]

Course Description: One of the major components of the Common Core standards is the use of technology. Anchor standard 6 for Writing is: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact with others. In this course you[...]

Course Overview Learn the basics of a Google Site setup by designing a welcome page, inserting an interactive calendar, updating announcements, and more. Make information, resources, and assignments accessible with Google Sites. Utilize your Google Site for student interaction or educator collaboration. *[...]

Course Overview Create a Paperless Classroom! Google Docs makes it possible to create and share documents digitally and is wonderful in the BYOD classroom. Learn the best way to share docs, properly use folders, create drop boxes for students, and make handout[...]

Course Overview Utilize Google Forms, a free Google App, to create rubrics, assignments, assessments, and more. Learn more than 50 creative uses of the applications! Use Google Forms to differentiate learning and automatically assess student progress. Course Objectives: The focus[...]

Course Overview Explore how teachers are leveraging the principles of gamification to create an instructional model that provides differentiation, student independence, collaboration, and inquiry learning. Like the most exciting video games, a gamified classroom engages learners with achievable, incremental challenges, designed to build[...]

Course Overview Gain proficiency with fundamental Smart Board skills. Begin creating highly interactive lessons! This course offers a step-by-step learning experience to help take new users through the basics of the SMART Notebook software. Learn how to use all of the basic[...]

Introduction Welcome to EDUO9125, Watch This! Creating Powerful Presentations. This is not just another course on how to create classroom PowerPoint or any other software or app-based presentation. This course asks you to think far outside the average presentation box. There’s no[...]

Introduction More Powerful Presentations EDUO 9126 is a follow up to EDUO 9125 Watch This! Creating Powerful Presentations. This course is only available to students who have successfully completed EDUO 9125. This will be a DIY lab course that will allow you[...]

Course Description: Instructive research on "90/90/90 schools" - 90% poverty, 90% minority, and 90% proficient – gives insights into strategies that support struggling writers. Two key approaches involve calibrated scoring practices as well as a focus on non-fiction. In this course, we[...]

Introduction Pinterest(ing) Communities: Advancing Knowledge through Visual Interactions supplies teachers with the groundwork necessary to learn, utilize and teach the use of Pinterest to enrich teaching strategies and student learning. Through a series of hands-on assignments, the course guides educators in the[...]

Introduction Digital Storytelling is the practice of using technology tools to help tell a meaningful and often heartfelt story. Digital stories are planned. They have a beginning, a middle and an end. The story itself is the most important ingredient. Technology tools[...]

Course Overview This course has been designed to help teachers transition to the 1:1 world of Chromebooks. Learn the best way to use Chromebooks in the classroom. Master the Chrome OS. Create lesson plans that maximize the use of the technology AND[...]

Hello and Welcome! This course will guide you through resources and activities that will help you understand the world of Computer Coding at a beginner’s level. Coding is similar to learning a new language. The coder must learn a language[...]

Welcome to EDUO 9138, Nourishing Responsible Digital Citizens. This course will explore digital citizenship not as a set of rules but as an organized principals-based path to turn individuals into productive and socially responsible lifetime digital citizens. Using the text,[...]

Course Overview Every teacher’s current use of technology to best facilitate student learning is unique. Provided with varying levels of technology resources and training to infuse technology into classroom curriculum and delivery, teachers may feel they are not successfully meeting[...]

Course Objectives Students taking this course will have opportunity to: Participate in a customized Google Classroom experience Transform your classroom into a paperless, robust collaborative environment Discover basic and newer creative ways to use Google Classroom with students Manage assignments,[...]

Participants in this course will evaluate and analyze the rationale for integrating creativity and innovation in education and then work through a systematic process to design and implement a Maker Space in their school. Maker Spaces promote learning through tinkering[...]