Week 2 Courses (6/27 - 7/1)
NEW! Foundations of Teaching and Learning Using Online Resources (Formerly Basic Internet Skills)
ED 517 Warren Nelson
This course is for educators who are Internet novices. Lessons are given in search techniques and other basic Internet skills. Participants will experience the Web and the various teaching and learning resources it offers. Through instruction and guided practice, participants will learn to navigate the Web successfully, gaining ideas and skills for incorporating Web resources into their curricula. Elementary, Middle, Secondary
NEW! Teaching and Learning with Young Adult Literature (Formerly Choosing Yal: from Twilight to Octavian)
ED 560 Margaret Meacham
The recent surge in young adult publishing has created a vibrant literature with a wide-ranging scope. These books vary tremendously in subject matter, quality, and age appropriateness. This course is designed to allow secondary and high school teachers and librarians to take a close look at this literature, including graphic novels, biography, and creative nonfiction to develop and model strategies and classroom activities that will enable them to help their students find the books they want, and to encourage their students to become lifelong readers. Middle, High
Introduction to the Strategic Instruction Model (SIM)
ED 569 Lisa Sligh
Designed to train teachers in more techniques for their pedagogy toolbox, this class will look at SIM from The University of Kansas - Center for Research on Learning (KU-CRL). Each of these tools has been designed and validated through numerous research studies to help make curriculum assessable to ALL students and to enable further classroom differentiation for various types of learners. Participants will be trained in several Content Enhancements (Unit Organizer, FRAME, LINCs, and Concept Mastery) and Learning Strategies (Sentence Writing and Paragraph Writing) for use in their classrooms. Extensive time will be spent creating materials for classroom use. Elementary, Middle, Secondary
Reading Strategies for Teaching Social Studies (2 credits)
See Special Institute
ED 523 Peggy Altoff