Welcome to Empowering the Classroom with Online Collaborative Tools

Using Technology for Student Literacy

Welcome! Let's get online! You've heard about Wikis, Blogs and Google Apps. These 21st Century online collaborative tools are being used throughout K-12 classrooms. This 15-hour course will help you plan and develop technology integration projects. Participants will explore, develop, and share the uses of Wikis, Blogs, Google Apps, and more for the classroom.

This professional development course is a chance to develop your 21st Century Literacies using online techilogy tools and resources. It's also an opportunity to communicate, collaborate and connect with colleagues while redefining teaching practices, student assessments and daily learning activities.

Watch this short video of WIkis in Plain English

Meetings at OIIT Madison Park Instructional Tech Lab.

10/12

10/19

10/26

11/2

11/9

Course Expectations

Attendance at all sessions
Complete a Learning Project
Complete online activities
Share ideas and resources

Course Outcomes

Understand 21st Century Literacies
Understand how wilks, blogs, and google docs are used in the classroom
Understand how to engage students and colleagues in "asynchronous" online learning
Create a wiki or a blog for your work at school
Use of Google Docs

Voicethread
Glogster

Participants are expected to bring their L4L laptop to all classes. For questions, please e-mail Ed Considine: econsidine@boston.k12.ma.us