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NECC 2008: Information Fluency...See you there?
Monday June 30, 2008
Web Site Investigator: An Introduction to Information Forensics
[Session: Lecture]
Carl Heine, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy with Dennis O'Connor
Monday, 6/30/2008, 11:00am–12:00pm; HGCC 206 A
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Tuesday July 1, 2008
Teaching NETS•S III: 21st-Century Information Fluency Project[Poster: Traditional]
Carl Heine, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy with Dennis O'Connor
Tuesday, 7/1/2008, 1:00pm–3:00pm; HGCC Tower View Lobby, Table: 26
Discover new resources for teaching information fluency to your staff and students. Recommended by ISTE's SIGMS, SIGCT
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- 4 Week Online Course: PowerSearching in a Web 2.0 World (Starts July 7)
- 1 Week Online Course: Website Investigator: Introduction to Information Forensics (Starts July 14)
- You may view the course offerings in 'guest mode'. To register online, first create an account.
- Online Registration Information
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Online Teaching and Training Careers
• Work as a virtual school teacher in new K-12 environments
• Develop and deliver training for your district, business, government, health care,
or other nonprofit organizations
Photo Credit
Bobby Hobgood provides an excellent overview on becoming an effective online instructor. He describes three critical phases of online course development: preparation, design and teaching.
Kyong-Jee Kim and Curtis J. Bonk explore the results of a survey of postsecondary administrators and instructors regarding future trends in online teaching and learning. Includes predictions about the changing roles of online instructors, student expectations, and projected technology use in online teaching and learning over the next few years.
Table 3 image used with permission from Educause Copyright © 2007 by EDUCAUSE
Keeping Pace with K-12 Online Education (PDF file)
John Watson and Jennifer Ryan report on the fast-paced growth of K-12 online schools and how successful online programs with quality outcomes are
being developed and delivered at many different levels, from national organizations to single-district, as well as state-led, multi-district, and consortium programs.
Promising Practices in Online Learning (PDF file)
John Watson gives examples of how blended learning combines the best elements of online and face-to-face learning, and is increasing educational opportunities for students all over the world.
National Standards for Quality Online Teaching (PDF file)
In February 2008 the North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL) released this report to provide states, districts, online programs, and other organizations with a set of quality guidelines and best practices for online teaching.
Tech Tip – Free Software Training Quick Reference Sheet
Here’s a wonderful time-saving resource for technology training. The CustomGuide Learn-on-Demand Web site has a selection of free printable “cheat sheet” software user guides for Macintosh and Windows. Each of the colorful PDF quick sheets is appealingly formatted with screen shots and keyboard shortcuts. Sheets can be shared with staff and students and posted on your school or organization’s Web site.
Titles include:
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/courses.shtml
Participate from your home computer; no travel to campus is required. Select university billing, and no payment is due until summer session begins.
Final Call for Courses Beginning on June 16 and June 23 Register online
EDUC 760 E-learning for Educators
RDGED 702 Reading in the Content Areas K-12
EDUC 744 909 Teaching Writing with the 6-Traits
EDUC 744 917 Inspiration and Kidspiration: K-12 Strategies to Build Study Skills and Comprehension
EDUC 744 914 Methods of Teaching Middle School Math (Grades 4-8)
EDUC 744 965 Issues and Problems in Teaching Primary Mathematics - K-3
EDUC 744 925 Bullying in Schools
EDUC 744 928 Instructional Applications of Digital Photography
EDUC 744 938 Digital Media and Visual Literacy
EDUC 744 941 Mentoring Teachers
EDUC 744 949 Assessment for Learning
EDUC 744 951 Teaching Information Literacy with Primary Sources
EDUC 744 954 Instructional Leadership Skills
EDUC 744 956 Building Better Instruction with Technology
EDUC 744 963 Teaching English Language Learners (ELL) in General Education
EDUC 744 964 Workforce Development: Every Teacher’s Responsibility
EDUC 744 929 Web Design for Educators
EDUC 744 937 Applications for iPods and Handheld Computers
EDUC 744 939 Intermediate Web Design
Register online
Pass the word? Help make it a 6-traits online summer!
Please forward this announcement to teachers in your district.
This summer teachers from around the nation and the world will join online to exchange ideas and share best practices. The conversations are rich. The community is real. If you've never taken an online class before... this is the one to start with!
Teaching and Assessing Writing with the 6 Traits
EDUC 744 920 Elementary (Gr. K-4) - 3 gr. cr. begins June 16, 2008 EDUC 744 909 Middle/High School (Gr. 5-12) - 3 gr. cr. begins June 16, 2008
Learn to teach and assess writing with the 6-Traits of writing (voice, ideas, word choice, organization, sentence fluency and conventions). Learn to use the 6-Traits with the writing process to teach revision strategies. Help learners meet higher standards and improve test
scores.
Earn graduate credits via online courses that support your professional development goals for licensure renewal, salary advancement and advanced certification.
Sign up soon to reserve your spot! Classes are TOTALLY ONLINE. You may participate from your home or school computer. Registration is limited to 20 participants per section.
Syllabus and other details: http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/traits.shtml REGISTER ONLINE or REGISTER BY FAX Fax: (715) 232-3385
For more details e-mail Dennis O'Connor: oconnord@uwstout.edu
Profile
- Hometown:
- San Marcos, CA
- About Me:
- I've worked with Librarians & Teachers via the 21st Century Information Project since 2001. I've come to learn that Library Media is the heart beat and hope for effective technology integration.
It's great to find my way to your Ning site. ~ Dennis
- Website:
- http://wiredinstructor.net
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Dennis O'Connor's Videos
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RSS in Plain English Added by Dennis O'Connor
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Pass the word? Help make it a 6-traits online summer!
Please forward this announcement to teachers in your district.
This summer teachers from around the nation and the world will join online to exchange ideas and share best practices. The conversations are rich. The community is real. If you've never taken an online class before... this is the on… Continue
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We've redesigned our website. Please drop by 21cif.imsa.edu and check out the changes? You'll no …
You'll no longer have to login to access our resource kits.
We've added a direct link to the Information Fluency Group here on the TeacherLibrarian Network to our main menu.
We're developing an integrated blog and wiki.
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Evaluation Wizard: Beta Testers Needed!
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PowerSearching in a Web 2.0 World: Class Begins November 12!
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Do you use any of these Web 2.0 sites?
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These sites are web-tools that you can build with. If we can tame the 800 pound gorilla of time and apply our vision and creativity, t |
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PowerSearching in a Web 2.0 World
The 21st Century Information Project is offering a Moodle based online class: PowerSearching in a Web 2.0 World.
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A summer of online teaching...
When I wa… Continue
21st Century Information Fluency: Special Operator Videos on YouTube
A while back I created a series of YouTube based videos on Google's Special operators. TeachLibrarianNing seems like the perfect place to post the links!
There are two ways to view these videos.
- You can login to the 21st Century Information Fluency site, which give you acces …
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I will be at NECC We will be having a hook up at NECC with the ALA conference in Anaheim using TLVN. Like to invite you if you have the time. Otherwise, hope to see you at NECC.
Thanks for inviting me. This summer I finally got two wordpress blogs started -- one for educational technology and one for my Christian writing. However, I really need to get better networked in the ed. tech. environment.
My dream has always been to try to keep the students have had in my UW-Stout classes networked and sharing ideas. I tried a general newsletter several years ago, but I'm certain in ended in a lot of people's spam folder. Homefully this method may work better.
Ann
Nice to hear from you about your passion and interest. Hope we will interact and learn from each others' experiences. I will share few insights about my work here in Pakistan with you shortly.
Nooruddin
I have to admit I'm just starting to explore these resources. The state of Iowa recently reinstated teacher librarians back in the code, so AEAs are trying to offer professional development opportunities to help them meet the new requirements of the law. Of course information literacy will be a huge part of this! I'm excited about the possibilities! Thanks.
Thanks for the invitation to join the group and it is nice to meet you online! I am a huge fan of the Information Fluency website - in fact, I just did a keynote talk at the New England Reading Association today with Don Leu and we mentioned your site and demonstrated the great supports available for online critical evaluation.
I am looking forward to learning from/with all of you as I think we have a lot of common interests!
:-) Julie
Just joined and look forward to networking with some neat people. I enjoy your website 21century and have used it as a reference in an upcoming manuscript I'm hoping to publish soon.
Take care,
Jose
Anyone in our class who sets up an account, will get one of our newsletters announcing this. Perhaps that's the way you found us?
I can tell you're having fun in class!
Den
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