The Digital Classroom » Reading http://alicebarr.edublogs.org A collaborative space to share ideas. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:51:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 2009 Technology Courses at USM http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/2009/04/24/2009-technology-courses-at-usm/ http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/2009/04/24/2009-technology-courses-at-usm/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:59:21 +0000 alicebarr http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/?p=160

If you are interested in taking graduate education courses in using technology in the classroom at The University of Southern Maine this summer, here is a listing of the courses being offered:

Summer 2009
• EPB 599 Digital Storytelling
• EPC 511 Learning to Use Podcasting and Vodcasting for Teaching and Learning
• EPC 500 The Read/Write Web in the Classroom
• EPC 508 Technology Integration for the Classroom Teacher: Mac
• EPB 510 Technology Integration for the Classroom Teacher: Windows
Fall 2009
• EPC 512 21st Century Teaching and Learning with Technology
• EPB 599 Digital Storytelling
Spring 2010
• EPC 511 Learning to Use Podcasting and Vodcasting for Teaching and Learning
• EPC 500 The Read/Write Web in the Classroom

You can download the brochure: technologyflyer

]]> http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/2009/04/24/2009-technology-courses-at-usm/feed/ 1 a great learning opportunity http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/2009/01/02/a-great-learning-opportunity/ http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/2009/01/02/a-great-learning-opportunity/#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:26:51 +0000 alicebarr http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/?p=156 Welcome to the Electronic Village Online 2009

A professional development project and virtual extension of the TESOL Convention.

For six weeks , participants can engage with ESOL experts in collaborative, online discussion sessions or hands-on virtual workshops of professional and scholarly benefit. These sessions will bring together participants for a longer period of time than is permitted by the four-day land-based TESOL convention and will allow a fuller development of ideas and themes of the convention or of professional interest in general.

The sessions are free and open to all interested parties. You do not need to be a TESOL member to participate.

To view the 2009 EVO sessions, go to Call for Participation 09.

You may join sessions after January 2nd.

]]> http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/2009/01/02/a-great-learning-opportunity/feed/ 0 Learning to use Podcasting and Vodcasting for Teaching and Learning http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/2008/07/07/learning-to-use-podcasting-and-vodcasting-for-teaching-and-learning/ http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/2008/07/07/learning-to-use-podcasting-and-vodcasting-for-teaching-and-learning/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:55:01 +0000 alicebarr http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/?p=112 Course Number: EPC 511
July 7-11, 2008 (8:30 AM – 4:30 PM)
USM Gorham Campus
Class Wiki

    Teachers will explore the use of audio and video tools that support student learning, collaboration, and communication that extend beyond classroom walls. Audio and video content can be accessed online, created by individuals or groups and used for collaborative conversations. The first step of the course is acquiring and organizing existing content available from online. Next, is learning to use podcasting tools to create content. Participants can then expand from podcasting to screencasting and video to make use of the distributed, collaborative potential of these tools. The ability to easily publish content online will encourage teachers to rethink the way they communicate with students, and the way curriculum is delivered. Educators will become knowledgeable about 21st Century Literacy skills as they fit into the classroom.

    ]]>     http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/2008/07/07/learning-to-use-podcasting-and-vodcasting-for-teaching-and-learning/feed/ 3     Listen to the Natives http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/2006/07/10/listen-to-the-natives/ http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/2006/07/10/listen-to-the-natives/#comments Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:43:40 +0000 alicebarr http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/2006/07/10/listen-to-the-natives/ After reading Listen to the Natives by Marc Prensky, consider the following:

    What assets do natives bring to their understanding of technology?

    What assets do immigrants bring to their understanding of technology?

    ]]>     http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/2006/07/10/listen-to-the-natives/feed/ 21     Synching up with the iKid http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/2006/07/10/synching-up-with-the-ikid/ http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/2006/07/10/synching-up-with-the-ikid/#comments Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:05:03 +0000 alicebarr http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/2006/07/10/synching-up-with-the-ikid/ Educators must work to understand and motivate a new kind of digital learner.

    By Josh McHugh

    Read the article:

    Post your comments about this article.

    Review paragraphs 4-8. What ideas do you have that would fit into your classroom that would “optimize lessons for the MEdia Generation’s rapid-fire meme-hopping tendencies”?

    Spend a few minutes considering what you feel are the most important computer-based experiences for students at your grade level.

    ]]>     http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/2006/07/10/synching-up-with-the-ikid/feed/ 23     Books worth reading http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/2006/05/01/books-im-reading/ http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/2006/05/01/books-im-reading/#comments Mon, 01 May 2006 23:41:46 +0000 alicebarr http://alicebarr.edublogs.org/2006/05/01/books-im-reading/ My reading list at Library Thing

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