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** EDPD **** 816-R60: Awesome Interactive Web Tools to Engage Learners ** ** July 30- August 2 ** =

= Special Announcement: = As I reflect on our half way mark, my teacher instincts are screaming at me to monitor and adjust! I am revising the course requirements by exempting the screencast project. Instead, you will use one of the tools we have previewed, or one you have found yourself, to create a web tool you will use with students. This could be a glogster, a brainypic, a wiki, a blogor a kidblog, an additional symbaloo, a vuvoz, a prezi, a socrative quiz, a popplet, Edmodo or any other tool listed or found. We will spend Wednesday and Thursday exploring and working on this project and the Classroom Integration Plan.

**Graduate** Credit: 1 **Semester**: Summer 2012 **Date and Time**: 7/30/12- 8/2/12 Monday –Thursday 8:30 AM- 12:15 PM  **Location**: Stono Park Elementary School **Course Instructor**: Emily Elliott **Text/Materials**: All materials needed for the course will be provided by the instructor. **Grading**: Pass/Fail *As per the C of C Graduate Catalogue a pass/fail course carries zero (0) credits and thus cannot be converted to a letter grade. **Purpose of Course**: This course will support the district’s initiative to integrate technology into the curriculum as well as motivate students. It will enhance student achievement by introducing teachers to interactive webtools that can be used in a classroom setting. Teachers will explore various methods to actively engage all students to deliver differentiated instruction across the curriculum using interactive web tools. **Course Description**: This course relates to the College of Charleston conceptual framework and theme of making the teaching and learning connection because it is designed to assist teachers with the integration of web based tools into classroom instruction. This course seeks to not only introduce teachers to a wide variety of interactive web tools they can use in the classroom, but will also offer time to discover and explore interactive web tools as well as share these tools with other participants. This course is also designed to support the Charleston County School District’s Plan for Excellence, by “improving teaching and learning through the effective and efficient use of technology” (CPE, Curriculum and Instruction Improvement, Technology Plan, Goal 3).
 * Course **: EDPD: ** Awesome Interactive Web Tools to Engage Learners **

**Goals/Standards/Objectives**: All goals and objectives are correlated to the C of C Teaching and Learning Standards and the National Educational Technology Standards and Performance Indicators for Teachers. [|www.cofc.edu/~pdie] [|www.iste.org]

**Overall Course Goals**: Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to: v Use Edmodo to access and create groups (EHHP III) (ISTE 2, 3, 4) v <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Access educational blogs and wikis for personal, professional or classroom use (EHHP II, III,V) (ISTE 2, 3, 4) v <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Use Symabloo to collect and share interactive web tools (EHHP II, III, V) (ISTE 2, 3, 4) v <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Use Interactive web tools to facilitate collaboration amoung students (EHHP II, III, IV) (ISTE 2, 3, 4) v <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Connect classroom practices to ISTE-NETS for Teachers (EHHP III, V) (ISTE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">**Performance Objectives**: **
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Participants will demonstrate the ability to effectively find and use Edmodo as a means of interacting with students and parents outside of the classroom. (EHHP II, III, V) (ISTE 2, 3, 4)
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Participants will demonstrate the ability to find, use and share interactive webtools. (EHHP II, III, V) (ISTE 2, 3, 4)
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Participants will demonstrate the ability to integrate integrate web tools into instruction as a means to diffierientaite content and engage students. (EHHP II, III, V) (ISTE 2, 3, 4)
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Participants will demonstrate the ability to meet the ISTE NETs for teachers through the use of Interactive web tools. (EHHP II, III, V) (ISTE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">The methods of instruction will be direct instruction via teacher modeling of the software, hands-on guided activities, and independent completion of projects.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">In-class Activities: **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Each participant will:
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Combination In-class/ Out-of-class Course Requirements: **
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Attend at least 90% of the sessions
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Complete all assignments listed below for evaluation

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Grades will be determined by assessing the total number of points possible per assigned project as accumulated from the evaluation checklist above. A total of 100 points is possible for the class.
 * __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Assessment, Feedback, Grading Policy: __**


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Grading: **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Pass/Fail 100 Points Available
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Pass: **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">74 Points or higher
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Fail: **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">73 Points or lower


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Attendance: **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">For a grade to be awarded, students must attend at least 90% of the class hours. Students may be withdrawn by the instructor for absences that exceed this limit.


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Professionalism and Ethics: **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">As a member of the professional development community, participants are expected to evidence a high standard of personal conduct, respect and honorable professional characteristics in the presentation of their course assignments and interaction with class peers.


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Disability Statement: **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">If there are participants in this class who have a documented disability that allows him/her to receive accommodations they are asked to please speak privately with the course instructor.


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Auditing Statement: **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Some students may have elected to audit this course. If you have selected to audit, no official record will appear that you have audited the course at the College of Charleston. Additionally you may not be added to the class roll after the class has been in session for more than two (2) days.