VT Professional Development

Registration is now open for UVM summer courses in educational technology.  Please forward this message onto colleagues or other listservs where appropriate.

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EDCI 200:  Current Issues in Technology and Assessment
Instructor:  Jon Bellum
Course Format:  Online
Dates:  May 24 - July 2
For more information:  http://www.uvm.edu/~summer/course.php?term=201006&crn=60931

EDLT 200:  Developing Literacy Through Digital Storytelling
Instructor:  Linda McSweeney
Course Format:  UVM campus and Online
Dates:  June 21-25 & July 16 (UVM campus); June 28-July 15 (online)
For more information:  http://www.uvm.edu/~summer/course.php?term=201006&crn=60956

EDCI 200:  Learning Theory, Instructional Design & Technology
Instructor:  Sandy Lathem
Course Format:   Online
Dates:  July 5-August 13
For more information:  http://www.uvm.edu/~summer/course.php?term=201006&crn=60932

By way of our NEISTE affiliation we got the following invitation:

The North TIER partnership is a consortium of 14 Northern Virginia school divisions and MHz NETWORKS that provides professional development to instructional personnel in the successful integration of technology into instruction.  The North TIER partnership, in conjunction with CRSTE, is proud to be able to make a limited number of seats available in some of our best online professional development courses.  So, for those of you looking for high quality, technology-rich courses, to register for a North TIER course go to Http://crste.org/onlinelearning.html .

    * These courses are entirely online, through a Blackboard Learning Management system and can be accessed from anyplace with an internet connection.

    * There are no set meeting dates and times which means you can work on the courses on your schedule, 24-7.

    * Registration for non-members is January 11th - January 25th or until all seats have been taken!

   * Courses begin February 1, 2010 and at $100 for a 30 hour course is the among the best professional development deal you can find.

   * Course list and outlines: http://crste.org/images/CRSTE_NorthTier_Courses_Spring_2010.pdf

Enrollment in PBS TeacherLine winter session courses runs until January 29, 2010.  To view the catalog of 130+ courses that integrate content and technology, including a Capstone program that confers ISTE certification and VT. DOE credits toward Ed Tech Specialist Licensure, please visit www.pbs.org/teacherline .

Two University of Vermont online courses in educational courses open for registration on Nov. 23rd.  Please distribute this announcement to anyone who may be interested.

Courses begin:  January 19, 2010

EDFS 200:  Technology, Schooling and Society

Instructor: Colleen MacKinnon
For more information: 

http://learn.uvm.edu/courselistspring/course.php?term=201001&crn=14563

Course Description: 
This course explores the influences of technology on schooling and
society. Using sociological, historical, and philosophical frameworks,
course participants will explore implications of the proliferation and
use of information technologies. With a particular focus on changing
roles due to information access, this course examines issues of equity,
cultural diversity, student empowerment, community relationships, and
opportunities for transforming traditional schooling and other
organizational practices.

EDCI 200:  Technology and Leadership for the Integration Specialists

Instructor:  Peter Drescher
For more information: 
http://learn.uvm.edu/courselistspring/course.php?term=201001&crn=14308

Course Description:
This online course targets Technology Integration Specialists and
teacher leaders with roles in technology planning and teaching at
Vermont school sites. Overall, the course seeks to explore the
leadership aspects of these roles in the context of technology
integration planning. Participants in this course will study the means
to foster leadership around the planning and development of solid goals
for their school technology needs.

Don't delay.  Limited spaces available in each course.

One-to-One Computing:
Models, Tools and Practice

Presented by:
Ruben Puentedura, Ph.D.

Join your colleagues in the region as we continue to explore how to transform schools by using technology integration tools for teaching and learning.

Dr. Ruben Puentedura comes to us from the Maine Learning Technology Initiative. This series
supports school teams of tech integrationists, teachers, and administrators in thinking about transforming instruction when all students have access to computers (1 to 1 initiative).

The beginning: in the late sixties, Alan Kay and Seymour Papert develop a vision of the laptop computer as a magical learning book that adapts to the needs of every child.

Twenty years later: in the late eighties, a single school in Melbourne, Australia pioneers school-scale one-to-one by providing a laptop to every student.

Today: Uruguay's "Ceibal Project" extends one-to-one computing to every single elementary school student in the country.

One-to-one computing is no longer a visionary dream - it is one of the leading tools for transforming education today. One project in particular, the Maine Learning Technology Initiative, has been providing laptops to all middle school students in the state since 2002, and has now expanded its scope to the high schools. We will look at what has been learned from the Maine experience, and how it is crucially relevant to other projects of its kind. Some simple yet powerful models have guided professional development and school change through the process: we will use these models to help us understand which key physical and human infrastructure elements need to be in place for success. In turn, this framework will help us see the central role that coaching and leadership teams have to play in the process. Finally, we will look at what the latest research on wide- scale use of student computers has to tell us about enriching and transforming education, not just within the context of one-to-one initiatives, but at all schools today. Continue to next page →

Dr. Ruben Puentedura, Founder and President of Hippasus, has implemented transformative applications of information technologies for over twenty years in educational institutions, hospitals, and arts organizations. He has worked with the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) since 2003, and is the creator of the SAMR model for selecting, using, and evaluating technology in education, as well as research on educational gaming and digital storytelling.

All schools in Chittenden, Franklin and Grand Isle Counties are members of CVEDC-ESA
Register on-line: http://cvedc.champlain.edu
For Questions Contact: worth@champlain.edu