THANK YOU for sharing this announcement with teachers and
media specialists in your district who are interested in
earning credits online to meet career development plans for
portfolio documentation of professional growth,
re-certification, or advancement on the salary schedule.
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FALL 2003 UNI ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
http://www.uni.edu/profdev/
CATALOG SCHEDULE:
http://www.uni.edu/profdev/catalog.html
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Check each website to review dates, syllabus, textbook and
required software.
* 21st Century Media Specialist: Survival Strategies
281:133g,62 Begins Sept. 22
http://www.uni.edu/profdev/survival/
Discuss the critical issues facing the school library media
profession and develop practical strategies for coping with
change and technology integration as you develop outreach
programs for your media center.
* Inspiration Kidspiration:
K-12 Strategies to Build Study Skills and Comprehension
280:133g,6P Begins Sept. 22
http://www.uni.edu/profdev/conceptmap/
Explore ways to boost your students' skills in note taking,
outlining, organization of information, and reading
comprehension. Learn how to go "beyond the basics" with
Inspiration and Kidspiration software to enhance learning in
all curricular areas and grade levels; with special benefits
for speech/learning disabilities, special education,
Talented and Gifted, and English Language Learners.
* Problem Based Learning with WebQuests
280:133g, 6 Begins Sept. 29
http://www.uni.edu/profdev/infolit/
Explore how to replace "copy and paste" thinking with an
inquiry-based approach that focuses on information literacy,
critical thinking, problem solving and development of
students' questioning skills.
* NEW! Children's Literature: Then and Now
281:133g, 6N Begins Sept. 29
http://www.uni.edu/profdev/childrenslit/
If you haven't taken a recent update on children's
literature, this workshop is a must! This workshop provides
a broad survey of children's literature (birth-12 years) --
from folk and fairy tales to today's stories, poems, and
novels for children. Explore today's authors and
illustrators and the best of new fiction and information
books and discuss exciting new ways to integrate children's
literature with curriculum activities.
* Methods and Strategies for Teaching Reading K-3
281:133g, 6D Begins Sept. 15
http://www.uni.edu/profdev/reading/
Practice new tips and strategies to teach phonemic
awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension
and meet the reading needs of all K-3 students. Designed for
K-3 classroom teachers, ESL/ELL teachers, special education
teachers and reading teachers who want to remain current and
improve their methods of teaching reading.
* Teaching Writing with the 6-Traits - Elementary
* Teaching Writing with the 6-Traits - Middle School and
High School
Begins Sept. 15
http://www.uni.edu/profdev/traits/
Learn how to teach writing more effectively and help
students understand the 6-Traits attributes of good writing
while preparing your students for proficiency testing.
Designed for English and language arts teachers, ESL/ELL
teachers, special education teachers, curriculum
coordinators, and administrators
* Excel: Spreadsheets for Curriculum Projects and Data
Collection
280:133g, 6Z Begins Sept. 15
http://www.uni.edu/profdev/excel/
Develop spreadsheets for curriculum projects and when
collecting, reporting and monitoring student achievement as
part of data-driven decision making. Designed for K-12
teachers, administrators and office personnel
* WebTools - Creating Rubrics, Quizzes, Surveys, Homework
Bulletin Boards
280:133g,6D Begins Sept. 22
http://www.uni.edu/profdev/webtools/
Learn how to use free web-based tools to reduce your
paperwork, create rubrics online, class e-newsletters,
self-correcting quizzes and surveys, and WWW bulletin boards
for homework announcements. Great online 'make it and take
it' workshop
* Effective Classroom Management Strategies
***Sections for elementary, middle school and high school
281:133g,69 Begins Sept. 22 and Oct. 27
http://www.uni.edu/profdev/management/
Discover best practices to organize your time, physical
space, curriculum, instruction, and assessment to minimize
and prevent classroom management problems.
* Digital Photography for the Classroom Teacher
280:133g,6M Begins Sept. 22
http://www.uni.edu/profdev/photo/
Learn techniques and composition tips for taking a good
picture, how to create jpegs, gifs, and animated gifs, the
basics of photo manipulation such as image rotation,
cropping, resizing, filters and thumbnails and how to design
lesson plans incorporating digital photos in classroom
activities
* Teaching with a Multicultural Perspective
281:133g,6C Begins Sept. 29
http://www.uni.edu/profdev/multicultural/
Designed for elementary, middle, and high school teachers,
special educators, administrators, media specialists, and
school counselors. Teaching with a multicultural perspective
encourages appreciation and understanding of other cultures
as well as one's own. Learn how to promote students' sense
of the uniqueness of their own culture as a positive
characteristic and enable acceptance of the uniqueness of
other cultures. Participants will identify and analyze
cultural misunderstandings that sometimes hinder
communication with parents and students and evaluate
strategies for developing a democratic classroom and school
climate.
* NEW! Methods of Teaching Reading Grades 4-8
281:133g, 6M Begins Sept. 29
http://www.uni.edu/profdev/rdg4-6/
Designed for intermediate classroom teachers, reading
specialists, resource teachers, Title I reading teachers,
and ESL/ELL teachers who want to help struggling readers
with new methods and strategies that strengthen vocabulary,
comprehension, word study and fluency.
*Methods of Teaching Reading across the Curriculum in Middle
School
281:133g, 6F Begins Sept. 29
http://www.uni.edu/profdev/contentreading/
Designed for upper elementary and middle level content area
teachers and special education teachers. Examine research
and best practices for improving the reading process in
content area classrooms. Every teacher of science, social
studies, history, mathematics, and the arts can benefit from
the strategies taught in this workshop. With high-stakes
tests in every district, it is more important than ever that
all educators focus on helping students improve reading
skills.
* NEW! Handheld Computers (PDAs)
Resources and Activities for Teachers and Administrators
281:133g,6L Begins Sept. 29
http://www.uni.edu/profdev/handhelds/
Investigate the advantages and uses of handheld computers
(PDAs) with classroom and administrative tasks for data
collection and analysis, curriculum applications, and
productivity tools.
* Creating Computer Videos in the Classroom
280:133g, 6Q Begins Sept. 29
http://www.uni.edu/profdev/video/
Learn how to create digital videos on your classroom
computer and help your students apply their visual
creativity to the learning process. Practice incorporating
digital editing with PowerPoint and HyperStudio, burn videos
to a CD, send videos via e-mail, post videos on a website or
convert to a VCR tape. You will learn how to mix in sound,
graphics and animation. Great workshop if you teach media
production or gifted and talented
* Web Design for Media Specialists
281:133g,64 Begins Sept. 29
http://www.uni.edu/profdev/mediaweb/
Examine the principles of good Web page design and discuss
what a media center website should offer to its patrons.
Activities will guide you through the creation of templates
that can be used as you build your own media center or
school website.
REGISTER ONLINE FOR FALL 2003
http://www.uni.edu/profdev/register/
Registration is limited to 20 participants per section on a
first come, first serve basis. No payment is due at the time
of registration. Select university billing, credit card, or
school invoice for tuition payment.
Participate with educators from around the world via your
home or school computer. The workshops are designed to
support effective school improvement practices, the No Child
Left Behind initiative, Iowa Standards of Practice for
Teaching and National Educational Technology Standards
(NETS)
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FOR MORE INFORMATION...
Email: vanderveldej@uni.edu
Joan Vandervelde
Director, Online Professional Development
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614-0613
Voicemail: (319) 273-7861
Fax: (319) 273-7298
http://www.uni.edu/profdev/
Frequently Asked Questions:
http://www.uni.edu/profdev/faq.html
Catalog Schedule: http://www.uni.edu/profdev/catalog.html
What's New? http://www.uni.edu/profdev/news.html
Register: http://www.uni.edu/profdev/register/
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