[LM_NET] Blogs and Wikis through Univ. of RI

[Dave Fontaine <davefontaine1@GMAIL.COM>]

Hi Everyone,
The University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Education is promoting
their first course on training School Librarians and teachers on blogs and
wikis in the classroom.

Check it out:

* We are sponsoring a NEW internet course for all interested educators:

*
*EDC 921: Workshop for Teachers  *(3) GRADUATE credits
*TOPIC: USING BLOGS & WIKIS TO FOSTER LITERACY

*
Class begins: *February 5, 2006 **
Class ends:  **June 29,2007
**
*

*REGISTRATION DEADLINE: February 2, 2007*
*Course Description:
*This course focuses on the pragmatism of using Web 2.0 tools in education.
Particpants will learn how teachers and librarians, from around the globe,
are using the 'Read/Write Web' to foster literacy in and out of school, to
deepen learning and increase student achievement, to create opportunities to
bring these *technologies to the larger school community, and to identify
assessment tools to measure the effectiveness of Read/Write Web technologies
in their personal practice and with their students.

*Appropriate for teachers of grades K-12*




* *No classroom meetings, completely on line!*Registration Costs $500.00

*Instructor:* David Fontaine, NBCT
*E-mail:* <rid25518@ride.ri.net>davefontaine1@gmail.com


Pre-registration is *required* for this course, please contact Christine P.
Dolan at Christine@uri.edu or (401) 874-4018 for registration information.

*No Tuition Waivers accepted.

*

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