Dates: September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, October 7, 14, 21, 28, November 4, 11, 18, December 2, 9, 16, 2009
4:00 - 7:00pm

Location: Spaulding High School/Barre Tech CTR. Digital Classroom and Library

Cost: $525 for LAPDA members and $670 for non-members.
Additional $294 for 3 graduate creits from Union Institute.
Please see below Right for Required Reading and Resources.

Registration: http://www.lapdavt.org

Call (802) 224-9110 for more information

 

Course Description:

This course is a practical and pedagogical overview of a variety of online Web 2.0 applications including blogs, wikis, social bookmarking, rss feeds, podcasts, social networks, Google Docs, photosharing and more.  Students will explore these tools and how they impact teaching and learning strategies in their classrooms and schools. Additionally, participants will develop a web 2.0 multimedia project and a lesson plan which integrates a web 2.0 tool.

The course is appropriate for educators in any content areas, grades 4-12, school media specialists, and school administrators who are looking for free, engaging tools to integrate technology in their classrooms and schools.

Course Objectives:

Students completing this course will be able to:

•    Define how the web is transforming education
•    Critique new web 2.0 tools for appropriateness in the classroom
•    Design lesson plans which implement web 2.0 tools in classrooms
•    Understand their roles in creating 21st century learners
•    Understand issues raised by web 2.0 tools like online safety, digital equity, copyright and intellectual property

Required Readings and Materials:

•    Text:

Solomon, Gwen and Lynne Schrum.  Web 2.0:  New Tools, New Schools. Washington, DC: ISTE, 2007. (approx. $35.00)

•    Additional Readings: (Note, since new information is constantly being published about web 2.0 tools, additional articles will most likely be assigned.)

Google Lit Trips http://googlelittrips.com (and handouts)

Lambert, Joe.  Digital Storytelling Cookbook. Berkley, CA:  Digital Diner Press, 2007.

Pink, Daniel. “Abundance, Asia, and Automation.” in A Whole New Mind.  New York: Riverhead, 2005.  (handout)

Prensky, Marc. "Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants Part 1." On The Horizon - The Strategic Planning Resource for Education Professionals 9 (2001): 1-6. (available online at http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/default.asp )

Prensky, Marc. "The role of technology in teaching and the classroom." Educational Technology  (Nov 2008). (available online at http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/default.asp ).

Joyce, Valenza. "On the stickiness of widgets." VOYA .April (2008): web 1 - 4. 19 May 2009 .



Linda McSweeney is a 'Digital Immigrant' who took her first computer course in 1982 at Rutgers University where she received her master’s degree in Library and Information Studies. Since then she has directed the Reference and Law Division at the Department of Libraries, has been an academic librarian at VTC and Norwich University, and is currently the School Media Specialist at Spaulding High School in Barre, VT. Past president of the Vermont Library Association, her conference presentations and research interests include academic integrity, information literacy, and Web 2.0 applications.