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 1 Graduate Credit

Course Dates:

  • August 2 - August 27, 2010

Cost:

  • Graduate Credit $372.55
  • Non-Credit $186.28

Course Description: Develop your skills for teaching students to find relevant information among the abundance of raw data found online, evaluate its worth and credibility, and effectively identify plagiarism and copyrighted material. You will learn "information fluency skills" (how to develop your own research and evaluation skills) as well as how to transfer this knowledge to the students in your classroom!

Learning Objectives: This course focuses on ISTE’s 2008 NET Teacher Standard: Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity; Model Digital Age Work and Learning; Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility; Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership and ISTE NET Student Standards: Research and Information Fluency, and Digital Citizenship. The four weeks of instruction are organized as follows:

Week 1: Search Tools and their Secrets

Week 2: Online 'Thinking Tools'

Week 3: Plagiarism in the Digital Age

Week 4: Open Educational Resources

This course meets the following standards:

Target Audience: This course is geared towards K-12, technical and community college instructors, administrators, library media specialists, and technology leaders.

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Course Prerequisite

Course Instructor: Dave Fontaine

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