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Course Description: Establish your presence with the creation of an online homesite! Through this online course, you will be introduced to the concept of “cloud computing” and the use of open source ware for purposes of professional development and collaboration. Course activities are designed to assist you with your online collaboration skills in creating document, spreadsheets, and presentations.

 

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; Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership, and ISTE NET Student Standards: Creativity and Innovation; Communication and Collaboration; Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making; Digital Citizenship, and Technology Operations and Concepts. The four weeks of instruction are organized as follows:

 

Week 1: Defining Your Collaborative ToolBox in the Cloud.

 

Week 2: Sharing Online.

 

Week 3: Collaborate with Data

 

Week 4: Reflections on the Nature of Collaboration and Final Project