I just sat through the most informative presentation. It was a webinar presented through the Discovery Education Network. Discovery offers all sorts of resources for teachers, but the free internet-based seminars (aka webinars) are the best. You dedicate about an hour of your time and in return you receive training from an experienced educator in the subjects you choose.
I don't want to be a commercial for any company or service but if you have not signed up to be a Discovery Educator, you should!
Today's webinar was an introduction to the path that educational technology is leading us down. It was a lesson in what the Web 2.0 is and how to teach the 21st century learners. Brad Fountain, today's presenter introduced many great resources for teaching in this multi-media world. The power point that accompanied the webinar is available through www.discoveryeducation.com. Select Educator Network, Blogs, National and this presentation is featured in the right hand column. "Twenty-first century teaching for twenty-first century learners" is an excellent compliment to what we are learning in the Educational Technology program. Check out: http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2008/04/01/21st-century-teaching-for-21st-century-students/ and if you aren't a member of the Discovery Education Network, sign up for a trial membership. I am confident you will like what you see.
Wednesday, I am teaching a session to College of Education students at St. Petersburg College. I will be introducing them to the Discovery Education Network (DEN) and United Streaming. I will be teaching this course as my final step in becoming a Star Educator with DEN. I'll post tomorrow night on my experience, teaching at the college level.
Upcoming events, I will be hosting a second class on April 10th for colleagues at the elementary school at which I teach. On April 11th, I will be the guest speaker at the Kappa Delta Pi induction ceremony for St. Petersburg College.
3 comments:
This was a great resource. I downloaded the powerpoint and reviewed it. Teaching at the secondary level these are the students we are also seeing, but change of teaching styles are slow to adapt in academia!! I think I will share this site with some colleges. Funny considering the photo on the blog site was from the recent county Tech Fair which although is open to all county school employees there are rarely more than a handful from the community college setting. Pity!
It's too bad that you live so far from me because I would love to see your presentation. What is United Streaming? I will definately look further into the Discovery resource it does seem to be a great compliment to the ideals behind this class and my major. Thank you.
I will be teaching courses at St. Petersburg College, Gibbs Campus on the evenings of April 16 & 17. The topic will be What is the Discovery Education Network and United Streaming. Discussion will include how to implement them and what their benefits are to the individual teacher and her class. If you are interested in sitting in on the class, email me through the link provided.
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