PODetc Courses Still Open for Summer

It's not too late to get some of your recertification credits before the start of the new school year!!! Join us at PODetc for courses that directly address ISTE student and teacher standards to help you become proficient with the latest instructional technologies!

Our late Summer courses start on August 3rd and include:

Introduction to Instructional Technology in the Classroom (3 weeks)
What does it mean to be truly technologically literate? In this 3-week course, participants will be exploring each of the 6 International Society of Technology Education (ISTE) student standards for technology proficiency. It is our belief that in order to be able to deliver these types of learning experiences for our students, we must experience learning in this way ourselves.
The course is divided into three weeks. Each week a different instructor will take the lead in leading explorations in two of the six themes. Our schedule is as follows:
Week 1: Explorations in Creativity & Innovation and Technology Operations and Concepts
Week 2: Explorations in Communication & Collaboration and Digital Citizenship
Week 3: Research and Information Fluency and Critical thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
In this course we will be putting new tools and learning opportunities into your virtual sandbox. We hope you will enjoy playing with us and come away with new ideas for transforming teaching & learning experiences with the use of technology.

Survey of Emerging Technologies (4 weeks)
Through exploration and investigation, course participants will become more in-tune to the innovations in the K-12 education field and developing their skills to be leaders in their own organizations. Educators will examine the latest educational technologies and look into ways to effectively incorporate new technology into their curriculum.
Participants will be active learners completing specific projects and course-long assignments that will assist them in developing new skills.


Technology Literacy 103: Utilizing Social Networking Tools in a Leadership Capacity (4 weeks)
This course examines the intersection of three topics: technical knowledge, learning pedagogy, and digital culture. Participants will learn about best practices for serving in a leadership capacity by creating knowledge sharing social networks in their organizations through the use of Web 2.0 and social networking tools. Educators will assess existing resources and peer evaluate one anothers work to practice evaluating components of a well designed online technical resource. Participants will demonstrate their knowledge through creation of an online technical resource designed to help colleagues in their organization. Throughout the course we will model a community of practice so that participants can go out and help foster these types of learning environments in their own learning organizations.
This course is appropriate for administrators, teachers, library media specialists, and technology leaders.


Courses are available with an option of earning graduate credit through the University of Wisconsin.
Go to http://podetc.com to view our catalog and register for courses.