Course Highlight: Teaching Learning and Leading in the Digital Age by Meg Ormiston*

Raised on technology, students today thrive on media, both in and outside the classroom. In this course, teachers and administrators learn to engage and educate the millennial learner using still images, video and audio clips, assorted technological soft- and hardware, and Web 2.0 collaborative tools to augment instruction and assessment. They will also learn particular interventions for students with learning differences and struggling students. Aided by panel discussions, interviews, and screen capture sessions, educators will investigate new projects and resources to replace textbook-driven instruction and to motivate and edify their "powered up" students.

Learn how to:

• Replace textbook-driven instruction with 21st century tools for learning
• Employ differentiation strategies through technology to meet the needs of students with different abilities
• Use technology such as Wikis, Twitter, Ning, and Skype to streamline educational leaders' work
• Develop teaching strategies that use Google tools such as Google Earth, News, Maps, SketchUp, Calendar, Docs, and Sites

What will you earn?

• Professional Development credits applicable to teacher state license renewal in the form of:
• Continuing Education Units
• State specific approved credit types (i.e. Act 48 Hours, CEUs, Clock Hours, CPDUs, PD Hours, PDPs, PGPs, PLUs, SB-CEUs, Renewal Credits, & USOEs)

Acquire the professional development/continuing education units needed to meet your state-license renewal requirement today! This is an online course, accessible 24/7 from anywhere that has an internet connection. Course format is self-paced with a video-based mode of instruction. Additional details on how to find this course in your state can be found below.

Course Video Preview View clips of Meg Ormiston's new course to see how she will help you integrate 21st century skills into your classroom so that you can effectively reach out and relate to your students. It's time for classrooms to catch up to the technology that are students are already using and embracing.

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What is stopping PD from being fully effective? While schools make professional development available to teachers, Hayes Mizell belives that it's not enough and the key issue in creating effective PD is accountability. Administrators must ensure the implementation of PD concepts and techniques to improve teaching practices and increase student learning.

COMING SOON: Academic Language Development In Action Participants are introduced to a variety of strategies for developing academic language orally for English Language Learners. Content for this course is correlated to state English language development and English language arts Standards and is specific to the needs of English Learners. Topics include: Lesson Study, Quality English Language Development, Academic Language, and Vocabulary Development.

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