TeacherLine Course Catalog
Constructing Learning Centered Environments
This course uses a constructivist teaching model so you can experience this approach firsthand. You'll examine your role as a teacher and that of your students in the legacy model, while reflecting on how these roles may differ from your initial perceptions. You'll become familiar with the principles of constructivism including student-centered, inquiry-based learning, and problem-based learning.
Subject: Technology
Contemporary Issues - Using Technology for Discussion, Debate, and Problem Solving in the Middle Sch
Technology can help students develop debate and problem-solving skills. This course introduces new strategies for incorporating current events, controversial issues, and pop culture into the curriculum. If you want to bring contemporary issues into your social studies, humanities, or science classroom, this is your course!
Subject: Technology
Count on It: Number Sense for Grades K-5
Make sense out of "number sense," as you discover the role it plays in students' mathematical development, and the impact it has on their future performance. Identify effective assessment strategies, examine lesson plans, Web resources, and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards.
Subject: Mathematics
Creating Units to Support Differing Learning Styles
Unlock the secrets to developing a curriculum that meets the learning needs of different types of students. Create a cross-curricular unit that integrates technology to support learning, and plan lessons that address the different ways that your students learn. Activities will help you build flexibility into your lesson plans, enabling you to integrate your new knowledge into your instruction.
Subject: Technology
Curriculum Mapping I
Learn from the expert on curriculum mapping in this first of two courses developed with Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs. Understand how to incorporate mapping in classrooms to enrich curricula and have a powerful impact on student performance. You will finish the course with a complete peer-reviewed plan to adjust the scope and sequence of your curriculum to apply in your classroom right away.
Subject: Other
Curriculum Mapping II by Heidi Hayes Jacobs
This follow up to Curriculum Mapping I shifts the focus from classroom data mapping to schoolwide curriculum planning, and explores the role of curriculum mapping teams. Analyze and refine the data in your curriculum maps, then apply seven phases of review and revision to develop one for your school. Note: Curriculum Mapping I must be completed before enrollment in this course.
Subject: Technology
Designing Effective Lessons - Special Collection: Teachers’ Domain, produced by WGBH Boston
A topic immersion course on Teaching High School Biology Master the principle of "backward design" to plan and revise lessons that will improve your teaching of cell biology, ecology, and other biology topics. You'll explore the role that classroom environment plays in learning and identify strategies for developing a supportive learning environment.
Subject: Science
Developing Algebraic Reasoning in Grades K-2
Learn and apply strategies for incorporating algebra into the classroom by exploring the algebraic content present in your current teachings and developing a connection between algebra and K-2 arithmetic.
Subject: Mathematics
Developing Algebraic Thinking in Grades 3-5
Help your 3rd- to 5th-graders think algebraically by learning strategies for incorporating algebra in your classroom. Explore the algebraic content in your current teachings and develop a connection between algebra and mathematics.
Subject: Mathematics
Differentiated Instruction
Meet the needs of all your middle school students with techniques to differentiate content, activities, and assessments. Discover methods for pre-assessment and strategies for tiered activities. Throughout the course you'll work on your final project: a differentiated instructional unit that meets your local standards of learning.
Subject: Other
