TeacherLine Course Catalog
Digital Camera in the Classroom
Discover practical applications for the digital camera in the classroom. Focusing on the technology integration of the camera into the existing curriculum, teachers will refresh their digital photography skills, share lesson plans that incorporate digital photography, apply those lessons in the classroom and refine their lessons based on best practices. Collaborate with fellow teachers while learning new Web 2.0 skills, including wikis!
Subject: Technology
Early Literacy Learning (K-2) - Part 1
Learn about the components of a balanced literacy program through an early literacy framework that incorporates reading and writing as integral skills and represents a wide array of literacy activities. Designed for literacy teachers, grades K-2, this course is also valuable for reading specialists and those who teach older students struggling with reading and writing.
Subject: Reading/Language Arts
Early Literacy Learning (K-2) - Part 2
In this course, we focus on implementing a balanced literacy program using an early literacy framework. You'll practice balanced literacy techniques including read-aloud, shared reading, word wall, and interactive writing strategies, and learn how technology can help you differentiate instruction.
Subject: Reading/Language Arts
Earth in Time and Space - Special Collection: Teachers’ Domain, produced by WGBH Boston
A topic immersion course on Teaching Earth and Space Science Explore how the geological record helps us understand the long history of the Earth system and how the Sun-Earth-Moon system affects our world. Learn effective ways to illustrate the vast scales associated with the solar system and the universe.
Subject: Science
Ecosystems and Human Impact - Special Collection: Teachers’ Domain, produced by WGBH Boston
A topic immersion course on Teaching Elementary Life Science. Examine the complex interactions of living and nonliving things that comprise an ecosystem. Explore a range of effective questioning techniques and discussion strategies for the classroom that can provide a context for understanding the nature of human impact on ecosystems.
Subject: Science
Effective Writing Instruction
Discover the course that previous participants have called "a real eye-opener with very practical information." Focusing on research paper writing, you'll learn to find topics that capture and maintain the interest of young adolescents. In addition, the course explores the connection between reading and writing, and how technology supports writing, revising, storing, and publishing a research paper.
Subject: Reading/Language Arts
El Uso de la Computadora en las Experiencias Cooperativas
Course content is identical to TECH315. Reconocer aacute;n cómo mediante la integración de tecnología, se pueden diseñar actividades de aprendizaje cooperativo que motivan a los estudiantes a trabajar juntos y a compartir retos en su proceso de aprendizaje mientras desarrollan habilidades de pensamiento crítico.
Subject: Technology
Enabling Students with Special Needs to Succeed in Math Class
Make mathematics accessible and understandable for all students, including those with disabilities. In this course, you will learn how to adapt your own curricula and work with special needs teachers to help your students succeed in the classroom. As your final task, you will develop a plan that builds accessibility strategies into your daily teachings.
Subject: Mathematics
Enhancing Multicultural Education with Technology for Grades K-8
Create a learning environment where all children feel their culture can be expressed and appreciated. Discover how to build a collection of educational resources and technologies that can effectively unlock new worlds and encourage students to immerse themselves in different cultural experiences. The final assignment is to design a creative teaching unit incorporating community and Internet resources to advance multicultural studies in the classroom.
Subject: Technology
Evaluating and Organizing Internet Resources and Content
Build the knowledge, skills, and insight to research, evaluate, and organize online classroom resources successfully. Explore the different types of material available online and the methods to evaluate them. Discuss some of the social and ethical issues posed by the Internet. Practice identifying appropriate online resources that support data-driven, problem-solving lesson plans.
Subject: Technology
