Topic: New Literacies to Meet the Common Core Learning

Catalog description

In this course teachers will learn how to integrate the new technologies into their teaching across the curriculum using tasks that align with professional standards for teaching and learning, including the Common Core Learning Standards and the International Reading Association’s Standards for Reading professionals, especially those for digital formats. Teachers will learn to develop and implement evidenced-based strategies for topics in reading and writing. Participants will examine the new Web 2.0 technologies and how they differ from the first generation of web tools. Particular attention will be given to implementing the new technologies which offer interactive, collaborative, and multimedia approaches to responding to school curricula.