Virtual School Meanderings

April 23, 2013

Teach Digital Natives New Techniques | Blended Learning Tools | Starts Wednesday | Sign Up Now

Also from Monday’s inbox…

Sign up for online professional development and level up your online skills to keep up with tech-savvy students.
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VHS Online PD Details

 - Instructor-led courses
- Cohorts of < 25 students
- 6-week duration
- PDPs & Grad Credit Available
 -  2013 Sessions:
- April 24th
- July 10th
- October 9th
 - Member Cost $175
- Non-Member $275

Available PD Options

Web 2.0: Collaborative Instruction
Becoming an Online TeacherHave you taken VHS pd already? Let us know what you thought. Know anyone that would benefit from our online pd courses? Pass it on.

Keep Up with Your Tech-Savvy Students
Take online professional development that will help you teach digital natives a thing or two about technology! Less than one week left and space is limited.
Register now – courses start April 24th.

Just getting started using the Internet in your classroom? Check out our 21st Century Teaching & Learning course to kickstart your blended learning environment. Familiarize yourself with online teaching standards and practices, and then begin to use blogs, wikis, and other online resources to turn your lesson plans into engaging and exciting class projects.Got the basics down already? Then grow your digital toolbox and learn how to use new techniques including virtual field trips for students, or how to use social media to build student engagement rather than distract them from classwork. Explore Google Apps, social bookmarking, and more in our Web-Enhanced Classroom course.

Hybrid learning is within your reach. Take Blended Teaching and Learning  and redesign a traditional classroom course to integrate online learning strategies and techniques with resources like Connexions, Exploratorium, and MIT OpenCourseWare. Learn how to develop performance and assessment objectives in an online space to gauge the progress of your students.

Online collaborative projects help prepare students for college and careers. Get them started using Google Docs and wikis, and multimedia tools including Voicethread, Glogster, and Animoto.  Web 2.0: Collaborative Instruction teaches you how to create project-based, collaborative lessons for students – a steppingstone for successful teamwork in a virtual environment.


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April 13, 2013

Teachers Find Creative Ways To Fulfill Intellectual Curiosity. Do You Know Where To Look? | Online PD Starts 4-24-13

From Thursday’s inbox…

Sign up for online professional development to teach your students to use more collaborative and engaging tools in their coursework.
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VHS Online PD Details

 - Instructor-led courses
- Cohorts of < 25 students
- 6-week duration
- PDPs & Grad Credit Available
 -  2013 Sessions:
- April 24th
- July 10th
- October 9th
 - Member Cost $175
- Non-Member $275

Additional PD Options

21st Century Teaching and Learning
Becoming an Online Teacher

Have you taken this course already? Let us know what you thought. Know anyone that would benefit from our online pd courses? Pass it on.

Do you Fotobabble, Toondoo or Jing? 
Today’s lesson plans call for more creativity to fulfill students’ intellectual curiosity. Answer the call by teaching students how to use these and other interactive online applications that introduce new ways of collaborating, creating, and sharing.

Sign up for Web 2.0: Collaborative Instruction
Starts April 24th, space is limited


Podcasts, Prezis, Wikis and Wallwishers may sound like a foreign language now, but by the time you complete this 6-week online professional development course you’ll be able to show tech-saavy students what they’ve been missing.
Whether you teach online or in a face-to-face classroom, this course lets you create project-based, collaborative lessons that give students the opportunity to work together and create.
You will explore:
  • Digital communication tools such as Glogster, Mixbooks and Voicethread
  • Critical thinking and sharing resources such as RSS feeds, Newsstand and Diigo
  • Social media and collaborative learning tools including wikis, Google docs, and Edmodo
  • Multimedia and creative educational tools like Animoto, Museum Box and Timeline

 

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Maynard, MA 01754

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April 12, 2013

From Whiteboards To Wikis – Blended Learning Is Here To Stay. | Get started | Online PD 4-24-13

From Wednesday’s inbox…

Are you prepared to teach in a hybrid learning environment? Online professional development starts April 24th.
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VHS Online PD Details

 - Instructor-led courses
- Cohorts of < 25 students
- 6-week duration
- PDPs & Grad Credit Available
 -  2013 Sessions:
- April 24th
- July 10th
- October 9th
 - Member Cost $175
- Non-Member $275

Additional PD Options

21st Century Teaching and Learning
Becoming an Online Teacher

Have you taken this course already? Let us know what you thought. Know anyone that would benefit from our online pd courses? Pass it on.

A little bit of this and a little bit of that.
Today’s classrooms are not only filled with books, posters and diagrams, but also iPods, tablets and laptops. Technology is no longer an option – it’s a requirement in lesson plans. Are you ready to teach in a hybrid learning environment?

Sign up for Blended Teaching and Learning
Starts April 24th, space is limited

Start to mix things up with new techniques and learning modules that teach students how to use fun and exciting online educational tools like Gliffy, Voicethread, Scriblink and Wetpaint.


From whiteboards to wikis, blended learning offers the best of both worlds to students.
Enroll in our online professional development course to turn your classroom into a technology-friendly learning environment. Course includes:
  • Developing learning, performance and assessment objectives in an online space
  • Observing web components of existing hybrid curricula
  • Redesigning a course to integrate blended strategies
  • Learning to post online teaching and learning modules with resources that include Connexions, Exploratorium, MIT OpenCourseWare, Hippocampus and Intute
Students expect to learn something new when they walk through the door, and now that includes programs and applications online.

Sign up for Blended Teaching and Learning

Starts April 24th, space is limited. Learn more.

 

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We provide you with periodic news, events and promotions about online courses and 21st century teaching. If you wish to be removed from our list, please Unsubscribe below.
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VHS Inc

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Maynard, MA 01754

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April 10, 2013

Digital Natives Expect More From Classroom Lessons. Get Up To Speed Now. Online PD 4-24-13

And another item from Tuesday’s inbox…

Take online professional development that fits into your schedule and your classroom lesson plans…
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VHS Online PD Details

 - Instructor-led courses
- Cohorts of < 25 students
- 6-week duration
- PDPs & Grad Credit Available
 -  2013 Sessions:
- April 24th
- July 10th
- October 9th
 - Member Cost $175
- Non-Member $275

Additional PD Options

Web 2.0 Collaborative Instruction
Becoming an Online TeacherHave you taken this course already? Let us know what you thought. Know anyone that would benefit from our online pd courses? Pass it on.

The (digital) natives are getting restless – and now you are the one that needs to come to class prepared. Are you going to be ready?
Today’s students crave more than lectures in the classroom. They expect their assignments on message boards, as well as whiteboards; homework in class and lessons on videos outside of school (aka Flipped Classrooms); and libraries filled with computers rather than books  - as their scholastic references are found primarily online.

Keeping up with today’s students means keeping pace with technology. Get up to speed now!

This online professional development course can help turn your classroom into an exciting blended learning environment that will engage tech-savvy students.
21st Century Teaching and Learning will have you using online resources with confidence.
  • Learn online teaching standards and practices, evaluation techniques, internet safety, plagiarism and copyrights
  • Use bibliography tools such as: Noodle Tools, Citation Machine, Easy Bib and ottobib.com
  • Start to use blogs, wikis and collaborative learning resources
  • Encourage students to add flare to presentations through sound, animation and interactivity
  • Introduce project-based learning into your lessons
  • Become a digital storyteller through audio, escrapbooking and virtual field trips
Enroll in online professional development that fits your schedule and your lesson plans.
Starts April 24th, space is limited.

Copyright © 2013 VHS Inc, All rights reserved.
We provide you with periodic news, events and promotions about online courses and 21st century teaching. If you wish to be removed from our list, please Unsubscribe below.
Our mailing address is:

VHS Inc

Ste 510
4 Clock Tower Pl

Maynard, MA 01754

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April 9, 2013

Take a Virtual Field Trip with Your Class | Learn How | Starts April 24th | Register Now

Also from yesterday’s inbox…

Take professional development that does more than just teach, it inspires learning and elevates your classroom lessons to new heights….
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VHS Online PD Details

 - Instructor-led courses
- Cohorts of < 25 students
- 6-week duration
- PDPs & Grad Credit Available
 -  2013 Sessions:
- April 24th
- July 10th
- October 9th
 - Member Cost $175
- Non-Member $275

Additional PD Options

Web 2.0 Collaborative Instruction
Becoming an Online TeacherHave you taken this course already? Let us know what you thought. Know anyone that would benefit from our online pd courses? Pass it on.

A Web-Enhanced Classroom Lets You…
Create a virtual field trip for your class.
Use social media to engage (rather than distract) digital natives.
Define, develop and demonstrate “real-world” learning

Enroll in online professional development that will transform your classroom into an exciting and stimulating learning environment.

Starts April 24th, space is limited.

Breathe new life into classroom lessons through resources that can turn your classroom into a virtual science lab, a government cabinet meeting, an art museum, or even a space station.

Give your students the chance to visit foreign countries without leaving their desks, experience the age of enlightenment in the present day, or preside over supreme-court proceedings.

The Web-Enhanced Classroom professional development course will teach you how to use specific tools, and create a lesson plan that incorporates resources such as:

  • Google Apps for classroom studies
  • Popular social bookmarking sites such as Delicious and Diigo
  • Slideshare, Animoto and screencasts for more interactive presentations
You’ll also have the opportunity to explore online scrapbooks, timelines and survey tools. Enroll in our next online professional development session, and take a course that does more than just educate, it inspires.
Starts April 24th, space is limited.

Copyright © 2013 VHS Inc, All rights reserved.
We provide you with periodic news, events and promotions about online courses and 21st century teaching. If you wish to be removed from our list, please Unsubscribe below.
Our mailing address is:

VHS Inc

Ste 510
4 Clock Tower Pl

Maynard, MA 01754

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