Department of Computer Science
Computer Science Summer Camps and Teacher Workshops
Searching the Web to Find Instructional Materials
Target Audience: K-12 Teachers who would like to learn technology to support their classroom teaching
Justification: This will give teachers the opportunity to earn continuing education credit and work toward the Texas Teacher Technology Competencies Certification.
Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Cost: $75 per person; includes lunch
This course is designed so that teachers will gain an understanding of the appropriate use of computers and other technology in instructional programming; ability to integrate the use of technology into the on-going instructional program; and ability to locate effective web sources which can be used to integrate the use of multimedia and the web to add content to your course.
Topics include:
- Review basic operating system concepts
- Review Multimedia concepts
- Web searches
- Basic concepts such as downloading multimedia and incorporating it into course content
Workshop Objectives:
Those successfully completing the course will be able to:
- Develop instructional software for use in the classroom.
- Use web search software to locate instructional material relative to specific grade level and content.
- Use the Internet for gathering and communicating information in the classroom.
- Discuss the use of multimedia for instruction.
- Gain practical experience in teaching using the computer.