Taught by Bernie Dodge, Philip Molebash and Allison Rossett

Update and extend your skills with these special one-unit seminars. Each course includes an online component for discussions and questions between class sessions as well as an extensive list of readings and resources for later use. Kick start your professional development with these fun and challenging courses.

Up to six units of EDTEC 700 may be applied to a Masters degree in Educational Technology.

Current SDSU students can register via web portal. Not taking classes now at SDSU? No problem. Come to the first class and register through Open University. Cost for each class through open university is $195. Questions? Write bdodge@mail.sdsu.edu.

EDTEC 700 Section 1: Wikis as Tools for Collaborative Learning and Knowledge Management
2 Saturdays: 2/5, 2/12. 8:30am to 4:30pm.

Wikis allow the creation of web pages that are open for anyone to edit. By making the web a two-way street, they open up new possibilities for collaborative writing projects and can capture and disseminate the knowledge of colleagues in a company or discipline. Learn how to create interactive stories, micropedias, and shoestring knowledge management systems.
Schedule # 10172

EDTEC 700 Section 4: Teaching California, U.S., and World History using Digital Archives
2 Saturdays: 4/2, 4/9. 8:30am to 4:30pm.

With an avalanche of primary source documents digitized and made freely available via the World Wide Web, historical inquiry, the process of interpreting history or the "doing of history," can become the rule rather than the exception in history classes. Learn how to get the most out of the web by involving your students in the "doing of history."      Schedule # 10205

EDTEC 700 Section 2: New Business: The Convergence of Learning and Technology
2 Saturdays: 2/19, 2/26. 8:30am to 4:30pm.

University of Phoenix? Skillsoft? SumTotal? Oracle? Capella? Technology is changing the way learning happens and learners make choices. What are the options created by the convergence of learning and technology? How is online everything changing even the most resistant sectors? Learn how to navigate this new terrain and how you might make a business of the learning business.
Schedule # 10183

EDTEC 700 Section 5: Electronic Teaching Portfolios
2 Saturdays: 4/30, 5/7. 8:30am to 4:30pm.

With the San Diego teaching job market more competitive than ever you need to find ways to elevate yourself above others in order to land the perfect job. Creating a unique web-based electronic teaching portfolio is your key to success. Take your web design skills to a new level and start marketing your "virtual" self.
Schedule # 10216

EDTEC 700 Section 3: Motivating Student Writing with Weblogs
2 Saturdays: 3/19, 3/26. 8:30am to 4:30pm.

Weblogs or "blogs" are public journals that are easy to set up and use. They encourage self-expression and reflection and can be integrated into the language arts and social studies curriculum. Learn creative ways to channel your student's motivation towards active reading and better writing.          Schedule # 10194