COD 2014 - PS119

Useful Technology in Teaching Science

This course is for teachers, technology specialists and directors who are involved in teaching science

2 sessions, start: 10-Feb

Course detail

Year: 2014
Level: Primary / Secondary
Language: English
Status: Postponed
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. Maggie Brennan MA
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ARS 250.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 10 February 2014 01:30 pm 04:30 pm
2 17 February 2014 01:30 pm 04:30 pm

Facilitator/s

Maggie Brennan

Maggie Brennan is an educational technology consultant working in the greater Buenos Aires area. She trains teachers in primary and secondary schools as well as Universities on how to use technology effectively in the classroom. She brings over 10 years of classroom teaching experience all her workshops. She has two master's degrees, one in Educational Technology from New York Institute of Technology and another in Teaching and Spanish from Iona College, also in New York State. The thesis she wrote on incorporating Podcasting into a Foreign Language Classroom was published in the professional technology journal, Networks. She was invited to present her thesis at the AERA conference in Vancouver. She has her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison with a double major in Spanish and Communication Arts. Most importantly, she loves teaching and she loves kids, and that's what it's all about!.
This course is for teachers, technology specialists and directors who are involved in teaching science
This course will instruct teachers as to what tools are available and how to use them effectively.
It will describe and explain the many different technology tools available to aid science teachers. Emphasis will be placed on how to use the technology efficiently and effectively within a lesson plan in order to improve instruction and motivation of the students. The technology presented will be both internet based, as well as other available technology in which schools may want to consider investing.
Internet websites, effective lesson plans using technology, advice on what has worked and what hasn't within a science class setting.
The course will be taught through a powerpoint-type presentation, with time for students to investigate, use and receive help on all the technology ideas presented.
A full bibliography of resources will be distributed at the course.
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