Using Web Resources in the Classroom

24 Hours / Access Length: 180 Days / Delivery: Online, Self-Paced

Course Overview:

K-12 education has entered a new technological era.  In increasingly dynamic educational settings, web resources can be integrated into the curriculum to promote student engagement and achievement. In order to take advantage of these settings, teachers need to have the appropriate knowledge and experience. In this course, teachers will learn to integrate web resource tools to create engaging learning experiences for their students. This course is designed for K-12 educators and focuses on the appropriate use of technology to facilitate the teaching and learning process. Throughout this course, students will gain experience in working through the skill component of using web resources effectively in the K-12 classroom.  Instructional methods will be explored utilizing a variety of technology for collaboration, and student assessment.  In addition, the utilization and evaluation of various web resources and their appropriateness will be emphasized.

Students will:

• Examine instructional web resources for the classroom.
• Examine applications to promote engagement in the K-12 classroom.
• Explore instructional methods utilizing web resources.
• Examine web technologies, and resources.
• Explore web resource tools to create engaging learning experiences for students.
• Develop knowledge, skills, and confidence in using web resources appropriate to K-12 classrooms.
• Integrate web resources effectively into teaching/learning and assessment situations.

Course Outline:

Lesson 1: Choosing and Using Instructional Web Resources

In this lesson, students will explore the use of various instructional web resources.

Lesson 2: Applications to Promote Engagement in the K-12 Classroom

This lesson will examine new and innovative web applications to create engaging learning experiences for students.

Lesson 3: Using Technology to Facilitate Teaching and Learning

In this lesson students will explore technology to facilitate the teaching and learning process.

Lesson 4: Web Resources for Student Assessment

This lesson will explore a variety of web resources for collaboration, and student assessment. 

• Cable and DSL internet connections are recommended for the best experience.

• CPU: 1 GHz or higher
• RAM: 2 GB or higher
• Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher
• Speakers / Headphones
• Microphone (Webinar / Live Online sessions)

• Microsoft Windows 7 or 10 (Home, Pro)
• Mac OSX 10 or higher.
• Latest Chrome OS
• Latest Linux Distributions

NOTE: While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.

• Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience.
• Latest Mozilla FireFox
• Latest Microsoft Edge
• Latest Apple Safari

• Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice)
• PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt)
• Courses may require other software that is denoted in the above course outline.