Course Listings - Winter/Spring 2010

Last Updated: 1/29/2010

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Name of Course Credits Cost Instructor Date Time Location Notes
21st Century Teaching and Learning2250Jeff Taylor2/20 - 3/27Available 24 hours a day onlineOnline 
21st Century Teaching and Learning2250Jeff Taylor3/27 - 5/1Available 24 hours a day onlineOnline 
Basic Chinese 1 - Canceled2250Grace Chang1/30 - 3/14Available 24 hours a day onlineOnlineParticipants may need to update or install certain software components -Java, Flash, Shockwave, Skype, and others - on their computers to the latest versions. Participants may need to change some settings in WINDOWS to allow for Chinese characters to be displayed. Participants will need to use either a computer with a microphone and speakers or purchase a headset with a microphone to speak and record assignments; the headset is recommended.
Basic Chinese 22250Grace Chang3/13 - 4/25Available 24 hours a day onlineOnlineParticipants may need to update or install certain software components -Java, Flash, Shockwave, Skype, and others - on their computers to the latest versions. Participants may need to change some settings in WINDOWS to allow for Chinese characters to be displayed. Participants will need to use either a computer with a microphone and speakers or purchase a headset with a microphone to speak and record assignments; the headset is recommended. Participants should have the book ordered by themselves before the class starts. The price of the book is 39.95 (paper back) if ordered from the publisher, participants can find used book online for cheaper (The ISBN must match the one from provided below since there are different editions to this textbook. Title: Integrated Chinese Third Edition, Author: Yuehua Liu and Tao-Chung Yao: ISBN: 9780887276385
Brain-Based Research: Why Boys and Girls Learn Differently - Canceled1140Amy Winn4/10 - 5/9Available 24 hours a day onlineOnlineStudents Must Purchase Own Book: Title: Boys and Girls Learn Differently; Author: Michael Gurian: ISBN: 0787961175
Building Your ePortfolio, Online.1140Jillian Vitolo-Brown2/27 - 3/28Available 24 hours a day onlineOnline 
Developing Cultural Awareness/Sensitivity II Diversity in K-12 Classrooms - Online.2280Su Verma12/26 - 1/24Available 24 hours a day onlineOnlineIU 1 will mail out handouts to all paid registrants one week prior to the start of the course.
Differentiated Instruction: Strategies for the Classroom Online1140Jillian Vitolo-Brown4/10 - 5/9Available 24 hours a day onlineOnlineStudents Must Purchase Own Book: Title: Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn't Fit All, 2nd Edition; Author Gayle H. Gregory & Carolyn Chapman. ISBN: 978-1412936408. www.amazon.com.
Entrepreneurship.2250Marci Klinger3/6 - 4/18Available 24 hours a day onlineOnline 
Instructional Materials 1: Program Design Online1175Annette Hotchkiss2/6 - 3/7Available 24 hours a day onlineOnlineTeaching English Language Learners - Cultural Implications, Communications, Connections, and Curriculum - Mailed out by IU 1.
Instructional Materials II Online2250Su Verma12/26 - 1/24Available 24 hours a day onlineOnlineStudents Must Purchase own book. Authentic Assessment for English Language Learners, ISBN 0-201-59151-0. Order from Amazon.com
Language Acquisition Part II English Usage and Developing Linguistic Awareness1140Melissa Borgia3/6 - 4/4Available 24 hours a day onlineOnlineHandouts will be available online.
Language Acquisition Part III English Usage and Developing Linguistic Awareness1140Su Verma1/2 - 1/17Available 24 hours a day onlineOnlineStudents Must Purchase Own Text Book: Second Language Learning Theories-2nd Edition; Oxford University Press, ISBN: 0340807660. 'www.amazon.com
Mentoring New Teachers2250Jeff Taylor2/20 - 3/27Available 24 hours a day onlineOnline 
Mentoring New Teachers2250Jeff Taylor3/27 - 5/1Available 24 hours a day onlineOnline 
Preparing for the State Science Test (K-8) Online1140Donna Riggle2/20 - 3/20Available 24 hours a day onlineOnline 
Project Based Learning 101: An Introduction1140Amy Lewis2/27 - 3/28Available 24 hours a day onlineOnline 
Reading Strategies for the Content Area Teacher.2250Patrick Mannarino2/13 - 3/27Available 24 hours a day onlineOnline 
Teaching ELLs in the Regular Classroom Part I1140Dr. Janet L.Pierce4/10 - 5/2/10Available 24 hours a day onlineOnline 
The Breakaway: Independence for Teachers and Students2250Jillian Vitolo-Brown3/6 - 4/18Available 24 hours a day onlineOnlineStudents Must Purchase Own Book: Title: The Caring Teacher's Guide to Discipline Second Edition. Author: Marilyn E. Gootman. ISBN: 9780761976868
The Reflective Practitioner Part 12250Paulette Graham and Lois Core1/23 - 3/7Available 24 hours a day onlineOnlineStudents Must Purchase Own Book: Title, Enhancing Proffressional Practice, Author: Charlotte Danielson, ISBN: 978-1-4166-0517-1
The Reflective Practitioner Part 22250Paulette Graham and Lois Core3/13 - 4/25Available 24 hours a day onlineOnlineStudents Must Purchase Own Book: Title, Enhancing Proffressional Practice, Author: Charlotte Danielson, ISBN: 978-1-4166-0517-1
Writing Strategies for the Content Area Teacher2250Patrick Mannarino3/6 - 4/10Available 24 hours a day onlineOnline 

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