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Technology in Education

Twitter, blogs, and wikis — decode this mysterious foreign language and learn to use current technologies in the classroom. UC Berkeley Extension is your guide to launch your classroom into the 21st century with tools encouraging participation, facilitating information sharing and fostering collaboration.

Technology in Education Courses

Today, classroom participation is more than just raising a hand. Extend your reach beyond the classroom and enhance learning with an array of courses from UC Berkeley.

Web 2.0 Technologies for Teachers

Gain fluency with current technologies so that you can better integrate them into your curriculum and promote tech-literate students. These Web 2.0 tools and technologies encourage collaboration and communication within K-12 classrooms. They are also free to use and accessible to anyone with an Internet connection. Learn how easy it can be to incorporate online software into your lesson plans and ultimately to support your efforts to uphold California State Content Standards.

New! Podcasting for Teachers

Podcasting helps promote collaboration and communication between teachers, students and parents while at the same time enhancing the core curriculum. Learn how easy it is to use podcasting in your classroom in this fun, interactive, and hands-on workshop. By the end of the course you will be able to create a podcast, design an original soundtrack, and broadcast on the Internet.

Integrating Computer Technologies into the Curriculum

Get an overview of current computer technologies you can use whether your classroom environment is technology-rich or technology-poor. You can also learn about ethical and legal issues involved in using this technology.

Web Design for Educators

Equip yourself with the skills and tools for developing educational Web pages that both support classroom curricula and have pedagogical intent and impact. You design, construct, and evaluate your own Web pages while exploring the issues of supplementing classroom material with Internet resources.

Developing Internet-Based Instruction

Gain the knowledge and skills necessary to produce online courses. You explore the theoretical foundations of Internet-based instruction and its practical applications, such as methods for student interaction, evaluation, and functional design. By the course's end, you should know how to effectively use Internet-based instructional tools (such as hyperlinks, e-mail, newsgroups, chat, evaluation forms, graphics, and multimedia) to design, program, and publish instructional modules on the Internet.

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