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ideastream Education provides professional development opportunities in an accessible online format.
Graduate credit is available upon completion of these courses.
Additional courses are available via PBS TeacherLine
Courses can also be customized to address specific district instructional needs.
For more information, contact Ann Ebersole or call (216) 916-6364.
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Graduate Credit Information
Available Online Courses
Apps for Early Learners (Grades K-3)
Cost: $130
Graduate Credit: 1 Credit (Additional Fee)
Description: Apps - kids love them (of course)! Young learners are amazingly intuitive with tech gadgets. Even children who typically need assistance with “real world” activities, pick up an iPad and start touching, poking, and flicking “pages” like they’ve been doing this all their lives (maybe they have). This online course will explore apps appropriate for early learners for all curriculum areas.
Session Dates:
June 17 - July 14
Apps for Educators (Grades 4-12)
Cost: $130
Graduate Credit: 1 Credit (Additional Fee)
Description: Apps - what are they and how can they be used in the classroom? As more people have access to smaller, mobile devices like iPads and Smartphones, Apps will become more & more popular both in the mainstream and in education. As educators, we need to instruct our students on how to use these mobile devices as learning tools. This online course will explore Apps available for all curriculum areas and grade levels.
“The class was awesome. I am now applying for grants for iPads for students to use the amazing apps and resources we found! The class even shared grant foundation resources. Thanks.” - Suzy Hirsch, FEFE Ohio State Educator, Hudson High School
Session Dates:
July 15 - August 11
Boys Adrift by L. Sax
Cost: $130
Graduate Credit: 1 Credit (Additional Fee)
Description: Dr. Sax identifies and explores a disturbing trend - the vast number of boys who seem to be disengaging from school and from their own potential. His analysis of the problem, as well as his insights and advice for parents and teachers make this a must read for anyone who is frustrated with what is happening to boys in our culture.
Book Cost: Additional $15.00
Session Dates:
June 17 - July 14
Cyberbullying
Cost: $130
Graduate Credit: 1 Credit (Additional Fee)
Description: Cyberbullying is like having a gigantic megaphone. Bullies can spread mean and hurtful comments quickly and anonymously. Parents, school administrators, and law enforcement are all concerneed about it as lawsuits and even teen suicides have brought awareness to the issue. Take an in depth look at bullying in the digital age and techniques to use to deal with the issue.
Session Dates:
July 15 - August 11
August 5 - August 30
How We Got to Now: 6 Innovations That Made the Modern World
Cost: $130
Graduate Credit: 1 Credit (Additional Fee)
Description: Based on the new book by Steven Johnson and the PBS Series. Explore the power and the legacy of great ideas. Topics explored in the series include why and how ideas happen, and their sometimes unintended results. Explore the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life (refrigeration, clocks, and eyeglass lenses, etc.) from their creation to their unintended historical consequences.
Book Not Included
Session Dates:
June 17 - July 14
iPad in Education
Cost: $130
Graduate Credit: 1 Credit (Additional Fee)
Description: NEW! Educators and administrators can learn what the iPad has to offer and how to incorporate it into the classroom. iPads support different learning styles, keep information updated, facilitate research, and empower students to engage in the learning process. Learn to set up iPads for student use, manage content, maintain control, and plan your implementation.
Session Dates:
June 17 - July 14
Learn to Teach K-12 Online
Cost: $130
Graduate Credit: 1 Credit (Additional Fee)
Description: Online Learning for K-12 students is giveing schools new approaches and strategies for addressing the challenges they face and for taking advantage of exciting new learning opportunities. This class is an introduction to creating and facilitating K-12 online courses. More and more schools and districts of all sizes are introducing blended learning and online instruction into their instructional programs and they are discovering taht this model is effective, affordable, and responds to students' and teachers' growing interest in technology-based learning experiences. This course is designed to teach K-12 teachers how to effectively facilitate online courses.
Book Not Included
Session Dates:
July 15 - August 11
Odd Girl Out
Cost: $130
Graduate Credit: 1 Credit (Additional Fee)
Description: Girls' aggression is just as harmful as the aggression of boys, but it is harder to recognize. By articulating the dynamics of this behavior, Simmons gives parents and teachers ways in which to help our daughters.
Book Not Included
Session Dates:
July 15 - August 11
OH!Lead: Transformative Leadership Through Technology
Cost: $130
Graduate Credit: 1 Credit (Additional Fee)
Description: This class is aimed at school administrators. This class focuses on skills and thinking needed in transforming schools, districts or organizations to successfully and seamlessly utilize technology tools, resources and innovative solutions to advance student achievement, foster educator productivity and extend learning opportunities for all.
Session Dates:
June 17 - July 14
July 15 - August 11
Preparing Students for Ohio’s Next Generation Assessments
Cost: $150
Graduate Credit: 1 Credit (Additional Fee)
Description: Ohio’s next generation assessments, using technology enhanced test items, will look very different to students. This training will provide teachers with tools and resources to help their students with the tasks and technology used in the assessments. With an emphasis on student growth, learn how to help your district successfully implement Ohio’s new assessments.
Session Dates:
July 15 - August 11
The Other Wes Moore
Cost: $130
Graduate Credit: 1 Credit (Additional Fee)
Description: Online Book Study: Two kids with the same name, living in the same decaying city. One grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison for felony murder. Here is the story of two boys and the journey of a generation.
Book Not Included
Session Dates:
August 5 - August 30
To Kill a Mockingbird by H. Lee
Cost: $135
Graduate Credit: 2 Credits (Additional Fee)
Description: Read this timeless novel while discovering new ways to integrate this Pulitzer Prize winner into your curriculum. Utilizing a variety of multimedia resources, including PBS/NPR programming and online materials, educators learn how they can create innovative and engaging experiences that extend learning far beyond the traditional reading assignment. This class would be valuable for language arts and history teachers, as well as any classroom teacher, guidance counselor or administrator. There are multiple themes in the book that impact on all areas of teaching and working with students.
Book Not Included
Session Dates:
June 17 - July 28
July 22 - August 30
21st Century Tech Skills for the Common Core
Cost: $130 (Per Module)
Graduate Credit: 1 Credit (Per Module, Additional Fee for Each Module)
The INFOhio 21 Essential Things for 21st Century Successis an online learning program that encourages educators to learn how emerging web-based technologies can change the way educators access information and communicate with each other. It will also give some background on Ohio’s new 21st century skills initiative.
These WVIZ Online Class Modules will highlight groups of the INFOhio 21 Essential Things for 21st Century Success discovery exercises to help you become familiar with blogging, RSS news feeds, tagging, podcasting, online applications, and video and image hosting sites as well as popular social networking tools. You will learn how the resources provided by INFOhio work with these new web tools and how to use these INFOhio tools both professionally and in classrooms across Ohio.
In these WVIZ Modules there will be Facilitators to help you get started and guide you through the Module groups.
Prerequisite: Module One must be taken first.
More than one module may be taken concurrently during a four week session.
Four Modules available - each covering 4 or 5 of the INFOhio 21 Things.
These modules are created for Ohio educators to explore and engage in Web 2.0 technologies and 21st Century Learning Skills.
Module One
June 17 - July 14
July 15 - August 11
August 5 - August 30
Module Two
June 17 - July 14
Module Three
July 15 - August 11
Module Four
August 5 - August 30
PBS TeacherLine is a series of facilitated online courses produced by leading educators and educational institutions. They are video-rich and are project-based. Each week, students complete an assignment, read articles and view video, and participate in online discussions.
Graduate credit is available from several universities listed at the TeacherLine site.
Register for a TeacherLine class online now.
In-District Courses
The ideastream Education Department can provide multiple teachers in a single district with online training. Experienced facilitators will guide the learners (no more than 18 per section).
Registration lists and course completion reports will be submitted to the school district.
Special single district pricing is available for groups of 15 or more.
For more information or to request a proposal, contact Ann Ebersole.
