Are you interested in catching up with the latest in using technology in the classroom? Take a look at this class offered by Dr. Laura Turchi on Thursday nights at ASU Tempe starting in August:
ENG 494/598 Special Topics
Information Matters: Digital Teaching and Tools
A course taught by Dr. Laura Turchi
“Digital Teaching and Tools” is for English teachers who are intrigued by new media methods for creating and sharing information and art. This is not strictly a “how to” class, although we will address many practical classroom matters, and course members will gain a broadened knowledge of Web 2.0 opportunities for teaching and learning. We will create a detailed inventory of the digital tools familiar to secondary students, and we will compare these to what a clever English teacher can access in a public school classroom. We will imagine, study, and design at least one way – if not a dozen – where digital tools can enhance student achievement. We will consider how tapping into our Digital Age can increase student access to history and culture, and may encourage individuals to find and articulate their voices, as well as open avenues for their creativity. Our goal will be to empower the English language arts classroom with critical understandings of media, culture, and public relations (digital information manipulation), and so develop secondary students from passive consumers to literate participants in democracy.
Language and Literature Building Room 150 (first floor)
FALL SEMESTER
Th 4:40 PM – 7:30 PM
For more information, please contact ASU.