Course and Publisher Introduction

It helps to have a goal, and we want to know what yours are. That way instruction can be tailored and the learning community can help contribute to the process. Make a list of 5 things you most need/want to learn during the next eight weeks. These could be tools or concepts. Post your personal list in this forum. At the same time, introduce yourself by telling us who you are, what you teach and where you work. Hello all, my name is Angee and I am an instructor of Interdisciplinary Studies (INTDSP 101) College Success Seminars and Criminal Justice for City Colleges of Chicago. In addition, I am an active law enforcement agent. My five learning objectives in this course are: 1. Gain literacy in a minimum of three rapidly improving technology clusters currently broadly impacting 21st-century societies and education, and which may have even greater effects in the coming decade and beyond. 2. Invest in myself: Read, read, and read! Subscribe to technology journals and publications. Open an aggregator account like Google Reader and subscribe to educational blogs, online magazines, and newsletters. Search for online tutorials and videos. Use open content sources. Follow along with free university online classes, or take my time with open courseware. Attend free webinars and free virtual conferences whenever possible. 3. Find out how can technology be used to improve the quality of information given in class and how can technology be used to improve the way information is presented in class to increase comprehension? 4. Learn how to incorporate technology in the classroom; using technology to create more meaningful assignments. 5. Engage in the use of social telecommunications – currently I have no interest in participating in social telecommunications but if I plan to be an effective facilitator I must have actual experience in the various types of communication products that have been taking over our nation.