Did you know that you can can take a virtual round-the-world trip using Google Earth, where you can stop at an incredible number of points on the globe and learn about the local culture? This is just one of the many technology tools that will be highlighted in a six month series of workshops about literacy and technology called Saturdays at the Center.
The workshops begin Saturday, Nov. 12, with “Google Lit Trips Hands On How To” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Center for Literacy Zook 1 on the University of Akron campus, which is sponsoring the series.
Each session is $25 and provides CEUs. Graduate students who attend four sessions can earn a graduate workshop credit.
“This is aimed at teachers and college students to give them the hottest topics in literacy and technology,” says Lori Vargo, spokesperson for the Center for Literacy. “It gives them three to four hours of the best practices in teaching.”
They are being held one Saturday per month through April to give teachers who otherwise are too busy to attend during the week an opportunity to come, says Vargo.
In addition to the Google Earth session this month, these titles are planned: “Absolutely the Best Brown Bag Ever: Overcoming your iOS eLiteracy” on December 10; “Creating Books and Journals with Young Children” on Jan. 21; “So you Just Got a Smart Board. Now What?” on Feb. 18; “Exclusive Apple Store Workshop” no date yet; and “Using Google Docs in the Collaborative Classroom” on April 21.
Registration is on a first come, first served basis and can be made by contacting Sandra White,
whites1@uakron.edu for a registration form.