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Slide into this great opportunity to learn more about how to use Thinkfinity in the classroom and to earn some extra credits as well. Thanks to Tava Smathers for sharing this.

Slide into Thinkfinity

A lot of you probably know the Thinkfinity site (used to be Marco Polo Education, then it was adopted by Verizon). They still have the Read/Write/Think site, the National Math site, Sciences, etc.

They are offering online classes for $50, and you can pay the additional $110 for two grad credits at Adams State. For those of you who would prefer to work at your own pace and not have school meetings, it’s a great way to get real college credit from your home computer.

Note special introductory registration fees for the following courses

Intel Teach Project-Based Approaches – Online Course (Course starts SEPT 21) –

Register now…http://www.coloradothinkfinity.org/register-for-courses.html

Time Requirement: 6 weeks / approximately 30 clock hours – This “blended-learning” course will include at least 6 hours of face-to-face and/or on-line web conferencing components and an on-line facilitated course that will include interactive tutorials, exercises, individual work, and facilitated discussions.

Audience: This course is intended for all PreK-12 classroom teachers interested in improving their understanding and application of project-based approaches in the 21st century classroom.

Pre-requisites: none

Cost: $50 registration fee ($40 if registration is prior to June 11) – 2 hours graduate credit available from Adams State ($110)

Course Description: Using specific classroom scenarios, teachers explore characteristics and benefits of Project-Based Learning (PBL). Throughout the course, teachers consider their own teaching practice as they follow a teacher new to project-based learning who discusses strategies with a mentor teacher. Planning and project design modules guide teachers through organizing the curriculum, the classroom, and students for successful 21st century projects. The assessment module demonstrates strategies for assessing students’ 21st century skills throughout an open-ended project. The course offers opportunities to apply the PBL concepts with action planning exercises.

Location: Online – delivered via eNetColorado Moodle – http://moodle.enetcolorado.org/

Register online at: http://www.coloradothinkfinity.org/register-for-courses.html.