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Description:
This course will guide learners through a quality televised workshop from the Annenberg Foundation, with an online reflective component concerning educational issues. American Passages: A Literary Survey provides professional development and classroom materials to enhance the study of American Literature in its cultural context. The course takes an expanded view of American literary movements, bringing in a diversity of voices and tracing the continuity among them.

Pre-requisites:
Participants need to have regular access to the Internet. Basic computer and Internet skills are helpful.

Skill Level:
Some Computer Experience

Type of course:
Online

Learning Outcomes:
Participants will: • Gain a greater understanding of American Literature. • Participate in a reflective online course using Blackboard • Improve civics teaching techniques and skills using pedagogically proven methods. • Create and implement a lesson plan utilizing these new techniques and skills.

Things to bring:
n/a

Points:
16 licensure points

Assignment:
Upon completing these three activities, participants receive a certificate of completion for licensure points. If seeking USOE or university credit, refer to #4 for an additional requirement. 1. Online Orientation – Students are required to complete an online orientation session to begin the course. Participants will receive and review online all the pertinent information regarding this workshop and learn how to use Blackboard for the online component of the course. 2. Televised Workshops – The workshops air on KULC/Channel 9, weekly on Saturdays for 8 sessions of 60 minutes each. 3. Online participation –The online segment of the course involves two primary assignments: • Using Blackboard, students will respond to questions related to that week’s workshop. For about 30 minutes online a week, students read workshop materials, share ideas, and post responses to the weekly assignments from the televised workshop. • In addition to the weekly assignments from the televised workshops, participants will also be involved in an online community of learners. Using Blackboard, students from all of the different televised courses will be required to post their opinions to various issues related to educational theory and practice in a weekly discussion forum titled “Discussion of Educational Issues”. 4. Final Project- A final project is necessary for everyone seeking USOE or university credit. • For the final project, participants must create a presentation based on an individual classroom project that demonstrates one concrete way in which they have implemented workshop concepts and strategies in the classroom. Participants should create a multimedia presentation (power point, digital photos, digital video, etc.) which effectively illustrates the classroom activity. If not currently a classroom teacher, the participant may modify the project as appropriate. For example, a parent may work with his or her own children or with a small group of students in an informal learning setting. This assignment will be submitted through Blackboard as an attachment. Additionally, students should submit a one page reflection about their experience in the workshop and how they plan to implement new techniques and strategies in their own classrooms. This should also be submitted as an attachment through Blackboard.

This class meets the following NETS for teachers:
I. B II. A, II. B, III. A, III. B, III. C, IV. A, IV. B, V. C, VI. A, VI. B