Credit offered by the University of St. Thomas
Earn Continuing Education Credits, 2 semester/3 Quarter per Course
Coral Reefs Cayman Style An Environmental Study
CTED 774
2008
Instructor: Kim Kovich
Location: Grand Cayman & Champlin Park High school
Here is an opportunity for you to travel, explore, and study one of the most beautiful and diverse ecosystems on earth, the tropical coral reefs of Grand Cayman. You will study all the components of the coral reef ecosystem, from the interactions of living creatures to all the geologic features. You will do this by completing a series of 10 to 14 dives. Dive debriefings, discussions, presentations, and lectures are all part of this course. To study coral reefs you will need to learn to scuba dive. Scuba training and certification is included. This course will have two class meetings prior to the seven day trip.
Microsoft Word XP, A Video Course
CTED 582 Instructor: Jim Ruid
The tools and resources needed to integrate the technology into the curriculum are found in this course. Course covers the skills needed to create professional looking documents, including brochures, newsletter, mail merge and tables. Learn how to create professional documents, interactive forms and templates that can be used over and over for lesson plans, student projects, grading sheets, etc. Course covers the skills needed to create professional looking documents, including brochures, newsletter, mail merge and tables.
Microsoft Excel XP, A Video Course
CTED 584 Instructor: Jim Ruid
Educators recognize that technology can create enriched learning environments, and that they can effectively enhance teaching and learning with innovative tools and resources. The tools and resources needed to integrate the technology into the curriculum are found in Microsoft Excel. Course covers the skills needed to enter, organize, manipulate, analyze, sort and format data.
Microsoft Access XP, A Video Course
CTED 586 Instructor: Jim Ruid
Educators recognize that technology can create enriched learning environments, and that they can effectively enhance teaching and learning with innovative tools and resources. The tools and resources needed to integrate the technology into the curriculum are found in Microsoft Access help. Course covers the skills needed to enter, organize, manipulate, analyze, sort and format data.
Microsoft PowerPoint XP, A Video Course
CTED 596 Instructor: Jim Ruid
Educators recognize that technology can create enriched learning environments, and that they can effectively enhance teaching and learning with innovative tools and resources. The tools and resources needed to integrate the technology into the curriculum are found in Microsoft PowerPoint help. Course covers the skills needed to create a professional presentation, including graphics, sound, movies, backgrounds and formatting
CTED 611 Instructor: Jim Ruid
Learning individual software programs is an important step in becoming proficient with the use of technology. Taking the next step is to become familiar with how to use your operating system. Learn how to optimize your system, make programs run faster, load your own software, and learn to navigate with ease through your system. In addition, learn about hardware, automation of tasks and getting the most out of your investment in time and hardware.
Macintosh Panther, OS X, A Video Course
CTED 613 Instructor: Jim Ruid
Learning individual software programs is an important step in becoming proficient with the use of technology. Taking the next step is to become familiar with how to use your operating system. Learn how to optimize your system, make programs run faster, load your own software, and learn to navigate with ease through your system. In addition, learn about hardware, automation of tasks and getting the most out of your investment in time and hardware.
The Internet for the Classroom Teacher
CTED 736 Instructor: Jim Ruid
One of the hottest topics in educational technology is that of the internet. The internet has been referred to as “unorganized and difficult to use”, but is loaded with a wealth of educational resources. With WWW software this vast amount of information can be organized in a way never thought possible. The classroom teacher can create a textbook for a specific lesson that is ever changing and up-to-date. We live in an age of constant change. The concept of interconnectivity and the global classroom is one of the variables that is effecting education and educators. Perhaps the most exciting manifestation of this interconnectedness is the Internet. The Internet is a global collection of people and computers, all linked together by many miles of cables and telephone lines, all able to communicate because they share a common language. During this course we will explore the Internet. This exploration will encompass the world of gopher, telnet, e-mail, and world wide web. You will learn terminology, be guided toward a conceptual understanding of the Internet, and become comfortable exploring cyberspace. You must have Internet access to take this course.
Web pages from Start to Finish
CTED 841 Instructor: Jim Ruid
This is a CD-ROM based independent study course that will introduce the participants to the beginning concepts of HTML and web page development. Once these are mastered, they will move beyond the beginning concepts of HTML and learn how to incorporate the excitement of multimedia into your pages. That’s right! Sound, graphics, animation and video will become part of your web site. This all can be accomplished with software that is either free or very inexpensive. The CD contains teacher generated sample web pages, graphic images, animations, sample files and all of the software needed to bring your web pages to the next level of development. In additions, you will learn about tables, frames, images, image maps and web calendars. Everything is laid out in a simple step-by-step sample based environment. This is truly a course for the educational web master as well as the classroom teacher who wishes to enhance lessons with a web experience.
An Introduction to Microsoft Office I
CTED 956 Instructor: Jim Ruid
Educators recognize that technology can create enriched learning environments, and that they can effectively enhance teaching and learning with innovative tools and resources. The tools and resources needed to integrate technology into the curriculum are found in Microsoft Office. Microsoft Office includes word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, database, e-mail and internet browser software. Part 1 will focus on the beginning concepts of Microsoft Word (word processing), Excel (spreadsheet), and Internet Explorer (Web Browser). Part II will cover the beginning concepts of Microsoft Access (database), PowerPoint (presentation) and Outlook (e-mail). Microsoft Office 2000 is for the Windows environment and Microsoft Office 98/2001 is for the Macintosh. This course requires that you have the appropriate software for your operating system. Would you like Part II which includes Access?
An Introduction to Microsoft Office II
CTED 957 Instructor: Jim Ruid
Microsoft Office includes word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, database, e-mail and internet browser software. Part 1 will focus on the beginning concepts of Microsoft Word (word processing), Excel (spreadsheet), and Internet Explorer (Web Browser). Part II will build on what you learned in part one with advanced topics covered.
Finding Your Way In The Great Outdoors, A Video Course
CTED 543 Instructor: Kim Kovich
Here is an opportunity for you to learn how to navigate and find your way in the great outdoors. You will learn how to navigate using traditional methods like the map and compass. From there you will move on to explore the newest GPS (Global Positioning system) technologies. Upon completion of this course you will have the experience and knowledge to navigate the outdoors using traditional orienteering methods and a GPS. You will then be able to pass this knowledge on to your students. You will need a compass and access to a GPS to take this course. A GPS may be available thru the instructor.