If you're a teacher, this course will show you how to create an exciting and enriching experience for your students. You'll learn a wide variety of simple, field-tested, and easy to apply techniques that will make the most of the computer in your classroom.

In this course, your instructor will work with you to assess your knowledge of computer use and to help you set goals for yourself so that you achieve the highest level of personal benefit from this course.

Simple classroom management ideas will help you maximize your classroom time for learning. You'll also discover powerful ideas and interesting web sites that you can immediately use to enhance your language arts, math, science, and social studies curriculum. You will discover pointers on using email and the Internet effectively to increase your students' understanding and learning in all content areas.

A new section of each course starts monthly. If enrolling in a series of two or more courses, please be sure to space the start date for each course at least two months apart.

All courses run for six weeks, with a two-week grace period at the end. Two lessons are released each week for the six-week duration of the course. You do not have to be present when lessons are released. You will have access to all lessons until the course ends. However, the interactive discussion area that accompanies each lesson will automatically close two weeks after the lesson is released. As such, we strongly recommend that you complete each lesson within two weeks of its release.

The final exam will be released on the same day as the last lesson. Once the final exam has been released, you will have two weeks to complete all of your course work, including the final exam.

Internet access, e-mail, the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Web browser, and the Adobe Flash and PDF plug-ins (two free and simple downloads you obtain at http://www.adobe.com/downloads by clicking Get Adobe Flash Player and Get Adobe Reader).

This course includes a knowledgeable and caring instructor who will guide you through your lessons, facilitate discussions, and answer your questions. The instructor for this course will be Stacy Colwell.

Stacy Colwell has excelled as an elementary classroom teacher and school administrator. With a Master's Degree in Educational Administration, she has mentored and instructed teachers in classroom management, literacy and computer integration. Working as a public school elementary principal, she led her school through the technology adoption process and assisted teachers in integrating computers into their daily life.

“ I enjoyed this class and I feel that technology will be more widely used in my classroom because of this course. I found a lot of fun and useful lessons while exploring websites offered by the instructor. ”

“ I have never taken an online course before and had no idea what to expect. This course was excellent. The format, contents and expectations were perfect for people who also hold full time jobs. Each and every lesson provided a wealth of information which was easy to digest. The websites that accompanied each lesson were fantastic and extremely useful. My experience was most definitely a positive one! I highly recommend this class to potential students. ”

“ I honestly think this has been the best class I have ever taken. It is my first online class and I have been just amazed. Ms. Colwell has helped me change my whole outlook on classroom computers. I want to sincerely thank you. ”

“ I just wanted to let you know how much I have learned from this class. I have returned to teaching after 9 years and I have three children. I don't have much time to post comments etc., but I greatly appreciate all the work you have done in providing information on such great websites. The instruction and ideas on projects has been excellent. I am fortunate to have a smartboard in my room and thanks to you, it is not a glorified chalkboard. Thank you. ”

“ I was nervous about signing up for a computer class that was taught over the internet. How could such a class possibly help me grow in knowledge and experience without a live body being right there? Well, I have learned a lot. I found out mistakes I have been making in my classroom, ways to better use the materials available to me, and courage to try the new things I learned in the course. I have enjoyed this experience so much that I have signed up for two more such classes. Thank you for providing this type of material. ”

“ This class was great!! The instructor really inspires me to go into the classroom and share these great ideas and equipment with the students. I taught for forty years, if I had been exposed to computers that worked, the internet, and Stacy's organizational skills, I would have never retired. (I'm renewing my certificate). ”

“ This course has caused me to use the computer in more ways with my students. They have shown a great interest in doing assignments on the computer. In using the computer the students have made improvements in their work. ”

“ This is the first class that I have ever taken online. I thoroughly enjoyed taking the course because I have learned something which will be very helpful to me in the classroom. ”

“ This was a well-planned and useful online course. The material was directly relevant to a classroom teacher's daily life. I particularly liked how the lessons were geared to show computer usaged in all the topics. ”