Curriculum and Methods
Welcome to Ed 471!
I hope you will enjoy the course and find many valuable ideas that you will be bringing into your future classrooms.
I will be running the course from my website to keep ownership of all my materials. We will be using the Ecollege from time to time but the majority of the course will be right here. This is the second time that I will be teaching this course online. I must admit that I do have some concerns about teaching this course online. I usually demonstrate many teaching strategies and techniques in this class. In this format I will not be able to. That concerns me. In my research for this course I have found some video clips of important concepts that will help you visualize the ideas that you will be reading about in your textbook. I hope you find them helpful and they are professional done so I think you will approve.
The course is inquiry-based. The modules are all done in the WebQuest method. I will have a mini lecture and a question for you to ponder and write out. Now don't worry, I will have online resources for you to click on. I do not want you to spend your time trying to find the right website to complete your assignment. I want you to spend your time exploring websites that I have already reviewed and feel that you will enjoy. Now you always can look for more but let me do the research and you sit back. You will have enough to do already. I must tell you that we have a lot of work ahead of us. This course in my opinion is very important to your future as a teacher. You will be learning how to teach reading...wow...such an important topic! I take my job seriously...I know you have entrusted me with that. I will share my knowledge and hope you find the course challenging and fun.
Fondly,
Dr. Iwamoto
