Graduate Courses

We believe:

• In using innovative technologies with effective teaching practices to help all students learn
• All students need to graduate with 21st Century Skills

The Stephens Group can offer graduate classes at your location. All of our instructors have teaching experience and a minimum of a master's degree in education. The Stephens Group can tailor courses to fit with District initiatives.

Courses we have taught in the past include:

• Using Technology Tools to Support Literacy
• Learning with Technology: Effective Teaching Strategies
• Using the Web 2.0 Applications in Your Curriculum
• Teaching Technology in a Changing Classroom
• Inspiration/Kidspiration in the Curriculum
• Digital Media for Educators (includes podcasting and vodcasting)

The Stephens Group has a partnerships with Cardinal Stritch University, in Milwaukee Wisconsin and Sonoma State University.

The Stephens Group is able to offer online courses as well.

Current Course Offerings:

The Milwaukee Digital Media Conference can be taken for two graduate credits from Cardinal Stritch University. The conference will be held at the Milwaukee County Zoo, July 28-31.  It is a hands-on collaborative conference in which we will learn about wikis, digital mapping, digital photography, video-editing, and podcasting. Visit the conference website for registration and more information .

San Jose Digital Media Course August 11th-14th

Participants will work with instructors of The Stephens Group and museum staff to create vodcasts of exhibits from the San Jose Museum of Art. The course is being offered for CEUs or 1 graduate credit through Sonoma State University.

The purpose of this course is to help participants develop questioning strategies to help learners build knowledge. The methods that we utilize in the course to discuss art can also be used for inquiry based instruction in the classroom. Participants will use technology in a real world context to share knowledge, network with others and communicate.

In this course participants will:

• develop effective questioning strategies
• improve visual literacy skills
• learn about emerging research in using digital media to impact teaching and learning
• explore using real world tools such as vodcasting, digital movies, digital photos, and audio editing
• work collaboratively to construct knowledge, social network and use emerging technology to communicate information
• actively use 21st Century Learning Skills to meet their knowledge needs

Click here to view the syllabus.

Visit the course website for registration and more information.

If you would like any of these courses offered in your school district contact us at 262.327.1012