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The EdVenture Group’s instructor led online courses allow participants from across the United States the opportunity to learn from the convenience of their home, school or office.  All courses are self paced for the benefit of the participant’s busy schedule. 

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21st Century Skills Courses

The EdVenture Group provides a series of on-line courses that focus on 21st Century Skills and the integration of those skills in the classroom. Designed by teachers for teachers of all grade levels and subject areas the courses guide teachers through the definition of the skills as well as how to use them in the specific classes that they teach. The EdVenture Group is committed to assisting educators in the preparation of students in becoming effective citizens in the new global economy. Because of this, the courses that The EdVenture Group offers are aligned with the 21st Century Skills defined by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills in The Assessment of 21st Century Skills: The Current Landscape.

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Get Global | Act Global | Critical Think | Collaboration Station | Digital Speak | Life Series | Business Sense | Financial Literacy


Get Global

Integrating current global issues in your classroom: easier done than said? No Way!

Get Global will familiarize educators with the issues and skills students need in order to be successful global citizens.  The course will integrate current global issues, as well as the framework for 21st Century learning in order to provide teachers with the tools and resources essential to promoting globally aware students capable of competing in a global society. top

Act Global

Actions speak louder than words. 

A continuation of Get Global, this course will extend and build upon those skills by adding a more action oriented approach.  This course will allow educators to study examples and create their own examples of social responsibility and civic literacy in the context of global awareness.  Act Global will also give educators the opportunity to design social learning experiences that they will take back to their classrooms for integration into existing curricula. top

Critical Think

Teaching children to become effective thinkers is increasingly recognized as an immediate goal of education.

Critical Think is designed to provide participants with the opportunity to develop unique teaching methods and strategies as they relate to critical thinking and problem-solving. The course focus is on helping teachers develop lesson plans in which students learn to think critically, analyze information, comprehend new ideas, and solve problems. top

Collaboration Station

Do you have a problem?  That’s great news! 

Problem Solved provides participants with the opportunity to develop unique teaching methods and strategies as they relate to Problem-Solving. The focus is on helping students learn to think strategically, analyze information and solve problems by integrating new strategies into current lesson plans and teaching methods. top

Digital Speak

Would you like for your students to have access to your lectures online, share virtual resources, and have meaningful discussions on significant topics?

Digital Speak is designed to help educators with information and communication in today’s 21st Century world. Learn how to engage your students by using the tools they use in everyday life.  This course will allow educators to understand why information and communication skills are essential in education and aid in the mastery of 21st Century tools, such as Wikis, Blogs, and Podcasts - sure to excite, engage, and motivate today’s digital students! top

Life Series

Want to feel challenged and inspired while creating and collecting resources for your classroom?

This three part series is designed to help educators integrate life skills, focusing on health and wellness issues, responsibility, teamwork, and leadership, into their teaching strategies and methods. The instruction provides educators with techniques, activities, and resources that enable them to infuse life skills into any content or lesson plan.

Skills For Life - focuses on skills that center around self-care and personal responsibility.

Fit for Life - focuses on health and wellness awareness issues.

Lead for Life - focuses on outer directed skills such as teamwork, leadership and ethics. top

Business Sense

Open for Business:  Inspiring Future Entrepreneurs

Business Sense addresses topics as they relate to a student's ability to understand the role of business in the economy and how entrepreneurial skills can be taught in the classroom.  Participants will gain strategies to integrate these 21st Century Skills into their classroom content areas through active student engagement. top

Finanical Literacy

Overdraft! Over budget! Over their heads? 

Integrating Financial Literacy is designed to introduce educators and their students to Financial and Economic Literacy. Topics are addressed as they relate to a student's ability to understand the role of finance in the economy and how civics applies to each of these areas.  Participants will discover how to integrate these 21st Century Skills into their classroom content areas through real-world applications. top

 

 

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