Graduate Courses Offered
All courses are $120 per graduate credit hour.
General Information
All of these courses are at a 501, graduate level and can be used as electives for a Master's degree.
The process for taking a course:
1. Choose a course and pay by Paypal or credit card (contact us to pay by check).
2. Complete the work.
3. Register with CSU during the semester that you wish to receive credit (no additional payment, just information).
4. Send your coursework to [email protected] with the grade you were working for (A, B, C) and your date of birth (optional - only needed if you have a common last name).
5. You will get an email confirmation and course feedback within 24-72 hours. Your transcripts will be available within two weeks through the CSU account you created in step 3.
The process for taking a course:
1. Choose a course and pay by Paypal or credit card (contact us to pay by check).
2. Complete the work.
3. Register with CSU during the semester that you wish to receive credit (no additional payment, just information).
4. Send your coursework to [email protected] with the grade you were working for (A, B, C) and your date of birth (optional - only needed if you have a common last name).
5. You will get an email confirmation and course feedback within 24-72 hours. Your transcripts will be available within two weeks through the CSU account you created in step 3.
Book Studies
All book studies require you to purchase the book on your own. The book IS NOT provided as part of the course fees.
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Launch: Design Thinking and Creativity Book Study
E6803 2 credits You will gain insight into the Design Process and how Design Thinking can rejuvenate your classroom and better prepare your students for tomorrow. You will review management strategies and lesson ideas. |
Math Recess Book Study
#6804 2 credits Do students complain that math is not interesting or they feel they will never use it? If so, this book will enlighten you to the many different, creative and fun ways to teach math in a way that makes it irresistible! This book is full of deep and imaginative, mathematical ideas, puzzles, and problems. |
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Mindset:Psychology of Success Book Study
#6805 2 credits This book will guide your through the current research on what personality traits and attitudes create successful people. You will set goals for overcoming obstacles and generate ideas for applying the idea of a growth mindset in your classroom. |
Start Right Now Book Study
#6806 2 credits You will consider what it means to be a true leader, create a personal mission statement, and examine and reflect on your own strengths and weaknesses. You will also collect what you have learned into a piece of media to share with other teachers. So why not Start. Right. Now. |
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Teach Like a Pirate
#6800 2 credits This book study is full of 'hooks', engaging ideas for grabbing student's attention. You will gain valuable insight into increasing student motivation with simple and easy ideas! You will generate a basic, brief idea of how you could use the hooks in your classroom. |
Teach Like a Champion Book Study
#6807 2 credits You will learn about the strategies used by the most successful teachers in the country. Doug Lemov has studied teachers all over the country and has collected his research into concise, easy to understand strategies that you begin using within days. |
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The Happiness Advantage for Education Book Study
#6808 2 credits Shawn Achor covers all of the current research about happiness, health and success in an easy to understand format. You will learn about strategies that ANYONE can use to increase the amount of happiness in your life (and the lives of your students and colleagues). |
The Inspired Teacher Book Study
#6809 2 credits Get some Zen advice for dealing with teacher burnout, gain perspective to help you deal with the stress, and develop and practice techniques to calm your mind and body. |
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The Wild Card Book Study
#6810 2 credits This is a must read for any teacher who has been making excuses for not being great! You CAN and SHOULD be great by facing and overcoming your fears and obstacles. Hope and Wade share their struggles along with practical advice for becoming the awesome teacher you always hoped you would be. |
We're Doing it Wrong Book Study
#6811 2 credits Get fresh, innovative ideas for fixing some of public education's biggest problems by designing your own action research projects and researching your own solutions to your specific classroom problems. |
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Google-Based Courses
Google Fundamentals Course 1
#6812 1 credit This is the first of 2 courses based on the Level 1 Educator Certification program provided through Google. You will be introduced to the basic apps such as Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar, Gmail, Sites, Tasks, Keep, Youtube and much more. |
Google Fundamentals Course 2
#6813 1 credit This is the second of 2 courses based on the Level 1 Educator Certification program provided through Google. You will learn how to use the features and commands for apps such as Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar, Gmail, Sites, Tasks, Keep, Youtube and much more. |
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Google Advanced Features #1
#6814 1 credit This course is the first of 2 courses based on the Level 2 Educator Certification program provided through Google. The content will cover fine details such as drawings, table of contents, Google Sheets, Calendar, Blogger, Chrome store, Youtube (and much more) and will suggest ideas for using these tools to improve teacher and student productivity. |
Google Advanced Features #2
#6815 1 credit This course is the first of 2 courses based on the Level 2 Educator Certification program provided through Google. The content will cover fine details such as drawings, table of contents, Google Sheets, Calendar, Blogger, Chrome store, Youtube (and much more) and will suggest ideas for using these tools to improve teacher and student productivity. |
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Innovating Lessons w/ Google Apps
#6816 1 credit You will choose which webinars to participate in from Eric Curt's website which all focus on innovate uses of Google Apps. For each webinar, you will take a quiz to earn a certificate and will then design and produce activities to use in your classroom. |
Gamified Learning Using Google Apps
#6817 3 credits Compete to earn badges and points as you learn how to design a gamified classroom and use Google Sheets formulas to create a high-tech Leaderboard for your students. If you are looking to motivate students and better manage your classroom, then this course is for you! It will change the way you teach. |
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Create & Innovate Courses
Creativity in the Digital Classroom
#6818 1 credit This course will give you 12 ideas for adding more creativity to your virtual course. You will organize information into a sketchnote, create lesson plans, create a Scratch project and design a virtual breakout activity. |
Creating Digital Content
#6820 2 credits This course will prepare you for creating engaging, concise, and relevant lectures, lessons, reviews, and assessments using FREE virtual programs. Every program is introduced and then you immediately start creating resources to use in your classroom. |
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Classroom Tech Tools #1:
Creative Learning by MIT #6828 1 credit This course is based off a book called Lifelong Kindergarten and focuses on designing content that allows students to play, tinker and create rather than consume. You will be required to do your own 'tinkering' by completing a block coding activity on Scratch. |
Classroom Tech Tools #2:
Scratch and Code.org for Teachers #6830 1 credit You will complete the Code.org teacher course to learn the basics of coding, how to setup a digital classroom and assign courses, and you will apply your block coding knowledge to build a Scratch program. |
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Teacher Tech Tools #3:
Coding in Every Classroom #6826 2 credits You will complete the express course to learn the basic coding such as function, loops, and conditionals. You will review Unplugged Lessons that you could use to teach programming without computers. |
Teacher Tech Tools #4:
Computer Science & Algebra #6827 2 credits You will use the Algebra course designed by Code.org to learn how to teach basic Algebra skills using coding commands. You will learn how to navigate the site and create virtual classrooms within Code.org. |
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Burnt Out to Bonfire
#6829 1 credit Are you feeling burnt out, unmotivated, or maybe even depressed about teaching? This is a common problem but you CAN overcome it. Get practical ideas for moving forward with a more positive mindset and strategies for making the myth of the happy teacher a reality. |
Foundations of Blended Learning
#6822 2 credits This course will cover the pitfalls of a virtual education so you can avoid them as you are designing your blended classroom. The course is full of digital ideas and tools to help districts and teachers get started. |
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Gamified Learning
#6823 1 credit If you want to engage your students in a new way and get them excited about learning, then you need this course! You will learn about game design, student gamer types, strategies for gamifying lessons. |
Critical Thinking & Student Voice #6821 1 credit
You will become familiar with current research about the benefits of critical thinking and learn about fun, easy, engaging ideas for implementing more critical thinking in your classroom. You will use what you learn to design lessons for your classroom. |
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Secondary Level Classroom Management
#6824 1 credit Are you struggling to keep your students on task? Is your classroom chaotic? Are you getting frazzled from all of the confusion? In this course, you will review theories of behavior management and will develop a plan for implementing a new management plan in your classroom. |
Video Production
#6825 1 credit In this course, you will learn how to use Youtube to upload and edit videos, create quiz videos using Edpuzzle, become familiar with free apps and programs for creating your own tutorial and green screen videos, generate ideas for virtual field trips, and you will design and organize a flipped unit of instruction. |
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Canvas LMS: Complete Overview
#6819 1 credit This course will walk you through the basic to advanced features of the Canvas Learning Management System. You will learn how to create modules, pages, quizzes, quiz banks, quiz question types, assignments (with Google integration), discussions, groups and how to use the grade book, calendar, conferences and so much more. |
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