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9-25-08 Rosanne: Here is the workshop outline - please add changes!!!

Tech Integration Teacher Workshop ~ September 26, 2008 (Have Welcome slide up on screen) WELCOME! Introduce ourselves KAREN: Talk about IIM as a District Initiative. • Show Power Point on IIM. Talk about this as the STRUCTURE for today’s researchers.

Run VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

KL: As you can see, today’s students ARE Digital Natives. They inhabit a world in which computers are like pencils – simply a tool to accomplish a task. Technology, however, is the potential for application of these tools – and so much is possible once technology is accessed. We want our students to be content creators, not just content viewers. Technology can be used with ALL students, differentiating for our high potential learners, our struggling learners, our ESOL students, our visual-spatial learners, and others get the most out of any research unit. Technology can, and should inform instruction and be integrated across the curriculum, embraced by art/music/phys ed teachers, reading specialists, guidance counselors, and of course, Librarians! So, how can we use these tools with the IIM research process?

ROSANNE: We decided that today we would focus on the first three steps of IIM (indicate poster) and four technology tools that would be useful in those three steps. We know you can come up with lots of incredible ways to use technology in the other steps, especially in Step 6 PRODUCT and Step 7 PRESENTATION. We want you to have plenty of time to explore the four tools we will present to you today. Step 1 –Choosing a Topic: SMART Board, Kidspiration KWL Chart Step 2: Goal Setting: Question techniques – Concept map using Kidspiration, solicit other ideas from participants Step 3: Research: Delicious (Social Bookmarking), Wikis - This video from TeacherTube give you an idea of how a wiki works.

Karen/Rosanne: We’d like to model what we are talking about so we have been using this Wiki to guide the Workshop. From this point on, you will all use the Wiki page to explore one or two of the tools we have shown you. You’ll choose one of the first three steps of IIM, and create a demonstration that can be shared with the rest of the group at the end of the Workshop. In addition, you’ll post your ideas to the Wiki page so it will be available to you at any time after you leave. Have them sign in to Workshop Wiki

Revisit video – Ask ”How can you ENGAGE your students using technology?” In Conclusion –Using technology ENGAGES students, EMPOWERS them as learners and ENCOURAGES them to EXPLORE their world. Question and Answer Play video : “The Times They Are A-Changin’” as they fill out eval sheet if time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vou4qUu5YY Ticket out: Action Plan/Evaluation Sheet Hand out candy and certificates

Monday 9-15 Roseanne, I agree about making sure there is plenty of "exploration time." We could work backwards. . . present some of the tools (decide on four, maybe, and limit how much time we spend presenting to 30 min.) and then ask them how they could be used in the IIM Process (the steps will be on the chart and should be pretty self-evident), guiding them to find the ways listed below in our original plan. Then, have them choose one tool to use with one step and work in a small group to create something they can demonstrate to the group. This way, they would each SEE what the other groups came up with, but would have hands-on experience in at least one. What do you think? 30 min. Introduction (video) & Presentation (include WIKI video) 60 min. Group Work 30 min. Group Presentation & Conclusion (video)

Presentation could include: Wikis, Kidspiration, Power Point, and _? what else? Comic Life?

Karen - I heard from Justine today that we will have two classes for the workshop day, each a 2-hour session.. I like all of the ideas we have had so far, but am worried about time constraints. I want to be sure we give the teachers a good amount of time to play around with some of the things we are showing them. I have been asking around to get an idea of what some of the teachers here would be trying to get out of a workshop like ours, and the point they kept coming back to was "learning by doing" - they need some time to try things out. If we include a short break into our class, that would leave us maybe an hour for our presentation. With seven segments, that would mean approx. 10 minutes a segment!

Hi Rosanne, PS I don't seem to be able to access the color palette for the fonts (ie. I wanted to type this in red so it would stand out). Ideas?
 * __Friday 9-12__
 * I think using the rubrics you have would be great, especially since we want them to focus on the process as well as the product. Do you have "online" rubrics? I have some websites for creating your own rubrics that we might also let them explore or take with them. YES YES YES - let's create a wiki to share info from the workshop that may lead to posts of other ideas, tips and links. It would also allow for discussion. Great idea!

Karen - Thank you for organizing what we will be doing. I now "get" what you were talking about Friday about structuring everything around IIM. I spoke with Gail today at our faculty meeting. She said as soon as the SAU receives the workshop sign up sheets (the date to send them in by is the 12th), she will get back to us with the time we will be alloted and the faculty that will be attending our workshop. All workshops will be held at Cawley. The downstairs computer lab and the Media Center are already taken. She said we would probably be using the upstairs computer lab.

Regarding the rubric section, maybe we could provide some examples of rubrics that include the research process as part of the project grade. I have a section on rubrics from my class this summer I can look at. Also, I had a thought - how about creating a wiki to post any of our websites, examples, etc. so that the teachers could view them on their screens as we talk about them, and then have the wiki as a resource to refer back to after our workshop is over? I read an entry on Joyce Valenza's blog this summer that was funny - she said once she discovered wikis, she was using the word wiki in every sentence, she was so excited about the concept. I'm kind of feeling that way too! It is a very useful tool.

I'll check back in later.

Rosanne**

Rosanne: I enjoyed meeting with you last Friday. I was motivated to create my own wiki page for a Book Discussion Group I lead. I plan to noodle around a bit more in KIDSpiration this week. The more I thought about it, the more I think using IIM as our structure will help keep us focused. Ideas (add to them if you can!):

Intro - TeacherTube video clip of "A Vision of K-12 Students Today"

Using Technology in IIM. . . Step One - Choosing a Topic Use a SMARTBoard and KIDSpiration to brainstorm sub-topics for students to choose from, ie. INVENTORS: Ben Franklin, Alexander Graham Bell, Dean Kamen, Thomas Edison, etc.

Step Two - Setting Goals Use KIDSpiration to create a KWL Chart to identify what we already KNOW, WANT to know, and later can add to for what we LEARNED.

Step Three - Research Here we can discuss Search Engines, view Netrekker, Searchasaurus and other choices, tips on searching with elementary students, using Delicious to set bookmarks, how to save into folders, using e-mail/forums to contact experts, etc.

Step Four - Organizing Not sure about this. . . using flashdrives, saving to a server folder?

Step Five - Evaluating Online rubric??

Step Six - Product Here is where we can really get into the meat of our workshop with ways to use technology to create a product: PowerPoint, Digital Books, Wiki page, iMovie, using iPhoto applications, etc.

Step Seven - Presentation Using a digital projector, linking to a web page, podcast, etc.

Conclusion: YouTube video Clip of "The Times They Are A-Changin' "

What do you think? Please be honest and add suggestions, additions and corrections!