Advanced Technology Institutes

A Milford Professional Development

3 Day Intensive Institutes

Revised 10/2/03


This staff development opportunity begins where the 5-day institute "Technology as an Instrument for Change" left off. There you learned all about student "questioning" and the "research cycle" by looking at work by Jamie McKenzie Ed.D. You will keep that information in mind as you develop a second unit of study or revise an existing project that infuses technology and incorporates higher order thinking skills. Once again, we will offer individual or small group lessons to meet the needs of each individual teacher.

Institutes will be held at the
Parsons Complex
70 West River Street
Milford, CT 06460
203-783-3422
2nd Floor Conference Room
8:00 - 2:30

Driving Directions to Parsons  
 


 Institute One - Wednesday, Feb. 12 through Friday, Feb. 14

Institute Two - Wednesday, Feb. 26 through Friday, Feb. 28

 

Subject Area Resources

General Resources

Guidelines and forms for Teacher and Class Websites in Milford

From Now On
Educational Technology for Engaged Learning
Educational Technology for Literacy
By Jamie McKenzie

Teaching and Technology
A PBS TeacherSource site that allows you to find lessons in in your discipline and grade level.

Webquest Resources
This page has information about webquest and how to create them. It also have several excellent examples.

Cyber Inquiry
A CyberInquiry is a transition step between a guided tour and a WebQuest.  Like the
WebQuest, the CyberInquiry requires that the student analyze, synthesize and evaluate. The student is challenged to
think critically to solve a task. The difference is that in a CyberInquiry, the project is linear.
The teacher provides background material for the investigation, but the student generates additional research on the topic.

Surweb -MultiMedia Maker
At this site you can create multimedia presentations and matching quizzes students can take and the results will be emailed to
you. There are thousands of images, sound files, animations or you can use your own images and sound files. There are
many lessons you can use that were created by others.

ThinkQuest - Library of Entries
These are websites created by students from around the world for a competition. It is best to look at the winners as they have
been evaluated for there accuracy and design.

Web Designed Lesson NOT a WebQuest

Please read this web-based lesson -Looking Critically at Political Advertisements. Think about what the teacher expected the students to learn, how assessments might happen, was this a good use of technology?

WebQuest Template

A Visit to Copyright Bay
http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/coprbay/coprbay.htm
These thorny, legal issues are presented in a fun tutorial that lets you navigate Fair Use Harbor, visit Murky Waters, and crash on Infringement Reef. Fair Use Harbor includes information about AV Materials, Multimedia, Single copies, Multiple copies, and Distance Learning.
You can take a Shakedown Cruise to test your knowledge.

Chilling Effects Clearinghouse
http://www.chillingeffects.org/

This website offers background material and explanations of copyright law. Brought to you by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Four Nets for Better Searching
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htm

Plagiarism Stoppers: A Teachers Guide
http://www.ncusd203.org/central/html/where/plagiarism_stoppers.html

The Impact of Plagiarism
http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/plagexamples.htm


Evaluating Websites


Activity for Evaluating Websites

Evaluating Websites

Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide


Assessment Resources

Rubistar
Create Rubrics for your Project-Based Learning Activities
RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but does not have the time to develop them from scratch.

Rubrics
Many rubrics grouped by subject are listed here.

Rubric Generator
Allows you to type in your criteria and print out a rubric

Project Based Learning Checklists
Make customized checklists in the old format in which you check off from suggestions or new format which has drop down menus and checklist ideas, also in Spanish. Select by subject and grade level to get suggestions for criteria

Bellingham Schools Research Cycle Rubric

Sample Rubric

Multiple Choice Test Maker

Quia - Where learning Takes you
 
 

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