A Milford, Stratford and East Haven

Collaborative Professional Development

5 Day Intensive Institutes
Revised Monday, November 10, 2003

                                This staff development aims to immerse the teacher in thinking about restructuring the classroom to utilize technology in learning with an emphasis upon student "questioning" and the "research cycle" using research by Jamie McKenzie Ed.D. Working as a team media specialists, classroom teachers and technology support teachers will develop worthwhile learning experiences that take advantage of technology to improve student learning in the major curriculum areas at the high school level.
 
 
 
Training topics will include:
  • Information Literacy
  • Essential Questions and Research
  • Looking Critically at Electronic Resources
  • Effective instruction with technology

    • Engaged learning environments
     


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


February 5, 6, 7, 10, 11
 


Agenda

Subject Area Resources


Guidelines and forms for Teacher and Class Websites in Milford

From Now On
Educational Technology for Engaged Learning
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 webquests and how to create them. It also have several excellent examples.

Introduction to WebQuests
This page has more information about webquests.

Cyber Inquiry
A CyberInquiry is a transition step between a guided tour and a WebQuest.  Like the

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
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 s 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.
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

Activity for Evaluating Websites

Assessment Resources

Rubistar
Create Rubrics for your Project-Based Learning Activities
Rubric Generator r 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, Bellingham Schools Research Cycle Rubric

Sample Rubric

Multiple Choice Test Maker

QuizStar
With this free web-based utility, you can create a custom quiz that students can take online at school or at home.
 

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