Program Agenda for Internet Resources Workshop
Welcome
Connectivity Issues?
Does everyone have a laptop and is able to get connected?
Workshop Wiki
Join the wiki at http://mssle09.pbworks.com. You can get your resources and information there, for all three of my workshops.
Brainstorm Topic of Interest
Think about something that you will be teaching in the upcoming school year that your students find particularly challenging. You might want to supplement your lessons on that topic using internet resources.
Goals and Targets
Look at what our objectives and goals are for the workshop.
- To learn about the wide range of resources available on the internet for teaching science.
- To be inspired by these free resources, tools, and tutorials.
- To discuss and consider how to best use these resources to engage our students in science.
- To learn about ways to integrate internet resources in your daily teaching practice.
- To share our learning and help each other improve our teaching practices.
Group Introductions and Activity
Venn Diagram activity using the 3 circle Venn Diagram application from ReadWriteThink.
- What is your name?
- What is your content domain?
- What grade level do you teach?
Intel Teaching with Technology Tools
Look at the 3 tools that Intel has for use and discuss their uses in helping engage students in science.
Go to Intel Teaching Tools. "Try the Tool". Look at the "Demo".
First, we will look at the tools generally as a group and then explore them in greater details with a partner.
Resources on the Web
- Explore the web resources on the Information page independently or in teams.
- Consider the topic you chose in the brainstorm activity.
- Specifically look for resources that deal with your topic or concept.
- Consider ways in which you could incorporate one or more internet resources when you teach those topics.
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Integration Framework
Thinkfinity has a lesson plan template that focuses your planning on the integrating of resources into your existing curriculum.
Work on Your Integration Templatec
Self-directed activity that provides you with the opportunity to use the Integration Template to plan an integrated lesson that you could use to teach one of your most difficult topics.
Share the Integrated Lessons
We can share our ideas and upload our lesson templates to the wiki so we can all collaborate and share the work we've done today.
Professional Development
A word about other professional development opportunities from Thinkfinity and OPEN NH.
Thinkfinity Resources and Outcome Review
Let's see what we've learned today, and whether or not we've met our goals.
Training Survey
Take a few minutes to take the evaluation survey at the end of this workshop.
FInal Questions and Continued Learning
Talk about any final thoguhts or questions and continue our discussion on the wiki.
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