Ideas+for+Connecting

Here we can Define the different Topics and Forms for the conference
Timothy Wade and Marguerite Wolf met and identified potentially 12 -14 staff members who could present in groups.

Topics identified were: Use of Clickers Use of Document Cameras Smartboards and Math Instruction Smartboards and Social Studies Instruction Preparing Science lessons Co workshop Learning Center and Marguerite Wolf on the use of Kurzweil and disabled students

Learning Communities : On-line student learning communities

SUMMER FOLLOW UP Walking Tour of various Rondout classroom set-ups and hands on training session

FALL FOLLOW UP October 2 tentative 2nd meeting to recap and review, do training

TARGET AUDIENCE 1. Explorers, not much Tech experience 2. Intermediate, willing to try 3. Early Adopters, very comfortable with using new tools

FORMAT Morning sessions*: various presentations to choose Round table lunch: Department oriented or Birds of a feather Afternoon sessions: Hands on workshops


 * Videotape / audiotape sessions

STRATEGY TO INVOLVE FACULTY Invite faculty to present Make people Rondout Ulster Fellows Invite people through “My Learning Plan” and all staff email Survey: a. Will you come? B. What would you like to do? Poster: Ulster website and Portal

TOPICS 1. Applications / Activities / Tools : livescribe. podcasts, vodcasts, clickers, google earth, digital blue, newyorklearns.org 2. Ideas/ Theory/ Pedagogy: Learning Communities, Globalization 101, using a CMS, 3. Department / Content oriented

SPECIFIC TOPICS and descriptions  VIDEO using video with teams and individuals in the classroom..homemade or otherwise: moderator:

potential presenters: Deanne Schreiber: Ulster Pyschology, uses youtube within ANGEL to review role playing client conversations Tommy D'Ammanicio: Ulster Criminal Justice, uses video for Team use

Description:

GOOGLE DOCS moderator: potential presenters: Frank Boyer: Ulster Art History, group making presentations together..we could have a hands on part of the event Nicoline Kiwiet: Ulster Chemistry, group working on Lab reports Sean Nixon: Ulster Art History, publishing tool to share with classmates in discussion boards

description: using Google docs as a team tool for sharing or a presentation tool

 Using a CMS Beginner, Any Level, Pandemic Training Moderator Presenters Description

Globalization 101 Beginner, Any Level Moderator: R.Cattabiani, James Sullivan (Spanish Prof, Rondout High School) Presenters: Description

Learning Communities Beginner Any Level Moderator: Dean Ganio Presenters Description

Using Social Media and Media Literacy Upper level Moderator: Presenters Description

Interactive Textbook use Any Level Upper level Moderator Presenters Description

USING TOOLS IN THE CLASSROOM Upper level Moderator Presenters

Description Graphing Calculators Clickers Live Scribe Document Cameras

Timothy Wade and Marguerite Wolf met and identified potentially 12 -14 staff members who could present in groups.

Topics identified were: Captivate Google docs Use of Clickers Use of Document Cameras Smartboards and Math Instruction Smartboards and Social Studies Instruction Preparing Science lessons Co workshop Learning Center and Marguerite Wolf on the use of Kurzweil and disabled students = =