Friday, October 31, 2008

Election Day PD Run-Down

Hi All --

Here is the scoop for what's happening on the Election Day Professional Development Day.

All districts are invited to IS 228 K,
228 AVENUE S, BROOKLYN NY, 11223 (between W4th and W5th) for a joint election day PD.

We will be running two sessions (and the Renzulli session that some of you are involved in will be running concurrently and is required for those participating in that program)

The sessions are:

GOOGLE DOCS INSTITUTE -- Learn to use this powerful online collaborative took to create projects in your classroom that take learning beyond the four walls of your classroom at the same time as it empowers students to truly collaborate on classroom projects and homework. Participants will learn how to use Google Docs, how to design learning activities around the tool, and how to manage this virtual classroom.

DESIGNING A CLASSROOM PROJECT WITH SOCIAL MEDIA -- Learn how today's YouTube generation is making their mark on the digital world and how you can leverage social media to create an authentic audience for your student's projects. Participants will learn how to use ubiquitous media capture devices with Windows Movie Maker and iMovie to create digital media as instructional learning modules.

For some of you this may be a revisit to using these powerful tools but our experience and strategies for implementation have developed so much we think you'll find the sessions useful.

What's new?

For the Google Docs, we will show you better examples of integration, new ways to create student accounts (and overcome the email issue -- bring your roster), and engaging hands on group activities to really drive home the point.

For the Digital Media, we will introduce the impact social media is having on education and how to use just about any video capture device to make this a reality in your classroom.

We look forward to sharing our excitement and continuing the journey to becoming experts at integrating the best ideas in instructional technology with you.

Agenda

If you haven't registered yet, please do so at: https://www.protraxx.com/scripts/ezcatalogny/ViewClass.aspx?ID=134268&CustomerID=77

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