IHS Superintendent's Conference Day Introduction (March 13, 2009)
Teachers' Toolkit Introductory Session
HS Faculty Lounge
March 13, 2009
8:00-9:00
1. Please take and read a copy of the article “The New Face of Learning” by Will Richardson.
2. Article discussion
3. What is Teachers’ Toolkit? Why is it important?
§ Courses offered so far
§ SmartBoard, Outlook, NetTrekker, Edline, social bookmarking, BitStrips, VisuWords, SRS
§ PD Mini Lessons (e.g., differentiation)
4. Jesse:
§ How does this session connect to and continue last year’s professional development?
§ Web 2.0
5. Jen:
§ What are some of the Web 2.0 applications available?
§ iTunesU
§ Web 2.0 Directories
www.cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com
§ Examples of Web 2.0 Sites & Capabilities
Tags
www.notely.net Student Organization- calendar, schedule, note-taking, planner
www.family-mingle.com Genealogy- build your family tree
www.shelfari.com Online bookshelf & social network around reading
www.busuu.com Language learners’ community, videoconference with native speakers
www.wizlite.com Collaborative page highlighting, attach notes
www.doingtext.com Collaboration: upload text, share URL, comment, edit, review
6. Introduction to Jesse’s course offerings today
§ Social bookmarking www.delicious.com
§ VoiceThread
§ Google Tools
7. Introduction to Jen’s course offerings today
§ Wikis http://rockstarmath.wikispaces.com/
http://7thgradeelectionmaterials.pbwiki.com/
§ Blogs