New Media Classroom Workshop
Pembroke Hill School
June 19-23, 2000
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New Media Classroom Workshop Pembroke Hill School June 19-23, 2000 |
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8:15 - 8:45 a.m.: Continental Breakfast
8:45 - 9:00 a.m.: Welcome. Carl Schulkin and Gloria Dickinson, Workshop Co-Leaders.
9:00 - 9:30 a.m.: Participant Introductions. Peter Zilliox will take pictures with
9:30 - 10:00 a.m.: Introduction to the Workshop and Workshop Topics.
Why use New Media?
Emphasizing Teaching and Learning
How much can we do in a week?
What will you be able to take back
and use in your own classroom?
What will we be doing this week?
What will we do for an encore?
10:45 - 11:00 a.m.: Morning Break
11:00 - 12:15 p.m.: Reflective Writing Exercise.
What do I value most about the
way I teach?
What do I want to do better?
Has using technology helped?
How might using technology help
me achieve my goals?11:00 - 11:20 a.m.: Write and post to our local forum.
11:20 - 11:45 a.m.: Read each other's reflections.
11:45 - 12:15 noon: Discuss postings.
12:15 - 12:45 p.m.: Lunch
12:45 - 1:00 p.m.: Introduction to Inquiry and Archive Activities.
1:00 - 2:15 p.m.: Divide into groups (as assigned) and complete one of the following activities:
Art
and the Shaping of Identity
"Talking
and Testifying, Speaking and Speechifying"
Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry
Crossroads: Chicano Identity and Border Culture
The
West Nile Virus2:30 - 3:30 p.m.: Discussion of Inquiry
and Archive Activities.
Report to the Group from each pair
Discussion of strengths and weaknesses
of each activity
Discussion of classroom applications3:30 - 3:50 p.m.: Brief Introduction to (or Review of) Search Engines
3:50 - 4:00 p.m.: Feedback from participants. What went well? What did not?
Assignment for Tuesday: Read Jonathan Bassett, "Keeping a Perspective on
4:00 p.m.: Informal Get Together: Wine and Cheese
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8:15 - 8:45 a.m.: Continental Breakfast
8:45 - 9:15 a.m.: Discussion of "Keeping a Perspective on Computer Technology" and
9:15 - 10:45 a.m.: Web Site Evaluation and Lesson Planning. Carl Schulkin
Distribution and Explanation of
Web Evaluation Instruments
On-line demonstration: brief visits
to "The Good, the Bad, the Ugly"
On-line demonstration: Detecting
Plagiarism
Find a quality Web site suitable
for preparing a lesson for one of your classes
Prepare a Web-based, Inquiry Lesson
Plan10:45 - 11:00 a.m.: Morning Break
11:00 - 12:15 noon: Posting and Sharing of
Inquiry Lesson Plans
12:15 - 12:45 p.m.: Lunch
12:45 - 1:15 p.m.: Using PowerPoint in the Classroom: A Demonstration Lesson.
1:15 - 2:30 p.m.: PowerPoint Tutorial: Design Your Own Presentation.
2:30 - 2:45 p.m.: Afternoon Break
2:45 - 4:00 p.m.: Dynamic Syllabi
What is a "Dynamic" Syllabus?
Examination
(in pairs) of Dynamic Syllabi
If
time permits, post your evaluation of a Dynamic Syllabus to the forum
4:00 - 4:15 p.m.: Introduction
to Selected CD-ROMs
Assignment for Wednesday: Read Randy Bass, Engines of Inquiry, sections entitled
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8:15 - 8:45 a.m.: Continental Breakfast
8:45 - 9:15 a.m.: Discussion of "Distributing Responsibility for Learning" and "The
9:15 - 10:30 a.m.: Design Your Own Web Site: Part I.
Carl Schulkin and Peter Zilliox
Introduction to HTML and Web Page
Design
Modifying of Sample Web Site to
Learn Basic HTML Commands (Tags)10:30 - 10:45 a.m.: Morning Break
10:45 - 12:15 p.m.: Design Your Own Web Site:
Part II.
Introduction to Microsoft FrontPage
2000
Choice of EITHER:
12:15 - 12:45 p.m.: Lunch
12:45 - 2:45 p.m.: Scanning, Sizing and Manipulating Images. Michael Pesselato
2:45 - 3:00 p.m.: Afternoon Break
3:00 - 4:15 p.m.: Finish designing your Web pages and post them to Tripod.Com .
Assignment for Thursday: Randy Bass, Engines of Inquiry, sections on
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8:15 - 8:45 a.m.: Continental Breakfast
8:45 - 10:45 a.m.: A Sample Multi-Media Unit: Up South: The Beginnings
Video: Up South
Choice of
Web-based Activities to Accompany Up South Video
10:45 - 11:00 a.m.: Morning
Break
11:00 - 12:00 noon: Work individually or with a partner on New Media Lesson Plans
12:00 - 12:30 p.m.: Lunch
12:30 - 2:45 p.m.: Work individually or with partner on New Media Lesson Plans
2:45 - 3:00 p.m.: Afternoon Break
3:00 - 4:15 p.m.: Discussion of progress and difficulties encountered in redesigning
Assignment for Friday: Read Randy Bass, Engines of Inquiry, sections on
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8:15 - 8:45 a.m.: Continental Breakfast
8:45 - 9:45 a.m.: Implementation of New Media Lessons During the Coming Year.
NMC as a Year-Long Process
Experiences of previous New
Media Classroom participants
Keep It Simple
Less is more
Scheduling of follow-up meetings
Continuing Support from Workshop
Leaders (optional visits)
Making the most effective
use of NMC listservs
On-going collaboration and
mutual support9:45 a.m. - 12:00: Work on New Media Lesson Plans (take a break on your own)
12:00 - 12:30 p.m.: Lunch
12:30 - 2:30 p.m.: Informal Sharing and Continued Planning
2:30 - 2:45 p.m.: Afternoon Break
2:45 - 3:45 p.m.:
Final Discussion and Evaluation
Distribute software to participants.
Fill Out Workshop Evaluations.
What Can the Workshop Leaders
Do to Help You During the Coming Year?
3:45 p.m.: Fond Good-Byes! (Until We Meet Again!)
Participants wishing to obtain graduate credit from the Continuing Education Division of the UMKC School of Education will be required to complete all work assigned during the summer workshop, attend both half-day follow-up meetings during the 2000-2001 school year, and submit two detailed lesson plans, each to be accompanied by an essay of at least 750 words documenting student responses to the lesson.
Tentative List of Web Sites for First Follow-Up Meeting: November 11, 2000
A Web site created and maintained by high school students:
South Burlington High School African American Literature Web Site
A Web site created and maintained by college students:
A Gateway site to electronic texts: