April 28, 2008 07:07 PM
Closing Activity
We decided to create a billboard that combined our love of Montana, doing the GPS activity, and re-learning about Bloom's levels of thinking.
Dean, Darren, Wendy, Cathy
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Closure activity
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Closing Survey
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Closing Survey
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Closure activity
1. Baggage claim to a pot of gold/fool's gold
2. Participants will write their one golden tool and one golden teaching strategy they have taken from the training. Golden tool what you found of value and will use in your classroom. On the other side they will write their one fool's gold tool and one fool's gold teaching strategy. Fool's gold is one tool and strategy that might be good, but they cannot see how it applies to their teaching at this point.
3. Participants will join groups and share their golden idea and their fool's gold idea.
Denise - Desiree - Diane - Mandy
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December 8, 2007 05:53 AM
NETS 1 and 6 Activity
8:30am Welcome and Video Teaser
Chocolate: the 2006 movie about child slave labor on the Ivory Coast (fast forward to 4:33)
- How can technology enable creativity and innovation?
- What support structures need to be in place to support creativity and innovation?
- When have you had a chance to be creative or innovative?
- [PD Strategies: Quiet Reflection & Talking Chips]
8:50am The Medici Effect (Website)
- What does it mean to be creative or innovative?
- How are the terms different?
- The Medici Effect examples
- [PD Strategies: Think-Pair-Share & Different Colored Cards]
9:20am Unveiling the NETS and Learning and Innovation Skills
[PD Strategies: Music/Sound Cues; How Many Fingers Time Check]
9:35am Creative and Innovative Projects
[PD Strategies: Four Corners]
Category #1: Podcasting - Radio WillowWeb and Our City
Structures for Success:
- Teacher Resources
- Planning Book for Students
- Our City Teacher Resources
- Our City Planning Book for Students
Category #2: Cross Cultural Collaboration - Rock Our World (ROW)
ROW Projects (year 3 has Music)
Structures for Success:
Category #3: Blog Projects
Voices of the Sixties and Secret Life of Bees
Structures for Success:
- LHS Voices of the Sixties (see above link)
- Secret Life of Bees Assignment
Category #4: Digital Stories told through Movie Projects
- Rights and Responsibilities: Grass Born to Be Stepped On (middle school social studies project)
- Documenting Child Labor in Nepal (high school social studies/fine arts project)
- Mabry Online Film Festival
Structures for Success:
- Associated lesson plans (available for Grass and Labor videos)
Creative and Innovative Projects (activity handout)
10:20am Four Corners Report Out
As a group, post a single comment summarizing the project, its value, and the connection to NETS and Learning and Innovation Skills.
10:30-11:50am Personal Connections
Create a presentation (the format is up to you) that you can use with your staff when you return to your district that will help them understand NETS 1 & 6 and the Learning and Innovation Skills.
The presentation should:
- clearly demonstrate what it looks like when students are achieving NETS #1 and 6.
- contain a commitment to "next steps" -- what you need in order to help your teachers create classroom activities for students that address NETS #1 and 6.
11:50-12:00am Gallery Walk
12:00-12:15am PD Strategies and Resources Recap
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September 25, 2007 11:43 AM
Staff Development Strategy Cards
Staff Development Strategy Cards 
OR and editable version Staff Dev Cards
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Presentation Ideas: Chapter 5 Feedback
Why Present?
� Because I have to!
� I have something worth sharing
� I am a teacher � time saving to present to a group vs individual
� Because I care � I am excited about sharing what I know and what I have learned
Are Intros Essential?
� Hooking and engaging your audience is essential
� The type of intro depends upon your audience, your purpose, your time frame (10%?)
How does one establish relevancy?
� Make an introduction purposeful:
A. Not just name and agenda
B. Focus and engage!
� Set the stage � HUGLEY IMPORTANT
� Build a good base of rapport
Do words Matter?
� Unequivocally, yes
� Humor can back fire when words are misunderstood
Personal: What are you going to work on?
� Handouts timing is questionable�It depends upon what the training is about, if it is guided, lecture, hands-on�need to work on that
� Reading the audience to decide when it is time to change things up a bit�make sure you are in tune with the audience
� Create a deep bag of tricks
� Make sure I know my stuff before the presentation
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Scenerio Brainstorm
Here is our docs google brainstorm. Thank you all for your incredible help!
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November 18, 2006 12:17 PM
See Activity
Credit to dedalus11's photos on flickr.
- On a sheet of paper, or on an electronic paper, write what you believe the visual captured below to be...
- In your stickie groups, using talking chips, take turns sharing your conclusions, both differing and similar.
- Whole group report out.
Reflection:
Can we identify a few of the applications of this exercise for use in the classroom? And why might we try this?
Strategy from "30 Reflective Staff Development Exercises for Educators. Stephen S. Kaagan. Corwin Press, 2004.
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Talking Chips
Use with small groups to ensure all members participate in a discussion.
- Give each participant a chip (e.g. index card, poker chip,
etc.).
- Tell participants that when they wish to speak they are to
place their chip in the center of the table. That person may
not speak again until all the chips are in the center of the
table.
- When all chips are in the center of the table then each
participant may speak again, this time removing a chip when
they speak.
- The process continues as long as time allows.
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November 17, 2006 11:27 AM
Different Colored Stickies
Use to encourage movement and allow participants to discuss or talk with people outside of their table group.
- Prior to the workshop, place a stack of index cards in the
center of each table. Each table group is given a different
color of cards.
- At the point in the workshop when you want movement and
discussion, pose a question or issue to the group. Ask
participants to write their thoughts on the index card. Allow
1-2 minutes for writing.
- On a signal, participants are to stand, pair off with a person
with a different colored card and share what they wrote.
Variation: Use different color stickie to pair people into mixed groups. For use with the cadre, I want you to group in the same color stickie groups and report out what you learned about your Google tool.
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Paired Reading
Use to change mental activity groups and when deep comprehension is required written text. Because paired reading requires checks comprehension at every along the way, it is highly engaging mentally.
- 1. Provide participants with a brief written text, usually not more than 2 pages.
- 2. Ask pairs to designate one of them as ?A? and one of them as ?B.?
- 3. Give instructions. A is to read the first paragraph or section aloud. At the completion, B will provide a summary paraphrase. B will read the second paragraph or section aloud, and A will provide a summary paraphrase. In like maner, the pair continues until the end of the document. When they reach the end of the document, they both take pencils and mark the words, phrases, or concepts that carry the most meaning for them.
- 4. Check for understanding of process and signal people to start.
(NOTE: Because some people may be apprehensive about reading aloud, invite them to negotiate with their partners to read along silently. Encourage them to accommodate whatever style or learning needs they have.
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Lazy Eights
Ok, let's get off our bum ....
upwards.
be on its side and as you trace it out in large, slow
movements focus your eyes on your thumb. Without moving
your head trace three eights in successively larger
movements.
and do both
(NOTE: Before and after research show that binocular and peripheral vision improve after Lazy eights. The activity connects right and left visual fields and improves balance and co-ordination.)
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November 16, 2006 03:30 PM
Seasonal Partners
- Find someone, who do not know, who has the same blank season you do.
- Find out the best meal they have had in the last week.
- Write down their name in the blank season space.
- Repeat until all your seasons are filled.
Note: Plan ahead to have any people who cannot find a seasonal partner to triple up with someone.
Throughout the staff development, pair up seasons to discuss, collaborate or learn together. It is a great way to energize a group, along with collaboration and team building.
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November 8, 2006 02:02 PM
Purpose Activity
Participants will apply the cadre purpose by presenting a pantomime 
DIRECTIONS:
- As a table group, Create a pantomime of the Purpose or Roles & Responsibilities that is on the green paper. [10-15 minutes]
- The cadre will guess by holding up the Purpose or Roles & Responsibilities they think you are acting out.
PURPOSE:
- Research says, ?Role-plays increase opportunities for understanding and retaining information because key concepts are put in the context of the learning situation.? (Gregory & Chapman, 2002)
- Want you to internalize the purpose of the cadre. What you'll learn.
- For FUN! Learning can be fUn too!
Strategy taken from "Sit & Get" Won't Grow Dendrites. Marcia L. Tate, Corwin Press, 2004.
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December 20, 2005 01:24 PM
Thanks for the opportunity
Thanks for the opportunity to attend the Cadre in Helena. I learned a great deal and have shared a number of ideas, web addresses, and general information with my fellow teachers. My students were excited to see the photos on the web showing exactly where I was and what I did while I was absent from them. Thanks again
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December 10, 2005 01:28 PM
Reflections
Wow, I've learned so much. I love what is going on in the state of Montana. The Palm is a great classroom tool. I didn't realize how much could be done with it. I was interested in blogging before; now I'm excited about it and intend to make use of it in the classroom. The teachers from Superior have inspired me to once again try to learn Flash. I am going to try to create a Flash movie for my Intel assignment. Check out the EMTEC website in March to see if I was successful.
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November 12, 2004 08:49 PM
Geocaching Links
Geocaching Web Site References
- Hiding/Seeking Caches
- Reporting A New Cache
- Miscellaneous GPS software; a good one that works on both Windows/Macintosh is GPSBabel.
PowerPoint: MT 2004 Presentation (PowerPoint file; 6.96 Mb)
See the Ed PD Cadre Moodle for an article on integrating Geocaching into instruction.
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Golden Triangle Cooperative
Here is a link to the GTCC
www.gtccmt.org
Cooperate and Graduate!
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Educational Use of Blogging
Blogging could be used as a communication tool for a class project.
It could be used by teachers to share experiences, frustrations, successes and tips on a project of common interest. Posting a frustration might bring a suggestion from a colleague who had a similar experience and had solved the problem.
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My First use of Blog
My first use of a blog will be to use it as a communication tool for teachers who are in schools involved in the group.
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My First use of Blog
My first use of a blog will be to use it as a communication tool for teachers who are in schools involved in the group.
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Group #6: Technology Integrated Classrooms that Opt
Goal: Provide a model classroom environment for integrating technology.
Trainings occur in the model classrooms (mostly on Saturdays). Generally there is a practice day that is set up for a couple of weeks after the training so people can come back and get help.
Using a variety of software/hardware: MS Office, Dreamweaver, Inspiration, Smartboard, Fireworks, Synchroneyes,...
Student projects: lampshades, lightswitch plates
TechCamp in the summer for teachers to prep them for the next school year.
TechNight: kind of like a science fair...almost all teachers participate.
Technology Integrated Classrooms that Optimize Curriculum
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Group #4: NOCENTC; Group #5: NE-TEC
Goals: Increase student acievement through technology integration.
Four PD Phases:
*Summer Outreach (two days) for integration specialists
*Regional Outreach at school sites. Teachers model classroom tech use.
*Onsite Outreach--partners visit schools to see what teachers need and train them on what they want/need
*Online Outreach--networking component for participants (Microsoft LiveMeeting, listservs, email, website sharing)
They also use Classroom Performance System for tracking classroom assessments and data.
Great resources:
High Plains Regional Tech Consortium
TechWorks Curriculum
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Group #3: EDITT Education Improvement Through Techn
Goal: To improve student scores through the use of technology.
More teachers use tech in the classroom, attend afterschool training, share ideas, etc.
One difficulty was the underuse of the mentors; they reconfigured how the mentors operated and it has been much better.
They also have an "infusion" specialist who goes to each school once a week. During the day, he helps out in classrooms; after school he does trainings (anyone can attend).
Second year they have integrated the Intel TTTF program (just started this).
Really need more than a year to be comfortable being a mentor. One other item--some districts paid their teachers, some didn't.
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Group #2-EMTEC
Eastern Montana Technology Education Consortium
Goal: Intel TTTF implementation to improve tech skills of teachers and students.
Main Strength: Due to the distances between schools, the ability to get together has been a great thing!
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Wireless Issues
Wow, this afternoon was hectic...lots of problems getting people's Windows wireless connections up and running. Macs, no problem!
Connecting Wireless
1. Look for the button on your computer to turn on the wireless
2. Check the settings in Internet Explorer and turn off any proxy settings (**be sure to turn them back on when you return to school or you won't be able to connect to the interent!)
See if the wireless works. If not...
If you are running Windows XP:
1. Right click on the wireless icon in your task bar (if you are not sure which icon, it looks like two computers with a little red x--just hover your mouse over it and wait for it's name to show up)
2. Select View Available Networks
3. Select the network that you want to use
4. Check the little box that says "allow connection" or something to that effect.
If you are running Windows 98:
1. Open the Control Panels and open the Wireless Network control panel
2. Create a new profile--click edit profile and enter the name of the wireless network in both the profile name and the Network name.
3. Click OK
4. To check for your wireless connection, go to your Network Connections (Start Menu/Settings...) and right click on the local area connection; select Properties. This will show you the rate at which you are connected.
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Big Sky
G o o d Morning Montana! Oh what a beautiful day we are experiencing. Sun, sun and more sun. Oregonians love this stuff especially in the fall.
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