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KANSAS CITY PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
All pre-conference workshops are offered on Saturday, August 7, 2010.
Workshops are listed on the registration form and the online registration page in the following order. Mark the workshops you wish to attend.
Morning:
1. Explore Google Docs (9:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon)
A Great Web 2.0 Collaboration e-tool Which is Needed by our Teacher Candidates for their 21st Century Classrooms. Come and explore the concept of web 2.0 and the e-tools that are provided for 21st century classrooms. Workshop participants will specifically explore an e-tool referred to as Google docs. Participants will set up their free Google docs accounts and collaborate on line with other workshop participants.
David McCarthy, University of Minnesota-Duluth
2. Developing Classroom Assessments and Writing Rubrics (9:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon)
Maximize your students' learning and fulfill your teaching goals by aligning your curriculum and instruction with an array of performance based assessments that students can use in their own classrooms.
Nancy P. Gallavan, University of Central Arkansas
Afternoon:
3. Going Mobile: Hand Held Devices in Education(1:00-4:00 p.m.)
Education has a digital age population with armed with multiple mobile devices. Hand held mobile devices have engaging applications and support new interface options to deliver content and manage instruction in ways that was not even thought of a few years ago. In an era when schools are busily creating policies which ban cell phones, ipods, and blackberries in schools applications for hand helds is exploding. At this time there are over 26,000 educational applications for iphones alone and more than 100,000 curricular resources for k-12 and higher education available through iTunes.
Teacher educators need to understand the opportunities afforded through hand held devices. Collaboration, field based research, and science experiments are all enhanced by having inexpensive technology in the hands of the learner. This workshop will provide participants with hands on experience with mobile devices. Participants will explore first hand resources that are instantly available to teachers and learners for content and instructional management. In addition, issues related to curricular design, assessment, and cost benefit analysis will be additional topics explored in the half-day workshop.
Participants will have the option to be included in a conference exploration of hand held devices. Those who choose to participate will become a part of a self-reflection study of educator’s reaction to hand helds and will meet briefly throughout the conference to share their questions and insights.
Barry Adams, Account Executive, Apple Computer, Paul Resta, Professor, University of Texas - Austin, Kathryn Smith, Professor, Minnesota State University – Bemidji
All Day:
4. Assessment and Accountability in the NCATE System (9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.)
Participants will learn techniques for integrating assessment and accountability that will meet the needs of institutions seeking NCATE Accreditation.
Margie Crutchfield, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.
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