Bring Fun, Excitement, and Creativity back to the Classroom
Bring fun, excitement and creativity back to your classroom with Wikispaces, Meez, Gizmoz, and Blabberize. Participants will learn to use these web-based programs to help teach the SOLs. Teachers should bring a head shot and curriculum-related photos with them to the presentation.
Universal Design fo Learning (UDL) in the Age of Web 2.0
New media such as podcasts, vodcasts,blogs, and wikis are powerful social networking ools in the Web 2.0 age. See how these motivating tolls can be used to support the Universally Designed classroom—and, therefore, all students. Partcipants will become failiar with popular free and low-cost technology tools, strategies, and Web sites.
One size Does Not Fit All
What does differentiated instruction really look like in today’s classroom? We explore resources to address different learning styles and types of intelligence through the use of educational technology.
Revitalizing Virginia’s TSIP
Come and see what Appomattox County is doing to ready its teachers for 21st century teaching. Find out how Appomattox has moved from meeting the Technology Standards for Instructional Personnel (TSIP) to using the TSIP as a vehicle for true technology integration in the classroom.
You Can Lead A Horse to Water…But How Do You Get Your Staff to Your Staff Development
Want some ideas on how to maximize staff attendance at your staff development? Get some simple, practical ways to make your staff development worthwhile, available, and relevant.
Collaboration of the ITRT and the Gifted Resource Teacher
Use the resources available to create incredible interactive learning experiences for your students! This presentation focuses on the collaboration among the classroom teacher, special education teacher, ITRT, and gifted resource teacher from the beginning stages to the final product of a middle school space exploration project.
No Camcorders (Yet!): Building Digital Video Projects for Every Classroom
Nothing moves from simple to complex better then video. Learn a classroom-manageable process allowing students to build video (or multimedia) subject-area projects using “kits” —Web based, free, and preassembled with graphics, music, and video. No camcorders required! From this “scaffold”, depth will follow.
Instructional and Professional Development Ideas for Teachers and Students by Instructional Technologists
Are you looking for ideas for instructional units and professional development Web sites for your classroom? In this session, graduates of the ITMA program at Virginia Tech detail the software and hardware used to develop their instructional units and professional development Web sites.
Making the Most of Marzano’s Strategies—Technology That Works
Come view and discuss technological strategies, including templates and programs, to increase student understanding and achievement. The examples were inspired by Robert Marzano’s book Classroom Instruction that Works.
So You Have a Digital Camera, Now What?
Many people have digital cameras for personal use, but educators still have difficulty integrating them in schools. Partcipants will receive ideas and resources for using digital pictures.
I have being working with another TRT to prepare for our presentation at the VSTE conference which is taking place in Roanoke.
Here is the link to our presentation: http://ppsblogs.net/technologyrocks/breaking-into-the-minds/
You can find Brian’s resources on his blog: http://ppsblogs.net/brianmckee/workshops/
Please email us if you have any other questions.
Why do you like teaching History? How many years have you taught History? Who is history interest you the most?
History/Social Studies Prompt for the Paper Blog
Writing Prompt and Blog Comment Samples
To find out more about the Social Studies Blog Workshop, click on the following link: http://ppsblogs.net/ruthokoye/workshops/intro-to-blogging-for-social-studies/
Meaning of a blog: http://www.visuwords.com/
The singing group: “2 Hot 2 Handle”.
I had an opportunity to work with 4 wonderful gifted and talented students on podcasting a song that they created after gathering information about Walt Disney, Thurgood Marshall, Mother Teresa and Martin Luther King.
Mr. Trewartha, gifted and talented teacher, did an awesome job editing the podcast.
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