Workshops

=__Primary/ Intermediate Workshops__=

**Center Based Learning with Infused Technology in the Primary Classrooms(ELA and Math CORE) ** This 3 day workshop is designed to help teachers who teach grades K-2 to infuse technology with the NEW Common Core Curriculum. Participants will have an opportunity to share ways they are presently using technology. Time will be provided to explore specific Web sites, software, and hardware applications that that are aligned to the NEW Common Core Curriculum. They will create a technology center based activity aligned with the Common Core Curriculum. ** Click to Register: ** 1/30, 2/10, 3/2


 * Crosswalking Power Indicators for ELA 3-8 (the new BTG): **

This 3-day regional workshop will balance curriculum, data and technology integration into classroom lessons. Participants will identify high frequency items and performance gaps using longitudinal data that will include the 2011 NYS ELA results. We will focus on 2005 NYS Power Indicators and “crosswalk” these findings to the new Common Core Learning Standards for NYS. Participants will use their school data to base and create technology infused lessons to help bridge the gaps in their classroom.

Click to Register: 9/26, 10/21, 11/4 2/3, 3/2, 2/23

Educators have an abundance of technology at their fingertips to reach different levels of learners within the same classroom, but are often looking for somebody to help them going in the right direction. This three-day workshop will showcase examples for content-based, technology infused projects and provide opportunity to create differentiated lessons, using available technologies. Ideas ranging from using PowerPoint for student portfolios, Microsoft Publisher projects in specific content areas to differentiate the lesson and creating listening centers are just a few projects that will be highlighted in this workshop. **Click to Register:** May 4, 21, June 5
 * Differentiation with Technology in the Elementary Classrooms **


 * Interactive Board Lesson Design Common Core ELA/MathK-5**

This 3-day regional workshop will focus on incorporating the new ELA and math Common Core Standards into SMART Technology in the classroom. Participants will analyze and work with the new Common Core and seamlessly incorporate technology into lessons using best practices, using multiple intelligences, interactive software and SMART response systems that encompass ELA and math lessons in the Middle School and High School classroom.

Click to Register: 11/2, 9, 16

=__All Content Area Courses__=

** This workshop is based on Marzano's work: Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement: Research on What Works in Schools. According to Marzano's research, vocabulary is directly correlated to student background knowledge and students with greater background knowledge have higher levels of academic achievement. Participants will use a variety of technology applications to create engaging activities to help students increase their vocabulary and add to their understanding of terms. Teachers will develop a strategy for implementing these six steps to enhance vocabulary instruction. **
 * Building Academic Vocabulary **

** Click to Register: ** ** 10/24, 11/1, 11/10 **

**Digital Storytelling**

Digital Storytelling is a fantastic way to increase knowledge and encourage authentic student performance. There are many definitions of "digital storytelling" but in general, all of them revolve around the idea of combining the longstanding art of telling stories and traditional writing with any variety of available multimedia tools, including graphics, audio, video animation, and Web publishing.

**Click to Register:** Mar. 1, 8, 15

Google is so much more than just an internet search engine. Students can explore the human body in Google Body or create interactive websites in Google Sites. Manage all your files and collect your student's work in Google Documents. Check the local, regional or national headlines in Google News. Jump in and explore all that Google has to offer classroom teachers who teach Math and Science.
 * Google Classroom in Math/Science **

**Click to Register:** Oct. 6, 13, 20


 * ELA/SS Literacy in the Google Classroom **

Google is so much more than just an internet search engine. Students can travel the globe with a virtual field trip in Google Earth or outline the boundaries of the North and South during the civil war in Google Maps. Check the local, regional or national headlines in Google News. Jump in and explore all that Google has to offer classroom teachers who teach ELA and Social Studies.

** Click to Register: ** 9/28, 10/12, 10/19, 1/24, 1/31, 2/7


 * Internet Safety **** Course **


 * This workshop reveals the dangers students are exposed to online and strategies to combat them. Issues addressed include pornography, hate groups, delinquency, malicious code, bullying and personal safety (predators and identity thieves). Time is include for exploring the K-12 curriculum, related internet safety websites, and how the district will implement the curriculum. **


 * Click to Register: All sessions 12:30-3:30 **


 * Session A: Oct. 18, Dec. 7 Session B: Feb. 7, Mar. 27  Session C: Apr. 17, Jun. 1  **


 * MILE Level 1 **
 * Participants will learn how to incorporate media resources to appropriately enhance new or existing lessons. This workshop will utilize existing media resources from podcasts, iTunes U content, the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, Vital NY, and many other free on-line resources. Participants will learn how to enhance their lessons with this media, for example, by making an exciting anticipatory set to engage student interest in the lesson or to provide an interesting closure to a lesson. Also discussed will be ways to use multimedia clips for modeling and other instructional needs, as well as, how to organize media clips using iTunes. Copyright and ethical use of media and materials will also be addressed. This workshop will be beneficial to all curriculum areas and grade levels and is designed for beginner to intermediate users. **

** Click to Register: 4/30, 5/11, 5/21 **

** 21st Century Authors reach a wide audience with many different tools. they us a mash-up of written word, audio, pictures, and video. In this workshop, teachers will be exposed to many web-based resources that they and their students can use to become 21st century authors. Web resources included: Capzles.com, posterous.com, tumblr.com, glogster.edu, voicethread, kidblog.com, wikispaces.com livejournal,com, podcasting and many other Web 2.0 resources. Teachers will be able to: **
 * 21 Century Authors **

** Click to Register: 3/6, 3/13, 3/22**
 * ** Read and discuss the latest research on students publishing in the classroom **
 * ** See examples of students using web2.0 tools to become authors to a worldwide audience **
 * ** Understand the importance of Internet safety and copyright in a digital world **
 * ** Explore many different ways that students can be authors of their learning **
 * ** Determine the best application to use in their classrooms **
 * ** Develop lesson plans/activities that utilize the new technologies and strategies **

=__Middle School/ HS Courses__=


 * Crosswalking Power Indicators for ELA 3-8 (the new BTG): **

This 3-day regional workshop will balance curriculum, data and technology integration into classroom lessons. Participants will identify high frequency items and performance gaps using longitudinal data that will include the 2011 NYS ELA results. We will focus on 2005 NYS Power Indicators and “crosswalk” these findings to the new Common Core Learning Standards for NYS. Participants will use their school data to base and create technology infused lessons to help bridge the gaps in their classroom.

 Click to Register: 9/26, 10/21, 11/4 2/3, 3/2, 2/23

**Interactive Board Lesson Design for the Common Core (HS) **

 This 3-day regional workshop will focus on incorporating the new ELA and math Common Core Standards into SMART Technology in the classroom. Participants will analyze and work with the new Common Core and seamlessly incorporate technology into lessons using best practices, using multiple intelligences, interactive software and SMART response systems that encompass ELA and math lessons in the Middle School and High School classroom.

**Click to Register:** 3/5, 3/23, 3/30