Day 5

Welcome and Overview

Plan presentations

Discussion

Break

The Challenge: Today’s students come to school with experiences and interests that were unimaginable even a generation ago. Teachers often are not prepared to deal with these changes. How could you use the information provided here as a catalyst for change?

Digital Kids

• Digital Tools for Digital Kids

• Sampler Activity

E-Literate?

• Video  

New Literacies

• 21^st Century Literacy Skills

• Sampler Activity

Model Projects

• Blue Web’N

• Global SchoolNet Foundation: Projects & Partners  

• Apple Learning Interchange

• Sampler Activity

Lunch

Weblogs

• What is a blog?

• Education blog tour
  • School blogs:    Meriwether Lewis Elementary School

                                            Hunterdon Central Regional High School

• Teacher blogs:   Carmack’s Critters

                                             Senior English

                                             Sarah, Plain and Tall

• Administrator blogs: Principal’s Quest

                                                Educational Technology by Tim Lauer, (principal,

                                                Meriwether Lewis Elementary School)

• Blog Directories:            Google

                                              Blog Catalog

• Blogging tool:                Blogger.com 

 School Administrators and Blogging (Susan's blog)

Wrap-up (survey and next steps)

Day 6

Welcome

Morning activities: Each team will choose its tasks for the morning. Susan will be available for input and/or to help find resources.

Lunch (12:00 – 1:00 p.m.)

Afternoon activities: Each team will choose its tasks for the afternoon.