CIT 2010 Workshops
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June 21 – 25, 2010 (Washington, DC, Area - Flint Hill School)
July 19 – 23, 2010 (San Francisco, CA – The Urban School)
July 26 – 29, 2010 (San Francisco, CA – The Urban School)
CIT WORKSHOPS BY LOCATION
Washington, DC/Northern Virginia - Flint Hill School
San Francisco, CA – The Urban School
Integrated Technology Symposium 2010 for School Leaders: Digital Tools & Practices to Enhance Learning Across the CurriculumMonday – Wednesday, June 21-23, 2010
9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Washington, DC/Northern Virginia
Monday – Wednesday, July 26-28, 2010
9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
San Francisco
Optional Add-On DayMoving to 1:1: Visioning Laptops in Your SchoolCANCELLED Thursday, June 24, 2010
9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Washington, DC/Northern Virginia
Limited to 30 participants
Thursday, July 29, 2010
9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
San Francisco
Limited to 25 participants
For a more detailed description of all sessions, please click here.Who:
Principals, heads of school, division leaders, curriculum leaders,
technology directors and anyone who seeks broad, cross-discipline
exposure to best practices in technology integration. Educators from
other 1:1 schools or institutions considering a 1:1 laptop environment
will benefit greatly. Educators from lab or cart-based schools also
will benefit from presentations designed to help vision future change.
Information will be immediately applicable to grades 6-12 technology
programs.
Cost: $750 (optional add-on day +$250)(early registration discount $675)
Instructors: Led by
Howard Levin, Director of Technology, The Urban School. Please
click here for a complete list of instructors, presentations and session descriptions.
Overview:
Spend three full days exploring models for designing, constructing and
implementing technology-rich learning environments across the
curriculum. Building off The Urban School's experience as a national
leader in seamlessly integrating digital tools and practices, this
symposium delves into various transformative implementations, both
school-wide and in all key secondary school department areas (math,
science, history, language, arts, English). Presentations and hands-on
workshops will emphasize strategies and techniques to enhance and
extend student learning via increased collaboration, organization,
information access, varied production and assessment.
Each
morning begins with inspiring presentations, followed by lively
discussions with lead teachers from various academic disciplines on the
wide range of digital tools and practices employed in the classroom.
Presentations include examples of student work, as well as new
strategies of teacher preparation, class work and homework, using an
array of new classroom tools.
Each afternoon will include a
choice of hands-on workshops aimed at reinforcing and contextualizing
morning presentations, as well as panel discussions and Q&A
sessions with teachers, students and administrators on the use of
digital tools and practices.
Optional Add-on Workshop: Moving to 1:1 – Visioning Laptops in Your School(limited to 30 participants at Flint Hill School and 25 at The Urban School)
Instructors: Howard Levin, Director of Technology;
Jonathan Howland, Dean of Faculty; and
Igor Zagatsky, Systems Administrator, The Urban School
Cost: $250
Overview:
This optional fourth day invites a subset of Tech Symposium attendees
to spend additional time more fully exploring the potentialities of
implementing a 1:1 laptop program. What are the key questions that need
to be asked in the exploration phase? Who are important constituents to
bring into the process? What are the associated costs and benefits?
What infrastructure is necessary to support a laptop program? What are
options to fully support student and teacher technical needs? How does
a Faculty develop digital practices in a coherent and manageable
fashion? What have we learned along the way and what missteps can you
avoid? The presenters will lead a combination of presentations, group
discussions and targeted workshop planning time. The bulk of the day
will be devoted to an open consultancy model where attendees will have
time to begin their own planning process with constant access to expert
advice.
For a complete list of Tech Symposium morning presenters and hands-on afternoon workshops, please click here.To
register, please see our
registration
page.
Visual AlgebraTuesday – Friday, June 22-25, 2010 (note: Wednesday is a half-day, morning only)
9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Washington, DC/Northern Virginia
Monday – Thursday, July 19-22, 2010 (note: Wednesday is a half-day, morning only)
9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
San Francisco
Who:
This workshop is designed for middle and high school mathematics
teachers who want to make algebra more accessible, richer and more fun.
Instructor: Henri Picciotto, Math Teacher, The Urban School, and Center for Innovative Teaching Director
Requirements:
Participants are asked to bring a Texas Instruments 83, 84 or 89
calculator. The host school will lend calculators to attendees who do
not have one.
Cost: $700
Overview: In this three-and-a-half day workshop, we will present a wealth of visual approaches to the teaching of algebra, including:
- Lab Gear manipulatives for basic symbol manipulation
- Geoboard lattices for slope and radicals
- A powerful parallel axes representation for functions
- Intelligent use of technology
- Three distinct visual paths to the quadratic formula.
Participants will learn techniques that will allow them to serve the whole range of students better by offering:
- Greater access, because of addressing multiple intelligences
- Greater challenge, because of expecting multi-dimensional understanding
- Greater variety, because of using manipulative and electronic tools.
In
addition, participants will work on teacher-level problems rooted in
high school subject matter, and strengthen their understanding of the
underlying mathematics.
To
register, please see our
registration
page.
To the Third Dimension with Cabri 3D!July 23, 2010
9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
San Francisco
Who: This workshop is designed for high school mathematics teachers who want to add a third dimension to their teaching.
Instructor: Kate Mackrell, Institute of Education, University of London, London, UK
Requirements:
Participants with laptops are encouraged to bring them to the
workshop. The host school will provide Apple laptops for the duration of the workshop to participants who need them.
Cost: $200
Overview:
High school math offers very few opportunities to work in three
dimensions. As a result, our students are often overwhelmed by topics
such as solids of revolution in calculus. In this one-day workshop, we
will start by learning the basics of creating three-dimensional
constructions with Cabri 3D. This software gives students a rich
environment to create and explore interesting and unusual mathematical
structures, thereby enhancing appreciation of the beauty of
mathematics, the ability to visualize in three dimensions, and the
generation of conjectures. Because it allows students to look at
objects from different points of view in space, and to interact with
them in the same style as they can in two-dimensional dynamic geometry
environments, it makes some difficult ideas much more accessible. This
workshop will prepare participants for multiple three-dimensional
applications: transformations; surface area and volume for geometry
(including some interesting historical approaches); conic sections,
planes, and vectors for precalculus; astronomy and chemistry modeling;
and yes, volumes of revolution!
To
register, please see our
registration
page.
Hands-On GeometryMonday – Tuesday, July 26-27, 2010
9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
San Francisco
Who:
This workshop is designed for middle and high school mathematics
teachers who want to make geometry more accessible, richer and more fun.
Instructor: Henri Picciotto, Math Teacher, The Urban School, and Center for Innovative Teaching Director
Requirements:
Participants with Apple laptops are encouraged to bring them to the
workshop. The host school will provide Apple laptops for the duration of the workshop to participants who need them.
Cost: $400
Overview:
In this two-day workshop, we will present many hands-on and electronic
tools and activities to preview, review or extend key concepts in
geometry, as well as some enrichment lessons. This work is intended to
complement, not replace, related work in paper-pencil and
compass-straightedge environments.
- Tools include
manipulatives (such as pattern blocks and geoboards) and puzzles (such
as tangrams, pentominoes and supertangrams).
- Activities include "walking geometry,” "soccer angles," "tile design," and "slicing a cube."
- Participants will use interactive geometry software to extend these
activities, and to work through a challenging and highly motivational
construction unit.
We will also present an authentic approach to
proof, which tries to navigate a middle course between the too-abstract
traditional curriculum and the insufficiently rigorous nature of some
reform programs.
These lessons were developed in somewhat
heterogeneous classes, and reach a wide range of students. They provide
support for the less visual by complementing the drawing and studying
of figures, and enrichment for the more talented by offering by
offering deep and challenging problems.
To register, please see our registration page.
Beyond the Textbook: Cutting Edge Tech Resources for Foreign Language TeachersWednesday – Friday, June 23-25, 2010
9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Washington, DC/Northern Virginia
Monday – Wednesday, July 19-21, 2010
9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
San Francisco
Who:
This three-day workshop is designed for middle and high school language
teachers who want to enhance their lessons with highly engaging tech
tools that are revolutionizing foreign language instruction.
Instructor: Lori Hébert, French Teacher, The Urban School
Requirements:
Participants with Apple laptops are encouraged to bring them to the
workshop. The host schools will provide Apple laptops for the duration
of the workshop to participants who need them.
Cost: $600
Overview:
Participants will work on infusing their lessons with engaging
audio-visual content and activities while exploring a range of
effective resources and methods. We will work on refining participants'
approaches to integrating multimedia and technology into their teaching
practices and develop a network for sharing resources. Some key themes
we will focus on include:
- Presentation of vocabulary and grammar topics
- Memorization techniques
- Interactive, multiple-skill activities and assignments
- Making the most of an interactive whiteboard in class
- Rubrics and assessment practices.
We
will review a variety of examples and work on a number of hands-on
projects (in small groups and individually). By the end of the
workshop, participants will have a head start on developing their own
resources and be ready to begin implementing their use.
During
the workshop participants will have access to Mac laptops, but most of
our projects will be transferable to other platforms. To fully benefit
from this workshop participants should have, at minimum, access to a
computer and projector in their home classroom.
To
register, please see our
registration
page.
Telling Their Stories: Producing Web-Based Digital Video InterviewsMonday – Friday, July 19 - 23, 2010
9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
San Francisco
Who:
This workshop is designed for middle and high school teachers,
professors, librarians, community archivists and individual
practitioners interested in capturing and web-publishing digital-based
oral histories. Teams of two are highly encouraged to support future
implementation at your institution.
Instructor: Howard Levin, Director of Technology, The Urban School
Requirements:
Participants with Apple laptops are encouraged to bring them to the
workshop. The host school will provide Apple laptops for the duration
of the workshop to participants who need them..
Cost: $1,000
Overview:
This hands-on workshop explores the production and web publishing of
digital video interviews with a focus on oral history methodology and
technique. The publishing of student-conducted interviews has efficacy
far beyond oral history. Consider the benefits of collecting and
publishing student interviews with local authors, scientists,
mathematicians, community leaders, artists and musicians.
Using The Urban School's award-winning project,
Telling Their Stories: Oral History Archives Project,
as an example, participants will learn and practice production
techniques, including interview preparation, creating and using a
mobile studio, and post-production leading to a public website,
complete with digital video and full transcription. See www.tellingstories.org for examples.
Participants
in small groups will conduct interviews with local elders drawn from
the current topics of mid-20th century study (Holocaust survivors, camp
liberators, Japanese American relocation camp internees and witnesses
of the civil rights struggle). Participants will complete all stages of
production, from preparation to interview to publication. In true
”Authentic Doing” style, interviews will be added to the Telling Their
Stories website, providing a lasting contribution to oral history
scholarship.
*Note* Some prior reading in preparation for the
interview will be required. Participants will also be expected to
complete some proofing tasks from their homes on a flexible schedule
during the weeks following the workshop.
Production will be
completed on Apple Macintosh computers, but skills are transferable to
other platforms. Each participant will have access to an Apple
Macintosh laptop for the duration of the workshop.
Topics include:
- Interview techniques and materials
- Scaling and adapting to local and grade-level needs
- Topic development and research
- Developing a mobile studio, (lighting, sound and recording)
- Transcription procedures
- Simple movie editing using QuickTime Pro
- Processing systems: moving from tape to the web
- Classroom/project management practices
Collaborate and Join Telling Their Stories: Educators attending this workshop will be invited to join the existing Telling Their Stories: Oral History Archives Project (www.tellingstories.org ). Telling Their Stories
will offer ongoing technical support and curriculum advice, as well as
host new interviews conducted by schools from around the country.
Interested participants/schools can focus attention on the curricular
needs and basic interview techniques and leave the more technical
aspects of web publishing to Telling Their Stories.
To
register, please see our registration
page.
The Play's the Thing: Teaching Shakespeare as Drama and LiteratureSunday, July 25, 2010, afternoon field trip to see
The Taming of the Shrew at Marin Shakespeare Festival
2-6 p.m
Monday – Tuesday, July 26-27, 2010
9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
San Francisco
Who:
This two-day workshop is designed for high school teachers who are
looking for ways to enhance their teaching of Shakespeare's plays.
Instructor: Cathleen Sheehan, English Teacher, The Urban School; dramaturg, California Shakespeare Festival
Cost: $425
Overview:
In this workshop, we will examine the key dramatic elements of
Shakespeare’s writing as a means to deepen and enrich the teaching of
his plays in a high school English class. We will examine textual clues
to character and action and consider Shakespeare’s role as a director
of actors to help unlock more levels of meaning to our students.
Shakespeare’s works provide many points of entry: as drama, poetry and
literature. We will explore the use of scene work, close reading and
acting exercises as a means to help students connect with the language
and play.
While the emphasis will be on teaching from the
text, we also will address the role of film and internet resources. The
aim is to provide tools and strategies that will work with any of
Shakespeare’s plays and help guide students toward a more in-depth,
critical reading and understanding in their verbal and written
exploration of Shakespeare’s rewarding and challenging literature.
These approaches have been developed during the 25+ years of The Urban
School’s required junior-level Shakespeare course, and enriched by the
instructor's scholarly study and continuing first-hand involvement with
professional productions of the plays.
This year, the workshop will be preceded by a field trip to see
The Taming of the Shrew
at the Marin Shakespeare Festival. The field trip will be held Sunday,
July 26, from 2-6 p.m. Transportation will be provided from The Urban
School to the production.
To
register, please see our
registration
page.
CANCELLEDIt’s Not Just About Serving Soup Anymore: Implementing a Meaningful & Successful Service-Learning ProgramWednesday-Thursday, July 28-29, 2010
9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
San Francisco
Who:
This two-day workshop is designed for educators at the middle and high
school level who wish to initiate, expand or transform a service
learning program at their school, learning from a school that first
pioneered community-based projects more than 40 years ago.
Instructor: Charis Denison, Educator, Consultant and former Director of Service Learning at The Urban School
Cost: $400
Overview:
In this workshop, educators will create a developmentally appropriate
service learning program grounded in the mission, culture and normative
pedagogy of their individual school. While examining successful models
of service learning programs, participants will receive templates,
worksheets and other helpful information to create their own
curriculum. Most importantly, we will explore empirical data showing
the positive effects service learning has on students’ academic and
personal achievement.
- Learn about how service learning and community partnerships can create strength and cohesion in a school community.
- Determine a definition for service learning that is consistent with a school’s mission and ethos.
- Identify access points for service learning to enter a school’s co-curricular and academic programs.
- Troubleshoot and form strategies to overcome potential obstacles or challenges a program might face.
- Structure a program that will meet the needs of students using available resources.
- Learn how to advocate for a service learning program within the school structure.
- Hear from and share with workshop participants about the challenges and successes of initiating service programs.
- Create collaborative partnerships and identify those schools that will serve as valuable resources beyond the workshop.
To
register, please see our registration
page.
Digital Tools to Enhance the Teaching of Physical ScienceThursday - Friday, June 24-25, 2010
9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Washington, DC/Northern Virginia
Who: This
workshop is designed for middle and high school physical science and
physics teachers who want to make the presenting and teaching of some
challenging concepts more accessible, rich and engaging.
Instructor: Algis Sodonis, Science Teacher, The Urban School
Requirements: Participants
with Apple laptops are encouraged to bring them to the workshop. The
host school will provide Apple laptops for the duration of the workshop
to participants who need them.
Cost: $400
Overview:
In this two-day workshop, we will experience a variety of digital tools
that will enhance the teaching and assessment of a variety of concepts,
including:
• Velocity, forces and acceleration
• Free fall and terminal velocity
• Two-dimensional motion
• Charge polarization and charge flow in electrical currents
• Molecular geometry and intermolecular forces
Participants
will use tools that allow frame-by-frame analysis of video they will
capture in the room or playground in real-time demonstrations. They
will learn how students can make stop-motion animation videos made to
show their understanding. They will learn how digital whiteboards can
help make complex presentations more dynamic and accessible. Complex
simulation software will be demonstrated, which allows for true dynamic
modeling of chemistry and physics concepts to illustrate challenging
concepts and spice up discussions.
In the process of being
introduced to many demonstrations of these applications, participants
will discuss the appropriate use of technology: when is it preferable
to use digital data collection or simulation over traditional methods?
(Hint: not always!) The workshop will culminate with participants
developing their own projects using their newly acquired tools, and
sharing them with the group.
To
register, please see our
registration
page.
CANCELLEDBuilding a Culture of Professional Growth: A Workshop for Instructional LeadersThursday – Friday, July 22-23, 2010
9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
San Francisco
Who:
This workshop is designed for secondary school instructional leaders:
Academic Deans, Department Chairs, Division Heads and Deans of Faculty.
Instructor: Jonathan Howland, Dean of Faculty, The Urban School of San Francisco
Cost: $400
Overview:
Effective instructional leadership attends as much to habits,
structures and practices as to people (teachers) and program
(curriculum). Participants will identify features of the "maintenance
culture" that even in very good schools thwart efforts to improve
teaching and learning. Then they will draw upon multiple resources and
examples, including each others' experiences, to examine, invent or
refine structures and practices that undergird a dynamic and
sustainable culture of professional growth. Participants will gain a
close reading of their own school's teaching culture and craft a
coherent, realistic plan to lead through a period of sustained and
substantive growth.
To
register, please see our
registration
page.
