Jamestown
Public Schools
Online
Professional Development Course
10/14 – 12/20,
2004
Facilitators: Rick
Walters and Paul Benson
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Dates: |
Week #: |
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10/14 |
Orientation |
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10/20-26 |
Week
1: Using Primary Sources—Teachers and Students Become
Historians |
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10/27-11/2 |
Week
2: Using Primary Sources 2—Using Images to Enhance
Learning |
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11/3-11/9 |
Week
3: Using Primary Sources 3—Incorporating Oral Histories |
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11/16 |
Face-to-face High School Distance Learning Room 3:45-5:45
PM |
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11/17-23 |
Week
4: Web Based Inquiry |
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11/24-12/7 |
Week
5: Social Studies Resources on the Web |
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12/8-14 |
Week
6: Curricular Planning |
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12/20 |
Evaluation Due |
Orientation:
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Welcome to Using Technology in the Social Studies Classroom:
An
online professional staff development course from the
Jamestown Public School District
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Introduction of Presenters and Participants
Name
School
Grade Level
Subject(s)
Years Experience Teaching
Social Studies
Access to Technology: In Your
Classroom, In Your School, At Your Home and in Your Students’
Homes
Current Use Level
Hopes and Expectations
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What is Online Professional
Development
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Jamestown Staff
Participants:
Sign-on to Solutionwhere
http://www.solutionwhere.com/jps/cw/main.asp
District Policy: Guidelines
for Participation and Reimbursement
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Overview of Course
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Weekly Expectations
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Readings
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Activities
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Discussion Ideas
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Discussion Responses
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Discussion Board Practice:
See Guidelines
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Orientation Survey
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Teach American History Grant
Overview
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Official Website:
http://www.teachersdiscoveringhistoryashistorians.com/index.htm
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Creating Internet Resources
for Teaching and Sharing (Resource Index)
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/
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A Tutorial for Making Your
Own Webquest or Hotlink:
Created by Paula
Levandoski, a TAH
participant and trainer from Cassadaga Valley Schools
http://www.tdhah.com/uploads/Webquests.pdf