2010 Creative Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards Workshop
Boston, Massachusetts (Note: Sold Out in 2009!)
Description
An Interactive Whiteboard is a 21st Century tool that allows a teacher to transform a classroom and draw on the skills of the 21st Century Learner through visual, interactive and formative assessment design techniques.
Transforming curriculum for the 21st century learner involves delving deeply into curriculum design - rethinking and reseeing ways that the student can learn and understand essential questions. This new classroom tool can help the teacher create curriculum that is visual, interactive, student-centered, and includes formative assessment so that the teacher understands in real-time what the student is learning. Digital lesson outcomes can be published with Web 2.0 tools allowing students and teachers to further analyze, collaborate and publish their work. All of these tools and features empower the student learner.
Through this two-day workshop, educational leaders will learn how Interactive White Boards can:
Increase student engagement
Provide real-time assessment for teachers
Increase ease of incorporating Internet resources into daily classroom teaching
Reach different student learning styles and strengths through access to visual and audio resources to supplement texts.
Create digital content that can be used with Web 2.0 collaborative tools
Gives ability to take full advantage of a school or district existing hardware and software investment.
Provides opportunity for meaningful Professional Development around building digital lessons.
Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop (or tablet) with wireless. Instruction will be primarily SmartBoard based, though lessons and strategies are transferable to Promethean boards.
Each participant receives a copy of Best Ideas for Teaching with Technology, A Practical Guide for Teachers, by Teachers co-authored by Tom Daccord and Justin Reich.
Date:
July 19-20 , 2010
Times:
8:30 am - 12 noon - Class 12noon - 1pm - Lunch 1:00 - 3:30 pm - Class
Darren Kuropatwa is Department Head of Mathematics at Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute (http://www.danielmac.net/) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and Convener of the K12Online Conference (http://www.k12onlineconference.org/). He is known internationally for his ability to weave online social tools meaningfully and concretely into his pedagogical practice. Darren has over 20 years experience in education and 13 years in leadership training. Darren's professional blog is called A Difference (http://adifference.blogspot.com).
Tom Daccord is co-Director of EdTechTeacher and author of Best Ideas for Teaching with Technology: A Practical Guide for Teachers by Teachers and The Best of History Web Sites. A veteran "laptop teacher" who instructed in a wireless laptop environment for seven years, Tom has been featured in the Boston Globe ("Making Tech Connect," December 29, 2003) for his contributions to teaching with technology. He is creator and co-webmaster of Best of History Web Sites, an award-winning portal that receives upwards of two million visitors a year. He is also co-director of The Center for Teaching History with Technology, whose mission is to help K-12 history and social studies teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses. A graduate of Princeton University and the University of Montreal, Tom has taught in France, Quebec, Switzerland, and the United States and has presented on educational technology topics various national and regional conferences. Tom will be a feature speaker at the 2010 National Council for the Social Studies Conference.
Testimonials:
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Registration:
To register, please complete our Online Registration Form. Please note that your registration is not complete until we receive payment. If you have any questions please email EdTechTeacher's Community Relations Director Bev Boos or call (617) 947-7972.
Payment:
The cost of the two-day workshop is $595. There are two workshop payment options:
If paying by check or requesting a Purchase Order please make Check or PO payable to "EdTechTeacher, Inc." and mail to: EdTechTeacher c/o Tom Daccord 806 West Roxbury Parkway Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467
OR
If you plan to pay online by credit card you can pay securely online via our PayPal account.
Please note: Space in our workshops is limited and they have sold-out in recent years. Spots are guaranteed on a first-paid, first-served basis so please expedite payment as soon as possible.
Cancellation Policy:
You can receive a full refund for your registration payment until June 1. After June 1, you will receive a full refund if we can replace you with a person from a waiting list. Otherwise you will receive a 50% refund for cancellation.
Waiting List Policy:
If the workshop is full, we'll put you on the waiting list, and let you know what your position is on the list.
Computer Equipment:
The workshop has a strong "hands-on" component, so you are encouraged to bring a laptop (or tablet) with wireless capability to the workshop.
Professional Development Credits:
We have applied for graduate credit from Boston University for two-day and three-day workshops. We do not expect a decision until Spring 2010.
In past years we have provided PDPs (Professional Development Points) from the state of Massachussets -- 1 PDP per instruction hour - and we have again applied for authorization to provide PDPs.
Hotel information:
There are plenty of hotels near Boston University. Please visit the Boston University Hotels for a list of nearby options.
Parking Information:
There is a $10/day cash parking lot a few hundred yards west of the School of Education on Commonwealth Avenue. The closest T Stop is the Blandford Street Station on the Green Line (B).
Food:
Lunch is not provided, though coffee and bagels will be offered in the morning.
Registrant Survey:
All participants are asked to complete a pre-workshop online survey. It will be e-mailed to those who completed both registration and payment. The survey will help us identify participant needs and objectives and may influence the topics covered during the workshop.
Questions:
If you have any questions please click here to contact EdTechTeacher's Community Relations Director Bev Boos or call (617) 947-7972.
An Interactive Whiteboard is a 21st Century tool that allows a teacher to transform a classroom and draw on the skills of the 21st Century Learner through visual, interactive and formative assessment design techniques. 
Darren Kuropatwa is Department Head of Mathematics at Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute (
Tom Daccord is co-Director of