Grades+5+and+6

=Welcome Grades 5 and 6=

//"There is no one path to the school of tomorrow."...School 2.0 Framework, US Department of Education//

9:00-9:15
Recap of LHRIC work with the district in support of 1-1 initiative.

9:15-9:45
School 2.0 Learning Ecosystem Activity. [|Launch the Map]. GPS in the buses?
 * What are some things that are new to you?

eBooks in library - zoom in and out of books online; other devices contact with professionals in the field via technology seeing everything interconnected more emphasis on what happens at the classroom level something that indicates going green - consciousness of environment
 * What piques your interest most about School 2.0?
 * What might you add to the ecosystem?

Record responses on Wiki.

9:45-10:00
Putnam Valley 2.0 Activity. [|Watch MacArthur Foundation Video]. Open the document and reflect on the following: What do each of the constituent groups need from school and what has to be done to meet those needs? Record your responses on provided chart paper. When finished, use the tape to post your group's responses.

10:00-12:00
The Technologies of Putnam Valley 2.0. Collaboration Tools: Blogs, Wikis, Open Source (Google Docs) 12: 2:00 Lunc h
 * Blogs - [|What exactly are they and where did they come from?]. What are some instructional examples? How can one be set up?
 * Wikis - [|What exactly is a wiki?]. What are some instructional examples? How can one be set up?
 * Open Source Shared Documents - http://docs.google.com/

12:45-2:00
Team Activity - each team is assigned one block of research below.
 * Podcasting
 * Start with this o[|pening clip.]
 * Listen to some examples: http://lhric.org/instructional_tech.cfm?subpage=44 and use the bullets listed under "Listening to Podcasts."
 * Report out.
 * Give the group an executive summary of what you discovered.
 * What student and teacher needs identified earlier can this possibly fill?
 * What is your group recommendation for moving forward with this?
 * Google Tools
 * Start at the Google for Educators Home Page: http://www.google.com/educators/tools.html
 * Review current listing of tools, including the newly featured products (Google Notebook and Custom Search Engine.)
 * Give the group an executive summary of what you discovered.
 * What student and teacher needs identified earlier can this possibly fill?
 * What is your group recommendation for moving forward with this?
 * Web 2.0
 * Take the Web 2.0 IQ test by visiting [|http://www.go2web20.net/.] How many of these do you recognize? (Once this page loads in, you'll notice a purple arrow at the bottom left hand side of the page - this will scroll the page down, and down, and down.....)
 * Now, visit "The List" of Cataloged Web 2.0 applications at http://www.sacredcowdung.com/archives/2006/03/all_things_web.html and note how they are categorized in terms of functionality.
 * Report out.
 * Give the group an executive summary of what you discovered.
 * What student and teacher needs identified earlier can this possibly fill?
 * What is your group recommendation for moving forward with this?

2:00-2:30
Closing Activity : Give One, Take One

Thematic units that integrate technology for grade 5,6 Where are the opportunities for math? Specific to content and certain skills? What are some "top ten" things for humanities, math/sci? What is a basic toolkit that we can start out with? Smartboard use IWeb - migration from content management system Work with team leaders - Travis (6); Jody (5)