Welcome to the

Teaching With Instructional Technology Institute

May 18-22, 2009

 
     
 

 

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INSTITUTE RESOURCES                                                                                          

 

      This document - http://pierce.wesleyancollege.edu/faculty/brhoades/TWITI/index.html

      FaceBook group - http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=100796300615

      Delicious links page - http://delicious.com/bbennettday

       Acer Technical Support Number:  (708) 822-6377

 

 

ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION SURVEYS                                                                                          

 

       TWITI Survey page

 

 

SCHEDULE                                                                                                                         

 

Monday-Thursday

   8:30-10:00AM, 10:15-11:45AM

   1:30-3:00PM, 3:15-4:45PM

   1:30-3:00PM, 3:15-4:45PM

 

morning instructional sessions with faculty presenters

afternoon instructional sessions with faculty presenters

optional afternoon practicum

 

 

Friday

   8:30 – 11:45AM

   1:30 – 4:45PM

   6:00 – 8:00PM

 

presentations of new materials, brainstorming on the future

presentations of new materials, brainstorming on the future

dinner and social – courtesy of Dean Fowler

 

Monday, May18                                                                                                              

     

Barry Rhoades

Welcome to TWITI - Day 1  

     Outline

     TWITI - Wesleyan College 2009 (FaceBook group)

     Acer Aspire vs. projectors - how to configure your netbook

 

 

Jim Ferrari

"Interactive Use of a Student Response System"

     Outline

     Downloading and installing the PRS host software

     Downloading and installing the vClicker client software

 

 

Venus Dookwah-Roberts

"Notebook and SmartIdeas - Getting the Most out of a SmartBoard"

    Outline

    Downloading and installing the SmartIdeas software

    Downloading and installing Notebook 10

    Global warming pyramid

 

 

Tuesday, May 19                                                                                                           

 

 

Barry Rhoades

Welcome to TWITI - Day 2   

     Outline

   

Karen Huber

"The Wonderful World of Google - Part 1"

     Outline

     Downloading GoogleEarth

 

 

Pat Prichard

"Project Design and Presentation with GoogleDocs"

     Outline

     GoogleDocs sample - 'From Space to Place . . .'

     Joining GoogleDocs

 

 

Wednesday, May 20                                                                                                     

 

Thelma Sexton

"Accessing and Publishing On-Line Open-Source Materials"

     Outline

     More on-line/open-source links

 

 

Shelly Martin

"Blogs and Travel Blogs: Extending the Classroom"

     Outline

     Additional links

 

 

Thursday, May 21                                                                                                       

 

Jim Morey

"The Wicked Ways of Wikis"

     Outline

 

 

Brooke Bennett-Day

"You Are What You Tweet - Social Networking in the Classroom"

     Outline

     Delicious bookmarks

 

 

Friday, May 22                                                                                                           

 

Show and Tell

presentations by TWITI participants of newly-developed materials

 

 

Brainstorming

discussing future institutes, technology trends, and IT at Wesleyan

   
Food For Thought a dinner and social hosted by Dean Vivian Fowler

 

 

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