K12> [WWWEDU] Prof. Dev: This Week at Tapped In (May 2-8)

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From: "berquist" <berquist@xxxxxx>
To: wwwedu <wwwedu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 19:39:49 -0400
Subject: [WWWEDU] Prof. Dev: This Week at Tapped In (May 2-8)
 

Join the Webheads TESOL/ESL/EFL/ELL community on Saturday for Writing
for Webheads (students) and Sunday for Webheads in Action (teachers).
Sunday's events also include Charles Merritt's School Administrator's
Forum on Ed Tech (Safe-T). Monday's Arts and Literacy discussion takes a
peek at the PBS website Art:21. Jeff Cooper's Science and Math
discussions on Tuesday will feature guest presenter Michael Hosking and
Using the Web to Deliver Math and Science Instruction. Donna Hendry's
TechClass is on Wednesday and there's a birthday party at this month's
ArtsSites! Tours of the many new features of Tapped In are scheduled for
a variety of time zones on most Tuesdays and Saturdays.
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After School Online (ASO) is a forum for educators. The scheduled
events, designed for professional development, are open to everyone in
the Tapped In community and all guests.  All Calendar events will be
held in the ASO room unless otherwise noted in the description. Featured
Passageways in TI Reception has a link to the ASO and most other
conference rooms. As always, please login to Tapped In
http://www.tappedin.org 10 minutes before the ASO event is scheduled to
begin to allow us to help you get where you need to be. Click on the
event on the web calendar at
http://ti2.sri.com/tappedin/do/CalendarAction to read the complete
descriptions of the individual topics. If you are logged in to Tapped
In, the calendar description has a passageway that allows you to go
directly to the room where the event will be held
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View the Tapped In calendar of ASO events at:
http://ti2.sri.com/tappedin/do/CalendarAction  You can set the calendar
to your time zone to see events in your times.
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Saturday, May 1
* Writing for Webheads
9:00-10:00am PST
The Writing for Webheads focus is on students interacting online. Join
Maggi Doty every Saturday in Tapped In Reception at 16:00 GMT.
http://sites.hsprofessional.com/vstevens/files/efi/webheads.htm.

* Tapped In Tips and Tricks
4:00-5:00pm PST
Join one of the Tapped In HelpDesk volunteers to learn about the
fabulous features of TI. Tips and Tricks, a field trip of the features
of Tapped In and how educators can use the Tapped In environment, will
start in the Reception room of the Tapped In system.
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Sunday, May 2
* Webheads in Action
5:00-7:00am PDT
The focus of Webheads in Action is on teacher professional development
and forming communities of practice with CMC tools.
http://www.vancEDTevens.com/papers/evonline2002/webheads.htm Join Vance
Stevens every Sunday in Tapped In Reception at noon GMT (for two hours).

* School Administrators Forum on Ed Tech (SAFE-T)
4:00-5:00pm PDT
Join Charles Merritt during this forum to discuss issues of technology
use in schools from the managers' perspective (scenarios and policy
discussions). All are welcome to join us in the ASO room.
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Monday, May 3
* Arts and Literacy: Art:21
4:00-5:00pm PDT
Join BJ Berquist in the After School Online Room to review the PBS site,
Art:21. The Art:21 series and its educational materials have been
developed to familiarize teachers and students with the work of living
artists, to provoke critical thinking and problem solving, to inspire
new ways of teaching and learning, to present creative role models, and
to bridge diverse subject areas through the study and appreciation of
contemporary art. http://www.pbs.org/art21/
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Tuesday, May 4
* Oz-Time Tours and Tips/Campfire Meeting
2am PDT
Join Dianne Allen for Oz time-friendly Tours and Tips and Campfire
Meetings, an "Australian" (and NZ and Western Rim Asia) meeting place
for informal chatting about professional development issues and
arranging for more focused meetings of special issue discussions. This
discussion will be held in Reception.

* Tapped In Tips and Tricks
2:30-3:30pm PDT

* K-20 Math Discussion Group- Using Web to Deliver Math Instruction
4:00-5:00pm PDT
Join Jeff Cooper and guest presenter Michael Hosking for K-20 Math
resources in the ASO.  It is truly possible to use the Web to deliver
instruction and professional development in a way that is immediate and
highly effective. Much like the Tapped In Community, the
PersonalProfessors.com model uses the Web as a communication tool that
connects knowledge experts with learners in order to facilitate
educationally meaningful interaction. The founder of
PersonalProfessors.com, Michael Hosking, Ph.D., a former biology
professor at Davidson College, will demonstrate how his whiteboard and
voice system can be used to deliver live instruction on the Web.

* K-20 Science Forum- Using Web to Deliver Science Instruction
5:00-6:00pm PDT
Join discussion facilitator Jeff Cooper and guest presenter Michael
Hosking for the K to 20 Science Forum in the ASO.  It is truly possible
to use the Web to deliver instruction and professional development in a
way that is immediate and highly effective. Much like the Tapped In
Community, the PersonalProfessors.com model uses the Web as a
communication tool that connects knowledge experts with learners in
order to facilitate educationally meaningful interaction. The founder of
PersonalProfessors.com, Michael Hosking, Ph.D., a former biology
professor at Davidson College, will demonstrate how his whiteboard and
voice system can be used to deliver live instruction on the Web.
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Wednesday, May 5
* Tech in the Classroom
5:00-6:00pm PDT
Donna Hendry leads this group that discusses a variety of topics related
to using technology in the classroom. Join Donna in the ASO for TechClass.
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Thursday, May 6
* ArtsConnected Workshop - Art Across the Curriculum
4:00-5:30pm PDT
This workshop utilizes both easy to understand computer technology and
the free resources of Art Collector and Artists Toolkit from the
Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Walker Art Center, to provide
teachers with additional educational tools for student skill development
and improvement. The material being presented has application for both
interdisciplinary learning and easily implemented standard assessment
strategies. See http://www.artsconnected.org/ for more information. Join
Kevan Nitzberg in his TI office.

* ArtsSites - Birthday Party!
6:00-7:00pm PST
Bring your favorite arts related site to the ASO and help BJ celebrate
her birthday!
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Friday, May 7
* Tapped In Monthly Maintenance
8:30-9:00am PST
System unavailable (monthly maintenance) for 30 minutes
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Saturday, May 8
* Writing for Webheads
9:00-10:00am PST

* Tapped In Tips and Tricks
4:00-5:00pm PST
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Sunday, May 9
* Webheads in Action
5:00-7:00am PDT
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Respectfully submitted,
BJ Berquist
Associate Educator, TAPPED IN
bjb@xxxxxxxxxxxx
http://tappedin.org/tappedin/web/staff/bj.jsp

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