Stellar School Inservice Workshop Specifications

Purposes | Content of Inservice Workshop | Media and Methods | Length of Workshop || Evaluation

Purposes:

This assignment has several purposes: (1) to give you hands-on practice handling the “tools of the trade” under realistic conditions; (2) to give you practice in making presentations in front of a group (educators must be prepared to teach, inform, persuade, etc...); (3) to increase your familiarity with using PowerPoint to develop effective presentations; (4) to engage you in instructional planning - deciding what pedagogical approaches to take.

Content of Inservice Workshop:

As a school, you will select a topic from the Stellar School District Inservice Workshop Titles list and prepare a 35 minute interactive workshop incorporating PowerPoint and hands-on activities. You will be required to do some research on the topic so you can decide which elements you want to present about the topic. Use periodicals, books, CD-ROMs, the Internet, etc... to locate your information. You may inform, persuade, or teach the audience about your selected topic. If you present an idea, theory, or thought about your topic, you need to support it with evidence- meaning you need to cite researchers in the field who can support your argument.

Remember---
The strength of your argument is equated by the number of citations you can make to support your argument.

Stellar School District Inservice Workshop Titles

Planning for Technology: What ya oughta know before ya go!

Grants: If you write it, the money will come !#@? Tips for writing effective grants

Curriculum Integration and Authentic Use

Breaking the Four Walls of the Classroom with Distance Learning

Using Multimedia in the Classroom

Department of Education: What Resources are Available for You

Report to the President on the Use of Technology to Strengthen K-12 Education in the United States

WebQuests: a new approach to learning with the Internet

Beyond Report Cards: Towards Electronic Portfolios

Can we really copy this? Copyright Issues

Tips for Successful Telecommunication Projects

Potholes and Positives of the Internet

Teaching in the One Computer Classroom

Managing Internet Use in Your School: AUPs, Filters, Online Safety

Media and methods

Your workshop must include:

a) at least 3 PowerPoint slides developed by each team member (e.g. 3 members=9 slides).
b) shared speaking responsibilities between all team members.
c) a workshop materials packet for each audience member which will include the following:

- a reference document listing iarticles used in your workshop written in APA style
- workshop outline (no more than 2 pages)
- copies of interactive learning experience

d) a structured interactive learning experience

What is a structured interactive learning experience?
This could consist of an off-the-shelf game, a frame game that you have adapted, a role play exercise, a simulation exercise, a simulation game, structured small-group discussion, or the like. If you will be using the Internet then you may want to consider using a jigsaw method to send teams of schools on a scavenger hunt or information quest.
Consider using ideas from Lecture Games by Thiagi. This book will be on reserve in the Education Library. The ideas presented in Thiagi’s Lecture Games book are ideas you will want to use in your classroom during student teaching and when you become a full-time teacher.

The interactive learning experience should be a complete one--not just the first half of something or the middle of something. It should have its own beginning, middle, and end. Whatever the components may be, the important thing is that there be some coherence to the workshop. You should weave together the various components into an integrated whole.

Length of Workshop:

All workshops will last no longer than 35 minutes. You must observe the time limits. One of the evaluation criteria will be your adherence to the 35 minute limit. Practice running through your presentation with a timer so you know how to pace yourselves as a group.

Once you select and sequence the content of your workshop, you may want to consider allocating time limits for each section. You may also want to factor in a minimum of 10 minutes for the interactive learning experience.

Evaluation

Criteria for assessing the inservice can be found at the Inservice Workshop Rating Form.

Page prepared by Wendy A.Tamborrino Last updated: 7/26/99 Contact: wtamborr@indiana.edu URL: http://veritas.ucs.indiana.edu/~binford/w310inservice.html Indiana University, School of Education