MLTI Content Trainings

Fall - Winter 2008

MLTI and Apple have created a fall/winter 2008 schedule of Content Trainings. Each session is designed for both the Middle and High School level and all are open to MLTI educators/administrators. All sessions are limited to 25 participants, with the exception of Podcasting, which will be limited to 20.

If you are interested in a Studywiz training for your school, please contact Juanita Dickson at juanita.dickson@maine.gov.

Sessions will start promptly at 9:00am and end by 3:00pm. Please arrive at 8:30 for check-in and connectivity testing to ensure we start in a timely fashion. Contact hours will be available and ALL sessions are free of charge.

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Session Descriptions

EcoScience (MS only - HS MacBooks don't have ME Explorer)
There's a new application on the 2008 MLTI laptop image - ME Explorer. Take a second to browse through your applications to find it. It's an inquiry-based ecology investigation especially produced for Maine students and MLTI, with lesson plans, field studies, programming, and computer activities based on ecological models. Participants will be introduced to the modules and have some hands on experience with well designed simulations. Maine teachers who advised the development and field tested the units will be on hand to guide you through the process. Bring your re-imaged laptops!

Integrating Technology in the Writing Process
Research shows that student writing improves when students use computers for all steps of the writing process, from pre-writing activities through publication. Participants in this session will explore strategies, ideas and resources for digital writing as they take a piece of their own writing through each stage of the process. They will experience brainstorming, researching and organizing ideas; drafting, revising and redrafting; giving and getting feedback; editing; and publishing. This session is appropriate for middle and high school teachers.

Mathematics with Technology* (Kennebec, Hancock & Penquis Regions)
Mathematics with Technology provides the opportunity to engage with mathematics technology resources that support teaching and learning. Interactive web-based applets and Open Educational Resources, including GeoGebra, will be explored. Guided collaborative hands-on activities will model purposeful integration of the technology. Instructional strategies will support concept development for all learners and meet teaching and learning standards for mathematics and technology. This session is appropriate for middle and high school Math teachers.

Technology in the Math Classroom* (York/Cumberland, Western, Midcoast) These sessions of Technology in the Math Classroom vary slightly from the Math sessions above in that they will have a greater emphasis on graphing tools.
Technology in the Math Classroom provides an opportunity to investigate how computer technology can enhance the content you are already teaching. Grapher and spreadsheet-based graphing tools will be explored. Open Educational Resources such as GeoGebra and the NLVM tools will also be introduced. A major focus will be planning technology-based learning to meet common standards. Activities will be appropriate for whole-class instruction or one-computer-per-student instruction and for high school or middle school math content. This session is appropriate for middle and high school teachers.

* We are working with our facilitators to schedule Math sessions in the remaining regions.

NoteShare in the Classroom
Looking for an easy way to integrate technology into the curriculum painlessly? This one-day session will provide participants with the foundation for creating, publishing, sharing, and managing media-rich educational content using NoteShare. NoteShare helps teachers manage and distribute classroom materials, work with digital text, organize student work and portfolios and promote 21st century skills, including the important skill of collaboration. Participants will be guided step by step in creating notebooks that they can put to use in their classrooms,

Podcasting for You and your Students
This workshop will present the fundamentals of planning, creating, and managing digital media files used to deliver a podcast. Participants will explore the rich collection of curriculum-related podcasts available for free on the internet, subscribe to appropriate ones, and create a collection in iTunes. Participants will then learn to write a script, and record, edit, and produce their own enhanced podcast for classroom use. Throughout the workshop, participants discuss the role of podcasting in education and how to use the power of the ubiquitous media players (iPods) as a teaching and learning tool to engage learners with diverse learning styles.

Visualizing Data with GIS
GIS applications offer the user a wide choice of representation of data and information, and can impact viewers in surprising ways. Learn how to use the GIS applications on the MLTI image, My World and Google Earth, to build powerful graphic content for science and social studies classes, and how to get students creating wonderful visual elements for their projects.

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Session Schedule by Region (see descriptions above for complete details)

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Sessions will start promptly at 9:00am and end by 3:00pm. Please arrive at 8:30 for check-in and connectivity testing to ensure we start in a timely fashion. Contact hours will be available.

Directions to each location can be found here.

Aroostook Region
Date	Topic	Location	Availability
October 30	Integrating Technology in the Writing Process	Region 2 School of Applied Technology	Registration Closed
October 31	Visualizing Data with GIS	Region 2 School of Applied Technology	Registration Closed
October 31	NoteShare in the Classroom	Katahdin High School	Registration Closed
November 3	EcoScience	Katahdin High School	Registration Closed
November 4	Podcasting for You and Your Students	Washburn Elementary School	Registration Closed

 

Washington Region * due to extremely low registration, all Washington Region sessions were cancelled. Please see our new Washington Region schedule for March 2009 by scrolling to the bottom of this page.
Date	Topic	Location	Availability
November 5	Visualizing Data with GIS	Woodland Jr Sr High School	Cancelled due to low registration
November 5	NoteShare in the Classroom	Washington Academy	Cancelled due to low registration
November 6	EcoScience	Woodland Jr/Sr High School	Cancelled due to low registration
November 6	Podcasting for You and Your Students	Eastport Elementary School	Cancelled due to low registration
November 7	Integrating Technology in the Writing Process	Washington Academy	Cancelled due to low registration

 

Kennebec Region
Date	Topic	Location	Availability
November 12	EcoScience	Warsaw Middle School	Registration Closed
November 12	Podcasting for You and Your Students	Winthrop Middle School	Registration Closed
November 13	Integrating Technology in the Writing Process	Skowhegan High School	Registration Closed
November 13	Mathematics with Technology	Skowhegan Middle School	Registration Closed
November 14	Visualizing Data with GIS	Skowhegan Middle School	Registration Closed
November 14	NoteShare in the Classroom	Waterville High School	Registration Closed

Penquis Region
Date	Topic	Location	Availability
November 18	Visualizing Data with GIS	Holbrook School	Registration Closed
November 18	Podcasting for You and Your Students	William Cohen School	Registration Closed
November 19	EcoScience	Piscataquis Community High School	Registration Closed
November 19	NoteShare in the Classroom	Reeds Brook Middle School	Registration Closed
November 20	Integrating Technology in the Writing Process	Piscataquis Community High School	Registration Closed
November 20	Mathematics with Technology	William Cohen School	Registration Closed
November 24	NoteShare in the Classroom	Penquis Valley High School	Registration Closed
November 25	Podcasting	Penquis Valley High School	Registration Closed

Hancock Region
Date	Topic	Location	Availability
December 2	Visualizing Data with GIS	Cancelled due to low registration	Registration Closed
December 2	Podcasting for You and Your Students	Blue Hill Consolidated School	Registration Closed
December 3	EcoScience	Ellsworth Central Office	Registration Closed
December 3	NoteShare in the Classroom	Deer Isle Stonington Elementary School	Registration Closed
December 4	Mathematics with Technology	Ellsworth Central Office	Registration Closed
December 4	Integrating Technology in the Writing Process	Deer Isle Stonington Elementary School	Registration Closed

York/Cumberland Region
Date	Topic	Location	Availability
December 8	Integrating Technology in the Writing Process	Gorham Middle School	Registration Closed
December 9	Visualizing Data with GIS	Bonny Eagle Middle School	Registration Closed
December 9	NoteShare in the Classroom	Session full.	Registration Closed
December 9	Technology in the Math Classroom	Gorham Middle School	Registration Closed
December 10	EcoScience	Gorham Middle School	Session Full
December 10	Podcasting for You and Your Students	Noble High School	Session Full
December 11	Integrating Technology in the Writing Process	Gorham Middle School	Session Full
New Sessions Added!
January 12	Podcasting for You and Your Students	Gorham Middle School	Open
January 16	NoteShare in the Classroom	Saco Middle School	Open
The January 2009 email update indicated a Podcasting training on January 21st. We apologize for the typo - the date was January 12, 2009.
January 23	EcoScience	Gorham Middle School	Open

Western Region
Date	Topic	Location	Availability
January 13	EcoScience	Auburn Middle School	Open
January 13	Podcasting for You and Your Students	Lewiston High School	Session Full
January 14	NoteShare in the Classroom	Auburn Middle School	Open
January 14	Technology in the Math Classroom	Lewiston High School	Open
January 14	Visualizing Data with GIS	Lewiston High School	Open
January 15	Integrating Technology in the Writing Process	Auburn Middle School	Session Full
New sessions added!
January 26	Integrating Technology in the Writing Process	Lewiston High School	Open
January 28	Podcasting for You and Your Students	Jay Middle School	Cancelled due to storm!

MidCoast Region
Date	Topic	Location	Availability
January 20	NoteShare in the Classroom	Boothbay Elementary School	Open
January 20	Visualizing Data with GIS	Great Salt Bay Community School	Open
January 21	Technology in the Math Classroom	Jefferson Village School	Open
January 21	Podcasting for You and Your Students	Nobleboro Central School	Session Full
January 21	EcoScience	Great Salt Bay Community School	Open
January 22	Integrating Technology in the Writing Process	Jefferson Village School	Open
January 29	Podcasting for You and Your Students	Great Salt Bay Community School	Open

 

Washington Region
Date	Topic	Location	Availability
March 17	Visualizing Data with GIS	Fort O'Brien Elementary School	Open
March 17	NoteShare in the Classroom	Washington Academy	Open
	EcoScience	Woodland Jr/Sr High School	Cancelled. Will be rescheduled.
March 18	Podcasting for You and Your Students	Washington Academy	Open
March 19	Integrating Technology in the Writing Process	Fort O'Brien Elementary School	Open
	Mathematics with Technology	Eastport Elementary School	Cancelled. Will be rescheduled.

 

 

 

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