2011-2012+Professional+Development

= 2011-2012 Interactive Whiteboard Professional Development Opportunities =

IWB Basics: (A must for new users!)

 * Description:****﻿** Interactive Whiteboards are an effective medium for teaching and learning. After IWB installation in your classroom. **Contact your Curriculum Tech Partner to schedule your 3 one hour sessions of basics to get you started.**

Basics: Session #1: Understanding the Basics of ActivInspire and get to know your Interactive White Board. Basics: Session #2: Using ActivInspire Tools to Increase Interactivity. Basics: Session #3: Learning about flipchart structure and browsers: Create and Modify Flipcharts
 * Registration and hours will be recorded manually, by your Curriculum Tech Partner. Participants DO NOT register in MLP for these three IWB Basics sessions.**
 * Instructors:** Elementary Tech Partners

IWB User Group Meetings: (Building Level Support)

 * Description:****﻿** Interactive Whiteboards are an effective medium for teaching and learning. This tool provides teachers with the resource to use a variety of instructional strategies to reach all types of learners. Ongoing support from colleagues is essential to fully integrate the whiteboard into teaching and learning. All participants bring ideas to collaborative and share to the meetings. **This year's IWB User Group meetings will be held at your own buildings. Enjoy becoming a "community of learners" and building a colleagial support system for each other.**

User Group Meeting #1: September (Elementary Buildings: Date and Time TBA) User Group Meeting #2: January (Elementary Buildings: Date and Time TBA)
 * Facilitated by:** Elementary Tech Partners

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 * Description:****﻿** A series of sessions focused on the components of an effective lesson design for creating interactive flipcharts for learning. **Participants must attend ALL 4 sessions in the series to receive credit.**======

Session 1: ENGAGE: Learning Goals
Session 2: ENGAGE: Tools and Online Resources Session 3: ENGAGE: Assessment and Follow-up Session 4: ENGAGE: Make and Take
 * Dates:** September 15, 22, 29 and October 6, 3:30-5:30
 * Instructors:** TBA

= Creating Interactive Lessons with ActivInspire Software =

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 * Description:****﻿** These sessions will focus on developing basic skills to create effective, interactive flipcharts for teaching and learning. Each session will focus on a variety of ActivInspire features to engage your learners. **Participants can sign up for these sessions, independent from each other. Take back tips, ideas, and skills that you can use immediately in your classroom.**======

Session 1: Learn to use **containers** for a variety of assessment activities. November 8, 3:30-5:00 Session 2: Learn to use **layering and magic ink** to WOW your students. December 6, 3:30-5:00 Session 3: Learn to add **action** to your flipcharts to engage your students. January 10, 3:30-5:00 Session 4: Learn to use a **variety of activInspire tools** to use daily in your classroom. January 19, 3:30-5:00 Session 5: Learn to **add multimedia** to reach all learners. February 9, 3:30-5:00
 * Instructors:** Elementary Tech Partners

= Make and Take Sessions (Back by popular demand!) =

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 * Description:****﻿** What makes a good flipchart? Do you never have time to build flipcharts? This session is designed to provide a quick review of skills, share tricks to create interactivity and engage your students, and network with other "inspired" teachers. Users should come prepared to develop their flipcharts specific to their classrooms. Please bring along content resources to assist in the flipchart building process. **Participants that consider themselves beginners or advanced will enjoy this session.**======


 * Make and Take Session #1: October 25, 3:30-6:30, Century Elementary School**
 * Make and Take Session #2: February 2, 3:30-6:30, Century Elementary School**
 * Facilitated By:** Elementary Tech Partners

= ActivInspire Training Course =

**Description:****﻿**This course introduces the main features of ActivInspire. It is designed to introduce the basics to the advanced skills
with a focus on building effective lessons for interactivity and engaging students. Participants will receive manuals.

**ActivInspire Class #1:** **March 6, 12, 20, 27 and April 3, 2012. 3:30-6:30, Phoenix Elementary School**

 * ActinInspire Class #2: June 12 and 13, 2012, 8:30-4:00, Phoenix Elementary School**
 * Instructor:**Tiffany Mannausau, Promethean Certified Trainer, Grand Forks Public Schools, Grand Forks, ND