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TPACK Mathematics

Posted by Powerful Learning Practice on Apr 15, 2010 in Open Academy Sessions, TPACK Fridays | 0 comments

This session will look at how to use the ISTE NETS and the TPACK model to seamlessly integrate technology, pedagogy, and content together in ways that support mathematics instruction. Guest Teachers: Chris Harbeck & Kathy Cassidy Presenter: Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach Date: April 15, 2010 Series: TPACK Thursdays View this session About TPACK Thursdays TPACK is “a way of thinking about the knowledge teachers need to understand to integrate technology effectively into their classrooms (Mishra & Koehler, 2008).” Teachers who exhibit best...

TPACK Science

Posted by Powerful Learning Practice on Apr 8, 2010 in Open Academy Sessions, TPACK Fridays | 0 comments

This session will look at how to use the ISTE NETS and the TPACK model to seamlessly integrate technology, pedagogy, and content together in ways that support science instruction. Guest Teachers: Dolores Gende & Glen Westbroek Presenter: Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach Date: April 8, 2010 Series: TPACK Thursdays View this session About TPACK Thursdays TPACK is “a way of thinking about the knowledge teachers need to understand to integrate technology effectively into their classrooms (Mishra & Koehler, 2008).” Teachers who exhibit best...

Strategies with Moodle

Posted by Powerful Learning Practice on Apr 6, 2010 in Open Academy Sessions, Virtual Institutes | 0 comments

Create a blended approach to your professional development. Using blogs, wikis, nings and moodle to differentiate your professional development program. Presenter: Carolyn Kick Date: April 6, 2010 Series: Virtual Institutes About this session This session is sponsored by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, and brought to you by Nancy Caramanico. Follow her on Twitter. View this...

Project Based, Passion Based, Inquiry Based Learning

Posted by Powerful Learning Practice on Mar 29, 2010 in Open Academy Sessions, Virtual Institutes | 0 comments

How do you shift from the artificial divides of “subject knowledge” and the disconnected stream of “mass instruction” to something fundamentally more human? Project-based, inquiry-focused learning leverages student passions and makes students into leaders. We’ll look at the history of this approach, at the new affordances created by contemporary technology, and at real world examples of merging student passions with school policies. Presenter: Ira Socol Date: March 29, 2010 Series: Virtual Institutes About this session This session...

TPACK Language Arts

Posted by Powerful Learning Practice on Mar 25, 2010 in Open Academy Sessions, TPACK Fridays | 0 comments

This session will look at how to use the ISTE NETS and the TPACK model to seamlessly integrate technology, pedagogy, and content together in ways that support language arts instruction. Guest Teachers: Ida Mae Craddock & Corrie Kelly Presenter: Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach Date: March 25, 2010 Series: TPACK Thursdays View this session About TPACK Thursdays TPACK is “a way of thinking about the knowledge teachers need to understand to integrate technology effectively into their classrooms (Mishra & Koehler, 2008).” Teachers who exhibit...

What game-designers know about motivation-and teachers can learn

Posted by Powerful Learning Practice on Mar 23, 2010 in Open Academy Sessions, Virtual Institutes | 0 comments

A session to show some of the alignment of social-games with social media and networking. The sessions will take a guided tour of World of Warcraft, and I will explain how the social element blends with enquiry to demonstrate how the tenants we assume are the domain of eLearning are contained in games play. I will talk about games in primary school, middle years and later – showing how teachers can use a game – as part of blended enquiry, clearly drawing alignment with assessment, outcomes and activities. Finally I will show how a simple...