Monday, August 23, 2010

10 Ways To Become An Inspirational Teacher: Power Tools for Lifelong Learners

Program Description  Topics will include how to:
· Capture student’s attention.
· Keep the students interests.
· Motivate them to change.
· Give student’s choices
· Connect students with community
· Induce students to participate
· Enable opportunities to contribute
· Make learning an experience to remember
· Make learning personal
· Make learning unique to each individual
· Provide the learners the skills to decide where to engage
· Help students feel connected to the community
· Write a script for a Photo story
· Understand 3 different ways to make learning personal
· Using Technology with K-2 Students
· Rationale for the Use of Technology
· Engagement - Empowerment - Differentiation:
· Cooperative Grouping and Collaboration:
· Problem-Solving and Project-Based Learning:
· Examples of Integration
· Resources for Teachers and students
· Assessments
· Web Quests

Our students deal with an enormous number of sensory inputs on any given day. Helping them focus attention is a critical first step when engaging students. Getting their attention is only the first step.

Digital Kids learn from watching, showing, and sharing with others. Discover what Social Learning is all about and how to allow students and give learners a sense of feeling personally engaged.
To provide a 21st Century Learning Environment we need to engage learners and will provide a memorable learning experience. If we learn how to change the learning environment the greater likelihood students will remember what they’ve learned.

Help your students focus on 21st Century Skills, engage in the active negotiation of new knowledge so that new learning will be relevant to each and every contributor. Learn how to keep your learners’ engaged. Find out what it will take to compel students to do things differently and how to engage with ideas, information, and each other.

Learn how to discover your students' potential in technology as we explore 24 resources that are exclusively for K-12 students.

The session will include skills, a description of the particular tool; examples of its use in the K-12 curriculum; how to get started, and a unit plan focused on learning strategies. Participants will be provided links and complete listing of all Web sites mentioned plus access to a Web site for exercises, new URLs, and more.
Professional Development Provider   Digital Journey-Howie DiBlasi  2008-09
Contact Information   Howie DiBlasi
howie@frontier.net
928 River Walk
Georgetown, TX  78633
United States
Phone: (970) 749-0760
Fax: (512) 819-0627
























Program Length   60-90 min
By Request   This program is available by request ONLY
Date/Time Notes   This is a special event and will be scheduled by appointment only. Please contact CILC or howie@frontier.net for details on dates.
Connection Type(s) Available and Program Fees   Cost per Site: $150.00
Cost per Site with Premium Service: $159.00 What's this?