Come learn with us! Summer 2012
This summer, enjoy world-class professional learning opportunities on Woodward’s beautiful campus, just minutes from downtown Atlanta.
Every Teacher Every Learner (Full Conference) REGISTER
June 11-13
/ 8:30-4:00 / $430 / 2 PLU
Featuring: Rick Lavoie, Marcia Tate, David Warlick, Annette Breaux & John Hodge
Join us for an "all-keynote" conference featuring some of the most sought-after speakers in K-12 education!
Whether leading a classroom, a department or an entire school community, every educator has numerous opportunities to influence learners in meaningful ways. Here is your chance to learn more about fostering student motivation, instructional strategies to engage the brain, procedures and routines that defuse and prevent discipline problems, 21st century literacies, and educating the whole child. This summer, renew the spirit that initially brought you into the teaching and learning profession!
Every Teacher Every Learner (Monday Only)
REGISTER
June 11 / 8:30-4:00
/ $140
Featuring: Rick Lavoie, Guest Panelists
Join us for a special one-day event featuring Rick Lavoie!
Every learning theory from Maslow to Gardner has “motivation" as its initial and fundamental step. However, few teachers have a repertoire of effective motivational strategies and techniques. In the classroom we tend to use a “one size fits all” approach by attempting to motivate all students with one single reward system, star chart or grading policy. This workshop presents an innovative and field-tested model that enables teachers to better understand and foster student motivation at all grade levels.
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NOTE: This event is included in the full ETEL conference, so conference attendees do not need to register for it separately.)
Integrating Multiple Technologies in Secondary Mathematics REGISTER
June 18-21
/ 8-4:30 / $625 / 3 PLU
Led by Tom Reardon, Youngstown State University, Youngstown Ohio
Integrating Multiple Technologies is designed for high school math teachers who are interested in learning how to creatively and effectively incorporate the following technologies into their classroom:
TI-Nspire handhelds
TI-Nspire software
SMART Boards and SMART Notebook software
TI-Nspire Navigator
Fluid Math (interactive math recognition software for tablet PC’s and IWB’s).
Contact: tom@tomreardon.com
Tom taught mathematics at Austintown Fitch High School for 35 years and at Youngstown State University since 1980. He is a T3 National Instructor and a SMART Exemplary Educator (SEE). Currently he is a mathematics education technology consultant and does professional development throughout the U.S. Tom specializes in Texas Instruments and SMART Board technologies. He also serves as a senior math consultant for Texas Instruments where he works in Product Strategy and Development.
Course Description:
- Participants will learn how to incorporate TI-Nspire handheld and computer software, SMART Board, Fluid Math, and TI-Nspire Navigator into their high school mathematics classroom.
- Other topics that may be discussed: Computer Algebra Systems (CAS), Dropbox, Edmodo, Math Type, TI-Nspire Document Player.
Included:
- Flashdrive with over 40 tried and true classroom activities with teachers notes and solutions.
- Hundreds of TI-Nspire activities
- Access to all my math activities
- Use of a TI-Nspire CX CAS handheld during course.
Emphasis:
- Integrating these technologies into your classroom and understanding the pedagogy behind this implementation
- How to use TI-Npsire handhelds as a graphing calculator
- How to use TI-Nspire handhelds as a learning and teaching tool
- How to use TI-Nspire handhelds with pre-created activities
- How to use TI-Nspire software to create your own activities
- How to use TI-Nspire Publish View to create interactive worksheets
- How to utilize SMART Notebook software creatively in your math classroom
- How to use SMART Notebook to post your class notes online in pdf and video formats
- Find out what Fluid Math software is and how it can be used
- See how to effectively use TI-Nspire Navigator as a student response system
- Find out how to use TI-Nspire documents for FREE using the online TI-Nspire Document Player (especially if you do not have this technology yet)
- Optional: CAS, Dropbox, Edmodo, Math Type (as time and interest permits)
Leadership for Educators (LED) REGISTER
June 11-14 & Friday August 3, 2012 / 8-4 / $4000 (first participant), $2000 (additional participants from same school)
Led by Dr. Keith Eigel (Leaders Lyceum) & Barbara Egan (Woodward Academy)
This summer Woodward Academy and the Leaders Lyceum will present the first educational leadership opportunity specifically for educators from other schools.
The program is an outgrowth of Leadership Woodward, a unique program of accelerated leadership development for Woodward faculty and staff, which was modeled after Leadership Atlanta.
Watch the LED:Leadership for EDucators video
“Developing the Whole Person: A unique learning environment that accelerates leadership development to enhance work, family and beliefs by addressing what leaders know and how they know it.”
This statement comes from the website of the Leaders Lyceum in Atlanta. During the past two years, Woodward Academy has partnered with Dr. Keith Eigel and the Lyceum to create a unique leadership program for educators. By keeping cohorts small and integrating program concepts into vertical growth, individuals have experienced some amazing changes in their lives. In addition, Woodward Academy has benefited significantly from their increased engagement and the assumption of new leadership roles, whether formal or in situ.
This summer Woodward Academy and the Leaders Lyceum will present the first educational leadership opportunity specifically for educators from other schools.
This initial offering is available to any school educator. More than one participant from a school is encouraged and we believe will provide an even greater boost in growth for the participating school. Registration will be open in March of 2012 and space is limited. The fee for the first participant will be $4,000 with the fee for additional participants in the same school (up to five) being $2,000 each. The first four days in June will be held at the Woodward Academy campus. The fifth day on August 3, 2012 will be held at the Leaders Lyceum in Atlanta. (If you are from a significant distance and travel is a hardship, we will use technology to allow you to participate remotely for this August date.)
TI-Nspire 3-day Workshops (REGISTER external link)
June 12-14 / 8:30-3:30 / $350
Led by T³ Certified Trainers
This summer is the perfect time to attend a T³ workshop on TI-Nspire™ technology! T³ (Teachers Teaching with Technology) Summer Workshops offer hands-on, subject-specific TI-Nspire and TI-Nspire CAS technology training to new and experienced educators.
Refresh Your Instruction with a TI-Nspire™ Summer Workshop! This summer is the perfect time to attend a T³ workshop on TI-Nspire™ technology. Learn how to bring TI-Nspire technology into your instruction. T³ (Teachers Teaching with Technology) Summer Workshops offer hands-on, subject-specific TI-Nspire and TI-Nspire CAS technology training to new and experienced educators.
You’ll find out how to effectively use the latest graphing technology in your classroom. TI-Nspire and TI-Nspire CAS technology combines enhanced graphing capabilities with computer features to provide a more engaging way to explore concepts, extending beyond the possibilities of traditional graphing calculators.
Attend a “Getting Started with TI-Nspire” or “TI-Nspire for Intermediate Users” workshop and leave with ideas to energize your classroom and your very own TI-Nspire CX or TI-Nspire CX CAS handheld and TI-Nspire Teacher Software (included in the course cost).
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REGISTER external link)
Courses Led by Woodward Instructors (Open to all educators) REGISTER
Click links to expand details. All courses offer 1 or 2 PLU for Georgia educators.
May 29-30
/ 9-3 / 1 PLU / $225 ($0 for Woodward faculty)
Led by Mark Carrington (Chemistry Teacher and Seasoned Flipper) & Nneka Robinson (Instructional Technology Specialist and Google Certified Trainer)
In simplest terms, flip teaching "flips" classwork and homework, so that instruction (typically short video lectures) occurs at home, and practice occurs in the classroom. Flipping allows teachers to differentiate instruction, coach students and provide timely feedback. In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of flip teaching, including the pedagogical strategies behind it and the technologies that are used to flip a classroom. We will explore Camtasia, Screencast-o-matic, Jing and other recording/screencasting tools, as well as options for publishing and organizing videos for easy online access.
June 18-21 / 9-3 / 2 PLU / $375 ($0 for Woodward faculty)
Led by Dee Koscik (MS English) and Brian Sorrow (MS History)
With so many technology‐based options for teachers to use, educators and students can get lost in a web of online accounts, site addresses, and online tools. In this workshop, teachers will learn to use 100% free Google Sites and other tools to create a single integrated classroom platform that will host all online activities for students. This will include documents, presentations, media projects, resource links, student blogs, and a student‐authored wiki. This site will be a one‐stop shop for all online classroom activity. By the end of the session, each participant will have an operating online classroom platform.
June 25-28 / 9-3 / 2 PLU / $375 ($0 for Woodward faculty)
Led by Dee Koscik (MS English) and Brian Sorrow (MS History)
In this follow-up to
Classroom in the Cloud, we will expand on our Google site and extend the many uses of this online platform in our classrooms. We will build upon the basic skills and knowledge presented in week one as we target more advanced users and those who completed the first class. Teachers will learn how to create and utilize student-centered, project-based learning, site-specific quizzes, participatory surveillance, forms and parental communication, pod-casting, video, and digital communication.
July 16-19 OR July 30 - Aug 2 / 8:30-2:30 / 2 PLU / $295 ($0 for Woodward faculty)
Led by David Widener (MS Technology; Apple Certified iLife Instructor)
Digital Video is very important to today's learner and as a classroom tool for engaging and educating students. In this four day hands on class learn how to set-up a simple studio, produce videos and integrate digital video that provide real and significant learning experiences for students. Students will learn iMovie 11, a powerful media program that is a part of the iLife 11 suite. This class will provide hands-on instruction for learning: how to use a digital video camera, perform basic editing techniques, capture video, insert transitions, create special effects, add titles, narrate video, add a soundtrack, and export to DVD or to the web.
June 4-7 / June 11-14 / June 18-21 / July 16-19
Featuring: College Board Endorsed Consultants (coordinated by EdventureGA)