Capital Area Center for Educational Support
Serving the Educators of Central New Hampshire
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Capital Area Center for Educational Support
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CACES
The Capital Area Center is focused on providing high quality professional development with an emphasis on infusing technology into effective instruction, curriculum, and assessment.
CACES Summer Institute: Spend one day, a few days, or all four days at CACES with other educators refreshing your curriculum to meet the needs of the 21st learner and the NH ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) Standards. Each day will focus on specific themes meant to assist all teachers in meeting the ICT standards using their present curriculum. Learn, share, and collaborate with other teachers while expanding your knowledge of websites, applications, Moodle, and digital tools. You may register for 1, 2, 3, or all four days at: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=tcjzd Susan Adams: NHPTV Knowledge Network Maria Knee: Teacher, Deerfield, NH, Gerry Ryder: Technology Integrationist, Shaker Regional School District Carisa Corrow: Merrimack Valley High School English Teacher and “Moodlicious” educator Heather Drolet: Merrimack Valley High School Life Skills Teacher and “Moodlicious” educator Kathy Malsbenden: Merrimack Valley School District Technology Coordinator, Co-Director CACES Sessions and Descriptions: Select daily sessions that best suit your needs. Monday, Aug. 4: Using Web tools in the classroom to meet ICT Standards and engage students in learning. Finding What You Are Looking For: Effective Searching on the Web In this session we will focus on locating quality sites for use by K-6 students. We will look at some great search sites for the classroom and we will look at effective search strategies for both students and teachers when looking for appropriate K-6 resources. We will also look at strategies to help students and educators evaluate the content of web sites for bias, authenticity, and accuracy. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Research on the Web Today's student is increasingly using the Internet for research, but some of the sources they are using are questionable. This session will look at ways educators can help students learn to carefully and critically evaluate Internet sources when they are doing research. We will also look at issues of citing Internet sources and plagiarism, we will visit some great starting points for student research, and we will look at effective search strategies for locating quality sources. Creating Global Communities Learn how create a global community within the walls of your classroom. In this workshop, you will learn how to: Blogging in the Elementary Classroom Blogging is an amazingly powerful, yet simple tool. If you can send an email, you can blog. A classroom blog helps parents stay informed about what their children do at school. A classroom blog connects children to other places outside their community and also helps build community within the classroom. A classroom blog is the 21st century bulletin board. Explore a variety of classroom blogs. Learn about the benefits of blogging. This session covers the basics of blogging in the elementary classroom, including the safety issues. Participants will be introduced to various classroom blogging platforms. This session will get you started and help you know how to proceed to set up a classroom blog in the fall. Tuesday, Aug. 5: Meeting ICT Standards Using software applications to meet ICT Standards Discover how you can create engaging technology activities in core subject areas that meet ICT standards. Projects created use a variety of software applications found on most computers such as: a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software, graphic organizer, or a paint program. Additional components of the projects include: microphones, digital images, and mpeg video. Sample projects will be shared and templates for creating some of these projects will be available for participants to take back to their classrooms. Meeting the ICT Standards using free online and open source software while brushing up on your computer skills Everyone is telling you not to worry about your tech skills when it comes to integrating the ICT Standard. They say the kids will help you. BUT…you want to know a little something! Spend the day refreshing your basic computer skills creating documents, spreadsheets, and presentation using open source software. We will go over file structure, making folders, finding files on the network and transferring them to online tools for collaborative work such as email attachments and Google Docs. Participants are encouraged to come ready to ask for help with skills they don’t want students know they need! Wednesday, Aug. 6: Moodle Day Advanced Moodle features and Moofolio Portfolio Integration Moofolio basic review which will include: uploading artifacts, how to enter reflections and use the file keeper. Advanced features will include creating an expressive portfolio and designing assignments using the MOODLE workshop feature, which is rubric based. Introduction to Moodle/Moofolio Portfolio and the NH-ICT Standards During this session, participants will be introduced to Moodle and Moofolio, the digital portfolio plug-in to Moodle. Participants will learn how to add users, create a class, and find their way around Moodle and Moofolio using their existing curriculum. ICT standards and requirements will be discussed and a time will be set aside to share how others are meeting ICT and portfolio standards. MV Tech Mentors will share different lessons they adapted to include an ICT component. Thursday, Aug. 7: Digital Tools Day Introduction to and using Digital Tools in the Classroom Digital tools like the camera, interactive whiteboards, and classroom response systems can engage students in learning in unexpected ways. Spend the morning making a digital story using the video and still cameras with applications like iPhoto, PhotoStory, iMovie and MovieMaker to create artifacts suitable for meeting the ICT Portfolio requirement. In the afternoon have fun using laptop sized interactive notepads whiteboards and classroom personal response systems with your digital story to discover how these tools can engage students in classroom discussions and promote higher level thinking. __________________________________________________________________________________ Listen to information about CACES.
_____________________________________________________________________________________ Collaborative for Defining High School Course Competencies CACES has undertaken the task of helping New Hampshire school districts meet the requirements of Approval Standard 306.27d(2). This standard requires that, “By the 2008-2009 school year, the local school board shall require that a high school have in place competency assessments for all courses offered through the high school.” Because many seem to agree that districts should work together in meeting this standard, CACES has formed a collaborative of districts interested in the development of a common template for developing high school course competencies. Click Here for Examples of Competency and ELO Policies Developed by NHSAA South Central CIA Group ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Video Conferencing Program .....Take your students on a field trip without leaving your classroom! Bring the world into your classroom with CACES' portable video conferencing unit. Your students can visit real places, interact with experts in their field, and experience first hand what would otherwise be impossible without traveling to sites around the country and around the world. _____________________________________________________________________________________
OPEN NH - Online Courses for Educators The mission of OPEN NH is to build capacity to design and deliver high quality professional development to meet the needs of NH educators and students in a cost effective manner. Core project activities will include selecting and training facilitators, designing online courses specifically tied to the needs of NH schools and educators, and researching effective online professional development. Spring 2008 Session Interested in getting your professional development on-line? Don't miss the latest "Open NH" courses at http://www.nheon.org/opennh/ These are online courses for teachers in a variety of areas. Cost is $100 per course and grad credits are available from PSU.
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