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Intel Teach to the Future


 Linking Technology and Curriculum

Preparing New Teachers for New Hampshire

Need a boost to better integrate technology into your curriculum?
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Sign up now for forty hours of training for K-12 teachers!

Participating teachers will receive five days (from February to May 2003) of training, software (Microsoft Office XP Professional, Encarta Encyclopedia), a resource book, a 32MB USB pocket drive to store your files, and a $500 stipend. The cooperating teacher’s school district will receive $1,000 per teacher to cover the teacher’s stipend, travel costs, and the cost to hire substitute teachers for the five training days. This opportunity is limited to 20 teachers.


Course:           Teach to the Future: Linking Technology and Curriculum

Instructor:      Lori Collins, Intel Trainer         

Audience:       K - 12 Teachers in New Hampshire who will serve as mentors, instructors, or supervisors who will support the learning experiences of future teachers during their pre-service field work or their first year of teaching

Course Description:

This 10-module course will provide teachers with strategies and ideas on using technology in the classroom to enhance lesson unit plans. Participants will develop an entire lesson unit using Microsoft Office XP (Word and PowerPoint), Microsoft Publisher 2002, the Internet, and the Encarta Multimedia Encyclopedia. This course will also cover topics on copyright laws, monitoring students using the Internet, and classroom management and strategies for classrooms with only one to three computers. The main focus of this course, however, is content!

Participants will receive a complimentary personal copy of Microsoft Office XP Professional for Windows and Encarta Encyclopedia 2003 CDs upon course completion and will have an opportunity to post their completed lesson unit plan on the Intel Teach to the Future web site.  Participants will also have the opportunity to purchase graduate credits for this course. For more information about course content, e-mail Lori at lorico@attbi.com.  

Where: Southern NH University, Center for Financial Studies Lab, Robert Frost Building

When:   March 3, March 17, March 31, April 7, and April 14, 2003 ( All sessions begin at 8 AM and end at 4 PM. Refreshments included.)

Hours: 40 hours (5 days @ 8 hours per day)

Credits: 3 graduate credits possible

Sponsors: This course is sponsored by the New Hampshire Department of Education, in cooperation with Intel, Microsoft, and Southern NH University. This course is one of several training opportunities offered by Project New Teachers, dedicated to enabling pre-service students, teacher preparation faculty, and PreK-12 mentor teachers to attain technology competencies in teaching credential content areas via innovative technology experiences.

 

 

Prerequisites:

The intent of this institute is to train in-service teachers who will serve as mentors, instructors, or supervisors who will support the learning experiences of future teachers during their pre-service work or their first year of teaching.

§         Therefore, you must be working in a cooperating district that accepts student teachers from a teacher education program at a NH Institution of Higher Education (IHE). Ideally, your substitute teacher would be a pre-service teacher with whom you can maintain e-mail and/or face to face contact during their first year of teaching.

§         You must have a computer with Internet connection in your classroom.

§         You must attend all five training days.

§         You must have a basic knowledge of Windows and Microsoft Office XP, particularly MS Word and PowerPoint, Microsoft Publisher 2002, Internet Explorer

 

Questions? Contact Cathy at 271-2453 or chiggins@ed.state.nh.us

 

Course Modules:

Monday 3/03/03

AM

Module 1:

Introduction, Unit design

 

PM

Module 2:

Locating Resources

Monday 3/17/03

AM

Module 3:

Creating Multimedia Presentations

 

PM

Module 4:

Creating Student Publications

Monday 3/31/03

AM

Module 5:

Creating Unit Support Materials

 

PM

Module 6:

Creating Student Web Sites

Monday 4/7/03

AM

Module 7:

Creating Teacher Support Materials

 

PM

Module 8:

Putting Unit Portfolios Together

Monday 4/14/03

AM

Module 9:

Showcasing Unit Portfolios

 

PM

Module 10:

Implementation

 

 

Teach to the Future Application Form

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To apply, please fax this page by 2-14-03 to the attention of Cathy Higgins at FAX: 271-1953.

Name (print):                                                                                                                           

School & District:                                                                                                                      

Grade & Subject(s) Currently Teaching:                                                                                   

Phone (school):                                                              E-mail:                                                

Please indicate your school’s Higher Education Institution affiliation:

 

Your Signature:                                                                                                                                    

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