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ActivInspire and Promethean Board Use || **Day # 6 ** || Web 2.0 and Promethean Boards (cont.) |||||| **Prerequisite Knowledge: ** Promethean Board Basics; Days 1-5 of Training ||
 * =Technology Workshop Lesson Plan= ||
 * ===Instructor Name: Stephanie Miller=== || **Workshop Title: **
 * ===Subject(s) of the day's workshop:===
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Content:
Today’s training will focus on Web 2.0 that is available outside of MCPS’s list.Activities will require use of Teacher's Domain, Grockit Answers, an wikispaces. Teachers will search for web-based lessons and will explain how they can be used in their classroom. They will then use the main Web 2.0 discussed to create lessons and activities that can be used in their own teaching. || By the end of this training, teachers will be able to:
 * **Objectives: **
 * Access, analyze and use Web 2.0 from outside of MCPS.
 * Create lessons using Web 2.0 activities that increase student collaboration and critical thinking. ||
 * =Activities=

Activity 1: Web 2.0 Tools
Review the list of Web 2.0 technologies (see Web 2.0 Tools wiki page).

Which have you used before? Which are you interested in trying? Take a look at the Web 2.0 Discussion and Post a response to the questions there. = = = =

Activity 2: Teacher's Domain
= = Looking at Teacher's Domain, choose a lesson that you think is "worth it" in your classroom. Check out the Screencast for more information and then the embedded document for the next steps in the assignment. = = = = =media type="youtube" key="1PoPVZqrcgw" height="315" width="560" = = = = = = media type="custom" key="11340912" = = = = =

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Activity 3: Grockit Answers
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">After exploring Grockit Answers, utilize it to make a lesson from a youtube video. = = = = =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">media type="custom" key="11344056" = = = = = =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">media type="youtube" key="KyR2Y-Etf2c" height="315" width="560" = = = = =

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Activity 4: Look What they're Doing with Google Apps for Education
Take a look at this group from Classroom 2.0 who focuses on Using Google Apps for Education. After skimming some of what they say and looking at this example of a final project, do you think you might use Google Apps for Education in your own classroom someday? What do you think this platform could do for collaboration among students? Visit the discussion for this topic and let me know your thoughts! = =

Activity 5: Evaluation
Please respond to the Evaluation discussion post as requested. This will serve to improve future trainings and to make sure that the positives don't get lost in the changes! ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Additional materials: **

Defining Critical Thinking
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