Agenda

5 hour professional workshop learning how to use twitter, wikis, and blogs in the classroom.
 * Agenda **

Pre-training 1. Fill out questionnaire and send back to instructor three days prior to the workshop for collaboration groups to be generated. 2. Access graphic organizer and answer questions. 3. Participants need to access the three technologies websites prior to the first day of the workshop.

**__Day 1 __** Introduction – 20 minutes - Facilitator will welcome the group and read over emails previously sent to participants and have a group discussion concerning the three technologies that will be utilized in the classroom. Why use technology in the classroom – 20 min -Facilitator will show the video clip (Did you know) and discuss the importance of technology in the classroom. Get in groups and get to know individuals – 20 min - Form groups of participants and talk about strengths and weaknesses associated with technology in the classroom *Participants can email instructor or other group members if they wish to continue this discussion past the 1 hour session

**__Day 2: Learn to twitter __** Welcome & pick up handout– 5 minutes <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Watch introduction video “How to Use Twitter”– 5 min <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Walk participants through creating a twitter account and setting up specifics – 20 min <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Post information about twitter to webpage, email parents, send first tweet – 10 minutes <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Work in groups – what do you need or want to tweet about to parents? How can this be a useful tool in your classroom? – 15 min <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Wrap up – 5 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">*Participants can email instructor or other group members if they wish to continue this discussion past the 1 hour session

**__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Day 3: Learn to wiki __** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Welcome – 5 min <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Watch video – Using wikis in the classroom – 3 min <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Watch video – Introduction – 2 min <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Watch video – Personal wiki – 2 min <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Walk participants through creating a wikispace and setting up specifics. – 15 min <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Watch video – Files and Pictures – 2 min <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Creating new pages and upload lesson plans, worksheets, etc. – 15 min <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Watch video – Embed Widgets – 2min <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Embed widgets – 10 min <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Wrap up – 4 min <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">*Participants can email instructor or other group members if they wish to continue this discussion past the 1 hour session

**__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Day 4: Learn to blog __** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Welcome – 5 min <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Watch video – Why Blog? – 2 min <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">How to create a edublog (PDF) and create a blog – 10 min <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Writing your first post (PDF) and create first post – 15 min <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Group work - Inserting images, video or audio files, embedding videos (video), and inserting documents (PDFs) and completing each task – 25 min <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Wrap up – 3 min <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">*Participants can email instructor or other group members if they wish to continue this discussion past the 1 hour session

**__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Day 5: Wrap-up __** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Welcome and video – Up to the challenge – 10 min <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Group work – compare and talk about twitter, wiki, and blogs – 20 min <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">How to utilize these technologies in the classroom – 15 min <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Wrap up & evaluations– 15 min

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Additional learning materials will be available to participants that will give more indepth instruction using these three technologies in the classroom. These materials will be located under the Materials & Handout Page