March 2009 Topics: Introduction to PBL, Web 2.0

Week of March 2-6, Vance Middle

Topic: netTrekker, GoogleDocs

Internet searching and collaboration

     Presented by Instructional Technology Team

Week of March 9-13 Booker T. Washington

Topic: netTrekker, GoogleDocs

Teachers will begin using Google Docs amongst themselves for collaboration in preparation for student use.  netTrekker will be used by teachers and students for research. 

Internet searching and collaboration

     Presented by Instructional Technology Team

Expected Outcome:  Teachers will gain an awareness of Google Docs as a collaborative tool and netTrekker as the educational search engine.  

Teachers will begin using Google Docs amongst themselves for collaboration in preparation for student use.  netTrekker will be used by teachers and students for research. 

Nettrekker -handouts and directions 

Week of March 25 - 27 - Social Bookmarking and Wikis- Georgia Ave.

Teachers will create a delicious.com account for bookmarking and be introduced to their resource wiki for project

     Presented by Instructional Technology Team

Expected Outcome:  Teachers will learn about social bookmarking and wikis.  Teachers will also  learn the beginning steps for incorporating Web 2.0 tools into student projects and assignments.

Week of March 29  - Social Bookmarking and Wikis- - BTW

Teachers will create a delicious.com account for bookmarking and be introduced to their resource wiki for project

     Presented by Instructional Technology Team

Expected Outcome:  Teachers will learn about social bookmarking and wikis.  Teachers will also  learn the beginning steps for incorporating Web 2.0 tools into student projects and assignments.

Ongoing Support