Instructional+Technologist+Portfolio

toc The artifacts contained in this professional digital portfolio demonstrate personal competencies related to Prince William County Schools' five domains of knowledge and expertise.

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=1 | Instructional Applications = =2 | Professional Development and Training for Adults = =3 | Technology and K-12 Student Learning = >>> >>> >>>  media type="file" key="Spring 2010_Student Sample 1.mp3" width="240" height="20"media type="file" key="Spring 2010_Student Sample 2.mp3" width="240" height="20" >>> >>> >>>  >>>  >>>  =4 | Leadership and Project Management Skills = >> media type="custom" key="20549394" >>> I had a fabulous time getting re-energized Friday at the Administrator’s Day at Discovery. >>> Thank you to all who set this up for us. It is great to hear and share thoughts with such knowledgeable and dynamic speakers. =5 | Instructional Technology Coursework and Professional Development = >>> =6 | Related Artifacts =
 * **An original spreadsheet or database created to support a specific content objective **
 * Here's a Google Spreadsheet I built to aggregate all iPad apps that teachers evaluated in the summer. First, teachers submitted their evaluations via two Google Forms I developed; one focused on content apps, and one focused on creation apps. I sorted the information within the spreadsheets and assembled this Google Spreadsheet to give teachers a living document that they can continually access when looking for an app aligned to a specific instructional objective.
 * Here's a digital resource database I developed in Diigo for student use on a political scrapbook project.
 * Here's an Instructional Technology Coach's Menu survey I created for our faculty at the beginning of the year. As they submitted their survey, all results were aggregated into a spreadsheet and then processed. //A copy of the faculty spreadsheet of results is available upon request .//
 * **An original website created to support a specific content objective **
 * Click here to view my Staff Development wiki page. The resources shared on this page are a compilation of presentations, integration strategies and implementation directions that I have created for my faculty. These resources have also been published on my Instructional Technology Professional Development Fusion Page on our school website.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Here is a sampling of wiki pages I have created to support standards-based performance assessments executed in my classroom.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Political Scrapbook | Political Scrapbook (with modifications for learning needs)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Operation Active Tiger
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Round Trip Ticket Around the World
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">@Stock Market Simulation
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Here's a PDF of a SOL Resource Page created in School Fusion (*the content of my school fusion page is private):
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">[[file:SOL Resource Page.pdf]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Here's a PDF of an AP Exam Resource Page created in School Fusion (*the content of my school fusion page is private):
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">[[file:AP Exam Resource Page.pdf]]
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">An original flyer or brochure created to support a specific content objective **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Each month, I introduce a new Bulldog Tech Challenge to our faculty. The goal of these tech challenges are to encourage educators to try new digital tools. Click on the links below to view the tech challenge flyers, or visit this live binder.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Bulldog Tech Challenge #1: Prezi
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Bulldog Tech Challenge #2: GlogsterEDU
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Bulldog Tech Challenge #3: Digital Storytelling
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Bulldog Tech Challenge #4: TodaysMeet
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Bulldog Tech Challenge #5: Discovery Education STREAMING
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Here are a series of flyers I created while working at Discovery Education to support secondary educators as they seamlessly integrated Discovery Education STREAMING into their lessons, activities and assessments.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">11 Tips: Secondary Social Studies and Discovery Education STREAMING
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">10 Tips: Secondary Math / Science and Discovery Education STREAMING
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">10 Tips: Secondary English and Discovery Education STREAMING
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">10 Tips: Secondary English and Discovery Education STREAMING
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">An original presentation created to support a specific content objective **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Here's an interactive SMART Notebook presentation used to review with AP Macroeconomic students at the conclusion of Semester 1:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> [[file:AP Marco_Mid-term Skills Review.notebook]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Here's a media-infused learning center developed for students:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">[[file:Media-infused Learning Center_Unemployment.pptx]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The goal of this media-infused learning center is to help students learn key concepts related to unemployment through the use of video and audio that highlights our current economic situation in relation to the Great Depression.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">An original audio or video created to support a specific content objective **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Below is an Influencing Government Glog I designed. Original audio has been included in this Glog to support auditory learners, and an original video mash-up introducing the topic of the glog has been embedded in the "MY TV" player to support visual learners and build empathy.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">[|Click here] to learn more about the goals of this Glog.
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 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">At least 2 sets of original training materials created by the applicant and used in a professional development session, training workshop, or conference presentation **
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Staff Development Resource Page **
 * **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Digital Storytelling 2.0 with Discovery Education STREAMING **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> **-** //This presentation has been delivered in multiple capacities including conferences, training workshops, and professional development sessions.//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Click here to view the Prezi
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Click here for takeaway resources
 * **<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">50 Ways to Use Discovery Education STREAMING **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> - //This presentation has been delivered in multiple capacities including conferences, training workshops, and professional development sessions.//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Click here to view the takeaway resources (the presentation file can be viewed in the last tab of the live binder).
 * **<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Discovery Education Science and the 5E Model **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> - //This presentation has been delivered in multiple capacities including conferences, training workshops, and professional development sessions.//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">[[file:DE Science and 5E Model.pptx|Click here]] to download the presentation.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">[[file:DEscience&5Emodel.pdf|Click here]] to download takeaway resources.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Click here to view an assignment developed in Discovery Education STREAMING. This assignment was designed to model how assignments can be used, how web 2.0 tools can be embedded into assignments, and how educators could use the media assets available within Discovery Education STREAMING to facilitate the 5E Model instructional approach. //Please enter your name to view the assignment.//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">For additional presentations and takeaway resources, you are invited to view my presentation map. Most pins are linked to takeaway resources. //Please zoom out to view the entire U.S.//
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 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Course descriptions of classes designed or taught by the applicant or summaries of conference presentations **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Adjunct Professor for [|Wilkes University Instructional Media Program].
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Course(s) facilitated:
 * **<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">EDIM 502 | Project-based Learning **: <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Project-Based Learning is a dynamic hands-on approach to learning that takes content knowledge and skills out of the isolated classroom and employs it to solve authentic problems in real world settings. Students work in collaborative teams that can include global partners. The driving question that is at the core of a project based learning experience challenges students to think creatively and utilize the knowledge, skills, and habits of professionals in that discipline. So, students find themselves doing the work of scientists, mathematicians, historians, and etc. to solve real world problems and create products that have a wide audience and enduring value beyond the classroom. *Course overview retrieved from: http://masters.discoveryeducation.com/about-our-courses/edim-502/
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Sampling of conference presentation summaries:
 * **<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Discovery Education Science and the 5 E Model: ** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Students learn by doing, and Discovery Education SCIENCE is a curriculum solution designed to inspire your students to think like scientists as they immerse themselves in hands-on digital science content. Explore the content and features in Discovery Education SCIENCE and see how students are motivated by the interactive content, virtual labs, simulations, and other engaging media.
 * **<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">21 Ways to Reach Today’s Learner: **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Motivate students, engage higher order thinking, support retention and transfer, and achieve learning goals with a myriad of creative integration strategies for using Discovery Education media assets. During this session, we will explore how to use Discovery Education resources to create interactive lesson plans that support all curricular areas while differentiating instruction. To foster student learning, we will also take a sneak peek into the Student Center and uncover new possibilities for supporting diverse learners.
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Digital Storytelling 2.0 with Discovery Education Streaming **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**:** Take digital storytelling to the next level with Web 2.0 applications. Participants will explore how Web 2.0 applications such as Photo Peach, Voicethread, and Jay Cut can be harnessed by students to communicate their learning through the publishing of creative media-rich digital stories.
 * **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Reaching All Students | Using the DE STREAMING Builders and My Classrooms to Provide Targeted Content: ** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">During this session, you will learn how to put the power of learning at the fingertips of your students through Discovery Education’s Student Center. In this interactive, hands-on session, you will explore how educators can use Discovery Education’s media, interactive builder tools, and more to reach different learners while fostering the creating mind.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Click here for a link of all presentations. //This Google Map has also been embedded above.//
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">At least 2 sets of course evaluations for courses/workshops taught by the applicant **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">[|Click here] to view event feedback from the Greater Philadelphia Area Workshops - //June 2011//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Please reference **4 | Leadership and Project Management Skills** as event feedback has been included in each summary.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Student evaluations from Project-based Learning course in the Instructional Media Graduate Education Program - Summer 2012 (//​a hard copy of the student survey results available upon request).//
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">"As a recent transfer student, I am very impressed with the attention to detail put forth by this instructor."
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">"I really appreciated her responses to our discussion posts. She summarized the posts of all students in her own post commenting on points that she agreed with from each students remarks. She put a lot of energy into commenting on our posts which made our work valuable."
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Student evaluations from Project-based Learning course in the Instructional Media Graduate Education Program - Fall 2012 (//a hard copy of the student survey results available upon request//).
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">"Expectations were clear and we were also given feedback as to why we got the grades we did."
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">"I appreciated the positive comments and feedback on my discussion posts and when she would recognize and mention my name and those of the other students in her end of week review discussions."
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">"Highly knowledgeable in this field. Very adaptable and responsive to reviewing student marks. I very much appreciated this of her."
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Evidence of development or use of assessment tools to determine training needs **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Click here to view a pre-event survey that solicits feedback from participants related to their present degree of knowledge and expertise.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Click here to view a professional development presentation with a pre-assessment component.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Evidence of using different teaching strategies to meet the needs of different adult learners **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">This is difficult to show digitally. Prior to a professional development workshop, I will ask participants to complete a pre-event survey. In that survey, I ask them to articulate their desired learning outcomes for the event as well as their current level of expertise related to the content being presented. I use this data to focus the development of my professional development materials and presentation structure. At the beginning of a presentation, I will solicit additional feedback from participants and constantly switch gears to best meet their needs during the presentation. I enter any workshop prepared to have a varying degree of learners. I like to provide hands-on time for my participants after a few new tools, resources, or strategies are explored. This is particularly useful because it allows me to monitor progress; supporting both the most advanced learners and the most unfamiliar learners.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">An original lesson plan using spreadsheets or databases to support a lesson on a specific content objective **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Click here to view a standards-based unit plan I developed for a unit on economic performance measures. This unit can be successfully executed in an academic level Economics course or an AP Macroeconomics course (*modifications needed to meet the needs of students at each level). //If you are interested in viewing the "teacher's guide" that includes suggested responses for the assessments, click here. You will need to request permission to view this via Google Docs.//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">As part of this unit, students produce an original podcast on our current economic situation. To do this, students need to search for data in the various databases, develop tables and charts using the data, analyze and examine their findings, and then create the podcast using Audacity. Students use databases from the [|U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics] and [|U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis].
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The project details can be found starting on page 27 of the teacher's guide or by downloading the specific project file shared below . //<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">In the document below you will find the assignment guidelines, directions, daily benchmarks, and grading rubrics. //
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Here's an audacity tutorial created for students: **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Here are a few student examples: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Click here to view a lesson plan I developed for using real-world examples to demonstrate the importance of Monetary Policy. The enduring understanding framing this lesson was: When the Fed cuts interest rates, it not only affects the economy but it also affects your personal finance.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">As part of this lesson, students completed a Car Loan activity. They had to use online tools such as BankRate.com to calculate a monthly auto loan and analyze how changes in the federal funds rate impact the cost of borrowing. To do this, they also had to generate data from the Federal Reserve database.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**Here's a student sample**:
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">An original lesson plan using a multimedia application to support a lesson on a specific content objective **
 * **<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Round Trip Ticket Around the World **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Here is the lesson plan for a digital storytelling assessment about world religions.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**Project Snapshot:** Pretend that you just returned to C.D. Hylton from a summer trip in India and China. While in those two countries, you uncovered the details of four belief systems: Hinduism; Buddhism; Confucianism; and Daoism. Your goal is to take your classmates on a virtual tour of these belief systems through the development of a digital scrapbook of images and text that accommodate the perspective of a foreign traveler (YOU).
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Updated Project Guidelines: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Click here to view student feedback and student examples.
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Influencing Government Photo Story **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Here is a lesson plan for a digital storytelling assessment about the American political system and how it is influenced by political parties, interest groups, and the media.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Project Snapshot: Imagine you are a 5th grade teacher. You recently entered a contest designed to familiarize schoolchildren with the American political system. You have been tasked with creating a 12 page children’s storybook using digital storytelling. Your finished product will be displayed in the 21st Century Media Room in a Washington D.C. Museum. The contest-winning book will be awarded a prize!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Project Guidelines:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Here's an example I created to model the assignment to students.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Student Sample **
 * **<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Great Moments in Civil Rights Commission Project **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Here is the lesson plan for a digital storytelling assessment about the Civil Rights Movement. Students had 1 day to research in class, and then the project was completed outside of school.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**Project Snapsho**t: You have been selected to serve on the Great Moments in Civil Rights Commission! Your committee has been tasked with establishing the most important and influential event of the Civil Rights Movement (1950 to 1963). As a commissioner, you must research a nominated event and prepare a digital movie that will effectively persuade other members of the Civil Rights Commission to select your event as the most significant to the Civil Rights Movement.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Click on the links below to download the project guidelines and rubrics.
 * **<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Economic Encounters **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**Project Snapshot:** For this assignment, students used Ning to share daily economic encounters. The goal of this activity was to allow students to investigate ways economics impacts daily life, synthesize their finds on the class Ning, and apply academic concepts to defend how and why this real-world photograph reflects economics.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">No formal lesson plan exists for this activity as much of the work was completed out of school, but [[file:Economic Encounters.pdf|click here]] to view the project guidelines.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">No student examples exist as our class Ning page is now inactive due to the fees Ning has put in place for using their social network.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">*//This assignment will be updated in Fall 2012//*
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">An original lesson plan using internet resources/search strategies to support a lesson on a specific content objective **
 * **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Interactive Political Scrapbook Performance Assessment **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Here are the [[file:Unit_2_Lesson_Plans.pdf|lesson plans]] the Interactive Political Scrapbook Performance Assessment (they are embedded into the unit 2 lesson plans).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**Project Snapshot**: Imagine you are trying to pursue a career in journalism. The upcoming edition of Tiger Times Online will feature a political scrapbook that evaluates the political leadership and public service of an elected official in the American political system. You are competing among top editors, and having your political scrapbook published may open the door to future opportunities in the digital publishing world.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Click here to view the project wiki which includes all documents related to this assessment.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Click here to view a project wiki that includes modifications to support learning needs.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Student Example: **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> [[file:Political Scrapbook_Student Example.pptx|Obamacare]] (*Students added non-linear actions to their PowerPoints in this assignment. For an optimal experience, view this PowerPoint in "presentation mode" and use the non-linear actions to transition through the scrapbook.
 * **<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">A Historical Look at Landmark Supreme Court Cases **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Here are the lesson plans for this multi-day activity.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**Project Snapshot:** You have been selected to serve on a Landmark Supreme Court Case Commission. Your committee has been tasked with establishing the most important and influential Supreme Court case in recent history. As a commissioner, your group (2-3 people) must research and review a nominated court case and prepare an interactive presentation that will effectively persuade other members of the Landmark Supreme Court Case Commission to select your case as the most significant Supreme Court decision in recent times. Voting will take place in closed ballot. The winning group will receive bonus points!
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Project Guidelines: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**Student Sample:** [[file:Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier_Sample.pptx]] (*Students had the option to use many different presentation platforms including iMovie, Movie Maker, Photo Story, Prezi, and PowerPoint. This group did a particularly good job using PowerPoint).
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">An original lesson plan that is part of an interdisciplinary unit **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Here are the [[file:Daily Lesson Plans_Issue Project.pdf|lesson plans]] for a semester long PBL/CBL focused on contemporary issues.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Here is the Project Sketch for the PBL. I partnered with a colleague to implement this semester long assessment across the entire 12th grade. This project sketch demonstrates our initial brainstorming.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Project Snapshot: ** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">With a focus on “Evaluating a Contemporary Issue,” the Issue Project is designed to help students understand the role of local, county, state and federal government in addressing the complex issues that affect our community. In small groups, students will identify a problem that concerns them and then embark on a research investigation to clarify the issue and discover the economic and governmental institutions that can support solutions to the problem. The final product will be a digital media presentation for a public official who has the authority to address the issue.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Click here to view the project wiki which includes all documents related to this assessment.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**Student Examples**:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Recycling at School: [[file:Issue Project_Recycling at MNHS.pdf|Presentation]] (converted to PDF) and Public Service Announcement
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Billboards in Marple Township: [[file:Issue Project_Billboards in Marple Township.pdf|Presentation]] (converted to PDF) and Public Service Announcement
 * **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">A brief personal vision statement on the use of technology to support student learning. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">[[file:Philosophy of Teaching.pdf|Click here]] to view my philosophy of education which highlights the importance of instructional technology.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">[[file:Fostering Creativity and Empathy of Social Studies Content Using Web 2.0 Applications.pdf|Click here]] to view Fostering Creativity and Empathy of Social Studies Content Using Web 2.0 Applications; an educational research paper that uses brain-based research to illustrate how web 2.0 tools can be used to foster creativity and empathy of social studies content using differentiated instruction and an inquiry-based approach to making learning rigorous and relevant for all learners.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Here's a 60-word wordle generated from the paper; it serves as a visual snapshot of the content.
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2012-08-08 at 4.18.48 PM.png width="593" height="290"]]
 * **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Greater Philadelphia Area Workshops **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">: //In June 2011, I designed, organized, and delivered a series of 2-3 hour workshops in the Greater Philadelphia Area.//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The dates, times, and locations of each workshop can be found on the Google Map embedded below.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Click here to access a Live Binder of takeaway resources from the workshops.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Click here to view event feedback (*please note, participants names and locations have been removed to maintain their personal privacy).
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**Administrators Day of Discovery:** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> //In May 2011, I organized a one-day conference specifically designed for area Administrators including: building administrators, district administrators, district personnel, curriculum coordinators, and curriculum supervisors. The event was delivered to promote the Discovery Educator Network, Discovery Education digital content services, and support administrators as they work to facilitate the shift from students as consumers to students as producers. While my entire team supported the event, my responsibilities included but were not limited to: securing the location; securing the keynote speaker; securing the concurrent session presenters; developing the agenda and session grid for the day; setting up the catering; developing the signage for the event; acquiring prizes; managing the attendee list; creating name badges for all attendees; soliciting post-event feedback; providing post event resources; and fielding event inquiries and questions.//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Participants included 80+ administrators from the DC Metro Area.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">For more information, including the event essential questions and event flyer, visit my blog post announcing the event.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">For post-event highlights, visit my blog post [|here].
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Event Feedback (*please note, participants names and locations have been removed to maintain their personal privacy).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for including me in today's event. It was a fabulous morning with remarkable speakers and outstanding resources. Everyone should have walked away re-energized to continue to engage their students with Discovery tools in their classrooms.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Hello Cynthia
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**Beyond the Textbook Day of Discovery**: //<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> In May 2011, I organized a one-day conference specifically designed for educators. The event was delivered to promote the Discovery Educator Network, Discovery Education digital content services, and empower educators to "spring" beyond the textbook and discover ways to captivate the attention of 21st century learners. While my entire team supported the event, my responsibilities included but were not limited to: securing the location; securing the keynote speakers; securing the concurrent session presenters; developing the agenda and session grid for the day; setting up the catering; developing the signage for the event; acquiring prices; managing the attendee list and wait list; creating name badges for all attendees; working with corporate partners; developing the DEN STAR challenge to help build community; soliciting post-event feedback; providing post-event resources. //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Participants included 180+ educators from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, and North Carolina.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">For more information, visit my blog post announcing the event.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">To read post-event highlights contributed by myself and other attendees, click here.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Event Feedback (*please note, participants names and locations have been removed to maintain their personal privacy).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Here's an Animoto Story developed by a participant who traveled from New Jersey.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Cynthia, Thanks for a great conference. I was running around my building showing various folks what sessions I attended and recruiting future DEN Stars.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Hi Cynthia, Thanks for a great day yesterday. I had so much fun, as did all of my staff members who were in attendance. We took away amazing ideas to implement next school year.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">I had a great time. The people were fantastic. Everything was so organized and ran so smoothly. Thank you so much for including me. Please let me know if I can help out in the future.
 * **<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">STEMulating Student Engagement Webinar Series: **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> I developed and delivered this webinar series that featured the resources available within Discovery Education to engage and inspire students with vibrant STEM content. Specifically, this webinar series showcased how to blend media-rich, interactive, inquiry-based content with creative instructional strategies to engage students in STEM activities, reinforce literacy skills, and encourage students to explore and pursue careers in STEM-related fields.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">This webinar series was delivered in 3, 1 hour sessions during March 2011
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Participants included educators and administrators
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Click here to view my blog post about this webinar series:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Participant Feedback:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Thanks again for the information in yesterday’s webinar…I support all 19 buildings in our district with professional development and found the information to be something that our teachers should have.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Thank you. I look forward to utilizing the resources. I love your website, great resource for our content curriculum.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The webinar yesterday was wonderful. I will share what I learned with others. Great job!
 * **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Masters of Science in Education, Instructional Media **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Below are the courses I completed in the degree program. Please visit the program [|website] for more detailed information on each course.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">ED 520: Using Assessment to Guide Instruction
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">EDIM 501: Cognition and Technology: Aligning Brain-Based Research and Technology Integration
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">EDIM 502: Project-Based Learning
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">EDIM 503: Differentiation Supported by Technology
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">EDIM 504: Digital Storytelling
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">EDIM 507: Globalization and Advocacy
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">EDIM 508: Digital Media in the Classroom
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">EDIM 510: Web 2.0: Impacting Learning Environments
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">EDIM 513: Inquiry-Based Learning
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">EDIM 514: Internet Tools for Teaching
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Professional Development (2011-2012 School Year) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Advanced Placement Economics Conference, October 2011
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">iThink iNeed iPads in the Classroom, December 2011
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Integrating SMART Interactive Whiteboards into Classroom Instruction – Intermediate, January 2012
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Virtual Economics, February 2012
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Flipping Your Classroom with FIZZ, March 2012
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Creating Visually Informative Projects, March 2012
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Social Learning Summit, April 2012
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">SMS High School Year End Grade Reporting, May 2012
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">SMS – Keystone Online Overview and Navigation of Chancery SMS, June 2012
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">iPads in the Elementary Classroom, June 2012
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">CollegeBoard AP Summer Institute – Economics, June 2012
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Discovery Educator Network Summer Institute, July 2012
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Connected Educator Month - Collective Brain Webinar, August 2012
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Blogs **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">(current) EdTech Explorations
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">(past) Technology Exploration