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Welcome Kentucky Certified Trainer Candidates

MarcoPolo Trainer Certification WorkshopSeptember 23-24, 2004

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Agenda Components

Welcome: Introductions & Expectations 9:00Review Pre-Session Assignment 9:15The Instructional Cycle-

Sample Lessons & Activities 9:20

MarcoPolo Consortium Partner Presentations 9:45ScienceNetLinks Calendar == Guided TourEconEdLink MarcoPolo Content IndexEdSiteMent MarcoQuestArts Edge MarcoGram; Partner Site Talking PointsReadWriteThink Elem. & Sec. Guides, interactive partner site mapsIlluminations Trainer MarcoGramXpeditions Guided Tour

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Getting to Know Your Audience 1:00 (Challenges & Expectations)

Kentucky Strategies 1:15

MarcoPolo Overviews3:15

Training challenges – rollout 3:30Wrap-up, reflections

3:50Adjourn 4:00

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Friday 9:00Teacher and Professional Development

ResourcesStrategies for using resourcesRusticello (Felice Nightengale) 9:30Lunch 11:30ICFC framework, Library of sample lessons,

Trainer MarcoGram, ISTE NETS-T 12:30Kentucky Time 1:30 Rollout strategies & responsibilities – DO THE

MATHWrap-Up & Reflection; Survey 3:30Adjourn 3:45

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Agenda Components

Review Pre-Session Assignment and materials

The Instructional Cycle

Sample Lessons & Activities

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Guiding Questions• What type of Internet-based resource is this?

• Where will teachers use this activity in the Teaching Instructional Cycle?

• What teaching strategy will they use to integrate the resource?

• How will they deal with equipment issues? 

• What other resources can they use in conjunction with this resource?

• What kind of student products will be produced?

Sample Lesson

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Teaching Instructional Cycle

Opening Motivational

Activity

CoreLesson Plan

Activity

AssessmentActivity

Post-LessonEnrichment

Activity

ICFC Framework, TTK page 154 applies throughout the cycle!

Opening Motivational Activity

•Play audio and video clips

•Have students use interactive applets

•Sponge activity

•This day in history

Core Lesson Plan Activity

•Use lesson plan “out of the box”

•Adapt lesson plan to your needs

•Insert new resources/strategies into an existing lesson plan

•Use as a tool for research

•Create your own lesson plan

Post-Lesson Enrichment ActivityLook for online quizzes, games, and other activities that provide immediate feedback

“Re-teaching”

Assessment Activity

If they can “DO” it, they know it

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Sample Lessons & Learning Activities

http://illuminations.nctm.org/imath/3-5/GeometricSolids/index.html

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Framework For Integrating ICFC

Types of Internet Content

Teaching Materials

Online Presentation

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Learning Activities

Internet Excursions

Internet Partnerships

Portable content in reproducible

formats.

Examples: maps, charts, tables,

graphs, timeline, images, articles,

worksheets, activities and

handouts.

Information delivered in an

interactive format.

Examples: online exhibits, guided

tours, documentaries,

slide shows, videos, and audio clips.

Content designed to promote discovery,

decision making, problem solving

and critical thought.

Examples: multiple-choice games, puzzles,

quizzes, fill-in-the-blank forms and

calculators, interactive exhibits,

simulations.

Programs that link students to

an ongoing event.

Examples: a space mission, a

political campaign, an

expedition to the Artic.

Programs that link students to their peers in other schools

and other countries.

Examples: keypal programs,

cooperative research

programs.

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What types of ICFC did you see?

Types of Internet Content

Teaching Materials

Online Presentation

s

Learning Activities

Internet Excursions

Internet Partnerships

Student handouts Interactive applet;

could also be downloaded to the classroom

or lab computer

4 steps in lesson plan;

varied strategies for using the applets to

“illuminate” mathematical concepts (cooperative learning, independent activities, etc.); also using hands-

on “manipulatives”

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A Framework For Integrating ICFC

6. What kind of student

products will be produced?

6. What kind of student

products will be produced?

5. What other resources can I

use in conjunction

with this resource?

5. What other resources can I

use in conjunction

with this resource?

4. How will I deal with

equipment issues?

4. How will I deal with

equipment issues?

3. What teaching

strategy will I use to integrate the resource?

3. What teaching

strategy will I use to integrate the resource?

2. Where will I use this activity in the Teaching

Instructional Cycle?

2. Where will I use this activity in the Teaching

Instructional Cycle?

1. What type of

resource is this?

1. What type of

resource is this?

MarcoPolo ICFC

Framework

MarcoPolo ICFC

Framework

Guiding Questions

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2. Where will I use this activity in the Teaching

Instructional Cycle?

2. Where will I use this activity in the Teaching

Instructional Cycle?

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3. What teaching

strategy will I use to integrate the resource?

3. What teaching

strategy will I use to integrate the resource?

Curriculum Enrichment

Infuse new content into your current lesson plans and

lectures

Lesson Enhancement

Open a new dimension for learning in your

classroom

Learning Experience

Create your own content by charting a

path of discovery through cyberspace

Teaching Tool

Use the interactive nature of the Internet to engage students in inquiry-based learning

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4. How will I deal with

equipment issues?

4. How will I deal with

equipment issues?

•Low Tech•High Tech

How will you account for your specific classroom configuration?

Will you conduct the lesson high tech or low tech? How?

•One Computer •Mini lab •Full lab

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5. What other

resources can I use in conjunction

with this resource?

5. What other

resources can I use in conjunction

with this resource?

6. What kind of student

products will be

produced?

6. What kind of student

products will be

produced?

•Word Processing

•Database/Spreadsheet/Graphic Organizer

•Presentation Software

•Web Page Creation

•Written •Oral •Visual

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Students will use a spreadsheet program to make collect the data about the different shapes. Student groups will create a slide show presentation using HyperStudio or PowerPoint and explain their conclusion to their classmates.

Let’s Review Our Sample Lesson

1. What type of

resource is this?

1. What type of

resource is this?

2. Where will I use this activity in the Teaching

Instructional Cycle?

2. Where will I use this activity in the Teaching

Instructional Cycle?

3. What teaching

strategy will I use to integrate the resource?

3. What teaching

strategy will I use to integrate the resource?

4. How will I deal with

equipment issues?

4. How will I deal with

equipment issues?

5. What other resources can I

use in conjunction

with this resource?

5. What other resources can I

use in conjunction

with this resource?

6. What kind of student

products will be produced?

6. What kind of student

products will be produced?

Learning Activity

Central component of lesson plan

Student handouts;Online learning

I have 20 students, 4 computers, so we will work in small collaborative groups. Each student will have their own “job” to do within the group: mouse operator, recorder, etc.

Finished spreadsheets and/or multimedia presentations.

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Agenda Components

Partner Site PresentationsMarcoPolo Consortium

ScienceNetLinks Guided TourEconEdLink MarcoPolo Content IndexEdSiteMent MarcoQuestArts Edge MarcoGram; Partner Site Talking PointsReadWriteThink Elem. & Sec. Guides, interactive partner site mapsIlluminations Trainer MarcoGramXpeditions Guided Tour

What other options do you use?What sequence do you use and WHY?

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You may take a flash tour to find out!http://www.marcopolo-education.org/about/new.aspx

What is MarcoPolo?

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What is MarcoPolo?• Partnership between leading educational

organizations and MarcoPolo Education Foundation

• Standards-based Internet Content for the Classroom (ICFC)

• Discipline-specific websites• Lesson Plans• Reviewed Web Sites• Student Interactives• Professional development support• Easily accessible on-line materials at NO COST• ALL Focused on helping students learn

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MarcoPolo Content Partners

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Partner Site Exploration

Common Features of the Partners Sites

Partner Site Overviews

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Agenda Components

Teacher and Professional Development Resources (In-Depth)

Strategies for using resources

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Field Trainer MarcoGram e-newsletter

Online Trainer Resource CenterPrinted Training Materials

MarcoPolo Professional Development

Resources

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MarcoPolo Resources

New Users Page–MarcoPolo Audio Flash Tour (+ 20 minutes)

–Free Awareness Sessions (WebEx)

Teacher Resources–Featured Resources, New Lessons and MarcoPolo Calendar

Trainer Resources–Trainer Toolbox, Trainer Resource Center,

Field Trainer MarcoGrams

State Resources–Research and State Alignment Web Sites

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Teacher Resources

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MarcoPolo Calendar

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MarcoPolo Calendar

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MarcoPolo Calendar

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MarcoGrams

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MarcoGrams

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MarcoGrams (Cont.)

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Prof Development Resources

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Interactive Partner Site Maps   Interactive maps which provide overview, content and navigational features for each Partner Site.

Partner Talking Points   This comprehensive overview will help you become well-versed about each Content Partner Web site.

Internet Content for the Classroom (ICFC) Interactive Framework  

  This interactive framework outlines and links to examples of different types of Internet content, as well as various strategies for integrating this content into the curriculum. The Framework is available online and in Part 4 of the Training CD.

Online Trainer Resource Center

MarcoPolo Professional Development

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Rollout Network

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Research

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Research

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Research

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Electronic Resources

•Teachers can create/adopt/adapt standards-based lesson plans electronically

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Electronic Resources

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Partner Site Presentations Workshop

Who is this audience???

PONDER:– Tech comfort level: low medium high mixed– What technology do we have?– How will they be using MP?

• Field Trainer• Building Level “Ambassador”• Classroom teacher – “end user”• Administrator

– Grade level: elementary middle school secondarymixed

What resources will best meet the needs of this audience?

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Getting to Know Your Audience

Before Training Session– Review Cadre Logistics Form

(CLF)– Talk to Site Contact– Check Trainer Resource Center

Audience Inventory– Data Sheet

Beginning of Training Session– Poll Attendees (Sticky Notes)– “Affinity Diagram”– WebEx veterans – POLL feature– Other techniques???

Throughout the Training Session– Watch for "Hot" Issues– Review Your Agenda– Revisit Your Challenges

throughout the Day

http://marcopolo-education.org/documents/training_resource/Audience_Inventory.doc

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http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/

Partner Site Presentations Workshop

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ReadWriteThink Applet

MarcoPolo Content

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Partner Site Presentations Workshop

In a 6-8 minute presentation of the partner site.

Include:(THINK --- Standards – what should people know or be able to do with MarcoPolo?)– Overview– Lessons– Links– Activities– Standards– WOW Factor– Professional development aspects

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MarcoPolo Search Engine

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MarcoPolo Search Engine

4 Search Features

Teacher Guides Page 6

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Partner Developed Content /

Partner Reviewed Content Delineation

SpellcheckerPhrase Splitting

MarcoPolo Search EngineEnhancements

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MarcoPolo Search Engine

Enhanced Search Engine - summary–Search Again

–Improved Delineation between Partner Developed and Partner Reviewed Content

–Spell Checking

–Thesaurus

–Phrase Splitting

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Sample Comparison Search: Poet

MarcoPolo678 Partner-developed or panel-reviewed K-12 resources

YahooSponsors, advertising and 2.4 million resources for education, commerce, entertainment, etc.

Poet Software Corporation

Advertisement: Poet In My Window CD

Sponsor match: Poetry contest $58,000 in prizes!

Google2.7 million commercial and non-commercial web sites

Category Match : Content Management Software

Poet Software Corporation

The Poet’s Corner – File not Found

MarcoPolo Search Engine

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MarcoPolo Search Engine

Yahoo Search Engine

How Does MarcoPolo Compare?

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Agenda Components

MarcoPolo Overview

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MarcoPolo Overview

What are the key things you want your attendees to know about MarcoPolo?– Lessons and Links ICFC– Teacher resources –

• Quality• Based on National Standards • Developed or tested by teachers

– Partnerships• Content Partners --Reviewed, approved

content• State Partnerships

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MarcoPolo Overview

What are the key things you want your attendees to know about MarcoPolo?– Professional Development

• Train the Trainer model

– Search Engine– A variety of Resources –

• Electronic• Hard Copy

– Aligned with ISTE

– F R E E

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Agenda Components

Kentucky Standards & Resources

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Kentucky

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Kentucky

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Kentucky

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Goals & Strategies

Number of Schools 1,449 Number of Schools with

MarcoPolo Trainers 408 Number of Districts 182 Number of Districts with

MarcoPolo Trainers 126 Number of Teachers 50,610 Number of MarcoPolo

Educators 5,794

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Goals & Strategies DO the Math

How many schools in Kentucky?1,500

How many educators in Kentucky?50,000

How many Certified Trainers in Kentucky20

1,500 / 20 = __75__ + schools50,000 / 20 = __2,500__ + educators

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Goals & Strategies Goal Setting

How many schools can you impact?Directly ??Indirectly ??

How many educators can you impact?

??‘‘A teacher effects eternity; A teacher effects eternity;

you can never tell where your influence ends.’you can never tell where your influence ends.’

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Goals and Strategies

MarcoPolo 2005 Goals: To have a MarcoPolo presence in every school in the

country To make every educator in the country aware of

MarcoPolo

Roll-out Strategy: Train the trainer

Roll-out Goals: To provide a strategy for sharing MarcoPolo resources with teachers in your building, district, or state.

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Goals and Strategies

MarcoPolo 2005 Goals: To have a MarcoPolo presence in every school in the

country To make every educator in the country aware of MarcoPolo

Example: Train every single educator ONE AT A TIME

Example: Train Department Chairs to rollout the training in their respective departments

Example: Train Library Media Specialists in every building

Example: Train …?

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Promoting MarcoPolo in Your Region

Provide MarcoPolo Training Options on state or local Web sites

Distribute MarcoPolo brochures at local conferences, awareness sessions, or through district mail with cover letter

Host MarcoPolo cyber cafe at local conference or district level meeting

Email potential Field Trainers the MarcoPolo Audio Flash Tour

Use MarcoPolo Free WebEx Awareness Session to provide demo session for potential attendees

Send MarcoGrams in the context of an awareness email to local educators

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“Sharing MarcoPolo”Overview and Workshop

1. Identifying Your Target Audience

2. Determining Your Purpose and Delivery Strategy

3. Setting Goals

4. Creating an Implementation Template

5. Developing Your Agenda

6. Following up with Your Audience

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Sharing MarcoPolo Complete the RFT (Request For Training)(30 days)

• Certified Trainer can fill out RFT and CLF on behalf of organization

• Certified Trainer can have organization complete RFT• Insert a note in question 10 of the RFT notifying the Foundation

that you are the trainer assigned to the session

Complete CLF (Cadre Logistics Form) (20 days)

Assign yourself as the Scheduling Contact Assign the requestor as the Site Contact

*Note: Please do not enter Field Training Sessions in this RFT process

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Maintaining Certified Trainer Status

MarcoPolo Certified Trainers (MPCT):

Maintain Trainer and Training mean of 4.5+

Complete at least ___ Trainer Sessions yearly

Attend MarcoPolo Update Sessions

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Wrap-up & Reflection

Well, what have you learned today?

What do we do tomorrow?

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Agenda Components

GOOD MORNING & WELCOME BACK

Rusticello

Welcome to WebEx

http://marcopolo.webex.com

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Agenda Components

Rusticello

Welcome to WebEx

http://marcopolo.webex.com

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Rusticello

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Sample Lessons & Learning Activities

Resources:

– “MarcoPolo Hot Links”

– Library of Sample Lessons

– Teacher’s Guides

– MarcoGrams– MarcoPolo

Calendar

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Strategies for USING ICFC Strategies:

– Show Relevant Resources

– Address Realistic

Teaching Concerns

– Adopt vs. Adapt– Integrate with

Search Engine, Partner Site Overviews

– Hunting & Gathering

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Agenda Components

ISTE NETSInternational Society for

Technology in EducationNational Educational

Technology StandardsTeachers

AdministratorsStudents

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ISTE 100 Partnership

MarcoPolo has already received exposure on the May 2003 issue of Learning and Leading with Technology, and through a dedicated page on the ISTE Web site.

Alignment of MarcoPolo Professional Development materials and training paradigm to NETS for Teachers

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N E T S Standards for Teachers

I. TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS AND CONCEPTS.Teachers demonstrate a sound understanding of technology operations and concepts.

II. PLANNING AND DESIGNING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND EXPERIENCES.Teachers plan and design effective learning environments and experiences supported by technology.

III. TEACHING, LEARNING, AND THE CURRICULUM.Teachers implement curriculum plans, that include methods and strategies for applying technology to maximize student learning.

IV. ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION.Teachers apply technology to facilitate a variety of effective assessment and evaluation strategies.

V. PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.Teachers use technology to enhance their productivity and professional practice.

VI. SOCIAL, ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND HUMAN ISSUES.Teachers understand the social, ethical, legal, and human issues surrounding the use of technology in PK-12 schools and apply those principles in practice.

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N E T S Standards for Teachers

What standards/learning goals are met by this resource? How will I use the resource within the Teaching

Instructional Cycle?– Core Lesson Plan Activity– Opening Motivational Activity– Post-Lesson Enrichment Activity– Assessment Activity

What are my technology/equipment considerations? (NETS-T 2)– How many computers do I have: none, one, mini-lab, full lab?– What if the Internet slows down or goes down?– What other resources can I use? (overhead projector, printer, plug-ins,

desktop software, low-tech resources etc.)

What activities will the students and I perform? (NETS-T 3) – How can I keep the student’s “on task?”– How will I assess student achievement?– How can I manage a classroom environment?

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ICFC in the Teacher’s Instructional Cycle

Day One Agenda Component

NETS-T Standard Day Two Agenda Component

NETS-T Standard

Welcome & Introductions

Day One Review

Getting to Know Your Audience (Challenges & Expectations)

II ICFC Learning Activity Development with MarcoPolo

II, III, IV,V,VI

MarcoPolo Overview ICFC Learning Activity Development with MarcoPolo Workshop

II, III, IV,V,VI

Sample Lessons & Activities

II, III, IV Preparing to Conduct Field Training

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Search Engine I,V Preparing to Conduct Field Training Workshop

II, V

Partner Site Explorations

II, III, IV

NETS for Teacher Standard I is illustrated throughout the training paradigm.Teacher & PD

ResourcesII, III, V

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Wrap-up & Reflection

Well, what have you learned today?

What do we do from here?

How do we keep in touch?

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Kentucky Certified Trainer Candidates

REFLECTREFLECT

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Reflections/Survey

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out our survey!

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Kentucky Certified Trainers

Thank YOUThank YOU

AndAnd

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