Buck Institute Options

Please choose from the following 2 day options

12/10/09 and 12/11/09

12/14/09 and 12/15/09

12/16/09 and 12/17/09

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Professional Development HS only

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Timeline Development Activity Requirement

5 daysOff Site

Advanced Digital Movie Making Institute - teachers to commit one week of training during April break or 5 Saturdays. Limited seats

Selected HS willing to spearhead an afterschool digital movie making club to create videos of historical events. Participating teachers qualify to take the Final Cut exam.

3 days Push in training for teachers and students on creating authentic digital documentaries.

Selected HS classes – classes will create a digital documentary based on historical events.

3 days Pull out training for teachers on how to use implement Digital Movie Making into Social Studies curriculum,

HS Only – Will run from August, 2009

4 Sessions

Tech Squad- 4 – 6 students with a teacher to learn troubleshooting and basic maintenance of computers.

Students and teacher will create a school based tech squad.

P-Credit Course Dates

Mastering MS Office 3/29/10 – 4/2/10

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher

Mastering Multimedia for the Classroom TDA

Blogs, Podcasting, Movie Making, Graphic Novel

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Contact Info

Winnie Bracco,Technology Innovation Managerwbracco@schools.nyc.gov

Michael Swirsky, Instructional Technology Specialistmswirsky@schools.nyc.gov

Kin Fung Leung, Supervising Borough Instructional Technician kleung@schools.nyc.gov

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