Agenda for Eastern Suffolk BOCES School District

  8:00        Ice breaker and introductions
                      
                    World Figures, My Name project

  8:30       Greetings from around the world - What is iEARN?

                    Oxfam "Mapping Our World"
                           
  9:00       Workshop Packets 

• Project book
• Brochure
  
• Poster
• Multimedia Guide to iEARN CD and 8 Simple Steps
  
• Postcard
• Pin
• Getting Started in iEARN
  
• Rubric for Responding to iEARN Project Forum Postings
• iEARN Buddy Support Contract
  

  9:15      Jigsaw activity for Multimedia Guide to iEARN CD         

10:30    Tour of iEARN Websites 

                   www.iearn.org

                   us.iearn.org

                   media.iearn.org

 

11:00     Visit and respond to forums

media.iearn.org 

Collaboration Center Tutorial 

Rubric for Responding to iEARN Project Forum Postings

What makes a good  forum  discussion?

11:45     Lunch   

 

12:45      Preparing Students for Online Collaboration

                     Buddy Contract

                     Thinking about other cultures                                

1:15       Sample Project Work     ( 2 Hands on Activities)               

    A Vision
    Beauty of the Beasts

    Daffodil and Tulips

    Feeding Minds Fighting Hunger

        http://www.feedingminds.org/

    Folktales  
    Kindred

    Machinto

      http://www.machinto.org/

      www.iearn.org/news/newsflash_179.html

    Laws of Life

    Pearl World Youth News

       http://www.pearl.iearn.org/pearlnews/
    Side by Side

    Teddy Bear

         video

    YouthCaN  

         video         

2:45      Explore projects and plan classroom participation        

    Project books
    www.iearn.org/projects
    us.iearn.org Professional Development, curriculum integration
    Projects mentioned in greetings
    BIE project planning form

3:45         Reflections, Q&A, and Evaluation