Agenda

//Friday, November 12, 2010 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.//
//Plenary sessions originate from the University of Maine at Augusta and will be beamed// //to workshop locations at UMPI, USM (Portland and Lewiston/Auburn), and UMO. Each// //workshop session will cover the same topic at each of the campuses. Actual hands‐on// //activities and materials may vary from location to location.//

//7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Coffee and Connectivity Check//

//8:30 a.m. Keynote Address: Teaching History with the New Media:// //Expanding Awareness, Sharing Resources//

//Speaker, Kelly Schrum, Center for History and the New Media//

//9:00 to 10:15 a.m. Workshop One.// //Teaching Social Studies using the New Media:// //Accessing Content Materials and Records//

//Goal for the workshop:// //• Teachers will learn how to find and use Internet resources to perform// //broader, deeper, more scholarly, more comparative searches and to access// //records that document multiple points of view//

//10:15 to 10:30 Break//

//10:30 to 10:35 a.m. A plenary session from Augusta will summarize Workshop One// //and introduce Workshop Two.//

//10:35 to 12:15 p.m. Workshop Two// //Part One: Using the New Media to Expand Social Studies Resource Availability:// //Imaging and Naming/Organizing Documents//

//Goal for Part One://

//• Teachers will learn to scan, save, and rename documents// //To make this session more personal, we suggest that teachers bring a// //photograph, letter, or some similar artifact or object from home to scan, record,// //and re‐name.//

//Part 2: Using the New Media to Upload and Download Documents and other Social// //Studies Resources//

//Goal for Part 2://

//• Teachers will learn to upload and download digital resources or the products of// //Internet research for student access, exchange, examination, collaboration, and// //other examples of teaching and learning.//

//At the end of this workshop, participants will again tune into Augusta for a session// //wrap‐up and then break for lunch.//

//12:15 to 1:00 p.m. Lunch.//

//1:00 to 1:05 p.m. After lunch, participants in all locations will join a new plenary// //session from Augusta to introduce and explain Workshop Three.//

//1:05 to 2:15 p.m. Workshop Three//

//Using the New Media to Facilitate and Enhance Student Analysis of Social Studies// //Resources//

//Goal for workshop://

//• Teachers will learn to use the new media to become familiar with tools such as// //Graphic Organizers, Geographical Information Systems, Simulators, Games,// //Google Earth, Discussion Boards, “Noteshare” and/or other tools to help// //students compare, contrast, analyze, and draw conclusions about the meaning// //and effects of historical events, persons and places.//

//2:15 to 2:30 p.m. Participants again tune in to Augusta for parting comments. MCSS// //representatives will identify opportunities for continuing support as well as outline// //plans for the 2011 conference. Certificates for contact hours will be distributed.//