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IDEAL for Educators

Arizona Connections Academy

June 2nd and 3rd 2009

Desert Willow Conference Center

Ann Lumm

Technology Integration Trainer

Maricopa County Educational Services Agency

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AgendaAgendaWelcome and Introductions

Overview of IDEAL resources

Break

In-depth training- Thinkfinity

Hands-on Exploration of Resources

Sharing Activity

Thinkfinity Survey

Closing- Questions, Comments, Presentation Survey

Link to survey: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB22994VRTW9L

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Introducing…

Your name

Your current position

Challenges in teaching

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What is IDEALIDEAL?A single location on the internet for all Arizona stakeholders to access an information system of educational data, resources and services to increase student learning.

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User ID

1. Access myThinkfinity

2. Click on Attendee Sign-In

Roster into this Session

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Thinkfinity.org is a website that contains thousands of free lesson plans and student materials for every core subject, designed by the leading

educational organizations in the United States.

• A partnership between the Verizon Foundation and the nation’s leading educational and adult and family literacy organizations

• 55,000+ FREE education and adult and family literacy resources

• FREE professional development

What is Thinkfinity?

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Thinkfinity’s Content PartnersThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Arts

National Council on Economic Education Economics

National Endowment for the Humanities Humanities

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Mathematics

International Reading Association &National Council of Teachers of English

Reading/Language Arts

American Association for the Advancement of Science Science

National Geographic Society Geography

National Museum of American History American History

National Center for Family Literacy & ProLiteracy Worldwide

Adult & Family Literacy

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Learning Objects

Worksheets

Interactives

E-Sheets

Podcasts

Printable Maps

Primary Source Documents

Rubrics

Web sites

Virtual Museums

Graphic Organizers

Photographs

Video Clips

Online ManipulativesQuizzes

Audio Clips

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How did you become aware of energy issues?

Blah, blah, blah, fossil fuels, blah, blah, blah,

oil reserves …..

Zzzzz… ?!?!?!Huh?

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• Can you generate enough energy for your town without running out of money?

• How does the use of an energy source impact the quality of life for the people in the community?

Power Issues – Environment and Economics

Lesson Plan

Renewable vs. Nonrenewable Links

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do you find the resources?

Three Main Ways:

1. Search Engine

2. Navigation through Partner site

3. Educator Homepage

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Integrated Search Engine

Search Engine locates

resources from all Partner sites

simultaneously

Supports interdisciplinary

learning

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Gravity Launch

Tower of HanoiAll Systems Are

Go Continent Assembler

Art of Explosion

Come Explore!

Commanding Heights

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Explore the Life of

Celia Cruz

Keyword search… “Celia Cruz”…Partner Site Smithsonian

Do your students…

♪Research Historical Figures?♪Study other Cultures?♪Write Biographies?♪Create Country Reports?♪Analyze Primary Sources?♪Study Music?

From the Newly Launched …

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Keyword search… “Cuba”…Partner Site Smithsonian

Primary Sources

Ready to Use Lesson Plans

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Let’s Explore…

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• Comprehensive and FREE training program - 1 hour live webinar Self-guided training Face-to-Face training

• Focus on using Thinkfinity resources to improve student learning

Thinkfinity Professional Development

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Each year you must train 5 people in at least 1 session.

You must attain at least a 4.0 average survey score.

Professional Development Model

Each year you must train 20 people in at least 2 session.

You must attain at least a 4.5 average survey score.

Field Trainer Status:

(Train End Users)

Certified Trainer Status:

(Train Trainers/End Users)

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Take the Training Survey

Thank you!

1. From myThinkfinity select Surveys.

2. Choose the appropriate survey from the list.

3. Respond to the questions and click on Submit to record your responses.

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IDEAL ReflectionIDEAL Reflection• What one NEW thing did you learn?• What is one thing that you will share with

someone else?• How you will go about implementing IDEAL at

your school?• What else would you like to see in IDEAL?• Survey link: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?

p=WEB22994VRTW9L