WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
Literature + Math = Success (K-2) • ED 670 WA1 CRN #47613
Monday, June 11 • 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Location: 154 Dwyer Hall
1 graduate quarter hour or non credit option
Instructor: April Wulber, Language Arts Curriculum Coordinator, Darke County Schools
Audience: K-2 Educators
This workshop is designed to help participants see the value in using literature to teach mathematical concepts. Throughout the day, we will look at the Common Core standards for both literacy and math and discuss ways that they can complement each other. Several lesson examples will be presented and participates will have the chance to begin developing their own lessons.
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Engaging The Whole Child: A 21st Century Approach to Education
This 3-day program is developed to flow as an effective “big picture” for educators to experience the numerous factors at play with effective instruction. Participants may choose to take all three days or they may choose to do any one of the workshops as a stand alone, one-day workshop.
CANCELED: Day 1: The Psychology of Effective Instruction: Paradigm Shift to the PROCESS - not content - of Instruction • ED 670 WA2 CRN #46393
Monday, June 11 • 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Location: 227 Dwyer Hall
1 graduate quarter hour or non credit option
Instructor: Sandy Adams, Van Wert City Schools
Audience: K-12 Educators
In a standard driven education world, it is easy to focus on content and lose sight of the process that drives effective instruction. Teachers will learn and practice key principles of psychology that will engage students and help create a life-long learning attitude. The process of teaching will be taken apart and teachers will be given opportunities to rethink and rework their own process of instruction by incorporating principles like habituation, growth mind-set, and diffusion of responsibility. Teachers will be invigorated with real motivational strategies and methods to engage students.
DAY 2: Engaging the Whole Child: Driving Instruction through Performance Based Assessment • ED 670 WA4 CRN #51345
Wednesday, June 20 • 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Location: 227 Dwyer Hall
1 graduate quarter hour or non credit option
Instructor: Sandy Adams, Van Wert City Schools
Audience: K-12 Educators
The information age has created a paradigm shift in the students of the 21st century. Now, more than ever, students seek proof that what they are learning and doing during the school day has relevance to their life. Performance-based instruction is a high-yield strategy that engages students and encourages them to take their learning to the outside world. We will follow the “Six A’s of Assessment” model. Teachers will be encouraged to bring several of their own assessment samples that can be reinvigorated with performance-based assessments instead. The focus throughout will be how well-developed and planned assessments drive instruction and have numerous positive benefits. YOU WILL LEAVE THIS SESSION WITH REAL PROJECT-BASED ASSESSMENTS DESIGNED, WITH RUBRICS, READY FOR THE FALL.
DAY 3: Engaging the Whole Child: Creating an Arsenal of Effective Instructional Strategies • ED 670 WA5 CRN #51346
Thursday, June 28 • 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Location: 154 Dwyer Hall
1 graduate quarter hour or non credit option
Instructor: Sandy Adams, Van Wert City Schools
Audience: K-12 Educators
This is a must-attend workshop for any teacher who is struggling to keep students attentive during instruction or who feels they are just lacking in the “creativity” area of lesson planning. Teachers who attend will gain over 100 effective instructional strategies and instruction on how to adapt strategies to different content areas. We will discuss student readiness and which strategies work best with different learning styles. Many of the strategies will be high-yield, data-driven strategies. Also, particular attention will be given to overlapping strategies with methodology and formative assessments.
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SmartBoarding 101 or Before • EDT 670 WA3 CRN #47619
Tuesday, June 12 • 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Location: 227 Dwyer and 190 Dwyer
1 graduate quarter hour or non credit option
Instructor: Betsy Crites, Wright State University-Lake Campus and Celina City Schools
Audience: K-12 Educators
This is truly for the beginning Smart Boarder. We will focus on the Smart Notebook software. We will go through all the tools and how you can use them effectively in your classroom. Many examples given will be from elementary lessons, but could be adapted to any grade level. You will be able to explore the software in a lab setting. When you leave, you will feel confident in your abilities to manipulate the software in your own classroom.
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Free and Easy Web 2.0 Tools to Enhance Your Classroom • EDT 670 WA8 CRN #51351
Wednesday, June 13 • 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Location: 227 Dwyer and 190 Dwyer Hall
1 graduate quarter hour or non credit option
Instructors: Betsy Crites, Wright State University-Lake Campus and Celina City Schools
Audience: K-12 Educators
This class will focus on a plethora of Web 2.0 Tools you can utilize in your classroom. We will look at Prezi, Photo Story, Animoto and many others. Bring a storybook you might want to make into a Big Book.
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Microsoft Innovative Educator • EDT 670 WA1 CRN #48376
Thursday, June 14 • 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Location: 190 Dwyer Hall
1 graduate quarter hour or non credit option
Instructor: Leah Fullenkamp, Technology Coach, Waynesfield-Goshen Local Schools
Audience : K-12 Educators
Microsoft has an undeniable love for educators. Explore many of the tools that they have created just for the K-12 classroom and how they can revolutionize your classroom. Time will be spent learning Photosynth, Autocollage, Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, Ribbon Hero and more! Bring your Smart Phone, iPad, and/ or laptop to add to the learning. Each participant who completes the course will receive the exclusive designation of “Microsoft Innovative Educator.”
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Boring Daily Calendar…Not in my Room! • EDT 670 WA4 CRN #50668
Friday, June 15 • 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Location: 227 Dwyer and 190 Dwyer Hall
1 graduate quarter hour or non credit option
Instructor: Betsy Crites, Wright State University Lake Campus and Celina City Schools
Audience: K-3 Educators
This workshop will show you how to use a pre-created Smart Notebook activity to make your daily calendar activities interactive, differentiated, and engaging for all your students. You will no longer dread this daily ritual. All participants will create at least one month for their particular grade level. Basic knowledge of Smart Notebook Software would be beneficial, but I will work with you. I will also show you how to make your own calendar binders for each student in your classroom.
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CANCELED: Integrating the Common Core Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects into My Content Classroom • ED 670 WA3 CRN #46397
Monday, June 18 • 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Location: 154 Dwyer Hall
1 graduate quarter hour or non credit option
Instructor: April Wulber, Language Arts Curriculum Coordinator, Darke County Schools
Audience: 6-12 Educators
This workshop is designed for 6-12 grade content area teachers. We will look at the CC ELA standards that are designed for the content area classrooms. Participants will be presented with several ways to incorporate the reading and writing into their courses, as well as specific standards-based ideas. Participants will then be asked to develop a lesson they can use in their own classroom.
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Wonderful World of Web Tools • EDT 670 WA2 CRN #51343
Monday, June 18 • 8:30 a.m.-3:30 pm
Location: 227 Dwyer and 190 Dwyer Hall
1 graduate quarter hour or non credit option
Instructor: Leah Fullenkamp, Technology Coach, Waynesfield-Goshen Local Schools
Audience: K-12 Educators
During this one day workshop we will look at a variety of FREE web 2.0 tools that you can use in your classroom the very next day! Time will be spent exploring:
-- Prezi- From the Big Picture to the Smallest Detail: Go Beyond a Simple Slide Show
-- Volki- Give Students a Voice with Talking Avatars
-- Tagzedo and Wordle- Transform you classroom by analyzing student writing, famous speeches or simply create breathtaking designs
-- Popplet- a platform for all of your ideas! Explore this interactive brain mapping software
-- Spruce up your images and texts with a variety of tools including: Image Chef, GeoGreeting, Alphabetimals, IconScramble and more!
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CANCELED: Connecting Measurement, Algebra, and Geometry Across the Grades • ED 670 WD1 CRN #51352
Tuesday, June, 19 • 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Location: 190 Dwyer Hall
1 graduate quarter hour or non credit option
Instructors: Tim Boester, Wright State University-Dayton Campus and James Adabor, Wright State University-Lake Campus
Audience: 7-12 Educators
This workshop will use technology to connect ideas of perimeter, area, and volume that are addressed in the middle grades to ideas in high school algebra and geometry. These classroom-ready activities can be used by teachers in Grades 7-12 in ways that are appropriate to the background and experience of students at these many levels. Come join in the investigation of engaging mathematical problems that are aligned with state standards and benchmarks.
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Going Google! • EDT 670 WA5 CRN #50671
Tuesday, June 26 • 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Location: 190 Dwyer Hall
1 graduate quarter hour or non credit option
Instructor: Leah Fullenkamp, Technology Coach, Waynesfield-Goshen Local Schools
Audience: K-12 Educators
Google is much more than a search engine. In this one-day workshop, participants will learn about many of the lesser known features of Google that will enhance their teaching and students’ learning. We will explore how to:
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Take virtual field trips using Google Earth.
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Use Google Books to find FREE full length classical novels and to preview new books that are available instantly.
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Use Google Docs to collaborate instantly on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations with people across the room, school, or world.
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Use Picasa, a free photo editing program that allows you to edit pictures and create photo collages, movies and web slideshows-- perfect for the end of the year gifts!
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Set-up Google Alerts so you are notified every time that your name or other criteria is used online.
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Find content available on YouTube for teachers, as well as alternatives for schools that have it blocked.
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Creating a Classroom Website • EDT 670 WA6 CRN #51344
Friday and Monday, June 22 and June 25 • 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Location: 190 Dwyer Hall
1 graduate quarter hour or non credit option
Instructor: Leah Fullenkamp, Technology Coach, Waynesfield-Goshen Local Schools
Audience: K-12 Educators
Ever wanted to share pictures and events that are happening in your classroom with parents? Do you want students to practice their vocabulary or spelling words with an awesome online resource without typing in a long link? If the answer is yes, creating a classroom website is for you! Come to this two morning workshop with any level of technology background and leave with a fully functioning website that is live on the internet when you leave! Working with Google Sites, we will create a website without any programming language in a simple “What You See is What You Get” environment. Bring your textbooks, pictures, and any materials you want on your site and be ready to share your site in no time.
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CANCELED: Reading and Writing Common Core Style • ED 670 WA7 CRN #48369
Monday, June 25 •
8:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.
Location: 154 Dwyer Hall
1 graduate quarter hour or non credit option
Instructors: April Wulber, Language Arts Curriculum Coordinator, Darke County Schools
Audience: K-12 Educators
This workshop is designed for upper primary/intermediate teachers. We will look at the common core standards for reading and writing as well as the PARCC Model Content Frameworks. A variety of lesson examples will be modeled and teachers will have some discussion time to begin planning an instructional piece. Participants are asked to bring a book you would use as a whole class text and a laptop if possible.
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iPods to the Rescue • EDT 670 WA7 CRN #51347
Wednesday, June 27 • 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Location: 227 Dwyer Hall
1 graduate quarter hour or non credit option
Instructor: Kit Wiechart, Celina City Schools
Audience: K-8 Educator focus (but all K-12 Educators could benefit and take away great ideas)
A simple device that many students have is increasing student engagement. Learn how iPods/iPads are being implemented in one 5th grade Math class. Class will include hands-on time with iPods, possible funding sources for iPods, how "Bring Your Own Device" is working out so far, and ideas for app shopping. We will also look at apps for all subject areas, see student created projects as a result of having the iPods in the classroom. If you have your own iPod, feel free to bring it along.
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Comparing the Mathematics Standards: NCTM, OACS, and Core • ED 670 WD2 CRN #51353
Tuesday, June 26 • 8:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.
Location: 190 Dwyer Hall
1 graduate quarter hour or non credit option
Instructors: Tim Boester, Wright State University-Dayton Campus, and James Adabor, Wright State University-Lake Campus
Audience: K-8 Educators
This workshop will help you investigate how the Core Standards in mathematics are similar to and different from the NCTM standards and the Ohio ACS in mathematics. You are required to bring 2 or 3 activities (worksheets and/or lesson plans are sufficient) that you use in your classroom. These can be activities that you feel are very good, or ones that you want to improve. In the morning, you will research which standards, from each of the standards documents, relate to your activities with the help and guidance of other teachers and the instructors. Then in the afternoon we'll discuss the activities that everyone brought, and discuss the important similarities and differences that you found in the context of the activities. We'll also discuss how activities can be improved to better align with the new Core standards. (Note that this will not simply be a presentation of the standards by the instructors. You will be asked to read and compare the standards documents and to informally present your findings and opinions. If everyone does this, we expect that all the participants will gain considerable insight about the standards documents, as well as the experience of how to do this type of work on your own.)
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Sensory Supports... They're Not Just for Autism Anymore! • ED 670 WA8 CRN #51348
Friday, June 29 • 8:30 a.m–3:30 p.m.
Location: 227 Dwyer Hall
1 graduate quarter hour or non credit option
Instructor: Lisa Combs, Director of Autism/Low Incidence Coaching Team, Miami Valley Regional Center in Dayton
Audience: K-12 Special and Regular Educators
While we tend to associate sensory disorders with Autism, more and more research reveals that many other students...and up to 80% of students with disabilities...are affected to some degree by sensory differences! This workshop will give educators an overview of the science behind our sensory systems and a solid understanding and ability to identify the characteristics of the 4 basic sensory styles. More importantly, participants will walk away with simple strategies for helping learners to modulate their sensory needs within the framework of the typical classroom environment. Participants will also gain an understanding of their own sensory style and how it impacts their classroom environment and instructional styles!
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Social Skills on the Spectrum! • ED 670 WA9 CRN #51349
Monday, July 2 • 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Location: 227 Dwyer Hall
1 graduate credit hour or non credit option
Instructor: Lisa Combs, Director of Autism/Low Incidence Coaching Team, Miami Valley Regional Center in Dayton
Audience: K-12 Special and Regular Educators
The "triad" of characteristics that characterize Autism Spectrum Disorders is comprised of differences in: Communication, Behavior and Social Skills. This class will focus on the underlying characteristics of autism and how these combine to create social deficits associated with autism spectrum disorders, including: Theory of Mind, Theory of Central Coherence, Executive Function Deficits and more. Along with a comprehensive understanding of the social deficits, participants will leave with strategies for building positive social skills within the framework of the typical school environment. Strategies will include: Lunch Bunch, Circle of Friends, The Hidden Curriculum and more!
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Literacy for Learners on the Autism Spectrum • ED 670 WA6 CRN #51350
Tuesday, July 3 • 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Location: 227 Dwyer Hall
1 graduate credit hour or non credit option
Instructor: Lisa Combs, Director of Autism/Low Incidence Coaching Team, Miami Valley Regional Center in Dayton
Audience: K-12 Special and Regular Educators
Most teachers are aware of the importance of certain pre-literacy skills in the success of learners as they begin formal reading and writing instruction. Factors like phonological awareness, print awareness and motivation, vocabulary, narrative skills and letter knowledge are all predictors of success in beginning literacy. Likewise, most teachers are aware of the core competencies of reading instruction, including vocabulary, fluency, phonemic awareness and comprehension. The focus of this workshop will be on how the unique characteristics of autism impact literacy readiness and literacy instruction. Strategies will focus on how to adjust and apply early literacy instructional methodology for the needs of learners on the autism spectrum.
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The 3 Rs of 21st Century Teaching: Relationships, Rigor, and Rubrics • ED 670 WB1 CRN #50164
Wednesday, July 18 • 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Location: 227 Dwyer
1 graduate credit hour or non credit option
Instructor: Sandy Adams, Van Wert City Schools
Audience: K-12 Educators
This workshop is designed for teachers or principals interested in closely examining current practices in their buildings and classrooms with the intent of trying to encourage a growth mind-set within their students. This session will demonstrate that in really teaching students that effort equals achievement through weekly strategies, we can create a mind-set change that will have rippling effects into relationships and expectations of learning. The course will focus on criterion-based instruction, where students feel empowered through the use of rubrics, even assessing such traits as student work-ethic. Teachers will leave with digital copies of real rubrics to fit their own lessons.
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