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saturday face-to-face educational technology institute sessions new york city department of education participant5 must attend the 3 day pbl institute orientation and all six sessions below to fulfill the goals of the grant participants must attend 10/15 orientation 11/19 livescribe i 12/3 livescribe day ii 1/7 livescribe day iii 1/28 pbl planning day 2/23-2/24 pbl participants teachers in title iid participating schools · 4/21 technology fair planning day · 6/9 technology fair workshops/dates are subject to change optional webinars · 11/16 advanced blogging · 12/14 graphic novels · 2/8 creating tutorials with screenjelly · 3/14 question and answer day optional mid-winter recess institute · 2/20 2/21 ipad training · · · · · · enhancing education through technology eett funded title iid program digital destinations in history queens office of educational technology 82-01 rockaway boulevard ozone park ny 11416 title iid program september 2009 through december 2012 contact winnie bracco technology innovation manager wbracco@schools.nyc.gov madeline taub-chan community superintendent csd 24 community superintendent csd 28 beverly ffolkes-bryant training rate paid to participants subject to funding http www.oitqueens.com http oitqblogs.com

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goal digital destinations in history ddih is an intensive professional development program that focuses on improving student achievement in ela by integrating project based learning and technology into the social studies curriculum ddih serves the goals of the enhancing education through technology theme technology infusion into instruction through professional development by empowering educators to engage students in interdisciplinary projects that develop writing critical thinking and problem solving skills the ddih program aims to train teachers to use technology as both an instructional tool for the social studies curriculum and as a way to reinforce fundamentals twenty four new york city public and twenty non-public schools within community school districts 24 and 28 will be participating district 24 is 5 ps 12 ps 14 ps 19 is 61 is 73 is 77 is 89 ps 91 is 93 is 125 ps 153 grover cleveland hs newtown hs queens vocational hs district 28 ps 30 ps 54 is 72 is 144 is 157 is 217 queens academy hs forest hills hs jamaica hs non-public schools st raphael school resurrection ascension school sacred heart school razi school st john lutheran school redeemer lutheran school martin luther hs bnos malka academy bais yaakov academy tiferes torah institute machon academy our lady of mercy al-mamoor school al-iman school shaaraei zion ohel bracha our lady sorrows st adalbert yesheiva tifereth moshe yeshivat our haim st nicholas of tolentine technology infusion students will conduct research by reading literature historical fiction biographies and use primary sources around selected topics through the use of technology students will incorporate their non-fiction writing into multimedia presentations using graphics audio files and video culminating projects will be collected in e-portfolios with student reflections of the project-based learning process and their understanding of the specific content teachers and school leaders will receive on-going professional development face-to-face and online and in-school mentoring support workshops will take place throughout the year to allow for teacher experimentation and online collaboration using recently learned content between sessions · · the ultimate goal of the ddih program is to improve academic performance in ela by enhancing teachers abilities to effectively infuse technology into their social studies instruction throughout the three-year cycle the ddih program will train teachers to infuse technology into authentic interdisciplinary projects that develop students social studies content knowledge and build critical ela skills including reading comprehension writing and critical thinking skills this project will provide to support teachers in all environments to include working with students with special needs in an integrated collaborative team teaching ictt environment for each consecutive year of the program it is proposed that 80 of target students will achieve at least one year of growth on their scale score of the nys ela exam · receive professional development using multimedia tools to create lessons and videos that are aligned to the nys social studies and english language arts standards in addition the lessons will align to the national educational technology standards for teachers and students and the professional teaching standards develop and strengthen their collaboration with other social studies teachers while integrating technology into instruction to advance ela skills incorporate the project-based learning process within their content area and use technology to enhance research and writing skills collaborate and use a variety of virtual community tools such as email blogs wikis the web portal and synchronous communications · · · the office of educational technology oet provides innovative solutions to transform teaching effectiveness correlation to core standards and academic rigor.

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