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August 18, 19, 20
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Aug. 18. Location: CRES Lab
 * Plan and Goals for the camp: Leave with at least ONE fully integrated classroom activity.
 * What are the TGE's? Grade-specific examples. Assessment Template Tool roll-out.
 * Tech Lead: Gregg
 * Example integrated lessons from Technology Performance Assessment Model Tasks

Activity 1: Theme: "Technology Out Your Classroom Window" Geocaching the Town of York Icebreaker: Geocaching for the classroom examples, stories. Tech Lead: Bryan Materials: GPS Units, legal pads, pencils, data sheet S/W Apps: Numbers, MyWorld (tba) General Plan: Intro, Goals, Related TGE's, Ground rules, Materials explanation, GPS walk-thru, Pair-up, transportation to sites (own), regroup, report & map results, prize for winners, follow-up by customizing the activity for participants' classrooms, using the TGE template, geocache planner tool and integrator assistance.

Activity #1 - Tuesday morning

8:00 - Welcome. Intro Goals for the camp

8:15 GPS Units - BrainPOP Groups of 4/5 - Show how to use Etrex GPS

Essential Question - Where should we spend our York vacation? 5 families Locations:

1 - Nubble - nautical history, scuba divers, likes homemade ice cream, interested in pinnipeds.

2 - Wild Kingdom -small children, roller coaster enthusiasts, eats fried dough

3 - Remick Barn - History Buffs, Reenactments, Gravestone rubbings, Paranormal hunters

4 - Dockside wharf - fishing, sailing, lobstering, nautical tours

5 - York Harbor Art Gallery - Art history, visual aesthetics, watercolors

6 - Inn on the blues - Alcohol, music, nightlife, view of the ocean

Look at your GPS unit. On it you will find 5/6 locations. Navigate to each location (in no particular order) and decide which families should spend their vacation at each.

Take a picture at each location. Write a description of each location Place the letter on the map when you get to each location

11:00 - Create a presentation incorporating your pictures, descriptions of the locations, and

Use a presentation tool as an integral part of a curricular assignment (6) Use digital camera to add images to a presentation (7) Effectively place graphics, title, body text on slides (3)

>  Students understand geographic aspects of unity and diversity in the community, Maine, and regions of the United States and the world, including Maine Native American communities. ||  a. Identify examples of how geographic features unify communities and regions as well as support diversity. > ||   **E.1. Historical Knowledge, Concepts, Themes, and Patterns**    Students understand various major eras in the history of the community, Maine, and the United States.  c. Trace and explain how the history of democratic principles is preserved in historic symbols, monuments and traditions important in the community, Maine, and the United States.
 * WHAT ARE THE GLEs THAT GO WITH THIS ACTIVITY? TGE's for Geocache Lesson Third Grade - Communication: Create simple interactive multimedia presentation, Productivity Tools/Graphics: Crop or select part of a digitized image. Social Studies -
 *  **D.2. Individual, Cultural, International, and Global Connections in Geography**
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 * WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THE ACTIVITY?
 * CAN WE HAVE THEM USE NUMBERS TO RECORD THE DATA AND THEN ASK THEM TO MANIPULATE IT SOMEHOW?
 * I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO.

Aug. 19: Location: CRES Lab Theme: "Technorati: The Web 2.0 World" Blogs, Wikis, and Social Networking in Your Classroom Tech Lead: Icebreaker: Materials: YHS Web 2.0 website, ...... Apps: iChat, Skype, Safari, Firefox

Aug. 20: Location: CRES Lab Theme: "Sound and Motion" iLife for your Life Tech Lead: Apps: iLife (GarageBand, iMovie, iWeb) Materials:

Daily Schedule:

9:00 am - Welcome, Goals for the Day
 * Tech examples, TGE review, Assessment Template Tool review.
 * Activity of the Day intro

10:00 am - Put to Practice:
 * Skill demonstration, examples, how-to-builds.
 * Hands-on work

12:00 pm - Lunch

1:00 pm - Put a Plan in Place
 * Gather the pieces & customize activity to your classroom
 * Plan of attack: when, how, where, with what and with who?
 * Develop your assessment plan

2:00 pm - Report out and Wrap -up.