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North Carolina Replications

January 2001

January 30th, 2001 - April 3rd, 2001

Trainers:
David Haase
Brenda Wojnowski
Lisa Grable

Training Site:
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Education Future Center and Cybercampus sites in Elizabeth City, Sparta, and Kinston, NC

Audience:
16 high school students and 4 high school teachers in the Burroughs Wellcome Student Science Enrichment Program on Chaos and Fractals

Modules:
Searching for Information on the Web
Evaluating Web Resources

Adaptation:
This was an integrated web and interactive TV course on Fractals. The students video-conferenced part of each of the ten sessions then broke for site-based investigations, often using web resources.

Number of Participants:
20

February 2001

February 5th, 2001 - February 7th, 2001

Trainers:
Michael Green

Training Site:
UNC Charlotte

Audience:
53 Preservice elementary teachers

Modules:
Searching for Information on the Web
Evaluating Web Resources
Using Technology to Enhance Learning

Adaptation:
Added sspreadsheet, data recording, graphing; using email, inserting documents


Number of Participants:
53


February 6th, 2001 - February 8th, 2001

Trainers:
Michael Green

Training Site:
UNC Charlotte

Audience:
52 preservice elementary teachers, 6 hours.

Modules:
Searching for Information on the Web
Evaluating Web Resources
Using Technology to Enhance Learning

Adaptation:
Added database & spreadsheet, data recording, graphing; using email, inserting documents


Number of Participants:
52

March 2001

March 2nd, 2001 - March 3rd, 2001

Trainers:
Earlyn Jordon
Leo Edwards

Training Site:
Fayetteville State University

Audience:
K-12

Modules:
Creating a Web Page Using Netscape Composer

Adaptation:
Materials will be used as primary instructional packet: Participants will actually create web page following instructions from booklet with the assistance of workshop leaders.
Supplemental materials will be provided that describe alternative methods of creating web page.

Number of Participants:
23


March 31st, 2001

Trainers:
Richard Huber
Celeste Maus
Wendy Marshall

Training Site:
University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Audience:
Middle and High School Science Teachers

Modules:
Searching for Information on the Web
Evaluating Web Resources
Using Technology to Enhance Learning

Adaptation:
START materials will be used to assist teachers in learning how to use the WWW and how to evaluate Web sites.

Number of Participants:
31


March 7th, 2001

Trainers:
David Wojnowski

Training Site:
North Carolina State University

Audience:
Informal Science Education Class

Modules:
Searching for Information on the Web

Adaptation:
In a computer lab setting, participants will be instructed on the START method of Web searching / Learning Cards 1-7.

Number of Participants:
12


March 7th, 2001

Trainers:
David Wojnowski

Training Site:
North Carolina State University

Audience:
Informal Science Education Class

Modules:
Evaluating Web Resources

Adaptation:
In a computer lab setting participants will evaluate three environmental education Web sites using the START CyberScience Sleuth Evaluation Form.

Number of Participants:
12


March 7th, 2001 - April 4th, 2001

Trainers:
David Haase
Brenda Wojnowski
Lisa Grable

Training Site:
North Carolina State University, College of Education Raleigh, North Carolina

Audience:
teacher education, 1st year students

Modules:
Searching for Information on the Web
Evaluating Web Resources
Creating a Web Page Using Netscape Composer

Adaptation:
Students used modules to create Web pages to match the Standard Course of Study for their content area.
Part of Instructional Technology for Educators:
http://courses.ncsu.edu/classes/ed296/ />



Number of Participants:
19


March 7th, 2001

Trainers:
Emily Stephenson-Green

Training Site:
Principal's Executive Program Chapel Hill NC

Audience:
school principas

Modules:
Searching for Information on the Web
Evaluating Web Resources
Using Technology to Enhance Learning

Adaptation:
Created a presentation that all participants could take back to share with their Staffs. Each principal got a disk with the presentation.

Also highlighted WebQuests, web-based projects, scavenger hunts and virtual field trips as ways to get teachers and children immediately involved with the Web..



Number of Participants:
15

April 2001

April 18th, 2001

Trainers:
David Haase
Brenda Wojnowski
Lisa Grable

Training Site:
North Carolina State University, College of Education Raleigh, North Carolina

Audience:
Curriculum & instruction graduate students (almost all classroom teachers)

Modules:
Creating a Web Page Using Netscape Composer

Adaptation:
Students used module to create Web pages to apply to curriculum integration projects for middle school students.
Part of graduate class on Emerging Adolescents:
http://www.ncsu.edu/chass/extension/ci/ />
Please take a look at the web site we created:
http://www.ncsu.edu/chass/extension/ci/people.html />

Number of Participants:
16


April 4th, 2001 - April 25th, 2001

Trainers:
David Haase
Brenda Wojnowski
Lisa Grable

Training Site:
North Carolina State University, College of Education Raleigh, North Carolina

Audience:
teacher education, 1st year students

Modules:
Creating a Professional Portfolio Using PowerPoint

Adaptation:
Students used module to create PowerPoint lessons for the classroom for their content area.
Part of Instructional Technology for Educators:
http://courses.ncsu.edu/classes/ed296/ />


Number of Participants:
16

May 2001

May 30th, 2001 - May 31st, 2001

Trainers:
Ernest Bibby
Willis Brown
Jake Brown

Training Site:
Carver Elementary School

Audience:
K-5 elementary school personnel

Modules:
Searching for Information on the Web
Evaluating Web Resources
Creating a Web Page Using Netscape Composer

Adaptation:
During a two-day seminar for renewal credit given to our local elementary faculty, we used the above modules. We used these to work through the activities described in the modules.

Take a look!
http://start.miamisci.org/img/replcations/replication_nc1.gif />

Number of Participants:
24


May 4th, 2001 - May 5th, 2001

Trainers:
Earlyn Jordon
Leo Edwards

Training Site:
Fayetteville State University

Audience:
inservice teachers

Modules:
Creating a Web Page Using Netscape Composer
Using Technology to Enhance Learning

Adaptation:
Above referenced materials to be used as primary instructional resource. Additional materials will focus on mathematics instruction: algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.

Number of Participants:
20

June 2001

June 19th, 2001 - June 22nd, 2001

Trainers:
David Haase
Brenda Wojnowski
Lisa Grable

Training Site:
Trinity Center Salter Path, North Carolina

Audience:
Classroom teachers, mostly 4th, 8th, HS Biology

Modules:
Creating a Web Page Using Netscape Composer

Adaptation:
35 teachers participated in the 8th Southern Coastal Heritage workshop. For the first time, this year the teacher teams each made a Web page to use as a virtual tour of the coast. The Web pages will be put together and mailed to the teachers in CD form.
The format for the project is at http://www.imediagraphics.net/sch2001/ />

Number of Participants:
35


June 25th, 2001 - June 29th, 2001

Trainers:
David Wojnowski

Training Site:
Jordan Lake

Audience:
Teachers

Modules:
Searching for Information on the Web
Evaluating Web Resources
Creating a Web Page Using Netscape Composer
Using Technology to Enhance Learning
Creating a Professional Portfolio Using PowerPoint
OLE Field Research Expedition
OLE Online Research Expedition

Adaptation:
This was an environmental education workshop,START technology education components were integrated to facilitate participants' abilities to research and produce their own lesson plans
and document their professional growth.

Number of Participants:
20


June 4th, 2001 - June 8th, 2001

Trainers:
David Haase
Brenda Wojnowski
Lisa Grable

Training Site:
North Carolina State University, College of Education Raleigh, North Carolina

Audience:
K-12 cooperating teachers

Modules:
Searching for Information on the Web
Evaluating Web Resources
Creating a Web Page Using Netscape Composer
Creating a Professional Portfolio Using PowerPoint

Adaptation:
25 teachers participated in 30 hours of training on the North Carolina Advanced Technology Competencies for Teachers (http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/tap/advance.htm). The teachers made a Web page for a content lesson which included hotlinks to outside Web sites. They also learned how to make a PowerPoint presentation. The teachers will return for a fall Saturday morning to report on using their projects in the classroom.
The workshop Web page is at http://www.ncsu.edu/ced/mentornet/mnworkshops01.html /> See our photo album at http://www.ncsu.edu/ced/mentornet/june2001/ />

Number of Participants:
25

July 2001

July 20th, 2001

Trainers:
Richard Huber
Celeste Maus
Wendy Marshall

Training Site:
University of North Carolina Wilmington Campus

Audience:
K-5 Elementary Partnership teachers who work with our interns

Modules:
Searching for Information on the Web
Evaluating Web Resources

Number of Participants:
23


July 23rd, 2001

Trainers:
Richard Huber
Celeste Maus
Wendy Marshall

Training Site:
University of North Carolina Wilmington Campus

Audience:
K-12 Elementary Partnership teachers who work with our interns

Modules:
Creating a Professional Portfolio Using PowerPoint

Number of Participants:
14


July 24th, 2001

Trainers:
Richard Huber
Celeste Maus
Wendy Marshall

Training Site:
University of North Carolina Wilmington Campus Bear Hall Computer Lab

Audience:
K-12 Elementary Partnership teachers who work with our interns

Modules:
Creating a Professional Portfolio Using PowerPoint

Number of Participants:
14


July 25th, 2001 - January 26th, 2001

Trainers:
Michael Tally

Training Site:
Wake County Public Schools Central Office Computer Training Lab

Audience:
High School Science Teachers

Modules:
Searching for Information on the Web
Evaluating Web Resources
Using Technology to Enhance Learning
Creating a Professional Portfolio Using PowerPoint

Adaptation:
First we did a session on evaluating web resources as they related to secondary science. We set hyperlinks so each teacher could go to the selected sites to view. Then we created a session on using technology to enhance their instructional strategies and resources. Then we did a session on using lcd projectors , power point , and creating hyperlinks in Word documents. Later in the workshop one of our teachers did a session on using blackboard.com to create online courses for her students. We had teachers from 8 of our 15 high schools for a total of 10 teachers in the training. The START materials were used as a planning tool for our workshop. The training workshop was enjoyed by our teachers.

Number of Participants:
10


July 25th, 2001

Trainers:
Richard Huber
Celeste Maus
Wendy Marshall

Training Site:
University of North Carolina Wilmington Campus Bear Hall Computer Lab Room 160

Audience:
K-12 Elementary Partnership teachers who work with our interns

Modules:
Searching for Information on the Web
Evaluating Web Resources

Number of Participants:
16


July 26th, 2001

Trainers:
Richard Huber
Celeste Maus
Wendy Marshall

Training Site:
University of North Carolina Wilmington Campus Bear Hall Computer Lab Room 160

Audience:
K-12 Elementary Partnership teachers who work with our interns

Modules:
Creating a Web Page Using Netscape Composer
Using Technology to Enhance Learning

Number of Participants:
16


July 27th, 2001

Trainers:
Richard Huber
Celeste Maus
Wendy Marshall

Training Site:
University of North Carolina Wilmington Campus

Audience:
K-5 Elementary Partnership teachers who work with our interns

Modules:
Using Technology to Enhance Learning

Number of Participants:
23


July 9th, 2001 - July 13th, 2001

Trainers:
Earlyn Jordon
Leo Edwards

Training Site:
Fayetteville State University

Audience:
K-12 teachers

Modules:
Creating a Web Page Using Netscape Composer
Using Technology to Enhance Learning
Creating a Professional Portfolio Using PowerPoint

Adaptation:
Above referenced materials to be used as primary instructional resource.

Number of Participants:
26


July 9th, 2001 - July 13th, 2001

Trainers:
David Haase
Brenda Wojnowski
Lisa Grable

Training Site:
North Carolina State University, College of Education Raleigh, North Carolina

Audience:
K-12 cooperating teachers

Modules:
Searching for Information on the Web
Evaluating Web Resources
Creating a Web Page Using Netscape Composer
Creating a Professional Portfolio Using PowerPoint

Adaptation:
20 teachers participated in 30 hours of training on the North Carolina Advanced Technology Competencies for Teachers (http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/tap/advance.htm). The teachers made a Web page for a content lesson which included hotlinks to outside Web sites. They also learned how to make a PowerPoint presentation. The teachers will return for a fall Saturday morning to report on using their projects in the classroom.
The workshop Web page is at http://www.ncsu.edu/ced/mentornet/mnworkshops01.html /> See our workshop photo album at http://www.ncsu.edu/ced/mentornet/july2001/ />


Number of Participants:
20

August 2001

August 20th, 2001 - December 21st, 2001

Trainers:
David Haase
Brenda Wojnowski
Lisa Grable

Training Site:
Web based course distributed from NC State University

Audience:
9 high school physics teachers in North Carolina and Virginia

Modules:
Searching for Information on the Web
Evaluating Web Resources

Adaptation:
We are teaching the graduate level physics course "Advanced Placement Physics for Secondary School Teachers" via the internet. Teachers learned at the beginning how to use the internet to find resources, submit homework and project reports and participate in discussions.

Number of Participants:
9

September 2001

September 1st, 2001 - October 16th, 2001

Trainers:
Michael Green

Training Site:
UNC Charlotte

Audience:
51 preservice elementary teachers

Modules:
Searching for Information on the Web
Evaluating Web Resources
Using Technology to Enhance Learning

Adaptation:
Adapted to include spreadsheets, data recording, graphing; Building PowerPoint presentations; web-based sleuthing


Number of Participants:
51


September 7th, 2001 - September 8th, 2001

Trainers:
Earlyn Jordon
Leo Edwards

Training Site:
Fayetteville State University

Audience:
K-12 teachers

Modules:
Creating a Web Page Using Netscape Composer

Adaptation:
Above-referenced module will be primary instructional material for workshop.

Number of Participants:
21

October 2001

October 26th, 2001

Trainers:
Richard Huber
Celeste Maus
Wendy Marshall

Training Site:
University of North Carolina Wilmington Campus Social and Behavioral Sciences Bldg. Computer Lab, Room 221

Audience:
K-12 Partership teachers who work with our interns

Modules:
Creating a Professional Portfolio Using PowerPoint

Number of Participants:
18

November 2001

November 2nd, 2001

Trainers:
Richard Huber
Celeste Maus
Wendy Marshall

Training Site:
University of North Carolina Wilmington Campus Social and Behavioral Science Bldg. Computer Lab, Room 221

Audience:
K-12 Partnership Teachers who work with our interns

Modules:
Searching for Information on the Web
Evaluating Web Resources
Creating a Web Page Using Netscape Composer

Number of Participants:
19


November 9th, 2001 - November 10th, 2001

Trainers:
Earlyn Jordon
Leo Edwards

Training Site:
Fayetteville State University

Audience:
K-12 teachers

Modules:
Creating a Professional Portfolio Using PowerPoint

Adaptation:
Above-referenced module will be primary instructional material for workshop.

Number of Participants:
25

January 2002

January 3rd, 2002

Trainers:
Carolyn Anderson

Training Site:
Winston-Salem State University Multimedia Center O'Kelly Library

Audience:
Public school personnel from Konnoak Elementary School

Modules:
Using Technology to Enhance Learning

Adaptation:
Using Excel Spreadsheets to inform students and parents about progress in school.
Using Excel to maintain an electronic grade book and do school reports.

Number of Participants:
25

March 2002

March 13th, 2002

Trainers:
Emily Stephenson-Green

Training Site:
Oakdale Academy for Creativity and Learning Charlotte NC

Audience:
K-5 Classroom Teachers Instructional Assistants Support Staff

Modules:
Searching for Information on the Web
Evaluating Web Resources
Using Technology to Enhance Learning

Adaptation:
The staff members learned how to explore the Web and bookmark sites. Pre-set bookmarks located in a Word file were used to help the participants find sites more quickly.

Particpants explored ways to use the Web as an instructional tool. The article on being a Techno-constructivist was used to frame the discussion and guide explorations.

Number of Participants:
42


March 19th, 2002

Trainers:
Michael Green

Training Site:
UNC Charlotte

Audience:
Preservice elementary teachers

Modules:
Searching for Information on the Web
Evaluating Web Resources
Using Technology to Enhance Learning

Adaptation:
Building PowerPoint presentations; web-based sleuthing

Number of Participants:
53

May 2002

May 17th, 2002 - May 18th, 2002

Trainers:
Michael Tally

Training Site:
Broughton High School Raleigh , N.C.

Audience:
High School Science Dept. Chairpersons

Modules:
Creating a Professional Portfolio Using PowerPoint

Adaptation:
Dept. chairs were provided with the book by Robert Marzano "Classroom Instruction that Works, Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement" (ASCD) and were instructed to create a PowerPoint presentation for their individual school science staffs.

Number of Participants:
15

June 2002

June 26th, 2002 - June 28th, 2002

Trainers:
Michael Tally

Training Site:
Enloe High School Raleigh N.C.

Audience:
High School Science Teachers, mostly Physics Teachers.

Modules:
Searching for Information on the Web
Evaluating Web Resources

Adaptation:
High School science teachers were introduced to various search engines and then searched for web resources concerning different topice in Physics.

Number of Participants:
5

July 2002

July 22nd, 2002 - July 23rd, 2002

Trainers:
Michael Tally

Training Site:
Central Office for Wake County Public Schools Raleigh, N.C.

Audience:
Middle School Science Dept. Chairpersons

Modules:
Searching for Information on the Web
Evaluating Web Resources

Adaptation:
Middle School Science Dept. Chairs were charged with searching the web for sites that enhance our pilot sites for inquiry-based science kits.

Number of Participants:
15

January 2003

January 13th, 2003

Trainers:
Emily Stephenson-Green

Training Site:
Phillip O. Berry Academy Charlotte, NC

Audience:
4th grade teachers from 3 elementary schools along with the principals and support staff from those schools as well as central office staff.

Modules:
Searching for Information on the Web
Evaluating Web Resources
Using Technology to Enhance Learning

Adaptation:
As a part of the implementation of an e-Learning Program that is placing laptop computers in the hands of all fourth graders in three schools, teachers were introduced to the range of instructional technology resources that are available to them on the internet to help children construct their understanding of the world and to increase and supplement student learning. Information was also shared to help the teachers evaluate web resources as they increase their use of these reseources with their students.

Number of Participants:
35


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