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START
 Regional
Conference 
Role-A-Like:
K-12
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Based
on the context in which you work which aspects of START
did you replicate?
Did you need to adapt the materials or create
new products to meet your
needs?
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Replications
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How to Search the Web
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How to Evaluate the Web
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OLä Online
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Creating Your Own Professional Portfolio (Power-Point)
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Videoconference
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Enhancing Instruction Through Technology (Blackboard)
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Creating Your Own WebPages
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Adaptations
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Had to use PC version; use of Explorer instead of Composer
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Made lessons for in-service teachers to use in their
classes or in in-service; used to present to parents at open house;
used
for educational specialist to present their schools
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Videoconferencing was done on site
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Had to adapt totally because Blackboard changed its format
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Used FrontPage instead of composer
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What
resources (e.g., people, time, support, $) were you able to
access to support your work?
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- People: Technology Director, Miami Museum of Science,
NASA, State universities, museums and aquariums, J.L. Marine
Educators, district
- Time: Staff development within a rectification course,
after school, summer staff development, night for "Parenting Evening",
Director of Com.
- School
Support: District and region school, individual schools,
paraprofessional
- Money: Eisenhower Grants, school district funds, principal
allocations, Chapter 1, school staff development funds
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Describe
any barriers you faced in replicating
START.
What strategies did you use
to overcome them?
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Time
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Bureaucracy
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Lack of technology
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Focus of school system not on this type of use
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Software availability ̉ modules need to be modified to accommodate the available software
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Extended Day tutoring
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How staff development are allotted/some areas have no
days
at their discretion
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Funding
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Describe
how you could expand the START model to
reach new
audiences?
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Use
for in-service teacher re-certification in technology, lesson
development, web pages, etc.
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Parent
education ̉training, paraprofessionals
train administrators
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Branch to centers of teacher education: Pre-service
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Students
̉ Creating Web Pages and How to Search the Web
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Connection with other teachers and parents
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Make more flexible with different web browsers
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Have
open-ended assignments
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Agenda
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