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Media Advisory: Teachers share high-tech instructional methods
Safe, appropriate use of Internet tools boosts student learning
More than 200 of Alabama's top teachers will gather in the Birmingham area on Tuesday for a 21st Century Learning Showcase. Teachers will share how they use Web 2.0 tools (i.e. wikis, blogs, podcasts) to:
- enrich and deepen student learning
- engage students
- improve the effectiveness of teaching with professional development
These educators, members of the Alabama Best Practices Center's Powerful Conversations Network, will demonstrate countless examples of safe and appropriate use of advanced technology in the classroom.
What: Powerful Conversations Network 21st Century Learning Showcase
When: Tuesday, May 8, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., detailed schedule below
BEST MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES 11 A.M. TO 1 P.M.
Where: Gardendale's First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 940 Main St. Gardendale, AL 35071
Showcase schools (20 minute presentations each, beginning at 11 a.m.)
- George Hall Elementary School – Teachers will share how they used digital cameras and Internet tools to help students retell educational field trips. The project improves students' vocabularies and communication skills. The Web site (www.georgehall.wetpaint.com) has brought visitors from all over the nation and world to this high-achieving, high-poverty, urban school in Mobile County.
- Challenger Middle School – Teachers at this Huntsville school created a professional development wiki to help the school faculty learn to use technology for instruction. The school faculty embraced the new tools, and student achievement is improving.
- Cullman Middle School – Using a wiki (www.cullmancollaborativebooks.wikispaces.com), students are co-writing online books in different genres of literature. Teachers designed this project to build writing skills while also teaching students how to work together on a project and communicate with collaborators. MIDDLE SCHOOLS STUDENTS WILL HELP WITH PRESENTATION.
During the Learning Fair sessions, teachers from 20+ schools will demonstrate successful projects. (9 a.m. to 10 a.m., and 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m.)
- A 4th-grade teacher from West Blocton Elementary in Bibb County treated students to a day without books, using all online resources for lessons aligned with the state course of study.
- Most students at Calcedeaver Elementary in north Mobile County are Native American, and they have produced virtual field trips of Native American cultural resources.
- At Wrights Mill Road Elementary in Auburn, teachers developed a Web quest (an online scavenger hunt) to teach students about Internet safety. The Web quest is available online at the school's homepage.
Complete list of Learning Fair schools
- Athens Middle School, Athens City Schools
- Buckhorn High School, Madison County Schools
- Calcedeaver Elementary School, Mobile County Schools
Cedar Ridge Middle School, Decatur City Schools
- Central Park Elementary School, Birmingham City Schools
- Challenger Middle School, Huntsville City Schools
- Chestnut Grove Elementary School, Decatur City Schools
- Cullman Middle School, Cullman City Schools
- Dean Road Elementary School, Auburn City Schools
- George Hall Elementary School, Mobile County Schools
- Hewitt-Trussville Middle School, Trussville City Schools
- Hillcrest High School, Tuscaloosa City Schools
- Liberty Park Elementary School, Vestavia Hills City Schools
- Mountain Brook High School, Mountain Brook City Schools
- Northridge High School, Tuscaloosa City Schools
- Oak Mountain High School, Shelby County Schools
- Ogletree Elementary School, Auburn City Schools
- Terry Heights Elementary School, Huntsville City Schools
- Vestavia Hills East Elementary School, Vestavia Hills Schools
- West Blocton Elementary School, Bibb County Schools
- West Jasper Elementary School, Jasper City Schools
- Winterboro School, Talladega County Schools
- Wrights Mill Road Elementary School, Auburn City Schools
The Alabama Best Practices Center receives major support from Microsoft Corp. and the Wachovia Foundation.
The A+ Education Foundation, home of the Alabama Best Practices Center, has been working since 1991 to advance policies, programs and initiatives that result in high achievement by every child in Alabama's K-12 education system.
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