Workshop+Syllabus

Workshop Syllabus

**Summer Professional Development Workshop Syllabus **
 * Your Wiki and You **
 * June 25, 2012 – June 29, 2012 **

Kenyatta Lewis-White __Phone__: 202-585-4661 E-mail: klewiswh@gmail.com or Kenyatta.lewiswhite@pgcps.org
 * Instructor Contact Information **

This Wiki workshop will give you, the teacher, an opportunity to explore effective technological ways of administering comprehension skills in any academic area. You will learn how a wiki works, how it is developed and how it can be an excellent resource for grasping your student’s attention when it comes to reading. You will also learn that you can create many different lessons with a wiki that will benefit your students __learning__ styles.
 * Workshop Introduction **

 **Workshop Description** The impact of technology is steering education into a new direction in educating and __learning__. This, five day – group based, workshop will offer another avenue in teaching elementary students the fundamentals of language and the comprehension skills they will need in all aspects of their educational __careers__.
 * Prerequisite **: Knowledge of the Internet

 **Workshop Goals/Objectives** The objectives you will meet after successfully completing this workshop are:
 * Identify and understand the components of a Wiki
 * Learn how to add documents and links that are beneficial learning elements
 * Design a wiki component that will benefit your classroom lesson(s) that should increase your students comprehension skills
 * Write and implement __security policies__ to protect students and IT infrastructure


 * Workshop Materials **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Computer
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">__Training__ guide/booklet
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Open minds


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Assessments and Workshop Evaluation **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">You will receive a pre-assessment questionnaire at the beginning of the workshop to determine the types of technologies you use in your classroom, what you know about wiki’s and what you would like to learn about implementing a wiki as an educational component in your lesson(s).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">After each workshop segment, you will receive a short assessment. This will gauge whether you have successfully understood the layout and components of a wiki.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">At the end of the workshop, you will receive a post-assessment/evaluation questionnaire to determine if you understood everything and to see how the presenter ranked.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">8:00am - 12:00pm || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Pre-Assessment <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">The Wiki Basics || * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Complete Questionnaire <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">8:00am – 12:00pm || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Pages and Files || * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Build pages and files <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">8:00am – 12:00pm || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Can I __Join__? || * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Allow permissions <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">8:00am – 12:00pm || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Create your own Wiki! || * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Develop a wiki based on a lesson you have performed (other groups will join) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">8:00am – 12:00pm || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Discussion and Wiki Play <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Post-Assessment and Evaluation || * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Activity based on what you incorporated in your wiki
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Workshop Timeline **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Day ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">__Topic__ ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Assignment ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Monday, June 25, 2012
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Divide into groups of two
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Create username and password
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Identify and review parts of the wiki
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Activity
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Discussion
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Session Assessment ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Tuesday, June 26, 2012
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Insert Documents and Hyperlinks
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Activity
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Discussion
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Session Assessment ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Wednesday, June 27, 2012
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">__Join__ other wikis
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Activity (comment)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Discussion
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Session Assessment ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Thursday, June 28, 2012
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Activity
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Assessment ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Friday, June 29, 2012
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Group or peer review ||