K-12 Teacher Workshops

Workshop Series

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Implementation Ideas | Intro to Digital Storytelling

A Brief Summary of Six Ways to Implement
the AAM Workshop Series

The following are examples for implementing the workshop series. These approaches were formulated to fit with local needs and training programs. Additional ways of applying the workshops are also possible.

1. Technology Workshop Series
   (for schools whose districts don’t have technology workshops)
   
   The Adventure of the American Mind’s Technology Workshop Series will provide schools with 35 hours of workshops that include technology training. The goal of the workshops is to provide teachers the knowledge and skills necessary to incorporate the digital primary resources found at the Library of Congress’s American Memory Web site and other Internet resources into course units of study. The workshops may be conducted after school, on staff development days, or other agreed-upon times.
   
   
2. Digital Primary Resources Workshop Series
   (for districts with a Technology Workshop Program)
   
   The Adventure of the American Mind’s Digital Primary Resources Workshop Series will provide schools with 21 hours of workshops for teachers that have successfully completed local technology training. The goal of the workshops is to provide technology-literate teachers the knowledge and skills necessary to incorporate the digital primary resources found at the Library of Congress’ American Memory Web site and other Internet resources into course units of study. The workshops may be conducted after school, on staff development days, or other agreed-upon times. The AAM staff can conduct the workshop sessions for the district or can provide the district’s technology training staff the knowledge necessary to incorporate digital primary resources into existing technology workshops using the train-the-trainer staff development model.
   
   
3. Video Conference Workshop Series
   
   The Video Conference Workshop Series is designed for schools (or individuals) wishing to utilize the “any time, any place” staff development model. Interactive workshops can be arranged using one-way or two-way video conferencing. Topics can also be viewed passively at any time using video streaming. Workshop topics include the instructional use of technology in the classroom as well as how to incorporate the digital primary resources found at the Library of Congress’ American Memory Web site and other Internet resources into course units of study.
   
   
4. Summer Graduate Credit Class for Classroom Teachers
   
   The Summer Graduate Credit Class is designed for classroom teachers who wish to become more skilled in the use of technology in the classroom. This free, three-week graduate credit, professional development course provides teachers the knowledge and skills necessary to incorporate the digital primary resources found at the Library of Congress’s American Memory Web site and other Internet resources into course units of study. Teachers successfully completing the course will produce a multimedia presentation, WebQuest, and web page that incorporate primary digital resources into course lesson plans.
   
   
5. Teacher Grant Program
   
   The Adventure of the American Mind Teacher Grant Program provides funding for teachers with ideas of how to incorporate the primary digital resources found at the Library of Congress’s American Memory Web site into course units of study. Individuals or teams of teachers may apply for grant funding. Grant requests must:
   
   
   1. Include the digital resources found at the American Memory Web site
   2. Use technology as an instructional tool.
   3. Address one or more of the curriculum standards.
      
      
   Grantees must attend five workshop sessions which cover: 1) grant requirements, 2) digital primary resources of the American Memory Web site, and 3) use of the technology selected for purchase with grant funds. Final products will include lesson plans, copies of handouts and other resources developed for the grant, and documentation of the use of the lesson plans with students.
   
   
6. Local History Summer Institute
   
   The Adventure of the American Mind Local History Summer Institute (35 hours) provides technology proficient teachers the opportunity to research local history primary resources for use in his/her classroom. The goal of the institute is to provide classroom teachers the skills necessary to locate and preserve local primary resources in a digital format which can be used in course units of study. The free, six-day institute includes several days of research at local historical sites. Participants will be divided into research teams. Each team will develop lesson plans that include a multimedia presentation that can be used in a classroom unit of study.

An Adventure of the American Mind is made available through a Library of Congress grant funded by the U.S. Congress. AAM is administered through the Education and Research Consortium of the Western Carolinas Inc.
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