See you in Philadelphia!
Note: Forward this to your “Shameless Commerce” division… If you’re going to be in Philadelphia at the end of January, consider making some time for any one of a series of workshops being hosted by Steve Hargadon at the Science Leadership Academy. The principal of SLA, Chris Lehmann is hosting the sessions: run by Michelle Moore on January 29th and 30th; run by Will Richardson on February 2nd and 3rd; and run by yours truly.
In planning my session, I’m trying to build a training that allows educators to use the tools they learn about. Toward that end, all participants in the Drupal session will receive Drupal hosting through August 2007. So, a workshop participant can learn how to build curriculum in the session that they can deliver on their first day back in the classroom.
For those interested, here’s a rundown of the curriculum I’ll be covering –
Overview: This workshop will cover how to access Web 2.0 tools in a secure educational environment. Participants will learn how to work in Drupal to give students access to social bookmarking, blogging, podcasting, and collaborative workspaces. Participants will also learn how to design curriculum within the site, and best practices for working in an online environment. All participants in this session will also receive hosting for a fully configured Drupal site through August, 2007, as part of the conference cost. As this is a working session, participants are encouraged to bring materials from lessons they are planning. The goal of this session is to provide participants with tools they can use immediately in their classrooms.
Day 1:
- Creating accounts for instructors and students;
- Student blogs;
- Tracking student work/providing feedback on student work;
- Curriculum Development;
- Managing the day to day operations in a course.
Day 2:
- Social bookmarking;
- Photo sharing;
- Podcasting;
- Aggregating rss feeds from external sources;
- Creating customized searches and webquests;
- Managing content over time (aka how not to drown in a sea of student writing).