Syllabus

Syllabus

"Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning." - Winston Churchill

Presenter Contact Information Name: Megan Weems Preferred method of contact: weemsmeg@gmail.com Professional Development Description
 * This is a five day training, with each session lasting four hours.
 * The training sessions will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 12:30 p.m each day.
 * Monday's session will focus on the integration of the iPad into a U.S. History course.
 * Tuesday's session will focus on the integration of the iPad into a LSN Government course.
 * Wednesday's session will focus on utilizing the iPad in a World History course.
 * Thursday's session will focus on incorporating the iPad into a Psychology course.
 * Friday's session will focus on utilizing the iPad to improve students' writing skills.

Course Goals/Objectives Goal 1: Teachers will increase the rate at which they utilize the iPad in their classroom.  Objectives: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">1. Instructors will learn various methods for incorporating the iPad into their U.S. history course in order to develop at least two ways in which they can utilize an iPad in a lesson. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">2.Instructors will learn various methods for incorporating the iPad into their Government course in order to develop at least two ways in which they can utilize an iPad in a lesson. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">3.Instructors will learn various methods for incorporating the iPad into their World History course in order to develop at least two ways in which they can utilize an iPad in a lesson. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">4.Instructors will learn various methods for incorporating the iPad into their Psychology course in order to develop at least two ways in which they can utilize an iPad in a lesson.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Goal 2: Teachers will utilize the iPad to improve student writing skills and critical thinking skills. Objective: Teachers will learn at least two methods for incorporating the iPad into their classroom in order to create an activity that the teacher would utilize in their classroom.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">Course Materials <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">There will be a class set of iPads available for participants to utilize while they are attending the training. All participants are welcome to bring their own iPads if they have them available. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Below is a document that each participant will receive upon attending the training. There is no need to print out an additional copy unless you lost the original document. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">A specific syllabus for each day of the training can be found on the individual session's page.