TIS Training

Patricia Opauski
Training Sessions
 July 16th –20th

Bridgeport WV: TIS Conference

• Importance of 21st Century Classrooms

• Policy 2520.14 Learning Skills and Technology Tools
and changes in Policy 2510
• INTEL
• Thinkfinity
• West Virginia Assessment
• SAS
• E-Portfolio
certificate
 August 13th -17th

West Virginia State Technology Conference

•Intelliboard
•Wireless Tablets
•Online Tutorials with Adobe Captiva
•The Integrated 21st Century– Hear today!
•Power Point Allies
•Collide or converge with Technology
•Converge with Quizdom
•21st Century Learning- The Student Response
 September 18th -20th

Bridgeport WV: TIS Conference

•Planning Designs
•Learning Environment
•Google Tools
•Bogs
•Wiki’s
•Edvantia (October—John Ross—filmed English Class)
•Testmate Clarity
 January 21st-25th

Florida Education Technology Conference

•Jeff Corwin
•Kathy Schrock
•Jennifer Womble, “Making Technology Routine”
•Cameras (digital and video)
•Pod Casts
•Route 21
•Web 2.0
•Vendors: (hundreds)
 On-line Classes
•Using Digital Student Portfolios for Librarians Jun 2007

•Finding the Best Educational Resources on the Web Oct 2007

•Transforming the Classroom with Project Based Leaning Mar 2008

•SAS (www.cpopd.com) April 2008

Using Digital Students Portfolios for Librarians

1. Reviewing Digital Portfolios to Document Understanding

2. Selecting Components of a Digital Portfolio
3. Identifying the Right Tools for Building a Digital Portfolio
4. Using Digital Portfolios
5. Using Digital Portfolios for Student Self Reflection to Foster
Student Learning
Finding the Best Educational Resources on the Web

1. Using INTERNET in the Classroom

2. Search Engine Basics
3. Effective Searching Techniques
4. Evaluating INTERNET Sources
5. Finding Multimedia Resources to Enhance Your Lesson
6. INTERNET Resources for your Curriculum
Certificate
 Transforming the Classroom with Project
Based Learning

1. What is Project Based Learning?

2. Planning a Project Based Leaning Unit
3. Framing Inquiry-The Project Based Learning
Process
4. Technology in the Design, Structure, and
Presentation of Project Based Learning
5. Assessing Project Based Learning
6. Implementing Your Own Project Based Learning
Unit
 Certificate of Completion
WVDE eLearning For Educators
Online Professional Education
Transforming the Classroom with Project-Based Learning

PatriciaOpauski
has successfully completed 45 hours of coursework during the
March 12th Online Professional Development
Transforming the Classroom with Project-Based Learning, developed by
Education Development Center's Center for Online Professional Education

Sandra M. Wiseman, Course Facilitator

Donna Landin, Project Director
April 30, 2008
 SAS in School Class: (www.cpopd.com)
Curriculum Pathways OPD: Section 407
Date: April 7-May 16 2008 Contact Hours: 32
Description: Participants competed a 6-week online professional development course to learn how Curriculum
Pathways can serve as a resource partner-assisting educators in the achievement of academic goals by providing
resources built the was people learn; addressing higher-order learning objectives; enabling the differentiation of
instruction; and integrating 21st century skills with core subjects.
This asynchronous course incorporates a variety of assignment: working through resources as students,
evaluation instruction, implementing lesson in the classroom, participating in cooperative learning activities and
online discussions, and creating portfolio artifacts (capstone project)
Course activities and assignment demonstrate how Curriculum Pathways resources can enhance instruction and
student learning. Weekly assignment, highlighting a type of resource, allow participants to become familiar with
the structure and features of Curriculum Pathways.
Through the course, participants learned to:
•Locate resources by type, topic, and related standard, * Identify the type of resource best-suited to a particular
purpose, * Use Lesson Guides to determine appropriate match of resources to content standards and instructional
objectives, * Utilize features such as Assign, Flags, Search, and Print/Save/E-mail, * Develop assessments,
*Address various levels of students learning, * Integrate resources to introduce a concept or topic, *Reinforce,
enhance, and remediate student learning.

Participant Name: Patricia Opauski Contact Information: Deborah Gray

Professional Development Coordinator
SAS @Curriculum Pathways
SAS Campus Dr., Cary NC 27513
Sponsoring Agency: SAS Institute, Inc. Deborah.Gray@sas.com
 On-line Book Studies

•Teaching in the Digital Age (WV Learns)

•Mingo County Book Study

Teaching Every Students In the Digital Age
Universal Design for Learning

Part 1: Universal Design for Leaning: The Concept

* Education in the Digital Age
* What Brain Research Tells Us About Leaner Differences
* Why We Need Flexible Instructional Media
* What Is Universal Design for Learning?
Part 2: Universal Design for Learning: Practical Applications
* Using UDL to Set Clear Goals
* Using UDL to Support Every Student’s Learning
* Using UDL to Accurately Assess Student Progress
* Making Universal Design for Learning a Reality
 Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Lesson Plan Web Sites

http://lessonbuilder.cast.org/explore.php
http://www.patinsproject.com/universal_design_for_learning_project.htm
http://udl.mcneese.edu/module3.htm
http://techplan.edzone.net/ci2007/
http://www.donjohnston.com/research/articles/lessons/using/udl.html
http://ltl.rfbd.org/Universal-Design-for-Learning-UDL/27/
http://www.k8accesscenter/org/training_resources/udl/DifferentiatedInstructionHTML/asp
http://pages.suddenlink.net/drshankweb/index_Page578.htm
http://www.assistivetechnology.vcu.edu/2006/11/udl_lesson_plan_helper.html
 Understanding by Design
By: Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe
•Mingo County Teacher Leadership Book Study
•Wordpress (Blog)
1. Backward Design
2. Understanding Understanding
3. Gaining Clarity on Our Goals
4. The Six Facets of Understanding
5. Essential Questions: Doorways to Understanding
6. Crafting Understanding
7. Thinking like and Assessor
8. Criteria and Validity
9. Planning for Learning
10. Teaching for Understanding
11. The Design Process
12. The Big Picture: UbD as Curriculum Framework
13. “Yes, but….”
 Trainings

•Aug. 24th: Capitol High School: College Summit – Digital

Portfolios for Seniors
•Sept. 24th: Mingo County Teacher Leadership– Intelliboard
•Oct. 6th: Gary Sage—Numonics
•Oct: 12th: Intelliboard
•Oct. 23rd: Blog Training
 Teachers
Technology Tuesdays

•E-mail
•Blogs Nov. 6th: Elementary Teachers
Writing Road Map
•Wiki’s
Nov. 8th: High School Teachers
•I Know
Writing Road Map
•Writing Road Map Nov. 15th: High School Teachers

•PLATO SAS Writing Reviser

•SAS
•Thinkfinity
•Smart Board
•Web Sites
•Lessons
 Students

•Virtual School ( French II and Spanish I)

•E-mail
•Power point
•Benchmark Testing
•I know Lessons
•Blogs
•Wiki’s
•Writing Road Map
•WESTEST Writing Assessment
•Virtual Field Trips
•Cameras
•Scanners
Caught In the Act!
Students Hard at WORK!!! (21ST Century Skills)