Proposal Synopsis (Proposal ID# 40132634)

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		Speaker	Jeff Cooper Private Professional Development Provider
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		Response	Accepted
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		Equipment Confirmation:	Your equipment requirements are fine. NECC will provide everything you have requested. Please see instructions below for sending any software or download URLs ahead of time, including software or drivers for external hardware. NECC will also provide all necessary videoconferencing equipment, transport and gateway services. You will be contacted shortly to discuss specific arrangements pertaining to scheduling and testing connectivity between NECC and your remote sites.
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		Category/Subcategory	Workshop -- Hands-on
General Information
		Theme and Strand	Professional Learning:Online Professional Development
		Session Title	Online Collaboration: Transforming Curriculum Through Technology Beyond NCLB
		Session Description	This workshop offers sustained online professional development and support (before, during, and after the workshop), collaboration between members, virtual K-12 classrooms, and inspiring techniques for motivating students.
		Keywords	collaboration, support, integration, transformation, constructivism
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		Audience Type	Chief Technology Officers Curriculum Specialists Library Media Specialists Principals Staff Developers Superintendents School Board Members Teachers Teacher Educators Technology Coordinators Technology Facilitators Technology Integration Specialists
		Audience Level	All
		NETS•S	1- 6
		NETS•T	I- VI
		NETS•A	I- VI
		NETS Summary	Virtually all ISTE standards are met within the Tapped In Community. Currently, there are no assessment tools built within the interface, but the wide ranging professional development groups support all other standards. Being a professional community, there are always groups meeting and addressing issues surrounding the various standards for students, teachers and administrators. Several groups that specifically address these standards: ISTE_NCATE Support Group SIGTC NETS NBPTS (National Board Certification) Collaboration Community SAFE-T (School Admins Forum Ed-Tech) Taming the Tiger (the Tiger is technology) Teachers Using Technology Technology Rich Classrooms Web Tools for Education The Blogstreams Salon Webheads in Action (ESL Group) A separate safe and secure K-12 campus allows students to work on projects, collaborate with other students (with their teacher's permission), engage in student-centered project based learning, all the while developing their tech skills and becoming involved with their own education. Workshop participants will also view and use a number of educational sites, Web 2.0, and others as developed.
Workshop Information
		Workshop Length	Full-day
		Workshop Skill Level	All
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		Multiple Workshop Presentations	Yes
		Workshop Scheduling Preferences	Yes evenings ok
Proposal Summary
		Purpose & Objectives	Educators are inundated with a variety of options regarding how to use the Internet (and related expensive educational software) in their classroom. However, the most important and often overlooked resource is the human factor. Tapped In is a virtual learning community that extends professional development opportunities far beyond one day workshops. One day workshops often suffer through lack of follow through. Without sustained support, participants often revert to long-established routines. Becoming part of the Tapped In community allows for sustained support and professional development. This workshop begins *before* the workshop for those participants who wish to join in advance (and are strongly encouraged to do so). More important, Tapped In is a venue where members may continue to collaborate and develop for years to come. It is in a sense, an electronic hub of personal and professional development. Participants will: # Create professional profiles and offices # Join pertinent professional development groups # Create new groups for collaboration with peers in subject areas # Progress from neophytes to expert users in three hours # Create K-12 classrooms for their students and learn how to manage them # Learn how to create a virtual school district on their own server for intra-district collaboration # Receive ongoing support (both live, through threaded discussions and files) for the rest of their careers This workshop will give educators a chance to make new connections now, and in the future. Tapped In is, in a sense, a one stop shop for lifelong learning and professional development.
		Outline	Pre-Workshop: Workshop participants are strongly encouraged to register at Tapped In click the "Become a member link") and take one of the regularly scheduled "Tips and Tricks Tours." Tours take about an hour. Hour 1: Introduction to Tapped In and Virtual Learning Communities. Presenter David Wexler will be physically present to introduce Tapped In. Jeff Cooper will be online at Tapped In and supporting virtually (a videoconference hookup is requested). Information includes: # "About Tapped In" # Registration and introductory tour for those not registered. # Tour includes creation of a personal office, using the interface, viewing the professional development calendar, joining groups, and a quick tour of the K-12 campus (time permitting) # Second tour available for those members who have already registered and taken the preliminary tour. Second tour includes: creating passageways between offices and groups # personal profile development # image note creation # html and rss within threaded discussions # website projection on remote computers Participants who have already set up offices, joined groups, created groups and K-12 classes have the option to assist workshop members who need help. Hour 2: Group and K-12 classroom creation # Participants will create their own group and/or K-12 classroom. # Participants will learn to manage their K-12 class, set up student accounts, set permission levels, collaborate with other K-12 classes (optional). Hour 3: Open Tap and the Future of Tapped In # Participants will learn how to create their own version of Tapped In on their own servers. # Some participants will continue with hour two work. Lunch Break Hours 4-6 Educators will explore a variety of sites, focusing on Web 2.0 and open source, interactive MUVES such as WhyVille, QuestAtlantis, RiverCity and more. They will also create and develop their K-12 classes at Tapped In and support each other and receive support throughout the school year.
		Supporting Research	Tapped In Papers and Presentations http://tappedin.org/tappedin/web/papers/
		Special Emphases	incorporates global collaboration addresses participants using existing technology
		Presenter Background	Jeff Cooper is an Education Technology Consultant, as well as being a professional educator with over 15 years experience, mostly teaching English, ESL and Computer Applications. He has volunteered on Helpdesk at Tapped In since it began in 1997, and supported thousands of educators and students through the Tapped In Interface. He is the #1 expert in end-user support of Tapped In, and has been quoted in articles ranging from The Chronicle of Higher Education, MIT, to an Italian Journal "Nomad" regarding Educational MUVEs. He has written a number of articles related to Tapped In. He presented a 3 hour workshop on Tapped In for the NECC 2006 Conference, as well as presenting at the 2003 NCCE Conference in Portland, and also attended the Seattle NECC in 2003. David Weksler began working with teachers, technology and professional development in 1993 when the National Science Foundation funded The Geometry Forum at Swarthmore College. He has continued to support teachers understanding of technology, especially in areas of math and science for the past 12+ years. BOAF session NECC 2005 Previous NECC sessions NECC 2006: Tapped In: Professional Educator's Collaborative NCTM presentations and conference attendance Various (and many) local conferences (PA, NJ, NY) on technology and its use in education
		Prerequisites	Participants are strongly encouraged to preregister at Tapped In http://www.tappedin.org and take a "Tips and Tricks" tour *before* the workshop begins. The more advanced the participants are, the more can be accomplished both individually, and as a group. However, high tech skills are *not* a prerequisite of this workshop. Members who consider themselves "compuphobic" are encouraged to attend. Tapped In is the only online site that offers *free realtime help* to its members. All are welcome!
		Primary URL	http://www.tappedin.org
		Referenced Web Links	"Building 21st Century Collaborative Learning Communities" by Jeff Cooper "Educational MUVEs: Virtual Learning Communities" by Jeff Cooper "Educational Muves: An Introduction" by Jeff Cooper "The Politics and Economics of Open Source Learning" by Jeff Cooper
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		Workshop Lab Requirements	Full Lab
		Workshop Equipment Platform	Windows
		Workshop Hardware Requests	Internet-heavy
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		Workshop Software Requests	Adobe Photoshop Elements Inspiration Kidspiration Microsoft Office Firefox Other
		Additional Software Requests	Java Runtime Environment up to date and Tapped In not filtered Firefox browser on PCs The requests in the check boxes above are desirable but not required, no additional installations other than Firefox and Java on PCs is required for this session.
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		Videoconferencing Description	I will follow up the 2006 workshop with a similar setup. My colleague David Weksler will support in the room while I support online through Tapped In and via videoconference.
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		Co-Presenter #1	David Weksler 331 Engle Street Tenafly NJ USA wex@pobox.com