Syllabus

** Syllabus **
** School: ** Lisbon Elementary School ** Workshop Facilitator: ** Kristy Trueblood

** Introduction **
==== Technology is an integral part of our teaching world today and it is important for our students to learn in a 21st century classroom. In addition, new implementations in curriculum are making it more challenging than ever or teachers to effectively teach material in the time frame given. It is important for teachers to have the skills to utilize technology to their advantage, to save time, improve student learning, and teach students valuable skills. ====

** Workshop Description **
==== This five-day workshop will focus on the arts and the common core initiative to more toward teacher performance based assessment. This workshop will use video, digital cameras, flip cameras, audio, various web-based applications, composing software, and podcasting to track student progress throughout the year. This workshop will show ways for teachers in the fine arts to have artifacts for student achievement throughout the year. This will provide ways for teachers to provide data and evidence to administrators and supervisors since fine arts do not have standardized assessment. The instructional strategy of this workshop will be cooperative learning and project creation. Too often teachers participate in professional development and do not have the opportunity to experiment with the resources that they are being given. It is one thing to watch someone use a program, but entirely different to have teachers use the program and create the projects themselves. This way, teachers will be able to problem solve some of the issues that their students may encounter, and overall, they will be more comfortable with the program as a whole. ====