Professional Development
BATEC Summer Institutes
BATEC held its fourth annual Summer Institutes from July 7th - August
8th for high school teachers and community college faculty in eastern
Massachusetts. Over 100 teachers, representing 35 schools, attended the Summer
Institutes this year.
Faculty were provided with a selection 16 different professional
development courses to attend at no cost. Courses offered this summer
included: AP Computer Science A, Cisco CCNA Discovery and Packet
Tracer, Flash and Flash CS Level 1 Workshop, Graphic Design,
Implementing Podcasting, Introductory Java with iJava, Introducing
Moodle, Microsoft Vista and Office 2007, Object-Oriented Programming,
Second Life, Teaching ICT Technology: A New Paradigm and Why Isn't
Johnny Ready for College.
When surveyed about the effectiveness of their course, one teacher
replied, "I will incorporate some (of what I've learned) into my
program and try to convince the other tech teachers to adopt it."
Another teacher stated that they had learned to, "do more hands on
teaching before I send my students off on their own." Others added
that they would incorporate their session leader's teaching style in
their classroom and that what they had learned in their session would
help them enhance their institution's programs.
STREAM 2009 Interactive Workshop (K-12 educators)
June 25 - 26, 2009
The workshop will focus on integrating robotics into STEM education. This workshop will provide educators the opportunity to explore how they might use robotics in their own STEM instruction through interactive sessions as well as through presentations by other educators currently using robotics as a way to teach STEM.
Hosted by: The Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, iRobot, the Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education and the University of Massachusetts Lowell
**Applications due March 8**
The application and a program flyer can be found at: http://stream.cs.uml.edu
Please email completed applications to robots@cs.uml.edu or fax to Phyllis Procter at 978-934-3551
Robotics for Middle School Teachers Course
June 29 – July 2, 2009 & July 7 – 10, 2009
This course will provide middle school teachers with hands-on experience in robotics. The course will focus on developing an understanding of robotics as a basis for teaching programming and mechanical design. Systematic problem solving will also be emphasized.
More information available at http://umass.edu/pvnet
Register online at http://bit.ly/CourseRegistration
Contact: Kathy Baker at kbaker918@aol.com or 413 545-0010
**Limited spots with priority for CAITE members.
**For more general STEM Information:
http://umassk12.net/stem/
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