Welcome to the Teaching With Instructional Technology Institute May 18-22, 2009
	INSTITUTE RESOURCES                                                                                                   This document - http://pierce.wesleyancollege.edu/faculty/brhoades/TWITI/index.html       FaceBook group - http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=100796300615       Delicious links page - http://delicious.com/bbennettday        Acer Technical Support Number:  (708) 822-6377     ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION SURVEYS                                                                                                    TWITI Survey page     SCHEDULE                                                                                                                            Monday-Thursday    8:30-10:00AM, 10:15-11:45AM    1:30-3:00PM, 3:15-4:45PM    1:30-3:00PM, 3:15-4:45PM   morning instructional sessions with faculty presenters afternoon instructional sessions with faculty presenters optional afternoon practicum     Friday    8:30 – 11:45AM    1:30 – 4:45PM    6:00 – 8:00PM   presentations of new materials, brainstorming on the future presentations of new materials, brainstorming on the future dinner and social – courtesy of Dean Fowler   Monday, May18                                                                                                                     Barry Rhoades Welcome to TWITI - Day 1        Outline      TWITI - Wesleyan College 2009 (FaceBook group)      Acer Aspire vs. projectors - how to configure your netbook     Jim Ferrari "Interactive Use of a Student Response System"      Outline      Downloading and installing the PRS host software      Downloading and installing the vClicker client software     Venus Dookwah-Roberts "Notebook and SmartIdeas - Getting the Most out of a SmartBoard"     Outline     Downloading and installing the SmartIdeas software     Downloading and installing Notebook 10     Global warming pyramid     Tuesday, May 19                                                                                                                Barry Rhoades Welcome to TWITI - Day 2         Outline     Karen Huber "The Wonderful World of Google - Part 1"      Outline      Downloading GoogleEarth     Pat Prichard "Project Design and Presentation with GoogleDocs"      Outline      GoogleDocs sample - 'From Space to Place . . .'      Joining GoogleDocs     Wednesday, May 20                                                                                                        Thelma Sexton "Accessing and Publishing On-Line Open-Source Materials"      Outline      More on-line/open-source links     Shelly Martin "Blogs and Travel Blogs: Extending the Classroom"      Outline      Additional links     Thursday, May 21                                                                                                          Jim Morey "The Wicked Ways of Wikis"      Outline     Brooke Bennett-Day "You Are What You Tweet - Social Networking in the Classroom"      Outline      Delicious bookmarks     Friday, May 22                                                                                                              Show and Tell presentations by TWITI participants of newly-developed materials     Brainstorming discussing future institutes, technology trends, and IT at Wesleyan     Food For Thought a dinner and social hosted by Dean Vivian Fowler