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Program Leader Training and Support
Each summer, preceding the school year Camp Internet program, subscribing teachers and program leaders are invited to attend a 2-1/2 day training workshop in preparation for the classroom activities that will begin in September. The physical workshops are held in Santa Barbara, on the coast of California, a charming Mediterranean style town with towering peaks behind and waving palm trees lining the shoreline. For those unable to physically attend the workshops, there will be a web-based workshop and the program leader workbook to assist in orienting you to the program.
The emphasis in the workshop is on the subject matter, and the ways technology will be used to better explore the subject matter. These are not 'how-to-use-a-computer' workshops - they are ' how do we use computers to better challenge our student's intellectual development?' in nature. Participants are expected to have a basic working knowledge of using email and browsing the web. Knowledge of participating in chat rooms and listservs is desirable, and experience with audio and video streaming is recommended.
Summer 1998 - 1999
The workshops will be held Wednesday August 12th - Friday August 15th. Sessions begin at the Camp Internet Center, 1129 State, in the downtown cultural district. Opening at 2pm, the first sessions offers an overview of the program, an introduction to Camp Directors and staff, and hands-on technology activities.
During this session, teachers will be asked to decide if they will be
participating in A) the daily multi-disciplinary track, B) a weekly
multi-disciplinary track, or C-D) a weekly single subject track during
the school year ( C. Science, D. Social Science/ Literature ). In response
to this decision, participants will then break into smaller groups to
begin learning about the program content over the next two days. At 5pm
there will be a welcome reception for all participants.
The second day of the workshop, teachers and program leaders will be
working in groups, A-D. The morning hours, 9am-12noon, will be focused on
activities in the Social Sciences and Literature; the afternoon sessions
1-5pm, will be focused on activities in the Earth and Living Sciences. If
a teacher / program leader will be working multi-disciplinarily, then they
should attend both morning and afternoon sessions. If they are selecting
to focus on a single subject, they should select one or the other. For the
single subject teachers, the period they are not in session with Camp
staff will be spent on field trips to participating Trial Guides history
or science agencies. Lunch is provided.
The third day, the group will come back together as a whole and have an
opportunity to try out some of the hands-on activities that students will
be encouraged to undertake. The suggested format and management of the
Science and History Fairs will be covered. Details on participating in the
year end live Camp Expedition out to the Channel Islands will be provided.
For teachers and program leaders in the multi-disciplinary track - and
those who did not attend all field trips they wished the previous day -
additional field trips will be taken to participating agencies. Lunch will
be provided.
In the afternoon of the last day, the group will be invited to
participate in a Channel Cruise on board The Condor, the Camp's research
vessel. The trip will leave at 2pm, and return by 5pm, concluding the
workshop program.
During the school year, the teachers and program leaders will have
online support from Camp staff, and whenever possible, trained Camp
Counselors available physically on site to help you on a regular basis. To
accomplish this, the Camp invites as many of your staff or volunteers to
attend the pre session workshop in Santa Barbara - or at a minimum - to
study in-depth the program leader training workbook.
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