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Teacher Training and Support
Each summer, preceding the school year Camp Internet program, subscribing teachers are invited to attend a 2-1/2 day training workshop in preparation for the classroom activities that will begin in September. The 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. 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 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 will be working multi-disciplinarily, then they should attend both morning and afternoon sessions. If they are 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 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 will have online support from Camp staff, and whenever possible, trained Camp Counselors available physically in the classroom. The part time camp Counselor positions funded by the Technology Literacy ( California Dep't of Education ) and Distance Learning ( USDA ) project grants will be supplemented by assistance from trained personnel from County Education Offices.
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