". . . so by the end of the school year, Fermilab's facility and initial training
will have an impact on all 10,000 students in our district." -- Illinois administrator |
- Response to 1994 needs assessment with 12 school districts
- Designed and taught by teachers for teachers
- Strategies and materials refined over 6 years
- Online strategies and materials refined over 3 years
- Constructivist/engaged learning
- Effective Internet integration
- Leadership development
- Online course (4.5 credits) where teams create:
- technology-supported engaged learning project
- staff development plan for their school or district
- Online follow-up
- Facilitators' Academy (1.5 credits) where teams create:
- plans and materials for offering their own course
- Mentoring program for new facilitators
- Weekly 2-hour discussions via chats
(7-9 P.M. EST, 4-6 P.M. PST)- Sharing, reflections, and questions via bulletin board
- Weekly (at least) communication with facilitator via e-mail
- Announcements via listserv
- Weekly office hours via chats
- Course home page, assignment page,
discussion schedule, status page- All materials online and hard copy
- Assignments posted to Web or bulletin board
- Fermilab and Friends of Fermilab
- U.S. Dept. of Energy, Illinois State Board of Education, North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium and the National Science Foundation
Author: LInC Leaders
- Partner and develop expertise with other educational agencies to offer similar professional development.