In this workshop, Education Professions teachers and students will learn to utilize video and web cams, microphones, and digital cameras to create collaborative projects using Voice Thread. Participants will also create a global education project on alternative energies that will be shared with students around the world.

Participants will learn to:

• Implement web 2.0 technologies to support a global learning project
• Use web 2.0 technologies that utilize video, audio, and still images for collaborative learning
• Explore global issues - alternative energies in Arizona and around the world
• Continue developing eportfolio (newcomers will start an eportfolio)
• Create a Lego avatar

Teachers will receive a $100 stipend, book on Global Education, continental breakfast, lunch, teaching tools, ability to checkout technology equipment, and the opportunity to earn an additional $100 stipend implementing a project with students.

Students will receive an ATLAST bag, continental breakfast, lunch, teaching tools, and the chance to network with other Education Professions students.

Estrella Mountain Community College
Saturday, November 7, 2009 - 7:30 am – 4:00 pm

Mesa Community College
Saturday, December 5, 2009 - 7:30 am – 4:00 pm

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The Achieving Technological Literacy in Arizona for Students and Teachers
(ATLAST) is a three-year $880,000 project supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Technology in Education Program. ATLAST is a project for increasing technological literacy in secondary education.

The performing unit is the National Center for Teacher Education (NCTE) of the Maricopa County Community College District in Arizona. This project will provide teachers and future teachers with the knowledge and skills needed to prepare students for an increasingly technology-driven society. The grant will focus on the teachers and students who participate in the Arizona Department of Education’s Education Professions Program, a high school Career and Technical Education (CTE) program for students who have an interest in pursuing a career in the field of education.

• Provide Arizona participants with knowledge and understanding of regional
  high-tech industry, impact on Arizona residents, and future career opportunities for students.
• Enable participants to leverage Web 2.0 and other open-source, free emerging technology tools to attract students to technology subject matter and improve their overall technological literacy.
• Enable participants to understand the purpose of technological literacy and its impact on student success.
• Integrate research within the ATLAST project that addresses key issues and questions about technological literacy in education.

The design of ATLAST training is based on recent technological literacy research and proven best practices for teacher preparation and professional development. They include maximizing hands-on work and guided experience while minimizing “talking head” presentation; ongoing collaborative engagement with other teachers and students; provision of modeling to increase perceptions of self efficacy relative to the use of computer tools; and teacher competencies for using instructional technology.

ATLAST training balances its focus between knowledge of technology industry in the community and ability to use instructional technology to raise the level of student technological literacy – using technology to teach technology. A key factor in helping teachers build their confidence toward technology is to teach relevant skills for the classroom. Taking what they learn at ATLAST workshops, teachers design and develop their own technological literacy learning materials using Web-based tools and collaborative learning. In addition, teachers and students work together in teams to implement technological literacy training in their schools and to promote knowledge sharing, mentoring, and peer support.

Benefits for Teachers & Students:

• Stipends for teacher participation
• Participating in a community of learning
• Knowledge of Arizona’s technology industry
• Sharing of learning objects that meet standards
• Opportunities for collaborative projects
• Classroom support when integrating technology in classroom
• Access to technology

Click here (pdf) to view the ATLAST project outcomes for grant year one.

Click here to access the ATLAST project Google Apps site.

Click here to view the ATLAST project slideshow.

Blue Ridge Unified School District

Buckeye Union High School District

Chandler Unified School District

Coolidge Unified School District

Florence Unified School District

Fountain Hills Unified School District

Gilbert Public Schools

Glendale Union High School District

Mesa Public Schools

Mingus Union High School District

Peoria Unified School District

Phoenix Union High School District

Sunnyside Unified School District