Workshop 1, 2007
July 15 - 18, Cornell University - Rhodes 655
Schedule | Participants
The goal of the CYFair Participant Workshop was to unite educators from multiple backgrounds and instruct them in using
virutal worlds and information science tools that will be employed through WITS.
Schedule of Events
| Sunday, July 15 |
| 3:00pm
|
Introductions
|
| 3:30
|
Review of WITS Proposal Timeline and Scope of Work
|
| 4:00
|
Review of Sub Award proposal guidelines and reimbursement processes
|
| 4:30
|
How one teacher used SciFair: Steve Beckett
|
| 5:00
|
Dinner
|
| Monday, July 16 |
| 9:00am
|
Breakfast
|
| 9:30
|
SciFair: Learning to Build
|
| 10:30
|
Open Building - Homesteading "About Me"
|
| 12:00pm
|
Lunch
|
| 1:00
|
Open Building continued
|
| 2:15
|
Virtual Tours of Homesteads
|
| 3:00
|
CYFair: Introduction to Course Curriculum and Assignments -- Many Eyes and Internet Archive
|
| 5:00
|
Dinner
|
| 5:45
|
Evaluating Technology, Education, and Play (methods, instruments, IRB approvals)
|
| Tuesday, July 17 |
| 9:00am
|
Breakfast
|
| 9:30
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Review of CYFair Curriculum and Assignments, Discussion of Ideas for Local Implementation
|
| 9:45
|
Team Projects: Mini CYFair Projects
|
| 10:30
|
Brief Presentation on Cornell's Research with the Internet Archive
|
| 11:15
|
Field Trip for Photos (as appropriate)
|
| 12:30pm
|
Lunch
|
| 1:30
|
Open Building: Mini CYFair Projects
|
| 4:00
|
Presentation by Students from the Museum Discovery Program
|
| 4:30
|
Field Trip for Photos (as appropriate)
|
| 5:00
|
Dinner On Your Own (keep your receipts)
|
| Wednesday, July 18 |
| 9:00am
|
Breakfast
|
| 9:30
|
Virtual Tours of CYFair Mini Projects
|
| 11:15
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WITS Evalutation: Review and Feedback on Instruments
|
| 12:00pm
|
Adjourned
|
List of Participants
| Steve Beckett | Albert H Hill Middle School | Richmond, VA |
| Rich Bernstein | Scicentr.org | Cornell University |
| Camille Campion | San Diego Supercomputer Center | UC San Diego |
| Margaret Corbit | Scicentr.org | Cornell University |
| Sara Delahanty | | Ithaca, NY |
| Tommy Ray Douglas | Town & Country Village Learning Center | San Diego, CA |
| Sally Ewing | Passages Charter School | Chicago, IL |
| Bill Grimmer | Broadway Middle School | Elmira, NY |
| Linda Hollenbeck | Spencer-Van Etten School District | Spencer, NY |
| Monica Lee Jackman | Scicentr.org | Cornell University |
| Andrew Loewer | Scicentr.org | Cornell University |
| Jan Mahar | Penn State University | State College, PA |
| Cathy Norton | Scicentr.org | Cornell University |
| Grace Olsen | Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) | Richmond, VA |
| Margarita Padilla | San Diego Community Housing Corp. | San Diego, CA |
| David Primeaux | Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) | Richmond, VA |
| Ivan Rosero | San Diego Supercomputer Center | University of California, San Diego |
| Kim Stanton | Ernie Davis Middle School | Elmira, NY |
| Jamey Tielens | Spencer-Van Etten Middle School | Spencer, NY |
| Amy Tompkins | Ernie Davis Middle School | Elmira, NY |
| Raynard Townsel | Richmond Public Schools | Richmond, VA |
| Pam Washak | Tompkins County Action | Ithaca, NY |
| Valerie Werth | Penn State University | State College, PA |
| Jennifer Wofford | Computing & Info Science | Cornell University |
