Overview

Teach the Teachers is a fantastic week-long summer professional development opportunity that incorporates effective lesson design, best practices in the core content areas and integration of instructional technology tools.

It allows teachers to work with a partner from their school during a week in the summer and collaboratively develop a successful unit of study that focuses on district literacy goals and integrates video and multimedia.

This year, the TTT program will be:

o Non-residential.

o Held in both Edmonds and Seattle for the teachers employed in those districts.

In order to participate in this program, teachers must be able to meet the following requirements:

o Complete and turn in all registration materials by the May 11^th due date.

o Be able to attend one entire week of summer sessions with their partner (same week)

   o Develop either one multimedia or Webquest project in a collaborative manner with a partner teacher from the same school during their Teach the Teacher session.

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Course Descriptions

Multimedia with Video

Technology has given us the ability to present information in formats that combine sound, text, image, and movement. Communication of this sort is known as multimedia, and it offers several opportunities for class instruction. First, it inherently taps students' multiple intelligences. Second, by creating presentations students can communicate ideas. Third, students love it!

Webquest

Participants in this class will gain the knowledge, skills and tools to draw on Internet resources for classroom and professional use. They will learn the basics of Internet Explorer, conduct effective searches, evaluate Web sites for usefulness and validity, select resources to enhance the curriculum, and promote critical thinking. They will see examples of innovative ways the Web has been used in standards-based classroom projects. They will also learn the basics of publishing on the Web using the Questgarden online publishing tool.

Over the course of this class, each team of educators will develop and publish a classroom Webquest project. Webquests are inquiry-oriented activities that draw resources from the Web. Webquests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.

Click here to view project examples created by past TTT participants

            In this summer week-long seminar, educators will:

o Attend with a partner teacher from their school to:

o Create a multimedia video project that they can use in their classrooms.

o Develop a project aligned best practices in core content areas that integrates technology effectively.

o See clear examples of successful uses of multimedia and video in the classroom.

o Learn to use digital still and video cameras and the World Wide Web to gather information for classroom multimedia or Webquest projects.

o Master the basics of photo and video editing software to create projects.

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Dates and Sessions

Team members must enroll in the same class and attend TTT during the same session. Classes will run Monday through Friday from 8am-5pm each day.

Participants must be able to attend each day for the full length of all sessions.

o Seattle sessions will be held in the Seattle School District at the John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence.

o Edmonds sessions will be held in the Edmonds School District at Meadowdale Elementary.

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Sessions

      July 23rd - 27th in Edmonds

o Multimedia with Video

o Webquest

     July 23rd - 27th in Seattle

       o Multimedia with Video

    July 30th - August 3rd in Edmonds

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Clock Hours, Credits & More

Teach the Teachers participants may choose to earn either clock hours or credits this summer (not both).

• 40 clock hours will be available. Clock hours are free to Edmonds teachers. Seattle teachers may elect to purchase clock hours through the Edmonds School District for $2 per clock hour.
• 4 Western Washington University credits will be available for $192. This cost can be paid during Teach the Teachers this summer.
• Edmonds teachers actively involved in the Peer Coach Project who attend TTT may use their summer grant funds to partially compensate their team for their attendance.
  

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Cost
The tuition cost per teacher for TTT this year is $75.

Edmonds Teachers: This fee will be paid for by the Edmonds School District. Edmonds teachers only need to complete the online registration process and then fully attend TTT this summer.

Seattle Teachers: Each teacher in your TTT team will need to write a check for $75 upon acceptance to the program in mid-May.

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Equipment Requirements

All Participantsshould plan on bringing a digital camera, digital video camera, corresponding cables, a microphone & a flash drive with them. In most cases, except for the flash drive, these items can be borrowed from your school.

• Seattle Teachers: Participants will use lab computers at the training location.
• Edmonds Teachers: Bring their own Macintosh or PC platform (e.g. iBook or Gateway) laptops meeting the requirements listed below:

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How to Register

The registration period for TTT 2007 ended on Friday, May 11th.

In order for your registration to be considered the following conditions must be met:

 1. Applicants must be a team of two, preferably from the same school, and must attend the same class together during the same summer week. 

2. Applicants must complete the brief online registration form together no later than May 11^th, 2007.  

3. Seattle School District Teachers: Each teacher in your TTT team will need to write a check for $75 upon acceptance to the program in mid-May.

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Questions