Presenting+History

// With John Wren, Technology Specialist, Center for University Partnerships at University of Massachusetts Lowell // January 11, 2010, 8:00 a.m.* - 2:30 p.m., Reading Memorial High School **__or__** January 12, 2010, 8:00 a.m.* – 2:30 p.m., Reading Memorial High School Microsoft Photostory provides a free and easy way to incorporate technology into classroom projects and presentations. Using photographs, audio, and music teachers will begin to create their own movie for use in the classroom. Photostory can be used to create digital stories and documentaries, music videos, visual book reviews, and historical narratives, providing students with skills in technology, presentations, visual literacy, and historical writing, key elements of the Framework of 21st Century Learning.
 * Presenting History: Technological Applications for Student Projects and Presentations**
 * 7:30 a.m. start for participants attending a school day seminar for the first time***


 * Resources**


 * Optional Advanced Preparation**

//** *If you choose __not to complete__ the optional advanced preparation assignment, images related to the book __Sarah’s Long Walk: The Free Blacks of Boston and How Their Struggle for Equality Changed America__ will be provided at the seminar **////, thus the focus of your Photostory will be related to the content of this book //**//. //**// (As many of you know, __Sarah’s Long Walk__ is our January History Book Discussion Study Group selection.) If you plan to work with images related to __Sarah’s Long Walk__ please bring this book/your notes on the book with you to the seminar so that you can review its content as you craft the audio portion of your Photostory. If you are not a book group participant, copies of Sarah’s Long Walk will be available. //


 * Connections to Standards **

Memorandum of Understanding & Evaluation Informed Consent Graduate Credit/PDPs Pre-Test History Connected Wiki & Website || mid-morning break || **Welcome and Introductions Using Photostory in the History Classroom** - Working with and Collecting Photographs - Photostory How-To - Photostory Creation || - Sharing Out ||
 * Agenda**
 * 7:30 – 7:45 || **Arrival, Breakfast, and Check-in** **(for teachers who have not yet attended a school day seminar)** ||
 * 7:45 – 8:30 || **Orientation**
 * 8:00 – 8:30 || **Arrival and Breakfast** (**for teachers who have already attended a school day seminar)** ||
 * 8:30 – 11:30
 * 11:30 – 12:15 || **Lunch** ||
 * 12:15 – 2:15 || - Photostory Creation
 * 2:15 – 2:30 || ** Online Evaluation Survey ** ||

Seminar Introduction

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