Summercore.com Day by Day Overview Summercore Request Form The Summercore Application Where to Stay and Important FAQs Day by Day Overview for Summercore 2.00? Please note that our usage of 2.00? is intended to convey the emphasis on Web 2.0 applications! Also note that we revise our curriculum in Jack Bauer style day by day, hour by hour, to fit the individual needs of each group! our Summercore wiki our Summercore blog Last revised 7/20/08 Monday 9-6 Tuesday 9-6 Wednesday 9-6 Thursday 9-6 Friday 9-12:33 Registration/Intros Computer Vocabulary and we begin with the 33 Questions for 33 Dollars! An Overview of Web 2.0 Intro to blogs: each participant will create a Summercore blog Web Skills & Webquests Wikis and Blogs Break into groups for a short session on tabs and margin markers "Best of the best" web sites for teachers Intro to Delicious Going over the remainder of the 33 questions split into groups to enter answers for the 33 questions on wiki pages complete with graphics and video each group reports back to the full group as one intern publishes notes on the Web Spreadsheets JV and Varsity with Excel and perhaps Google Docs before lunch, perhaps continuing into the afternoon after lunch Mac/PC Skills Google Earth and creating KML files (with HTML) Digital Video & Digital Audio RSS feeds and Google Reader: hands on time for creating personal RSS feeds as part of Google Reader Honesty and Ethics talk Teaching With a Smartboards Google Earth and creating KML files (with HTML) Podcasting: Audio & Video Flickr, YouTube and You Strategies for Implementing a 1 to 1 Laptop program Top Ten Web 2.0 sites Pull groups on Voicethread, PowerPoint, Keynote, Bubbleply, Inspiration Photoshop, and iMovie Teaching with Laptops Roundtable Discussion on Integrating Technology Skype and a guest speaker on Web 2.0 Philosophical presentations on Honesty, Gender Equity, Social Networking and Internet Safety Preparing for the Carnival with Partners is the main focus of Thursday! PCI: Proven Curriculum Ideas Carnival 9:15-11:15 AM (outsiders, friends and families invited) One last roundtable discussion Evaluation Closing Graduation picture and present! Target technologies and skills are PURPOSELY taught at two levels which we refer to as JV and Varsity so that we can deal with the levels of experience that participants begin Summercore with. Sometimes, we divide up into JV, Varsity and Thirds if appropriate. Each group works hard to make progress at each skill area (Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Inspiration, Excel, HTML, Smartboard usage, Photoshop, Web searching, working with graphics). Frequently, each group will report at the end of the two hours on what their group accomplished. Participants can jump from JV to Varsity or visa versa on any topic even after the first 10 minutes. The Summercore carnival preparation on Thursday is a unique activity that allows small teams to collaborate on a specific lesson plan, curriculum project or specific piece of software. Most participants are almost always skeptical of the carnival concept as we begin Wednesday morning but by Friday noon, most groups are rock, rock, rockin' with Summercore fever! And yes, there are plenty of snacks and refreshments, with lunch at approximately 12:33 Monday to Thursday.