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| Interns |
- Serve as an intern at a partner school and participate in Project
ImPACT 2003-2004 academic year;
- Full responsibility and care of software and hardware on loan
from Project ImPACT
- Attend project meetings
- Kickoff Retreat on Thursday, September 4, 2003 from 8:45-
3:00 UT Faculty Club
- Team Sharing Workshop in January 2004 at the UT Faculty
Club
- Technology Showcase in April 2004 at the UT Faculty Club
- Attend monthly team meetings as planned by team leader
(on site)
- Attend 15 hours of training in the Learning Strands during Fall
semester '04
- Literacy or Math/Science Learning Strands
- Training sites are Claxton, Lenoir City, and SMG.
- Work with mentor teacher to develop and implement technology
activities in the classroom;
- Develop and implement at least two student-centered lessons
that use technology to enhance learning during spring semester
2004. Your lessons should follow the ImPACT lesson plan template
and you will enter each into the Project ImPACT database by April
2004 (directions for input will be given and can be found on the
ImPACT website);
- Present technology enhanced lessons at an intern meeting, faculty
meeting, regional meeting or conference.
- Participate in data collection activities for project evaluation
purposes:
- Complete pre and post surveys on technology proficiency
and use;
- Participate in focus group interview with other interns
at the project conclusion.
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Mentoring Teachers |
- Serve as a mentoring teacher for one UT intern at a partner
school and participate in Project ImPACT for 2003-2004 academic
year;
- Attend project meetings
- Kickoff Retreat on Thursday, September 4, 2003 from 8:45-3:00
UT Faculty Club
- Team Sharing Workshop in January 2004 at the UT Faculty
Club
- Technology Showcase in April 2004 at the UT Faculty Club
- Attend monthly team meetings as planned by team leader
(on site)
- Attend 15 hours of training in the Learning Strands during Fall
semester '04
- Literacy or Math/Science Learning Strands
- Training sites are Claxton, Lenoir City, SMG.
- Work with intern teacher to develop and implement technology
activities in the classroom;
- Present technology enhanced lessons at an intern meeting, faculty
meeting, regional meeting or conference.
- Participate in data collection activities for project evaluation
purposes:
- Complete pre and post surveys on technology proficiency
and use;
- Participate in focus group interview with other interns
at the project conclusion.
- Oversee the use and care of software and hardware on loan from
Project ImPACT
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| Technology
Coordinator |
- Serve as tech support for mentor teacher/intern teams for 2003-2004
academic year;
- Attend project meetings
- Kickoff Retreat on Thursday, September 4, 2003 from 8:45-3:00
UT Faculty Club
- Team Sharing Workshop in January 2004 at the UT Faculty
Club
- Technology Showcase on April 2004 at the UT Faculty Club
- Attend monthly team meetings as planned by team leader
(on school site)
- Serve as training support at the Learning Strand (15 hours)
during Fall semester '03
- Literacy (Claxton, LC, SMG & DW) Math/Science Learning
Strands
- Training sites are Claxton, Lenoir City, SMG
- Work with mentor teachers and interns at your site to facilitate
implementation of technology activities in the classroom;
- Participate in data collection activities for project evaluation:
- Participate in focus group interview with other technology
coordinators (for project evaluation purposes) during Spring
semester '04.
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| University
Faculty Intern Supervisors |
- Serve as a Faculty intern supervisor for partner school for
2003-2004 academic year;
- Attend three project meetings
- Kickoff Retreat on Thursday, September 4, 2003 from 8:45-3:00
UT Faculty Club
- Team Sharing Workshop on January 2004 at the UT Faculty
Club
- Technology Showcase on April 2004 at the UT Faculty Club
- Participate in technology training during Fall semester '04
(Choose one option)
- Participate with your school team in Learning Strands
- Training sites are Claxton, Lenoir City, SMG.
- Training facilitators: Valerie Pearce (SMG), Thilla
Sivakumaran and Bill Wishart (LC), Debbie Zachary (Claxton),
Allison Watkinson
- Web-based development (advanced users only). Limited to
3 from each site. If you are interested in this training,
give Blanche a call.
- Training Site is UT.
- Training Facilitators: Blanche O'Bannon Blanche O'Bannon
- Create your own training plan. Create a personal technology
plan with support from ImPACT staff which includes a goal,
training to meet that goal and one-on-one mentoring by a grad
student to support development/implementation of your goal.
This plan requires the faculty member to commit to 2 hours
per week for training/support. You should choose a course
that you currently teach and modify that course to include
technology assignments for pre-service teachers. This option
includes submission of a final report outlining your progress.
- Optional: Attend monthly team meetings as planned by team leader
(on site).
- Participate in data collection activities for project evaluation
purposes:
- Complete pre and post surveys on technology proficiency
and use
- Participate in focus group interview with other UT faculty
during Spring, 2004.
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| Team
Leaders |
- Team leaders are chosen by each team to assume a leadership
position in the team. Team leaders may be a mentor teacher or
a tech coordinator. Team leaders serve in dual roles. That is,
they will have these responsibilities in addition to those of
the mentor teacher or tech coordinator.
- Responsibilities
- Serve as a team leader for your school team.
- Serve as the contact person between the team and the
Project Coordinator.
- Distribute messages to the team and/or school administration
as needed.
- Schedule monthly team meetings with the team. These
meetings should include the Project Coordinator. Please
note that Susan attends the monthly meetings of each of
the five teams so schedule these meetings early.
- Oversee the timely submission of lesson plans from
the interns.
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