Day+2

**Day 2 Overview ** Today's lesson is all about how to create engaging lessons. Research shows that we won't see the true benefits of interactive whiteboards unless we use them to create interactive lessons that engage students. We will talk about what that means, review the SMART Exchange websites and other OERs (open educational resources), and learn how to use the SMART board to encourage higher-level thinking and discussion.

Today's Tools

 * Computers with internet access
 * SMART Notebook Collaborative Software
 * SMART Board
 * [|SMART Exchange]

Prerequisites

 * Understand basic SMART Board use and operation
 * Understand lesson planning basics
 * Understand basic tools of web use such as how to search, download, etc.

Materials
Today you will need:
 * Yourself!

Objectives
By the end of the workshop participants will be able to:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Understand and explain the value of interactive lessons using the SMART Board.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Be able to search websites like the SMART Exchange and other open educational resources (OERs) to find lesson plans and supplemental material.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Be able to modify OERs to fit lesson objectives and fit individual student needs.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Be able to use their SMART Board to encourage higher level thinking and discussion.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Workshop Schedule
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">8:00-8:45 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">8:45-9:00 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">9:00-9:45 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">9:45-10:00 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">10:00-10:45 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">10:45-11:00 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">11:00-12:00 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">12:00
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Review the difference between teacher-centered and student-centered teaching
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Review examples of good and bad lesson plans
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Break
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Open educational resources (OERs)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">[|OER Commons]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Use any search engine to search for OER + your subject area!
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">SMART Exchange
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Lesson plans
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Tutorials
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Break
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Encouraging discussion and engagement in the classroom
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Break
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Group project (~30 minutes)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Split class into 4 groups
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Each group searches the SMART Exchange website to find a lesson they like
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Discuss: 1) what works, 2) what doesn't, 3) how they would modify it for their class
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Each group taks ~5 minutes to share the lesson plan they chose and the 3 questions above.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Dismissal

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Day 3 Homework
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Teachers are to review the Day 3 wiki page on the workshop support wiki. = =