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= Using Interactive Timelines in Your Classroom  = Web-based Professional Development Instructor: Kristen Henning =﻿Course Info=

Date: May 9, 2011 Time: 8 AM - 3 PM Location: Teacher Workstations Around the District

You will be completing this lesson via this Wikispace during our Professional Development time today. If you have any questions or problems as you navigate around the course, please email or call me. You will leave this lesson with a product ready to use within your instruction in your classroom tomorrow!

Instructor Contact Information: email: henninkr@sgasd.org (best method) phone: 717-225-4731  begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 717-225-4731  end_of_the_skype_highlighting    begin_of_the_skype_highlighting    717-225-4731   end_of_the_skype_highlighting   <span class="skype_pnh_container"><span class="skype_pnh_mark"> begin_of_the_skype_highlighting <span class="skype_pnh_highlighting_inactive_common"><span class="skype_pnh_textarea_span"><span class="skype_pnh_text_span">717-225-4731   <span class="skype_pnh_mark">end_of_the_skype_highlighting  x6908

Objectives:
1. Given access to the internet and an overview tutorial, the learner will be able to examine the Web 2.0 tool "Dipity" and its capabilities. The learner will set-up his/her own account and analyze three previously complete Dipity timelines in order to gain knowledge of the web tool's possibilities.

2. Given planning and preparation time, the learner will be able to create an interactive timeline presentation about the Battle of Gettysburg using at least 10 different artifacts including text, video, and audio resources from the web.

3. Given a presentation website (for purposes of this lesson), the learner will be able to publish their completed presentation by embedding it within the website.

Agenda:
Please move through the pages of this wikispace in order. Information regarding what you need to do is on each page. Look for discussions in blue.
 * 1) We will start with a short review of Primary Sources. - @A Review of Primary Sources
 * 2) You will be introduced to our tool "Dipity." - @Intro to Dipity
 * 3) You will be given a task and time to work. - @Show What You Know
 * 4) You will post your product and evaluate other participants' work. -@Timeline Presentations
 * 5) Don't forget to complete your class evaluation! - Evaluation