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PBTIL - NewsMarch - 2002 On Monday March 4th we will have a very important PBTIL meeting. Richard Zusman, the grant evaluator will talk with all teacher participants about the project. Your perceptions, insights, and input will be vital to a comprehensive evaluation of the PBTIL project, and its accomplishments, and may influence future funding possibilities. Your attendance is very important. We will begin the meeting with dinner and conversation, and then have an opportunity to look at projects that have been accomplished during this year. Richard Zusman will then interview PBTIL teachers in focus groups, as he described at our last meeting.
Where: West Campus Read 104 We look forward to seeing you at this very important meeting. Please call Goli to confirm your attendance 978.934.4631.
January - 2002 We are completing our plans for the first PBTIL meeting of this New Year. You have received information about this January 28th dinner meeting via email and on the web board, and we have received many enthusiastic responses. Your presence at this meeting is very important. When: Monday - January 28, 2002
(4:00 - 6:30p.) Agenda Please call Goli at 978.934.4631 before January 14th to confirm your attendance.
May - 2001
On Wednesday, May 30 we will meet so that teachers will have an opportunity to share their team projects, as well as to see and learn more about the projects in which other teams are involved. At this meeting we will also discuss the opportunity for you to work collaboratively and create lessons to be used in PBTIL projects in your classroom for the 2001-02 school year. Time will be allowed during the meeting for teachers to discuss ideas for projects, activities, and lessons. Teacher participants will receive a stipend for lessons, which meet guidelines to be discussed at the meeting. Your presence at this meeting is very important. When: Wednesday - May 30, 2001
(4:00 - 6:30p.) We are also planning a meeting, tentatively scheduled for Tuesday June 19, at which technology and its use in the classroom. Special attention will be placed on searching, finding, and evaluating the quality of information on the Internet. We will also discuss software, which would be appropriate for your classes, and provide time for participants to look at and discuss available software. Your attendance at this meeting is optional. Those who attend will have the opportunity to order additional materials for their classroom. We look forward to seeing you, recognizing you for your contributions to the PBTIL initiative, and helping you to select software and other classroom materials for your projects.
September - 2000 The fall PBTIL meeting was held on September 25 at Read Hall at The University of Massachusetts Lowell. Teacher participants came together to discuss new available technology and plans for the upcoming school year. This year Parent Coordinators will work with the PBTIL project to help teachers and project staff increase community involvement in projects.
This past summer many PBTIL participating teachers worked to develop lesson plans that integrated educational technology and involved students' communities and families. These plans can be accessed from teachers front pages, students' projects page or at the following URL's: Joseph A. McAvinnue School
January - 2000 Schedule of Onsite PBTIL Meetings On January 22, Elizabeth Palkovits, Susan Prior, Professor Rodriguez, and Michaela Colombo will be presenting the PBTIL project at MATSOL. We will be sharing teachers' and students' work with teacher participants and others who are interested in technology integration. On February 15, Professor Rodriguez and Michaela Colombo present the PBTIL project at the NABE Conference in San Antonio Texas. We will present at MABE in Leominster on March 7 or 8. If you are interested in presenting at the MABE conference, please contact Michaela at 978.466.6255 or wyman@edutel.org This will mean that many more students and teachers will be looking at your students' work and may want to contact you or them. This is an excellent opportunity for your students to interact with their audience. Please check your email regularly and share appropriate emails with your students. Please share your students' and others' published work with them! January's Monument featured on EduTel Communications Inc.'s GraveNet http://www.edutel.org/gravenet/ page is Tucker Hazzard, a Black Soldier 1836- 1896. The monument was only recently erected in 1996. There are many excellent links to information about Martin Luther King, Civil Rights, and the important roles that minorities have played in the history of The United States. Meetings/Workshops Your attendance at meetings/workshops is very important. The project is a collaboration because we learn from each other and through the sharing of ideas. If you cannot be at your scheduled workshop, please attend one at another site. In addition to the meetings, we will provide you with regular support both online, by telephone, and in additional scheduled onsite meetings. If you have an idea you are not sure about and would like to explore, call or email. We are here to support you. January Meeting: Before the January meeting, you should submit your artwork for your front page if you have not already done so. You should also have the "headings" or "topics" you would like as "clickable links" on your front page. These should be submitted by January 12. All materials may be sent electronically, by disk, or in hard copy. When your materials are ready, please bring them to Professor Rodriguez' office at Upham Hall, West Campus or email wyman@edutel.org and arrange for them to be picked up at your school. At January's onsite meetings we will look at each other's front pages and student publishing, and discuss ways you can use other teams' pages to integrate technology and to motivate your students.
February On February 11, we will be in all schools during the day to pick up student work and to answer questions you may have. February is a short month with the NABE Conference the week of the 14th and vacation the 21st through the 25th. Therefore there will not be scheduled onsite workshops. If you need support with integration or technology and would like us to come to your school to assist you, please call 978.466.6255 or email wyman@edutel.org and we will arrange a meeting. March S. Christa MacAuliffe School Wednesday March 15, 2000 3:15 - 4:30 Peter W. Reilly School Thursday March 16, 2000 3:15- 4:30 Joseph McAvinnue School Thursday March 9, 2000 7:45 - 8:30 Thursday March 23, 2000 7:45 - 8:30* Comprehensive Grammar School Monday March 13, 2000 3:15 - 4:30 Marsh School at the Marsh School April The April meeting will be a large group meeting at the University. At this meeting we will have a guest speaker and participants will have the opportunity to share materials. May
June All student and teacher materials will be picked up on June 7. We will have an end of the year sharing celebration. We hope to be able to invite students, administrators, and parents at this exciting end of the year event!
Tuesday - October 19, 1999
Thursday - September 30, 1999 School Yard Projects - Some suggested school yard projects have been mounted to the server. We can discuss these at our first monthly meeting in October.
Thursday - September 13, 1999
Community Centered PBTIL - Meeting
1. Getting to know each other
Project Overview
Project Policies
Community Centered PBTIL (Project Based Technology Integrated Learning)
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