The+King's+Christian+School

 **The King's Christian School** 5 Carnegie Plaza Cherry Hill, NJ 08003 856-489-6720 TKCS Team Members: Pam Silverman, Sue Bowman, Debra Crutchfield =B2 Breakfast Bunch = =media type="custom" key="3575676"  = =Project Goals: = = = **Planning Phase: January – June 2009 **  6 sessions beginning in September to train team in technologies and develop other training ideas
 * To introduce teachers to the mentoring program and establish a continuous teacher mentoring cycle in the use of 21st century skills and digital technologies.
 * To explore the distinctives of digital learners.
 * To engage teachers in emerging digital technologies available that support professional, personal and classroom learning in the 21st Century.
 * To prepare teachers to become expert voices/mentors within our school and to expand their own learning communities outside our walls.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To engage administrators to recognize and assess the natural integration of technology into the current school curriculum and lesson plans.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meet NETS standard for teachers #5 .__NETS for Teachers__
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PLP Team designs the training modules (March - April)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PLP Team creates WIKI, the project toolbox ([|__www.tkcstemp.pbwiki.com__])
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PLP Team presents informational "hook" during a faculty meeting (May)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mentor Team members selected by PLP team (June)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mentor team will be made up of faculty members who are comfortable with the use of technology and are willing to explore and administrators.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Selection of team based on self-assessment and on prior knowledge
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Upon selection, team members will be given access to the virtual classroom and homework to complete over the summer
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PLP Team stocks the "Virtual Classroom" ([|__http://tkcsbb.ning.com/__])
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mentor team joins Ning and follows information throughout the summer
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reading to include downloadable handouts by Ian Jukes
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Videos
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PLP Team adds forums and discussions modeling the ADVIS Ning.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PLP Team initiates a forum for public presentation, "The TKCS Learning Table" ([|__http://tkcs.pbwiki.com/__]).
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Phase 1: September 2009 - June 2010 **
 * <span style="color: rgb(128,0,0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|Session1:] <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 21st Century Teaching and Learning (September 2009)
 * <span style="color: rgb(128,0,0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|Session 2] <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: Navigating the Information Superhighway (October 2009)
 * <span style="color: rgb(128,0,0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|Session 3] <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: Wikis, Nings and Blogs, OH MY! (November 2009)
 * <span style="color: rgb(128,0,0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|Session 4] <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: Social Networking and Education (January 2010)
 * <span style="color: rgb(128,0,0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|Session 5] <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: A "What? cast": Media Production Tools (February 2010)
 * <span style="color: rgb(128,0,0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|Session 6] <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: Now What: Where do we go from here (March 2010)

<span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**Phase 2: September 2010 - June 2011**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mentor team sets up and stocks new virtual classroom
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mentor team members will be assigned 3 faculty members
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each mentor will take his / her team through the 6 training sessions
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PLP members will stay involved as "Expert Voices" to assist each group
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Administrators will develop and imiplement new assessment tool which reflects digital integration