The+Agnes+Irwin+School

__**Year One Participants**__ || = =
 * [[image:AIS_logo.jpg]] || =**The Agnes Irwin School Team**=
 * **David Marshall** || MS/US Classics ||
 * **Trish Siembora** || LS Art ||
 * **Joe Flood** || 2nd Grade ||
 * **Karen West** || US English ||
 * **Sara Webb** || US Library ||
 * **Jenny Hoffman** || MS/US Science ||
 * **Katie Mather** || MS/US English ||

Our Project:
We created a Professional Development opportunity for our faculty and staff in the form of a technology showcase (“Tech Crawl”), in which we invited teachers from all divisions to share technology-infused projects that they used in their classes.

Our goals were to increase project-based learning; infuse more projects with technology; support teachers who are technophobes; encourage teachers teaching teachers; and maximize faculty buy-in of all the above.

Teachers provided a sample project and a handout explaining pros and cons of the technology they used.

=Action Research: = Participants took a web-based survey at the conclusion of their Tech Crawl experience. At the start of the 2011-2012 school year, attendees will be sent another survey, listing the projects that they saw, and asking if they plan to use any of those projects. If they do, a member of the Tech Crawl team will mentor them through the process.

If called upon, these teachers will mentor another generation of teachers interested in creating technology-infused project-based learning for their classes.

=Projects Presented: =
 * = [[file:Design Based Learning (Bari).pdf]] ||= [[file:Digital Storytelling (Flood).pdf]] ||
 * = [[file:Diigo (Hoffman).pdf]] ||= [[file:Edmodo (Higgins).pdf]] ||
 * = [[file:Interactive Periodic Table (Katz).pdf]] ||= [[file:Prezi (Vishio).pdf]] ||
 * = [[file:Voice Thread (Siembora).pdf]] ||= [[file:Wikispaces and Glogster (Mather).pdf]] ||

