Homewood+City+-+SPED+Part+One

=Homewood City - SPED Part One=

March 22, 2011 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Assistive Technology Resource Page Homewood City Technology PD﻿ Homewood High Technology PD **//Workshop Agenda//**


 * Welcome and Overview of Part One and Part Two Training**


 * **Part One - March **


 * Organization Skills
 * Identifying Essential Information from Notes/Lectures for Tests and Quizzes
 * Note-Taking Skills
 * Test-Taking Strategies
 * Part Two - April **
 * Audio Support
 * E-Readers
 * Reading Comprehension
 * Low Vision/Hearing Impaired ||
 * Organizational and Identifying Essential Information**
 * 1) Discussion of Organizational Problems
 * 2) Making Sense Strategies - Review the CD of graphic organizers

> Our Training Pad - Sign in and then answer the question posted on the pad. > [|Pirate Pad Tutorial.pdf]
 * Note-Taking Skills**
 * 1) Pirate Pad - Go to this pad to get some practice!

> [|Quizlet directions.pdf]
 * Test-Taking Skills**
 * 1) Quizlet


 * Tour of Content Area Support**

The following sites provide the type of learning support students need. For example, Khan Academy and Brightstorm contain videos explaining content in short chunks. Skilled instructors review important concepts in carefully planned lessons, designed to **//help students identify the essential information to master a given skill or concept.//** Other sites contain games, videos, interactive challenges and quizzes to engage students with content while assisting them in more clearly understanding key concepts.

Brightstorm [|Hippocampus] (Algebra) Shmoop (Pre-Algebra) || Interactives Mathbits Illuminations || <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; padding-right: 10px;">Brightstorm <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; padding-right: 10px;">[|Hippocampus] (Biology, Environmental Science, Physics) || <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; padding-right: 10px;">Interactives <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; font-size: 13px; padding-right: 10px;">Anatomy Arcade || [|High School Social Studies] <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; padding-right: 10px;">Interactive History Quizzes <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; font-size: 13px; padding-right: 10px;">Shmoop || <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; padding-right: 10px;">Interactives Map Games || <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; font-size: 13px; padding-right: 10px;">Grammar Girl <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; font-size: 13px; padding-right: 10px;">No Fear Shakespeare <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; font-size: 13px; padding-right: 10px;">Spark Notes || <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; padding-right: 10px;">Interactives <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; font-size: 13px; padding-right: 10px;">[|readwritethink] || [|HippoCampus.pdf] [|ReadWriteThink.pdf]
 * **Subject Area** || **Content Re-explained** || **Content Area Games and Learning Activities** ||
 * **Math** || <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; padding-right: 10px;">Khan Academy
 * **Science** || <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; padding-right: 10px;">Khan Academy
 * **Social Studies** || <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; padding-right: 10px;">[|Hippocampus] (US History, Government, Psychology)
 * **Language Arts** || <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; padding-right: 10px;">Shmoop


 * Conclusion**