Wednesday, March 7, 2012

March 2012 INFOhio Webinars


Upcoming INFOhio Webinars                     
From: http://www.infohio.org/educator/webinars2011-2012.html

NOTE: INFOhio can provide CEU's for those who attend the live webinar.  
Please follow your organizations requirements to submit CEU's for watching webinar recordings.

March 8, 2012, 3:30-4:30 p.m.                        
PLNs: Personal Learning & Sharing Networks
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An interactive discussion of PLNs which I call Personal Learning and Sharing Networks. I will trace how PLNs have evolved from when I first starting teaching in 1969 to now. We will cover what PLNs are, how to develop a good PLN and the benefits of a good PLN. We will also highlight using INFOhio's Knowledge Building Community, KBC, as part of your PLN.

Presenter(s): Jerry  Blumengarten - Cybrary Man
Meeting URL: http://noacsc.adobeconnect.com/lwi (room will not be active until scheduled date/time)Go to the top of this page.

March 15, 2012, 3:30-4:30 p.m.                     
OHIO AS AMERICA: An Exciting New 8th Grade Social Studies Resource!
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Introducing OHIO AS AMERICA � 8th Grade Edition, an exciting new online supplemental resource with teaching tools that bring American history to life like never before! Created for 8th grade history teachers by the Ohio Historical Society OHIO AS AMERICA � 8th Grade Edition is an online portal to teaching resources and reference materials that provide a greatly enhanced, multi-dimensional look at pivotal events in American history and Ohio�s role and impact to the development of the United States. OHIO AS AMERICA � 8th Grade Edition is aligned with the Revised Ohio Academic Content Standards and is designed to richly enhance existing social studies programs.

Enrich your lesson plans. With OHIO AS AMERICA � 8th Grade Edition, teachers have access to accurate and up-to-date resources for making a local connection to our national story - student activities videos, primary sources and more. With these tools, your preparation time is more efficient. Classroom lessons become more engaging. For those charged with sharing yesterday's story with today's students, OHIO AS AMERICA � 8th Grade Edition is an invaluable tool.

Presenter(s): Mark Butler, Project Coordinator, Educational Partnerships and Outreach for the Ohio Historical Society
Meeting URL: http://noacsc.adobeconnect.com/lwi (room will not be active until scheduled date/time)Go to the top of this page.

March 22, 2012, 3:30-4:30 p.m.               
GO! INFOhio: Ask, Act, Achieve: Research Step by Step
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Presenter(s): Jennifer Schwelik from WVIZ/PBS Ideastream and Melissa Higgs-Horwell, INFOhio consultant

Big research projects can be daunting, especially for students who are just learning the skills they need to work through a long-term project. GO! INFOhio: Ask! Act! Achieve!, a new website by INFOhio, guides middle and high school students to web tools and databases of online journal articles and reference books to help them learn to use the tools necessary for thorough academic research. Join Jennifer Schwelik and Melissa Higgs-Horwell, INFOhio consultants, to learn more about this site that not only helps students complete research, but also helps teachers introduce inquiry-based learning to their students.

Meeting URL: http://noacsc.adobeconnect.com/lwi (room will not be active until scheduled date/time)Go to the top of this page.

March 29, 2012, 3:30-4:30 p.m.               
Beyond the DIALOGUE: Using INFOhio and Web2.0 for Research Projects
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Build a better research project: Learn how EBSCO can be used effectively to narrow research topic and store articles. Discover the added features that make World Book more than an encyclopedia, and see how Oxford Reference can be searched. Discover ways to present research that go beyond the traditional paper. Uses of Prezi, Glogster, VoiceThread, and other web 2.0 tools will be discussed.

Presenter(s): Karon Lippincott, Library Teacher, Medina High School
Meeting URL: http://noacsc.adobeconnect.com/lwi (room will not be active until scheduled date/time)Go to the top of this page.
We have webinars tentatively scheduled through early May 2012.  Please check back for details on future events.  Webinars will be announced to the INFOhio listserv and to the INFOhio Learning Common's prior to their scheduled date.



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