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**eBeam Training for Curriculum Specialists **

Objectives: Participants will...

 * learn how the eBeam works
 * engage in various Whiteboard lessons
 * develop ideas to use the eBeam & interactive sites in T&L sessions


 * Introduction: Learn about the eBeam, & practice using the pen & tool palettes **

 

**Activity 1: Explore free online resources**


 * Intro to Interactive Whiteboards
 * eBeam Support Videos
 * eBeam Training Videos
 * eBeam 101
 * eBeam Education 101
 * eBeam Tips & Tricks
 * Luidia eBeam Web Resources


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Activity 2: Engage in interactive lessons **

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 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">PBS Kids Whiteboard Games
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Interactive Websites
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Quiz-Tree.com: Free online quizzes


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Activity 3: Think-Pair-Share **

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Think**: //Explore the interactive resources by your subject area page linked here. Think about:// <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Pair**: //Pair up as instructed.// <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Share**: //Explain to your partner/partners the sites you explored & how they could be integrated into a lesson using the eBeam//
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">how the site could be used in the classroom
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">whole-class v. individual v. group/paired activities
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">how the eBeam could be used with the sites explored
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">how you could use the eBeam & the sites to engage learners at your T&L sessions

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">**Closing activity: Discussion/Reflection** > >>
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Select & copy the questions 3 questions below:
 * 1) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">What is the most important thing you learned today?
 * 2) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">What are your next steps for using the eBeam in your work?
 * 3) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">What do you want to learn more about?
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Click on the "Discussion" tab above on this wiki page ("eBeam").
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Click "New Post", & write **"Reflection" & your 1st & last name** in the subject line.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Paste & answer the questions in the "Message" box.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Click "Post" to submit your answers.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Complete & submit the survey at the bottom of this page about your experience in today's session.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Log off of the computer.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">**Further Readings: Research on Interactive Whiteboards:**
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Marzano Video
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Article from TechLearn
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">NCEF Reference List

===<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"> More Resources: ===
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">eBeam Training: Creating a Dynamic Learning Environment
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">ebeam: Turn Any Classroom Into a Lively Interactive Space
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Free Online Interactive Whiteboards
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Simple K-12 Ideas: Part 1 & Part 2
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Interactive Whiteboard Resources
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">More Resources by Subject
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">eBeam Gallery Content
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Encyclopedia Britannica
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Creating a Wiiboard



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