Institutes are 1-2 week intensive learning experiences that challenge teachers to critically examine teaching strategies and course content in light of new technologies. Participants engage in activities that clearly define a project and work over the course of the institute to develop the project in a structured way.
June 28-July 12, 1999
INSTITUTE FOR ASTRONOMY, CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
July 5-16, 1999
KINDERGARTEN-5 GENERAL ELEMENTARY INSTITUTE
July 12-23, 1999
SITE MANAGER’S INSTITUTE
July 12-23, 1999
MATHEMATICS INSTITUTE (6-12)
July 26-August 6, 1999
ENGLISH & SOCIAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE
Using selected Social Studies and English subject matter as a content base, participating faculty will learn how to make full use of a range of digital tools, from word processors and spreadsheets to multimedia authoring environments, in conjunction with a variety of curriculum strategies. Particular attention will be paid to those indigenous collections affiliated with the NHEEEP project such as the Hyde Collection and the New Deal Network. The Institute will also feature Columbia-developed software such as the Curriculum Navigator and Exhibition Maker to assist participants in the development of classroom strategies and activities that integrate fundamental principles of managing classrooms working on projects based in the new technologies. Finally, the two-week workshop will explore ways that the new technologies may be used to establish meaningful connections and create interdisciplinary extensions.
August 2-August 13, 1999
REINVENTING LIBRARIES: INFORMATION SERVICES IN A DIGITAL CONTEXT
August 9-August 20, 1999
INSTITUTE FOR EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCES
1999/2000
September 7 & 8
September 14 & 15
Middle School Science
Instructor(s): Malcolm Thompson, Thompson Educational Consulting,
Location: Hudson Falls District Office Technology Lab
Date(s): October 27 & 28, 1998
Time: 8:30AM-4:30PM
September 21 & 22
September 28 & 29
October 5 & 6
October 12 & 13
High School Humanities
Instructor(s): Malcolm Thompson, Thompson Educational Consulting,
Location: Hudson Falls District Office Technology Lab
Date(s): October 12 & 13, 1999
Time: 8:30AM-4:30PM
October 19 & 20
October 26 & 27
November 2 & 3
November 9 & 10
November 16 & 17
November 30 & December 1
December 7 & 8
December 14 & 15
January 11 & 12
January 18 & 19
January 25 & 26
February 1 & 2
February 8 & 9
February 15 & 16
February 22 & 23
February 29 & March 1
March 7 & 8
March 14 & 15
March 21 & 22
March 28 & 29
April 4 & 5
Middle School Science
Instructor(s): Malcolm Thompson, Thompson Educational Consulting,
Location: Hudson Falls District Office Technology Lab
Date(s): April 4 & 5, 1998
Time: 8:30AM-4:30PM
April 11 & 12
April 18 & 19
Institutes
Institutes are 1-2 week intensive learning experiences that challenge teachers to critically examine teaching strategies and course content in light of new technologies. Participants engage in activities that clearly define a project and work over the course of the institute to develop the project in a structured way.
June 28-July 2, 1999 (weekdays)
INSTITUTE FOR ASTRONOMY, CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Faculty will be instructed in use of the Columbia Curriculum Navigator to discover pre-scrutinized content and curriculum selected in the context of New York State Standards for the Physical Environment. Specific attention will be paid to training faculty in the use of science simulations in physics and chemistry developed by New Technology Collaborative Inc. in conjunction with the New Laboratory for Teaching and Learning at The Dalton School. In addition to these physics and chemistry simulations and accompanying curricula, faculty will learn to use the wealth of astronomical images publicly accessible on the ‘Net for enrichment of middle school science demonstrations and explorations. They will also explore creation of a full-scale digital astronomy lab. Faculty with more advanced skills will be encouraged to create a specification for software capable of supporting a unit's work that will be developed and prototyped during the Institute itself. All faculty will be provided with the suite of software and curriculum developed by NTCI, inclusive of middle and high school astronomy, chemistry and physics units.
The Institute mentors will maintain vital communications between city-based and North Hudson-based classrooms using the Institute's software with the intention of promoting exchange among faculty and online projects jointly conducted by students. In addition, NHEEEP's RunTime Web site, nurtured by both Columbia University science faculty and school contributors, will provide a reservoir of interesting and usable data sets for general educational interest and curriculum development. Teachers will be instructed in the extension of curriculum units explored and developed in the Institute into related scientific disciplines and into humanities and social science domains. Extensions of the latter sort will include exploration of the nature of knowledge and methods in diverse disciplines and the place of humankind in its global and cosmological contexts.
New York State Standards:
Math, Science, and Technology Standard 4a.1:
The Earth and celestial phenomena can be described by principles of relative motion and perspective . Students explain complex phenomena such as tides, variations in day length, solar insulation, apparent motion of the planets, and annual traverse of the constellations, describe current theories about the origin of the universe and solar system.
NASA's Spacelink (http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov/home.index.html): NASA's image collection, lesson plans, and astronomy information in conjunction with Malcolm Thompson's online course in astronomy at http://www.dalton.org/groups/astro/
The Old Farmer's Almanac (http://www.almnac.com/index.html): Regularly updated data on tides, sunrise, sunset, and the night sky.
Math, Science, and Technology Standard 4a.4, 4a5:
Students observe and describe transmissions of various forms of energy, explain heat in terms of kinetic molecular theory, explain variations in wavelength and frequency in terms of the source of the vibrations that produce them...explain the uses and hazards of radioactivity. Students explain and predict different patters of motion objects (e.g., linear and angular motion, velocity and acceleration, momentum and inertia)...
Einstein's Spacetime Wrinkles (http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/NumRel?numRelHome.html):
Quicktime Videos and explanations of Einstein's theories of space and time.
Physics Students' Page (http://www.iu12.k12.pa.us/lampstras/hschool/physics/home.html):
Student projects illustrating basic physics concepts.
Instructor(s): Malcolm Thompson, Thompson Educational Consulting, L.L.C.
Location: Hudson Falls District Office Technology Lab
Date(s): June 28-July 2, 1999
Time: 8:30AM-4:30PM
July 5-16, 1999
KINDERGARTEN-5 GENERAL ELEMENTARY INSTITUTE
The content focus of the K-5 Institutes are as follows: 1) Use of the Curriculum Navigator to select best age appropriate ‘Net-based material for classroom use in conjunction with the New York State Standards; 2) Survey of the commercially available software for both specific skill development and more general creative development (Scholastic and ReadNet as examples of the former and Hypermedia Studio as an example of the latter); 3) The incorporation of basic tools for the enhancement of essential skills such as writing and computation (for example any word processor or number cruncher, as spreadsheet for children).
As often as possible teachers will be encouraged to build units that combine computer-based and hands-on experiences thematically integrated and capable of supporting children of different skill levels with a variety of learning styles.
In addition to the extension of the Summer Institute through online communications, faculty will team with counterparts from the Eiffel testbed to create projects involving exchange between city and upstate children designed to nurture communications skills, both written (via email) and oral (via videoconference). These exercises will focus primarily on issues related to New York State history, with students exchanging research on their different localities.
By its very nature much elementary school curriculum is interdisciplinary. New Technologies will, however, add a level of authenticity because they can provide the elementary classroom teacher with the same real materials, from NASA sunspot photos to the thousands of images of art available on the ‘Net. Furthermore, through the Institute’s collaboration with Columbia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science (supported by a $200,000 grant from AT&T), children will, for instance, be taught mathematical characteristics of nature. Students will explore the geometric character of many natural objects by using the image search tools developed by Columbia’s engineers to search a database of tens of thousands of images of the natural world using geometric features as criteria for selection.
New York State Standards:
Social Studies Standard 1.4: History of the United States and New York.
Students consider different interpretations of key events and/or issues in history and understand the differences in these accounts; explore different experiences, beliefs, motives, and traditions of people living in their neighborhoods, communities, and states; view historic events through the eyes of those who were there, as shown in their art, writings, music, and artifacts.
American Art Guide(http://www.thinker.org/fam/education/publications/guide-american/):
Fine Art Museum of San Francisco’s interdisciplinary art/social studies lesson plans employing images from their extensive collection.
New York State Standards:
Social Studies Standard 1.4: History of the United States and New York.
Students consider different interpretations of key events and/or issues in history and understand the differences in these accounts; explore different experiences, beliefs, motives, and traditions of people living in their neighborhoods, communities, and states; view historic events through the eyes of those who were there, as shown in their art, writings, music, and artifacts.
American Art Guide (http://www.thinker.org/fam/education/publications/guide-american/):
Fine Art Museum of San Francisco’s interdisciplinary art/social studies lesson plans employing images from their extensive collection.
English Language Arts Standard 2: Language for Literary Response and Expression:
As speakers and writers, students will use oral and written language that follows the accepted conventions of the English language for self-expression and artistic creation.
Stone Soup (http://www.stonesoup.com/): Web version of a highly respected child-authored literature and art journal.
Instructor(s): Joanne Kleifgen, Columbia University
Location: BOCES
Date(s): July 5-16, 1999
Time: 8:30AM-4:30PM
July 12-23, 1999
SITE MANAGER’S INSTITUTE
At present, new technologies that make full use of WAN and LAN capacities require two forms of expertise: Construction/Installation and Management/Maintenance. Based on the extensive work ILT has done in the specialized environments of the university and independent schools, this Institute will prepare technology coordinators for the installation, maintenance, and long-range planning of high-end hardware and software essential to WAN and LAN functioning. Specific attention will be paid to problems anticipated in the process of upgrading a central part of many school technology plans. Participants will also be instructed in difficulties typical of specifically school-based efforts. Attention will also be paid to structuring communications with the larger community of the school inclusive of students, faculty, administrators and families.
Instructor(s): TBD
Location: Hudson Falls District Office Technology Lab
Date(s): July 12-23, 1999
Time: 8:30AM-4:30PM
July 19-30, 1999
MATHEMATICS INSTITUTE (6-12)
Faculty will be instructed in use of Columbia Curriculum Navigator to identify those resources available on the Web that most appropriately support high performance against NYS standards for Intermediate and High School algebra and geometry, with some attention to advanced computation skills as a culmination of the arithmetic curriculum. In addition, faculty will be instructed in various strategies for using well tested digital tools such as the Geometer’s Sketchpad and the associated curriculum developed and published by Dr. Robert Mason. Such tools support transformation of the mathematics class into a laboratory in which basic mathematical competencies and understandings are taught and learned by an approach that balances inquiry and instruction and group and individual work. This approach has been evaluated formally by Dr. John Black of Teachers College, Columbia University and demonstrated outstanding student performance results.
The project, through the effort of the Institute Director, will sponsor a test-bed-wide (i.e., NHEEEP-Eiffel) contest on the test-bed Web site. Manageable but challenging problems will be presented and responded to by students online. Students will share written descriptions of alternate solutions to these problems both through asynchronous text conferencing as well as desktop and broadcast level videoconferencing. Collaborations between groups from different schools will be encouraged by the presentation of special problems that require team-work for solution. The same wide area network communication possibilities will be mobilized for the faculty under the guidance of the Institute Mentors and Director.
Teachers will be instructed in the creation of cross-disciplinary curriculum units with other faculty from humanities and the sciences. Specifically, teachers will find in social studies and Earth sciences areas of collaboration related to the use of statistics to describe cultural and economic realities (cleometrics) as well as climatological, biological and geological realities. Of particular utility in this effort will be the work of the Institute in developing curriculum with Columbia’s collection of Earth Institute organizations (CERC, IRI, LDEO, Biosphere 2, Goddard, etc).
NYS Standards: Math/Science/Technology Standard 3.2: Mathematics, Numbers and Numeration.
Students use number sense and numeration to develop an understanding of the multiple uses of numbers in the real world, the use of numbers to communicate mathematically, and the use of numbers in the development of mathematical ideas.
The Math Forum (http://forum.swarthmore.edu/): The definitive and comprehensive K-12 math resource from Swarthmore College.
Math/Science/Technology Standard 3.5: Measurement.
Students use geometric relationships in relevant measurement problems involving geometric concepts.
Geometer’s Sketchpad (http://forum.swarthmore.edu/sketchpad/sketchpad.html): Full range of curricular uses of shareware, Geometer’s Sketchpad, for school use.
Instructor(s): David Hoppe, The Dalton School
Location: BOCES
Date(s): July 19-30, 1999
Time: 8:30AM-4:30PM
July 26-August 6, 1999
ENGLISH & SOCIAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE
Using selected Social Studies and English subject matter as a content base, participating faculty will learn how to make full use of a range of digital tools, from word processors and spreadsheets to multimedia authoring environments, in conjunction with a variety of curriculum strategies. Particular attention will be paid to those indigenous collections affiliated with the NHEEEP project such as the Hyde Collection and the New Deal Network. The Institute will also feature Columbia-developed software such as the Curriculum Navigator and Exhibition Maker to assist participants in the development of classroom strategies and activities that integrate fundamental principles of managing classrooms working on projects based in the new technologies. Finally, the two-week workshop will explore ways that the new technologies may be used to establish meaningful connections and create interdisciplinary extensions.
Instructor(s): Dick Parsons, Columbia University
Location: Hudson Falls District Office Technology Lab
Date(s): July 26-August 6, 1999
Time: 8:30AM-4:30PM
August 2-13, 1999
REINVENTING LIBRARIES: INFORMATION SERVICES IN A DIGITAL CONTEXT
Faculty will be instructed in use of Columbia Curriculum Navigator to identify those resources available on the Web that most appropriately support high performance against NYS standards for Intermediate and High School algebra and geometry, with some attention to advanced computation skills as a culmination of the arithmetic curriculum. In addition, faculty will be instructed in various strategies for using well-tested digital tools such as the Geometer’s Sketchpad and the associated curriculum developed and published by Dr. Robert Mason. Such tools support transformation of the mathematics class into a laboratory in which basic mathematical competencies and understandings are taught and learned by an approach that balances inquiry and instruction and group and individual work. This approach has been evaluated formally by Dr. John Black of Teachers College, Columbia University and demonstrated outstanding student performance results.
The project, through the effort of the Institute Director, will sponsor a test-bed-wide (i.e., NHEEEP-Eiffel) contest on the test-bed Web site. Manageable but challenging problems will be presented and responded to by students online. Students will share written descriptions of alternate solutions to these problems both through asynchronous text conferencing as well as desktop and broadcast level videoconferencing. Collaborations between groups from different schools will be encouraged by the presentation of special problems that require teamwork for solution. The same wide area network communication possibilities will be mobilized for the faculty under the guidance of the Institute Mentors and Director.
Teachers will be instructed in the creation of cross-disciplinary curriculum units with other faculty from humanities and the sciences. Specifically, teachers will find in social studies and Earth sciences areas of collaboration related to the use of statistics to describe cultural and economic realities (cleometrics) as well as climatological, biological and geological realities. Of particular utility in this effort will be the work of the Institute in developing curriculum with Columbia’s collection of Earth Institute organizations (CERC, IRI, LDEO, Biosphere 2, Goddard, etc). NYS Standards: The Math Forum (http://forum.swarthmore.edu/): The definitive and comprehensive K-12 math resource from Swarthmore College.
Math/Science/Technology Standard 3.5:Measurement:
Students use geometric relationships in relevant measurement problems involving geometric concepts.
Math/Science/Technology Standard 3.5: Measurement:
Students use geometric relationships in relevant measurement problems involving geometric concepts.
Geometer’s Sketchpad (http://forum.swarthmore.edu/sketchpad/sketchpad.html): Full range of curricular uses of shareware, Geometer’s Sketchpad, for school use.
Instructor(s): Cory Brandt, Columbia University
Location: BOCES
Date(s): August 2-13, 1999
Time: 8:30AM-4:30PM
August 9-20, 1999
INSTITUTE FOR EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCES
Faculty will be instructed in the use of Columbia’s Curriculum Navigator for the identification of on-line content and curricular strategies consistent with New York State Standards for Living Environments. Particular emphases will be placed on Columbia University’s curriculum-related projects of the Earth Institute (a Columbia "umbrella" organization comprised of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, Biosphere 2, Goddard Institute for Space Studies et. al.) and the Black Rock Forest Consortium, the Project Hub for the Hudson Valley Earth and Life Science research organizations (Pember Museum, the Museum of Hudson Highlands, Sterling Forest, West Point Environmental Center). Chief among these curriculum projects is the "Earth Curriculum", an Earth and environmental science curriculum drawing heavily on analysis of global data using digital tools. The Earth Curriculum has been developed by Columbia scientists, working closely with ILT, Biosphere2 and the Black Rock Forest Consortium, and it is currently being prototyped in 4 schools around the country. The Earth and Life Science Project Hub will take the form of an extranet that will become the online encyclopedia of Earth and life science resources contributed by the associated organizations. Of specific interest in this context is the proposed Cybercollege of the Earth Institute and Forest Consortium (made up of Columbia University, New York University, American Museum of Natural History, and 15 other members). Led by Dr. William Schuster, Forest Executive Director and Senior Research Scientist of CERC, the Cybercollege will provide each semester a rotating faculty of online science experts who will both answer questions and provide enrichment data for the classrooms of the Consortium. Faculty will also be instructed in curricular strategies for using the breadth of scientific sensor data available online as well as software to teach basic skills, fundamental concepts and the scientific method itself.
In addition to electronic mail conferencing and different forms of teleconferencing, supported by the Institute Mentors, special opportunities through the Virtual Forest Project of the Black Rock Forest Consortium and the Globe Project—a joint project of Lamont-Doherty and the Institute for Learning Technologies pending funding consideration by the National Science Foundation— will allow the schools of the Consortium to collaborate on projects involving the local collection of environmental data and their online collation. All of these communications links will be activated by the curriculum, which requires students to share the results of their efforts in order to complete their assigned work as a team.
Teachers will be instructed to place as often as possible all Earth and life science instruction in a global physical and cultural context. Data from IRI (Columbia’s "El Nino Institute") will provide on-line opportunities for students to learn basic scientific concepts in a context that crosses national boundaries (global climatological); similarly, they will use the global information capacities of the Web to see how multinational corporations and international political cooperation are addressing problems unsolvable by any single nation alone. Much work in the Earth and life sciences involves the visualization of numerical data for the purposes of interpretation and inference making. The Institute will help teachers develop methods for consistently addressing data representation skills, and interpretation of data visualization, in their classes. In addition, special focus will be placed on the use of the Interdisciplinary Extensions of the Earth Curriculum, which focus on the changing place of science within the canon of Western thought through the study of figures such as Lucretius, Thomas Aquinas and others.
New York State Standards
Math, Science, and Technology Standard 4: Science, Living Environment
Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and recognize the historical development of ideas in science.
The GLOBE Program (http://www.globe.gov/): International database of climatological information collected and interpreted by students.
The Franklin Institute Science Museum (http://sln.fi.edu/): The museum’s collections online with related curricular suggestions.
Ask a Science Expert (http://njnie.dl.stevens-tech.edu/curriculum/aska/science.html): Index of scientists available for questioning via e-mail.
Instructor(s): Kristina Ransick, Columbia University
Location: Hudson Falls District Office Technology Lab
Date(s): August 9-20, 1999
Time: 8:30AM-4:30PM
