Program

Sunday, April 5, 2009
Location: Alumni Guest House Meeting Room

5:00 - 6:00 Reception - Alumni Guest House (AGH)

6:00 - 8:00 Dinner, introductions and welcoming remarks
Developing a Useful Pedagogic Resource
  • What Makes a Useful Pedagogic Site
  • Capitalizing on Pedagogy in Action and the NSDL Pedagogic Service
  • The Starting Point Economics Project
Presentation (PowerPoint 7MB Apr11 10)

Monday, April 6, 2009

8:30 - 9:00 Getting Ready for the Day – Understanding the Assignment

9:00 - 12:00 Module Group Working Time
* Snacks available 10:30am - AGH


12:00 - 1:00 Lunch - Burton Dining Hall

1:00 -2:00 Whole Group Session: Where are we? What are our plans? What have we learned about creating effective modules?


2:00 - 4:30 Module Group Working Time
* Snacks available 3:00pm - AGH

4:30 - 5:30 Whole Group Session: What have we learned about creating effective activities? Plans for tomorrow. Road Check.

6:00 - 8:00 Dinner - Froggy Bottoms on the Cannon River

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

8:00 Shuttle van available, leaving Country Inn to AGH
-check out and bring luggage
to AGH
8:30- 9:30 Module Group Working Time - Cleaning up Loose Ends
* Snacks available 9:30am - AGH

9:30-10:00 Making Modules and Activities Live- All materials must be ready for public viewing at 9:30.

10:00-12:00 Reflections and Recommendations
  • What did we learn about creating the Portal?
  • Engaging the Community
  • Developing the Activity Collections
  • Controlled Vocabularies
  • Workshop Evaluation
12:00 - Lunch- Subway Subs to Go - AGH