General information about WIT

Organization and structure of WIT

Availability of labs outside of class time

Scope and Sequence for WIT Basic

PRODUCT expected of WIT Basic participants

Information about the CUIP Server

Organization and Structure of WIT 2000

The Web Institute for Teachers consists of the following organizational elements:

Homerooms

Each homeroom has two mentors. Mentors will do the following: 

• oversee the basic organization of each day's work (attendance, site of the day, teaming, assignments, schedule, presentations, etc.) 
• provide introductory training and overviews of more advanced topics during homerooms 
• answer the specific questions of individual participants and teams of participants (or to refer these questions to other mentors or to the director)
• establish and maintain standards for the quality of work
• assist with setup and maintenance of the Institute's server file structure
• administer pre- and posttests and evaluations (of modules or "shelves")
• organize and administer the process by which Institute participants choosing special topics 

teach one or more "special topics workshops" during the Institute

Here are the WIT mentors:

Alpha:

Esther Pullman and Sheila McGrath

Beta:

Marty Billingsley and John Lyman

Gamma:

Ellen Dairyko and Frada Boxer

Delta:

Linda Dernbach and Nicole Zumpano

Epsilon:

Terry Jones and Edie Fabiyi

Zeta:

Russ Revzan and Bill Geraci

Assistant mentors:

Pam Greyer and John Webb

Director:

Craig Cunningham

Lunches

• Fridays from 12:30 to 1:30 in RI 480

• 11:00 am and 1:30 pm on Fridays, in BSLC 001

• June 30: Craig Cunningham, DL, Historymakers
  

• July 7: Glenn Magle, North Cook Intermediate Service Center, on engaged learning
  
• July 14: Cathy Chamberlain, a technology Integration Specialist , Oswego City School district, Oswego, New York, "Making Connections" The Power of the Internet
  
• July 21: Elaine Williams, Chief Technology Officer, CPS
  

Lunches 12:30 - 1:30 pm in Research Institutes 480

Afternoon plenaries will begin at 1:30 pm in BSLC 001

WIT 2000 Web Site (you're looking at it!)

at http://cuip.uchicago.edu/wit/2000

• scattered throughout the web site;
• main page at http://cuip.uchicago.edu/wit/2000/curriculum/
• homeroom modules: at http://cuip.uchicago.edu/wit/2000/curriculum/homeroommodules

• a way to share useful URLs with other participants in WIT
• at http://cuip.uchicago.edu/wit/99/curriculum/webtank/index.htm

• wit-l, a discussion list that includes past and present participants in WIT; To send mail to wit-l, use wit-l@cuip.uchicago.edu. Used for administrative announcements and general discussions about WIT's past and future.  Please don't use WIT-l for mail that only affects current participants of WIT.  Instead, use:
• wit2000-l, a discussion list for current participants in WIT. to subscribe, visit http://cuip.uchicago.edu/mailman/listinfo/wit2000-l. All members of wit2000-l are also subscribed to wit-l.  To send mail to wit2000-l, use wit2000-l@cuip.uchicago.edu. Use this list to send messages to all current participants, to discuss the curriculum or structure, or to make announcements.
• Web-based discussion forums: 
• General Discussion of WIT:
• http://cuip.uchicago.edu/anyboard/wit_general/
• Great Links!: http://cuip.uchicago.edu/anyboard/wit_great_links/