WIT 2003

Orientation

Orientation for WIT will be held on Monday, July 7, 2003. Two sessions will be held:

9:00 a.m. for participants in the morning session, and

1:00 p.m. for participants in the afternoon session.

Location: Donnelly Biological Sciences Learning Center (BSLC), 924 E. 57th Street, room 109. A Map showing this building is availalable here. (BSLC is number 2 on the map.)

Note that parking is sometimes difficult at the University of Chicago. We suggest you plan to arrive early to find parking, and that you arrange to car pool.

You'll get your homeroom and location assignments, t-shirts, and books. After an introduction to the structure and expectations of WIT 2003, we'll hear a featured speaker, David Warlick, nationally known thinker about using the Web in education.

Topics to be covered during the orientation:

• Overview of the Institute, including
  • WIT staff
  • schedule
  • WIT curriculum web (password for modules)
  • strands
    • Using the Web in the Classroom
    • Creating a Curriculum Web
  • homerooms
  • labs and locations
  • objectives
    • see WIT 2003 Teaching Guide
  • products expected of participants
    • for Using the Web in the Classroom
    • for Creating a Curriculum Web
• Attendance Policy
• Book and companion web site
• Software
  • Dreamweaver (for Creating participants only, to be handed out Tuesday, July 8)
  • CD with installations for Netscape, WS_FTP, PaintShopPro (for Using participants only, to be handed out Tuesday, July 8)
• Handouts book
• Plenaries and Lunches
• Feedback form
• CPS Lane promotional credit applications (for those who want it: $20)
  • Forms are in your folder
  • Policy: if you miss more than 2 days, no Lane Credit
• Requirements for recertification credits
  • Policy: you must meet expectaions for Using the Web in the Classroom or Creating a Curriculum Web, or you will get no recertification credits
  • CEUs given at 1 CEU per 5 hours completed.
• Stipends
  • CPS will pay a $1000 stipend to full-time certified teachers who successfully complete WIT and a required follow-up
  • A few exceptions will be made for CPS employees with full-time, continuing positions who are directly involved with instruction
  • CPS will make the final decision as to exceptions that may be granted
  • 70% of the stipend will be paid after WIT; 30% after implementation
• Follow-up
  • You are required to "implement" your WIT project during the 2003-2004 academic year
  • Your WIT mentors will provide you with follow-up support during the 2003-2004 academic year
  • (For Areas 11, 13, 14, 15, and 21) your Area Instructional Technology Coordinators will help you plan and execute implementation of your project. There will be a meeting of teachers in these areas on July 25.
  • Each homeroom will have two follow-up support meetings during the year.
  • To receive your full stipend, you must provide evidence of implementation and attend at least one of the follow-up meetings during the year.

After the orientation and talk, participants will meet with their mentors and discuss the specific curriculum and expectations of each section. Regular WIT classes begin July 8 in various lab locations.

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