21st Century ResearchScholarship & Certificate Program

Workshop 1Spring 2011

Icebreaker• What is your name?• Where do you work and what do you do?• Name 2 things you are passionate about.• Imagine that you have been given a "community

service" award by the RAK Ed Zone. – What have you done to receive this reward? – What great things does the local paper say about your

work and impact?

Vision

Apply our leadership and knowledge of education and technology to complete high impact projects that will make the most difference for Ras al Khaimah students and schools.

Description

In this course you will continue to build your technology skills while working in teams to complete a 3-month long technology facilitated project that helps your school community. Projects will be documented online and shared with the RAK community and educators abroad.

Over the next 3 months you will…

• Create a vision for how technology can be used to help your students and school.

• Review and discuss ICT case studies.

• Practice using blogs, social networks, online survey tools, online collaborative documents, and other Google tools.

• Study and apply research methodologies.• Study and apply change management

principles.• Complete a high impact technology facilitated

project. • Present final projects to the RAK EdZone and

Al Qasimi Foundation.

Your project must…

• Use technology to address a key area of need in your school

• Include 1 face-to-face ICT training

• Be documented online via a digital case study (Google site)

Agenda for today

• Our perfect school

• 2 case studies

• Define projects

• Research process

• Data collection (Google forms)

• Q&A, survey, homework

Vision: The Perfect School

• What is a perfect school like?

• What is the role of administration?

• What is the role of teachers?

• How do students learn?

• How do teachers learn?

• How is technology used?

Case Studies

1. Anatomy of a Project: "Kinetic Conundrum" (Edutopia)

2. Technology Provides Parents a Link from Home to School (Edutopia)

Remainder of workshop…• Define projects• Research process• Data collection (Google forms)• Q&A, survey, homework

Thank you!