Hosted by:NYS Thinkfinity Training

Coordinators:Karen Finter

& David Parzych

Thinkfinity Thinkfinity

NYS Field TrainerNYS Field Trainer

Annual Refresher UpdateAnnual Refresher Update

20072007

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Objectives/Goals

• Review changes to the Thinkfinity National Site and well as changes to ThinkfinityNY and refresh familiarity with existing resources.

• Review a new tool to utilize during training: the Technology Integration Plan Template

• Preview changes that are coming down the road….

• Refresh procedures and processes around training registration, participant rostering and surveying.

Why are we here? What will we accomplish?

The MarcoPolo

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The Verizon Literacy Network (Now Thinkfinity Literacy Network)

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= Thinkfinity

55,000+ free, web-based K-12 educational resources and best in class literacy resources

Thinkfinity’s Content PartnersThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Arts

National Council on Economic Education Economics

National Endowment for the Humanities Humanities

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Mathematics

International Reading Association &

National Council of Teachers of English Reading/Language Arts

American Association for the Advancement of Science Science

National Geographic Society Geography

National Museum of American History American History

National Center for Family Literacy Literacy

Proliteracy Worldwide Literacy

Learning Objects

Worksheets

Interactives

E-Sheets

Podcasts

Printable Maps

Primary Source Documents

Rubrics

Websites

Virtual Museums

Graphic Organizers

Photographs

Video Clips

Online ManipulativesQuizzes

Audio Clips

do you find the resources?

New York State Specific Lessons aligned

with NYS Standards:

VLS & ThinkfinityNY :

ThinkfinityNY

do you find the resources?

Thinkfinity National:

1. Navigation through partner site

2. Search engine

3. Home page

Thinkfinity Homepage

www.thinkfinity.org

Utilizing the Trainer Resource Center & ThinkfinityNY Resources

• Updated materials are populating in the site (Trainer’s Resource Manual, Training Flyers, Powerpoint samples, etc).

• Additional items will be forthcoming.• On the NY end, look to the trainer website to add

additional resources, including templates for grade level, content specific trainings that are currently being developed.

• The State Alignment project is continuing through the end of this year, into next year with full momentum. If any trainers are interested in assisting with the project as lesson aligners, be on the lookout for information coming your way soon!

Helpful Field Trainer Websites… in one easy to find place

• To request a training: http://iris.nyit.edu/tbls/marcopolo/index.php

• ThinkfinityNY & Beyond! http://www.nyiteez.org/MarcoPoloNY/

• Thinkfinity National Home http://www.thinkfinity.org/home.aspx

• Caucus (online discussion tool) http://iris.nyit.edu/~caucus/

Training others to locate content

Think About…

Updated Technology Integration PlanUpdated Technology Integration Plan

The REVISED Integration Plan The REVISED Integration Plan Instructions

3 Types of Training…Awareness SessionAwareness Session

• Typically NOT a Typically NOT a hands-on workshophands-on workshop

• 90 minutes or less90 minutes or less

• FIELD TRAINERS FIELD TRAINERS CAN USE THIS TYPE CAN USE THIS TYPE OF TRAINING TO OF TRAINING TO MEET TRAINING MEET TRAINING REQUIREMENT- JUST REQUIREMENT- JUST REGISTER, ROSTER REGISTER, ROSTER SURVEY AND SURVEY AND FOLLOW-UP!FOLLOW-UP!

TCH-C (Complete)TCH-C (Complete)

•Hands on workshopHands on workshop

• 6 hours +6 hours +

• Provides Provides comprehensive comprehensive training on the training on the Thinkfinity & Thinkfinity & Thinkfinity NY Thinkfinity NY programs as well as programs as well as integration planning.integration planning.

• Trainers must Trainers must register, roster, survey register, roster, survey AND Follow Up!AND Follow Up!

TCH-P (Partial)TCH-P (Partial)

•Hands on workshopHands on workshop

• 90 minutes or more90 minutes or more

• Provides a partial Provides a partial look at the Thinkfinity look at the Thinkfinity Program. This type of Program. This type of training is training is highly highly customizablecustomizable to match to match grade level and subject grade level and subject area area

•Trainers must Trainers must register, roster, survey register, roster, survey AND Follow Up!AND Follow Up!

Split Training Sessions: When registering, enter end date and total number of hours.

Rostering into sessions

Click on Professional Development

Click on Training Attendee Forms

“Quick Rostering”

• Rostering participants can take some time during a training session, so it could be advantageous to Quick Roster participants after the session. This will require a little preparation on your part because you need some information from the participant. On the form On the form participants use to sign up for training, ask for participants use to sign up for training, ask for the following information: First name, last name, the following information: First name, last name, email, zip code and their school building.email, zip code and their school building. With this information in hand, you can quickly roster participants prior to the session and save time during training.

Quick Rostering Steps..1. Go to Rusticello at: http://rusticello.mped.org and log in using your Cadre

ID and password. This information will be found on your confirmation email from Verizon.

2. You will enter the Rusticello home page and click on Rosters3. Click on the date of your training and bring up the next window 4. This brings you to the View Roster window and you may have to scroll

down to the middle of the screen just below Roster Information to Roster Summary. Click on the <ADD> button.

5. Fill in the asterisked information from your participant registration form. Then click on <Select Organization>. When the next window appears, scroll down to enter Organization information.

6. Now that all the correct information has been entered, click <ADD> and the participant is rostered into your session. This process will alleviate any need for the participant to roster. You will have to do this procedure for each participant you want to roster. Clicking <ADD> takes you back to the <VIEW ROSTER> page.

7. When you have entered your last trainee and have returned to the <VIEW ROSTER> page, you will want to right click on <Click here to complete survey> link.

8. A pop-up window will appear. In the middle of the pop-up window, left click on <Copy Shortcut>.

Questions for Us??

Survey Please!

• http://rusticello.mped.org/IPDS/survey/ipds_Survey_start.asp?type=Cadre&selected=True&TSID=27980&PersID=167654

Please add your name to the training roster before completing survey.