Model Teacher Schedule
Holiday Inn Pittsburgh Airport - IUs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 27
Coach Schedule
Group 1
Round 1
Tony Cortez Riverside HS
9:15-9:35 am Riverside Beaver County
Math 9-12
Room: Westinghouse
Round 2
Dominic E. Woods Sr.
9:40-10:00am Wilkinsburg HS
Social Studies
Room: Sewickley
Round 3
Amy Semnisky Plum Borough
10:15Senior High School
10:35am
English 10
Room: Glenwood
Round 4
Louise Maine Punxsutawney
10:40Area High School
11:00am
Science 9-10
Room: Smithfield
Round 3
10:1510:35am
Group 5
Jeanette Fabbri Penn Cambria
HS
Math 10
Room: Bloomfield
Rob Heinrich – Greater
Johnstown
Social Studies
Room: Duquesne
Benjamin Guise CanonMcMillan HS English 11& 12
Room: Liberty
Round 4
10:4011:00am
Jennifer DeVore Iroquois JSHS
Science 11&12
Room: Birmingham
Round 1
9:15-9:35am
Round 2
9:40-10:00am
Group 2
Louise Maine Punxsutawney
Area HS Science 9-10
Room: Smithfield
Tony Cortez Riverside HS
Riverside Beaver Co
Math 9-12
Room: Westinghouse
Dominic E. Woods Sr.
Wilkinsburg HS
Social Studies
Room: Sewickley
Amy Semnisky Plum Borough
Senior High School English 10
Room: Glenwood
Group 6
Jennifer DeVore Iroquois JSHS
Science 11&12
Room: Birmingham
Jeanette Fabbri Penn Cambria
HS
Math 10
Room: Bloomfield
Rob Heinrich – Greater
Johnstown
Social Studies
Room: Duquesne
Benjamin Guise CanonMcMillan HS
English 11& 12
Room: Liberty
Group 3
Amy Semnisky Plum Borough
Senior High School
English 10
Room: Glenwood
Louise Maine Punxsutawney Area
High School
Science 9-10
Room: Smithfield
Tony Cortez Riverside HS
Riverside Beaver County
Math 9-12
Room: Westinghouse
Dominic E. Woods Sr.
Wilkinsburg HS
Social Studies
Room: Sewickley
Group 4
Dominic E. Woods Sr. Wilkinsburg
HS
Social Studies
Room: Sewickley
Amy Semnisky Plum Borough
Senior High School
English 10
Room: Glenwood
Louise Maine Punxsutawney Area
High School Science 9-10
Room: Smithfield
Group 7
Benjamin Guise Canon-McMillan
HS
English 11& 12
Room: Liberty
Jennifer DeVore Iroquois JSHS
Science 11&12
Room: Birmingham
Group 8
Rob Heinrich – Greater Johnstown
Social Studies
Room: Duquesne
Jeanette Fabbri Penn Cambria
HS
Math 10
Room: Bloomfield
Rob Heinrich – Greater
Johnstown
Social Studies
Room: Duquesne
Jennifer DeVore Iroquois JSHS
Science 11&12
Room: Birmingham
Tony Cortez Riverside HS Riverside
Beaver County
Math 9-12
Room: Westinghouse
Benjamin Guise Canon-McMillan
HS English 11& 12
Room: Liberty
Jeanette Fabbri Penn Cambria HS
Math 10
Room: Bloomfield
Model Teachers
Holiday Inn Pittsburgh Airport - IUs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 27
Amy Semnisky Plum Borough Senior High School
Coach:
semniskya@pbsd.k12.pa.us
Cultural Diversity and Global Awareness Project
English 10th
1. Discuss the similarities and differences between the country you are assigned and the United States of America.
2. Gather two current event articles that focus on the country you are assigned. Read and summarize the article.
3. In what way has the country you have been assigned impacted the U.S. in the past or is currently impacting the U.S. now?
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Tony Cortez Riverside HS Riverside Beaver County tcortez@riverside.k12.pa.us
Coach: Tony Cortez and Ron Saul
Ads Project
Mathematics / Geometry 9-12
Students will collect at least five ads from different media and state the conditionals and converse that are explicit and implied. They must then decide the truth
value for each. Following this activity the students must create their own ad (choosing a product or service on the market or creating their own) with at least one
conditional statement, stated or implied, that will persuade customers to purchase their product.
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Louise Maine Punxsutawney Area High School lmmaine@gmail.com
Coach: Missy Fedigan
What are the best possible conditions for photosynthesis to occur?
Science 9-10
Prior knowledge: ATP as an energy storage molecule. Students have been introduced to photosynthesis through brainstorming what they know and don’t know and
the factors that affect photosynthesis have been introduced. Students are given the website simulation (https://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/Light+intensity) and
asked as groups to determine the best conditions necessary to produce the maximum amount of ATP (energy to be turned into food for the plant.) Students divide
work as a team changing one variable at a time to determine the wavelength and light intensity setting that creates the most ATP for the plant. As a team, they
analyze what this means, how each separately affect ATP production and relate what they have learned to photosynthesis. Different types of plants, the color of
light, and the light absorbed by different plant pigments are researched and applied to existing knowledge. Students report their findings through a team wiki page,
and produce information either in text or any other application format. Extensions can include: Testing different types of lights and effects on growth, the growth
of plants with different pigments, chromatography research and experimentation, greenhouses and plant growth, agricultural extensions, etc.
Platform: Either – requires shockwave plugin to use simulation (Note: firefox may not recognize the installed plugin – use safari instead)
Jennifer DeVore Iroquois Junior Senior High School
Coach: Mrs. Carol Heid
jdevore@iroquois.iu5.org
Wikispaces in the classroom
Science11th and 12th grade
Students applied some of the skills they had learned in their CFF classes to produce a web page based upon the kingdoms of living things. Students were able to
work at their own ability levels in a cooperative environment to create a web page that detailed their specific kingdom of living organisms.
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Dominic E. Woods Sr. Wilkinsburg HS woodsd@wilkinsburgschools.org
Coach: Diane Chessman
“Taking it Global” Everyday
Social Studies 9-12
This lesson describes how to use “Taking it Global” in the classroom. During this lesson, the participants will be engaged by logging into the site and completing
tasks as ordinary students would. The tasks consist of viewing a photostory dealing with the Aftermath of World War I, responding through blogging, navigating
through the site in order to complete assignments. *(Assignment: create a photostory depicting the events of a particular time period [1915-1930] )
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Jeanette Fabbri Penn Cambria HS
Coach: Jeanette Black
fabbrijl@pcam.org
Designing an Efficient Product Package
Math 10th grade
This surface area and volume geometry project appears at the onset to be rather basic, but is actually loaded with varying degrees of problem solving application.
Differentiated instruction for this project will be addressed. Technology used includes: digital camera, excel, powerpoint, and a wikispace.
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Benjamin Guise Canon-McMillan HS guiseb@cmsd.k12.pa.us
Coach: Joyce Mason
Bringing Literature to Life with Social Networking
English 11& 12
I will demonstrate how to use social networking sites in order to have students understand the personalities of the characters from Aldous Huxley’s Brave New
World.
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Rob Heinrich Greater Johnstown High School
Coach: Dr. William Brotz/Rob Heinrich
George Washington and the Revolution
Social Studies 11th and 12 grade
The students will use technology to chronicle the major political, social, and military events of the American Revolution and explain the role played
by General George Washington in these events. The students will be able to use any presentation software available, and the teacher will use best
differentiated instruction practices to facilitate the students learning.
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Model Teacher Schedule
Holiday Inn New Cumberland - IUs 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 28
Coach Schedule
Round 1
9:15-9:35 am
Group 1
Lisa Schell Solanco HS
Math
Room: Harrisburg East
Group 2
Kelly Rupp/Jeremy Smith
York Co School of
Technology
Room Keystone B
Group 3
Ann L. Senft Cedar Cliff HS, West
Shore School English
Room: Board
Group 4
Dayna Laur Central York High School
Social Studies
Room: State
Round 2
9:40-10:00am
Dayna Laur Central York High
School Social Studies
Room: State
Lisa Schell Solanco HS
Math
Room: Harrisburg East
Kelly Rupp/Jeremy Smith York
County School of Technology
Room Keystone B
Ann L. Senft Cedar Cliff HS, West
Shore School English
Room: Board
Round 3
10:15-10:35am
Ann L. Senft Cedar Cliff HS,
West Shore School English
Room: Board
Dayna Laur Central York HS
Social Studies
Room: State
Lisa Schell Solanco HS
Math
Room: Harrisburg East
Kelly Rupp/Jeremy Smith York
County School of Technology
Room Keystone B
Round 4
10:40-11:00am
Kelly Rupp/Jeremy Smith
York County School of
Technology
Room Keystone B
Ann L. Senft Cedar Cliff HS,
West Shore School
English
Room: Board
Dayna Laur Central York High
School
Social Studies
Room: State
Lisa Schell Solanco HS
Math
Room: Harrisburg East
Coach Schedule
Round 1
9:15-9:35am
Group 5
Ray Cope Austin Area
Math
Group 6
Leigh Foy York Suburban
High School Science
Room: Susquehanna
Group 7
Elizabeth Wildauer Oswayo Valley
H.S.English
Room: Harrisburg West
Group 8
Jared Cunningham Harrisburg SD
William Penn CTA Social Studies
Room: Fairview
Ray Cope Austin Area
Math
Leigh Foy York Suburban High
School Science
Room: Susquehanna
Elizabeth Wildauer Oswayo Valley
H.S. English
Room: Harrisburg West
Ray Cope Austin Area
Math
Leigh Foy York Suburban High School
Science
Room: Susquehanna
Round 2
9:40-10:00am
Room: Ballroom
Jared Cunningham Harrisburg
SD William Penn CTA
Social
Studies
Room: Fairview
Round 3
10:15-10:35am
Elizabeth Wildauer Oswayo
Valley H.S.English
Room: Harrisburg West
Round 4
10:40-11:00am
Leigh Foy York Suburban High
School Science
Room: Susquehanna
Room: Ballroom
Jared Cunningham
Harrisburg SD William Penn
CTA Social Studies
Room: Fairview
Elizabeth Wildauer Oswayo
Valley H.S.
English
Room: Harrisburg West
Room: Ballroom
Jared Cunningham Harrisburg SD
William Penn CTA
Social Studies
Room: Fairview
Ray Cope Austin Area
Math
Room: Ballroom
Model Teachers
Holiday Inn New Cumberland - IUs 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 28
Ann L. Senft Cedar Cliff HS, West Shore School District asenft@wssd.k12.pa.us
Coach: Laurie Vitale
Novelspace: Using iWeb to Create Novel-based “Myspace” Pages
English Secondary
Instead of the traditional book report, students use iWeb software to create web pages like Myspace posing as the main character of a fiction book they’ve read for
an outside reading assignment. Students must analyze the character and the key items in the novel to include on their pages sections like Who Am I, My Goals,
My Conflicts, and What I Know/Learned About Life. These sections cause them to think about the various literary elements: plot, character, theme, etc. They
also need to infer other items such as what kind of music the character might like, etc. Blogs and messages from the main character’s friends (minor characters in
the book) are also part of this assignment, along with other sections.
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Dayna Laur Central York High School dlaur@cysd.k12.pa.us
Coach: Sue Sheffer
Moving Beyond Technology Integration and Toward Technology Immersion
Social Studies Secondary
This presentation will focus on ways in which teachers can seamlessly immerse their students into a technology based classroom setting by utilizing Project Based
Learning.
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Kelly Rupp/Jeremy Smith York County School of Technology krupp@ycstech.org
Coach: Margaret Runkle
Teaching through Moodle:
Science
Teaching the history of metrics through the use of moodle. We will be using a webquest complete with guided notes and the internet to complete research on the
history of metrics, how metrics applies to your technical area, how to convert and then taking a on-line quiz through the moodle website.
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Elizabeth Wildauer Oswayo Valley H.S. ewildauer@oswayo.com
Coach: Mrs. Tanya Dynda
Introduction to Poetry and Poetic Elements
English 10th grade
Students are introduced to the art of poetry and its elements. Students choose their favorite (school appropriate) song lyrics and analyze them using several
theories of poetic elements. Students will be introduced to the concepts of meter, types of rhyme, rhetorical devices, sound devices, and both verbal and visual
style of writing poetry.
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Leigh Foy York Suburban High School lfoy@yssd.org
Coach: Aly Tapp
“When ‘Far Away’ Meets 1st period – Leveraging the Power of Technology to Bring the World to Your Students”
Science
Mrs. Foy was awarded a grant to use technology to bring the cloud rainforests of Costa Rica to her chemistry and biology students. While visiting Costa Rica for
10 days in February, Mrs. Foy will use Skype to communicate with her students back in the classroom in real time, podcasting/vodcasting technology to “show and
tell” with her students while she is there, and discussion boards/forums to allow students to communicate with each her and with each other among different
classrooms.
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Jared Cunningham Harrisburg SD William Penn CTA jcunningham@hbgsd.k12.pa.us
Coach: Rebecca Hardie
Using iMovie as an Instructional Tool
Social Studies 9th and 11th Grade
In this lesson, teachers will see how to prepare a lesson using iMovie. The purpose of this lesson will be to introduce a unit on bias or propaganda, in this case,
bias in political advertisements. Teachers will use iMovie to make a short advertisement. I will provide teachers with a CD containing all the necessary files.
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Lisa Schell Solanco High School lisa_schell@solanco.k12.pa.us
Coach: Steve McTaggart
A Culminating Lesson on Probability and Statistics
Math
In this lesson the students log on to my moodle site and open both a document that leads them through the lesson providing web links to information they need to
complete the project, and the companion piece that helps them gather the data they need for the lesson. As part of the lesson the students will need to use both
excel and word to provide evidence of successful completion of the project.
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Ray Cope Austin Area High School rcope@austinsd.com
Coach: Ray Cope
Right Triangle Trigonometric Ratios
Math
This lesson will provide basic knowledge as well as practical application of right triangle trig ratios. Through video and hands-on activities, the participant will
learn the Trig ratios, be able to set up equations using the ratios and apply what they’ve learned in a practical setting. Technology used: Promethean Board, Digital
Camera, and Computer.
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Model Teacher Schedule
Holiday Inn Harrisburg West (Carlisle Pike) - IUs 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 29
Coach Schedule
Round 1
9:15-9:35 am
Round 2
9:40-10:00am
Round 3
10:15-10:35am
Round 4
10:40-11:00am
Round 1
9:15-9:35am
Round 2
9:40-10:00am
Round 3
10:15-10:35am
Round 4
10:40-11:00am
Group 1
Robert Snyder Millville High
School
Math 10-12
Room: Carlisle
Rob Cashman Benton Area
High School
Social Studies
Room: A
Janet Sassaman, Selinsgrove
Area High School
English
Room: C
Terri Kelsey Mountain View
Jr/Sr High School
Science 9th grade
Room: Terrace
Group 5
Katie Meluskey Meyers H S
Jennifer Decker Coughlin H
S Wilkes-Barre Math 9th grade
Room: B
Barb Ritzheimer Pine Grove
HS Social Studies
Room: Patio
Laura Witman Hamburg
Area HS English
Room: D
Adam Forrer Hamburg Area
HS Science
Room: Hampton
Group 2
Terri Kelsey Mountain View
Jr/Sr High School
Science 9th grade
Room: Terrace
Robert Snyder Millville High
School
Math 10-12
Room: Carlisle
Rob Cashman Benton Area
High School
Social Studies
Room: A
Janet Sassaman, Selinsgrove
Area High School
English
Room: C
Group 6
Adam Forrer Hamburg Area
HS Science
Room: Hampton
Group 3
Janet Sassaman, Selinsgrove Area
High School
English
Room: C
Terri Kelsey Mountain View Jr/Sr
High School
Science 9th grade
Room: Terrace
Robert Snyder Millville High
School
Math 10-12
Room: Carlisle
Rob Cashman Benton Area High
School
Social Studies
Room: A
Group 7
Laura Witman Hamburg Area HS
English
Room: D
Katie Meluskey Meyers H S
Jennifer Decker Coughlin HS
Wilkes-Barre Math 9th grade
Room: B
Barb Ritzheimer Pine Grove
HS Social Studies
Adam Forrer Hamburg Area HS
Science
Room: Hampton
Room: Patio
Laura Witman Hamburg Area
HS English
Room: D
Katie Meluskey Meyers HS
Jennifer Decker Coughlin HS
Wilkes-Barre Math 9th grade
Room: B
Barb Ritzheimer Pine Grove HS
Social Studies
Room: Patio
Group 4
Rob Cashman Benton Area High
School
Social Studies
Room: A
Janet Sassaman, Selinsgrove Area
High School
English
Room: C
Terri Kelsey Mountain View Jr/Sr
High School
Science 9th grade
Room: Terrace
Robert Snyder Millville High School
Math 10-12
Room: Carlisle
Group 8
Barb Ritzheimer Pine Grove HS
Social Studies
Room: Patio
Laura Witman Hamburg Area HS
English
Room: D
Adam Forrer Hamburg Area HS
Science
Room: Hampton
Katie Meluskey Meyers High School
Jennifer Decker Coughlin High
School Wilkes-Barre Math 9th grade
Room: B
Model Teachers
Holiday Inn Harrisburg West (Carlisle Pike) - IUs 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 29
Katie Meluskey Meyers High School Wilkes-Barre kmeluskey@wbasd.k12.pa.us
Coach: Samuel Elias
Jennifer Decker Coughlin High School Wilkes-Barre decker@wbasd.k12.pa.us
Coach: Ron Krouse
Distance Formula Project
Math 9th grade
Students must get a picture from the internet of the driving route between two locations, put their picture on an xy plane (Geogebra), and then find the distance of
the two locations using the distance formula (several calculations will be required for all the straight lines it takes). The students were asked to go onto
http://maps.live.com and get directions between two locations (ex: house to school). This website shows an aerial view of the directions. They then have to transfer
that picture to a program called Geogebra. On this program, they put their picture over a coordinate plane grid. They plot points along the way of their path and
find the distance between each point. Then they had to use the total distance they found with the distance formula and the distance given to them on the directions
to find a conversion unit between their map and the real world.
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Robert Snyder Millville High School snyderr@millville.k12.pa.us
Coach: Karey Killian
Pythagorean Theorem and beyond, 30-60-90 triangles, area under a curve
Math 10 to 12
Using GeoGebra and Geometer’s Sketchpad I have the students construct right triangles, 30-60-90 triangles and curves and use the program to do the calculations
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Terri Kelsey Mountain View Jr/Sr High School tkelsey@mvsd.net
Coach: Ty Yost
Integrating Technology in a Science Classroom: Out of the Muck
Science 9 (Earth Science) 12 (Physics)
This is an opportunity to see the evolution of a science classroom at all levels of CFF integration. There will be four Earth Science activities and one Physics
activity. The lessons will help coaches encourage the twenty-first century transformation. Materials available at http://tkelsey.wikispaces.com/
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Janet Sassaman, Selinsgrove Area High School jsassaman@seal-pa.org
Coach: Jason Heiser
Choice, Collaboration, and Chat: Building Engaged Readers using Moodle
Math grades 9 - 12
How do literature circles build active readers? Lesson simulates active engagement of students in selecting text and practicing discussion skills. The lesson
provides models of the power of podcasts, forums, and email correspondence with adult reading partners outside the school.
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Laura Witman Hamburg Area HS lauwit@hasdhawks.org
Coach: Teresa Freiwald
Blogs and Webquests in the Language Arts classroom
English 9th grade
A demonstration of how to construct a blog assignment: ex. based on thisibelieve.org assignments and personal edublogs site; A demonstration of a webquest
using del.icio.us and PP/photostory: examples: Of Mice and Men or Poe webquest.
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Adam Forrer Hamburg Area HS adafor@hasdhawks.org
Coach: Teresa Friewald
Interactive Media in Physics
Science 9-12
A demonstration of webquests and integrating interactive media utilized in the physics classroom. The lesson will cover del.icio.us sites, webquests, and various
interactive online simulations. Content: Circuits, Optics, Mechanics.
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Rob Cashman Benton Area High School rcashman@bentonsd.k12.pa.us
Coach: Rob Cashman
Contemporary Issues Project
Social Studies
Students will present conflicting platforms associated with a contemporary issues in today’s society. After the presentations, students will be asked
questions regarding their presentations. Students will then, as a homework assignment, address an online blog space to address their viewpoints
interactively.
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Barb Ritzheimer Pine Grove High School britzheimer@pgasd.com
Coach: Barb Ritzheimer
Campaign Advertizing
Social Studies
This lesson deals with campaign advertising and how it is used to influence the electorate. After a discussion of the various propaganda techniques,
students will look at a series of campaign ads and evaluate them (centerforpolitics.org/programs/yli-mediatypes.htm). Teachers could also use some
current television ads. After the discussion, students will be able to identify the different types of propaganda techniques used in political campaign
ads, and how candidates use different types of ads to reach different groups of people. Students will then construct a political advertisement of their
own using Photo Story, video, web pages, etc.
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Model Teacher Schedule
Valley Forge Radisson – IUs 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
Coach Schedule
Round 1
9:15-9:35 am
Round 2
9:40-10:00am
Round 3
10:15-10:35am
Round 4
10:40-11:00am
Round 1
9:15-9:35am
Round 2
9:40-10:00am
Group 1
Genevieve Frendo-Rosso
Bucks County Technical HS
Math- 11th grade
Room: Buchanan
Kristen Schaffer Ridley
School District
Social Studies
Room: Quaker
Nicole Wolset Upper Merion
Area High School English
10th grade
Room: Keystone
Jeff Wetherhold Parkland
Senior High School
Science 12
Room: Mt. Davis
Group 2
Jeff Wetherhold Parkland
Senior High School
Science 12
Room: Mt. Davis
Genevieve Frendo-Rosso
Bucks County Technical HS
Math- 11th grade
Room: Buchanan
Kristen Schaffer Ridley School
District
Social Studies
Room: Quaker
Nicole Wolset Upper Merion
Area High School English 10th
grade
Room: Keystone
Group 3
Nicole Wolset Upper Merion Area
High School English 10th grade
Room: Keystone
Group 5
Katrina Heckman & Kristen
Sebastian Pocono Mountain
West HS Math 9-12
Room: Liberty
Bill McRae Springfield High
School Social Studies 12
Room: Ross/Jeff/Hancock
Group 6
Todd Breuer Bucks County
Technical HS Science
Room: Conestoga
Group 7
Elizabeth Kazanjian Owen J.
Roberts H S English 9-12
Room: Hemlock
Katrina Heckman & Kristen
Sebastian Pocono Mountain
West HS Math 9-12
Room: Liberty
Bill McRae Springfield High
School
Social Studies 12
Room: Ross/Jeff/Hancock
Elizabeth Kazanjian Owen J.
Roberts H S English 9-12
Room: Hemlock
Todd Breuer Bucks County
Technical HS Science
Room: Conestoga
Round 3
10:15-10:35am
Elizabeth Kazanjian Owen J.
Roberts H S English 9-12
Room: Hemlock
Round 4
10:40-11:00am
Todd Breuer Bucks County
Technical HS Science
Room: Conestoga
Jeff Wetherhold Parkland Senior
High School
Science 12
Room: Mt. Davis
Genevieve Frendo-Rosso Bucks
County Technical HS
Math- 11th grade
Room: Buchanan
Kristen Schaffer Ridley School
District
Social Studies
Room: Quaker
Katrina Heckman & Kristen
Sebastian Pocono Mountain West
HS Math 9-12
Room: Liberty
Bill McRae Springfield High
School Social Studies 12
Room: Ross/Jeff/Hancock
Group 4
Kristen Schaffer Ridley School
District
Social Studies
Room: Quaker
Nicole Wolset Upper Merion Area
High School English 10th grade
Room: Keystone
Jeff Wetherhold Parkland Senior High
School
Science 12
Room: Mt. Davis
Genevieve Frendo-Rosso Bucks
County Technical HS
Math- 11th grade
Room: Buchanan
Group 8
Bill McRae Springfield High School
Social Studies 12
Room: Ross/Jeff/Hancock
Elizabeth Kazanjian Owen J. Roberts
H S English 9-12
Room: Hemlock
Todd Breuer Bucks County Technical
HS Science
Room: Conestoga
Katrina Heckman & Kristen
Sebastian Pocono Mountain West HS
Math 9-12
Room: Liberty
Model Teachers
Valley Forge Radisson – IUs 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
Genevieve Frendo-Rosso
Coach: Heather Snyder
Bucks County Technical High School grosso@bcths.com
Back to School Night & Algebra/Geometry/Calculus Lesson
Math 11th grade
Algebra 2 integration project using technology (Ti83+ graphing calculator, PowerPoint software,
PolyVision) to explore, interpret & predict future information about a business of the student’s
choice which correlates with his/her tech specialty.
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Nicole Wolset Upper Merion Area High School nwolset@umasd.org
Coach: Kristin Hokanson
The Secret Life of Bees: The Literature Circle for the 21st Century
English 10th Grade
In this unit on The Secret Life of Bees the students use a wikispace, http://wolsetsecretlifeofbees.wikispaces.com, to extend traditional literature discussion. This
encourages the students to take responsibility in developing topics of discussion. The model lesson will take participants through the processes of using a
wikispace to build background knowledge, summarize and reflect on reading, and develop analytical and evaluative questions for literature.
Mac (not platform specific – participants need a web browser and internet access)
Jeff Wetherhold Parkland Senior High School
Coach: Jason Henry
wetherholdj@parklandsd.org
Escape Speed
Science: Physics12
Derivation of escape speed using calculus. Presentation includes a homemade cartoon.
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Elizabeth Kazanjian Owen J. Roberts High School ekazanjian@ojrsd.com
Coach: Lisa Schiavone
Modeled and Practiced Reading of Shakespeare Using the Interactive Whiteboard
English 9-12
Lesson will demonstrate how teachers can preview a complicated text (Shakespeare passage) and model a close reading/ paraphrase for the class. Students can
work in pairs or small groups to practice and share their thinking with the class by recording it on the interactive whiteboard. Changes can be made, added or
deleted, and saved for future reference.
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Kristen Schaffer Ridley School District kristen_schaffer@ridleysd.k12.pa.us
Coach: Sue Iannacci
Use of Wikispace in the Classroom
Social Studies Global Perspectives Honors and College Prep
Lesson will demonstrate the various ways that I have used wikispaces in the classroom as well as outside of the classroom. Our class wikispace is used to further
class discussions by posting and replying to messages on-line, we review material through the use of podcasts and power point movies, videos are embedded for
student viewing, books are reviewed by students so that classmates can decide what books they would like to read and much more.
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Bill McRae Springfield High School mcraewil@ssd.k12.pa.us
Coach: Rob Nelson
What is Freedom? A Student Perspective
Social Studies 12th Grade
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Participants will work in groups to analyze and interpret student-created photographs representing ideas about freedom. Each group will try to decide what specific aspect of freedom each
student wished to illustrate.
View the final product video – What is Freedom? A Student’s Perspective and check group’s responses to the actual words of the individual students in the video.
View the video blog and leave a message or response if time.
I will explain the collaborative process of working with the photo teacher, video productions teacher, students, and our coach Rob Nelson in accomplishing this project.
Q&A
Katrina Heckman and Kristen Sebastian Pocono Mountain West HS ksebasti@pmsd.org
kheckman@pmsd.org
Coach: Tal Waide
An introduction to Polygons
Math: 8-12 Geometry
Students will independently engage in a webquest to discover key points and ideas about polygons, and then as a class we will go through an interactive
Promethean Flipchart to summarize the findings.
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Todd Breuer Bucks County Technical High School tbreuer@bcths.com
Coach: Heather Snyder
More Sophisticated Measurement Principles
Science11th grade
Students will examine the fundamental concepts of precision and accuracy related to data and measurement devices. An analogy using a target
practice activity will be incorporated as a set-induction . The activity uses a foam ball and interactive board to mark the accuracy of several student
volunteers aiming for the target. A set of pre-fabricated rulers with the same capacity but varying sensitivity will show students how device precision
can affect data and in turn decisions made about measurements. A document type camera is used to focus the students on the guided-discussion
related to the rulers.
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