Camp Plug and Play 7.0: Vocabulary: Better, Faster, Stronger
| Date: | June 11-15, 2012 |
| Registration: | June 11: 12:15-1:00pm |
| Event Time: | June 11: 1:00-5:15pm, June 12: 8:30-4:00pm, June 13: 8:30-4:45pm, June 14: 8:30-5:30pm, June 15: 8:30-12:00pm |
| Location: |
Westward Look 245 East Ina Rd Tucson, AZ 85704 |
| Cost: | $400.00 |
| Deadline: | May 10th, 2012 |
Camp Plug & Play 7.0 offers a world-class professional development experience where participants dive into one of six topics for the week. Each strand is taught by knowledgeable and patient trainers who have a strong passion for empowering teachers and students with technology.
Registration includes your own room Monday until Friday and delicious breakfasts and lunches. Most importantly, you receive practical instruction and lots of hands-on time so that you leave with new knowledge, skills, and confidence to use what you’ve learned in your classroom.
The week kicks off with an inspirational keynote presentation by Wesley Fryer, author of Playing with Media. After the keynote, participants meet in their learning strands where they will spend the rest of the week learning and creating. In addition to direct instruction and work time, Camp Plug & Play offers evening breakout sessions about popular topics.
Another evening session is Ignite Night. Campers are invited to make five-minute presentations consisting of exactly 20 slides which are shown on the screen for exactly 15 seconds each.
To make sure the technology works smoothly, the Arizona K12 Center provides a MacBook for each participant to use during the day. Although you might not be a Macintosh user, what you learn at camp will certainly be applicable to computers running Windows.
Please watch for an email from the Arizona K12 Center in the weeks leading up to Camp Plug & Play for information about the camp's online social network, your learning strand, Ignite Night, and breakout sessions.
Camp Plug & Play is a great way to spend some of your summer! This is your opportunity to join a group of Arizona educators who, like you, are passionate about engaging today's students in their learning.
Vocabulary: Better, Faster, Stronger
Studies have shown that reading comprehension and vocabulary knowledge is strongly correlated. This strand will explore the possibilities for teaching direct vocabulary instruction that can have a positive impact on student achievement.
Explore how to go beyond the usual modes of teaching vocabulary, and how to make vocabulary instruction enjoyable for both teacher and students. During this strand we will create visual representations of words in text, take digital vocabulary field trips, use multimedia to show vocabulary knowledge, explore online vocabulary games, as well as adapt paper and pencil vocabulary games to include technology.
Learn how to add energy and excitement to your vocabulary instruction by going beyond traditional teaching methods with technology in Vocabulary: Better, Faster, Stronger.
In Vocabulary: Better, Faster, Stronger you will:
* Use a variety of free Web tools
* Explore the variety of ways vocabulary can be taught and learned
* Take a digital vocabulary field trip
* Create vocabulary games
* Make online vocabulary flashcards and quizzes
* Explore multimedia as a tool to show vocabulary knowledge
