San Antonio River Walk

Register now for the ultimate in professional development being offered this summer, and be prepared to truly take your school, classrooms and curriculum into the 21^st century.  By attending all three of the following workshops you will have experienced the fullest, most 21^st century, preparation for the new school year being offered anywhere! 

Register for one or both weeks in this year's Summer Institute! 

All workshops incorporate project- and problem-based learning, interdisciplinary curriculum, global classrooms, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Math), differentiated instruction, authentic assessment and alignment to state and national standards!

The official San Antonio River Walk web site:  http://www.thesanantonioriverwalk.com

Not only will you leave with real action plans, new ideas for the classroom, one or more curriculum units and specific action plans, you will also have enjoyed the atmosphere and history of the fabulous, historic River Walk. 

The Alamo is just 3 steps away, and the largest Mexican market in the United States, El Mercado is just a few blocks away.

A ride on the River Taxi is a must!  It will provide an entertaining perspective of the history of Texas and the River Walk!

Media Literacy - an In-Depth Investigation

July 9 and 10

There’s no doubt that we and our students are living in a media-saturated, globalized society.  Media literacy is a critical skill; students must not only be able to successfully navigate the forest of signs and symbols in our world, but must know how to use media tools to create messages.  Students lives are filled with engaging the media outside the classroom, from television, film and music, billboards, t-shirts and bumper stickers, to cell phones, web sites and Web 2.0 social media.. 

Here you will learn how to use these tools to engage students in the curriculum and help them learn how to access, analyze, evaluate and create messages in a variety of media.

When you attend the Media Literacy In-Depth workshop on Monday and Tuesday you will be immersed in a number of hands-on projects - create a movie, analyze television commercials, design a television commercial, create a photo essay and much more!

July 11

Greening the Curriculum and the Classroom will provide you with information on how to address environmental issues in your classroom, beginning with guidance on scope and sequence on scope and sequence from PK-12.  Learn how to take your classroom green while teaching the content and skills mandated by the standards.  Plan some extraordinary classroom and community projects for the coming school year!

These students are engaged and excited in real-world, project-based learning.

Designing the 21st Century Classroom

July 12 and 13

Finally, Designing the 21st Century Classroom will take you through a process from identifying and articulating what a 21st century classroom looks and feels like to the development of your final product - a framework for a 21st century curriculum unit designed for your classroom, school or district.  Watch student motivation, attendance, learning and test scores soar!  Find out how to have your students excel on standardized tests without being just a test-prep factory.

Your  unit design will include all the critical attributes of a 21st century classroom.  It will be project-based, interdisciplinary, and provide differentiated instruction as well as authentic, performance-based assessments.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

July 16, 17 & 18

July 19 & 20

Wiki, Jott, Twitter, Blogger, Digg, YouTube, TeacherTube, and software programs for creating multimedia products - find out what the latest emerging technologies are and how you can use them in designing your curriculum.  Take your classroom fully into the 21st century and watch student motivation, learning, engagement, skills, grades and test scores take off!

In this workshop you will:

• Learn about new Web 2.0 tools and how to use them

• Learn how to use these tools to deliver the curriculum (and exceed the standards)

• Create a plan for incorporating these new technologies in your classroom

Graduate university credit is available!

You will take with you actual products and action plans for implementation in the fall.

Days 1 and 2 - Media Literacy, an in-depth exploration.  $599

Day 3- Greening the Curriculum and the Classroom.  $350

Day 4 and 5 – Designing the 21^st Century Classroom  $599

Day 6, 7 and 8 - Innovation and Entrepreneurship - $800

Day 9 and 10 - Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom - $599

Register