Adventures of the American Mind Photography In-Service

Most teachers at Cartoogechaye, East Franklin,and Iotla now have new Kodak digital cameras thanks to an in-house staff development offered through Western Carolina and the AAM program. The goal of the Adventure of the American Mind (AAM) program is to train in-service and pre-service K-12 teachers to use the online resources of the Library of Congress.
Components include:
1. Introduction to Library of Congress Online
2.Connecting Local People, Places, Things
3.
Events to Learning
4. Learning, Mapping, and Storyboarding
5. Lights, Cameras, Action

Contact information for the 15 hour in-service:
Beth Coulter
Curriculum


Sample of the Weekly Newsletter Carol VanHook sends to parents of her students. Photographs were taken using her new camera.

 

Author Links CNN Student News Words Defining Time
More Author Links Count On - Math Site Biography Maker
Create A Graph - Improved Best Websites for..... Adventures of CyberBee
Middle School Portal Online Writing Lab Helps Math --Illuminations
Learning Page--Library of Congress Web Gallery of Art Math Dictionary
Inspired Teacher Scholarships --Offered from Inspiration Software
TechnoKids--- A wonderful curriculum for integrating computer skills into student projects. Your Media Specialist has the notebook and the CD's containing the activities.
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Know of topics you would like to see covered?
Know teachers who are doing an outstanding job integrating technology?
Contact Ginger England

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