[MLTI-HS] Reminder: MLTI Content Area Meetings for 2006

[Hamlin, Heather R]

Please forward to all of your MLTI teachers:

We will be offering 2 days of content area meetings in each region of the
state. A description of each session is posted below. You will find workshop
dates, locations and registration all posted online at:

http://www.maine.gov/mlti/events/contentArea/

Western Maine:  already held
Kennebec:  January 19 & 20  (Skowhegan Area MS)
Cumberland:  January 26 & 27  (Gorham, Southern ME Partnership @ USM)
York:  February 2 & 3  (Middle School of the Kennebunks)
Midcoast:  February 13 & 14  (UMaine Hutchinson Center)
Hancock:  March 2 & 3  (Mt. Desert Island HS)
Washington:  March 9 & 10  (Univ ME Machias)
Aroostook:  March 16 & 17  (Univ of ME Presque Isle)
Penquis:  March 23 & 24  (Hermon High School)


Day 1:  21st Century Literacy - Traditionally we have considered literacy to
be the ability to read, write, listen, speak, and think in order to access
and represent what you need to know and what you want to know. To be
successful in the 21st century students must translate these skills into the
digital domain. In this session we will discuss and practice digital
literacy strategies and skills for communicating with text, images and other
digital media. 

Day 2:  Modeling Ecological Principles - Technology can be a major asset in
developing the foundational concepts of ecology. The power of modeling
allows students to interact with a virtual environment, helping them to
experience the interdependency of the living and non-living ecosystem.
Participants will investigate, develop and analyze essential questions that
can lead to good, standards-based ecological inquiry.


Regards, 
MLTI Staff 

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Heather Hamlin 
Maine Learning Technology Initiative
Phone: (207) 624-6746 ~ Fax: (207) 624-6601
heather.hamlin at maine.gov