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INSET: David Warlick 11 April 2000

This page contains details of a one day course running on Tuesday 11th April If you have any questions about this session contact Chris Smith or Louise Kay (JCSRC Librarian)

TITLE

• Proactive Use of Internet in Teaching and Learning

BACKGROUND

• Hong Kong Cyber Campus and Genius Elite Limited invited Mr. David Warlick, a well-experienced front-line educator from USA, to come to Hong Kong to lead Workshops and Seminars on "Proactive Use of Internet in Teaching and Learning".
  
• The ESF was fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to make use of one day of David's time, the session has ended up being a truely co-operative one across many schools, not just those in the ESF.
• Genius Elite is the National Partner of ThinkQuest in Hong Kong

DATE and TIMES

• Tuesday 11th April 2000
• 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

VENUE

• Canadian International School
• 36 Nam Long Shan Road, Aberdeen
• tel: 2525 7088
• a.m. in the multimedia room in the library
• p.m. in the computer lab next door

PRE-COURSE ACTIVITY

1. Course members are asked to visit http://www.schoollife.net/schools/warlickinhongkong
2. participation in the discussion will help to get more out of the workshop

PROGRAMME

1. Putting the Internet into perspective
   1. Why do we need the Internet in our schools? What is the Internet especially good at for teaching and learning?
   2. When do we not use Internet? The Internet and our children's future.
2. Collaboration over the Internet
   1. Finding experts, peers, and other classes for collaboration
   2. Building and using collaborative tools
   3. Project-based learning
3. Rich & interactive information
   1. Advantages of using the Internet as a source of Information (Information as a Raw Material)
   2. Finding and evaluating information on the Internet
4. Contributive expression and cultivating the Internet for learning
   1. Educational benefits of publishing student work on the web
   2. Techniques for publishing student work on the web
   3. Constructing content-rich collaborative learning experiences for the Internet

MEMBERSHIP

• Alison Cocks (Librarian, Quarry Bay School)
• Sheila Crew (Teacher Librarian, South Island School)
• Ida Griffiths-Zee (Librarian, German-Swiss Int'l School)

• Mark Holland (Teacher, Australian Int'l School)
• Louise Kay (Librarian, JC Sarah Roe Centre)
• Monika Neumann (French teacher, German-Swiss Int'l School)

• Anne Scruton (ICT Co-ordinator designate, Glenealy School)
• Annie Lau (Librarian, Canadian Int'l School)
• Rama Ramanadhan (ICT Teacher, Carmel School)

• Jane Yu (Librarian, Li Po Chun United World College)
• Chris Smith (Head of JCSRC & ESF ICT Advisor)
• John Zobrist (Teacher, South Island School)

• Alan Sankey (Deputy Principal, South Island School)
• Alex Voelker (History/German teacher, German-Swiss Int'l School)
• Julie Yarnall (Teacher, WIS)

• Keith Purton (ICT co-ordinator Beacon Hill School)
• Elsa Yeung (Librarian, Victoria Primary School)
• Sabrina Lee (Vice-Principal, Victoria Primary School)

NOTES

• Tea / Coffee provided ... Lunch can be purchased onsite, Sandwiches, snacks and drinks are available any time throughout the day at the cafetaria. (Regular Sandwich-$15, Super Sandwich-$20, Soft drink-$7, Coffee-$8). Set Lunch is $32 and will be served around lunch time.
• Parking is available
• For more details about where the school is have a look at the HK City Map
• Helen Wong is the contact at Genius Elite.

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