Course Objectives:

• The participant will create an Inspiration web in order to demonstrate the ability to use technology in the teaching/learning process.
• The participant will modify an Inspiration template in order to demonstrate the ability to use technology in the teaching/learning process.
• The participant will create a scoring tool in order to demonstrate the effective assessment of technology.
• The participant will create an activity in which they integrate Inspiration into the teaching/learning process.
• The participants will share their completed Inspiration Inservice Activty Template in order to demonstrate their ability to use technology in the teaching/learning process.

Resources:

Session 1

• Technology Skills Assessment for Inspiration
• Fundamental Technology Skills Checklist
• Maryland Teacher Technology Standards
• Maryland Technology Standards for Students
• Inspiration Introduction (PowerPoint file)
• How To Create a Web in Inspiration
• The Five Senses (Inspiration file)
• http://www.inspiration.com/resources/index.cfm
• Scoring Tool Session 1 Activity 7
• Using Inspiration 8.0
• Sample Inspiration Webs
  • Analogy Matching (Inspiration file)
  • Fractions (Inspiration file)
  • Branches of Government (Inspiration file)
  • Mammals (Inspiration file)
  • Mathematician (Inspiration file)
  • Pre-Reading Web (Inspiration file)
  • Roman Roads (Inspiration file)
  • Stuart Little (Inspiration file)
  • Hiroshima (Inspiration file)

Session 2

• Peer Feedback Form
• Treaty of Versailles (Inspiration file)
• The Treaty of Versailles RS CON11
• Using Inspiration 8

Session 3

• Scoring Tools to Assess Student Technology Indicators
• Copyright and Fair Use Web (Inspiration file)
• Revolution Comparison (Inspiration file)
• Using Inspiration 8.0

Session 4

• Inspiration Reflection (Inspiration file)
• Using Inspiration 8.0
• Levels of Cognitive Demand
• CBTIA Template
• Using the CBTIA Database
• Examining CBTIAs
• Scoring Tools to Assess Student Technology Indicators

Session 5

• Technology Skills Assessment for Inspiration
• Inspiration Feedback Form

View a complete listing of all technology integration inservice courses and register online at: https://www.bcps.org/apps/registration/.

Professional development for technology literacy and technology integration is provided by the Office of Instructional Technology, Baltimore County Public Schools.

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