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Online Seminars for Teachers

To Aegean Team members (particularly the PBS group):  Just received this on
the listserv for the Md. Collaboratives project.  Did not know if any team
members were aware of this, and am not sure it's terribly important at this
time.  However, I thought I pass on the info in case one or more of you
could make use of it.  (How about informing Mathline teachers -- if they
don't already know?)
-- Phil Sokolove
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>Date:         Tue, 6 Dec 1994 18:37:00 EST
>Reply-To: Maryland Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation
>              <MDCETP@UMDD.UMD.EDU>
>From: to2 <Thomas_C_O'HAVER@UMAIL.UMD.EDU>
>Subject:      Online Seminars for Teachers
>To: Multiple recipients of list MDCETP <MDCETP@UMDD.UMD.EDU>
>
>INTRODUCING THE MATHEMATICS LEARNING FORUMS FOR WINTER / SPRING 1995
>
>WHAT THE MATHEMATICS LEARNING FORUMS ARE ABOUT:
>
>Any good teacher knows that most students need more than one try
>before they grasp a new concept.  But what about when the student
>is a teacher and the concept is a coMpletely different way of
>teaching?  With support from the Annenberg/CPB Math and Science
>Project, Bank Street College of Education, in collaboration with
>the Education Development Center, will be offering two semesters
>in 1995 of online mathermatics courses.
>
>The Mathematics Learning Forums are designed to support classroom
>teachers in grades K-8 who want to explore new mathematics
>teaching practices in their classrooms as recommended by current
>nationwide mathematics reform efforts.  Courses are offered for
>graduate credit, inservice credit, or personal enrichment though
>Bank Street's Graduate School of Education. Each course lasts for
>eight weeks and enrollment is limited to ten.
>
>WHO TEACHES THE MATHEMATICS LEARNING FORUMS:
>
>The forums are hosted by faculty facilitators from Bank Street's
>Mathematics Leadership Program, and focus on the "how" of
>mathematics instruction, providing ongoing support to teachers as
>they implement reform in their own classrooms.  During the
>eight-week forum, teachers examine their own and other classrooms
>by viewing videotapes of students and teachers in a range of
>school settings, and through planning, revising and implementing
>activities with their students.  Teachers work toward developing
>a new understanding of the learning process as they pay close
>attention to the learning of their students, their own learning,
>and the learning experiences of their online colleagues.
>
>HOW TO ACCESS THE MATHEMATICS LEARNING FORUMS:
>
>A computer, modem, and access to any e-mail system are all that
>are required to participate in the forums!  Once registered,
>participants will be grouped in a listserv so that all messages
>come directly to your own email box.  No need to dial out to a
>remote service, or to learn new software - the entire forum is
>conducted on the service of your choice, and is delivered
>directly to your email box!
>
>Participants are expected to devote approximately two hours a
>week to the forums.   For course descriptions and registration
>information, please send your name and postal address to Nancy
>Ross at nross@confer.edc.org, or contact her by telephone at
>212-807-4207.
>
>MATHEMATICS LEARNING FORUMS SCHEDULE AND COSTS FOR WINTER /
>SPRING 1995:
>
>Teaching Probability (K-4)
>Teaching Probability (5-8)
>Fractions: Parts of a Whole (k-4)
>Fractions: Exploring Equivalent Forms (5-8)
>Investigating Patterns in Mathematics (K-4)
>Investigating Patterns in Mathematics (5-8)
>Cooperative Learning: Working in Groups (K-4)
>Cooperative Learning: Working in Groups (5-8)
>Classroom Discourse: Talking and Writing Mathematics (K-4)
>Engaged Learning: When Does a Child Really Learn? (K-4)
>Assessing Students Through Focused Observations (K-4)
>Assessing Students Through Questioning Techniques (5-8)
>
>
>FORUM DATES:
>
>January 23 - March 17
>        Classroom Discourse: Talking and Writing Mathematics
>              (K-4)
>        Teaching Probability (5-8)
>        Cooperative Learning: Working in Groups (K-4)
>        Investigating Patterns in Mathematics (K-4)
>        Fractions: Exploring Equivalent Forms (5-8)
>        Engaged Learning: When Does a Child Really Learn? (K-4)
>
>March 20 - May 19
>        Teaching Probability (K-4)
>        Fractions: Parts of a Whole (K-4)
>        Cooperative Learning: Working in Groups (5-8)
>        Assessing Students Through Focused  Observations (K-4)
>        Investigating Patterns in Mathematics (5-8)
>        Assessing Students Through Questioning Techniques (5-8)
>
>
>For more information, please send your name and postal address
>to:
>
>        Nancy Ross
>        EDC Center for Children and Technology
>        E-Mail:  nross@confer.edc.org
>        Phone:  212-807-4207
>
>

Phil Sokolove
sokolove@umbc.edu
(voice mail: 410-455-2147)


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