Island Hopping Curriculum Forum

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=56 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="011a0a03.jpg"> <div> Island Hopping Curriculum Forum</div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=135 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="21fa0c01dduajq.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Educators Science and Math Institute Ser"><U><B>Educators' Science and Math Institute Series</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About the Series"><U><B>About the Series</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id117.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Goals"><U><B>Goals</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Institutes"><U><B>Institutes</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="lesson_plans_prepared_by_esmis_participants_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lesson Plans"><U><B>Lesson Plans</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U><B>Links</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id138.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Albums"><U><B>Photo Albums</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ed.mtu.edu/search.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ed.mtu.edu/search.htm"><U><B>Search</B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.ed.mtu.edu/search.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ed.mtu.edu/search.htm"><U><B> ESMIS</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=424 BGCOLOR="#EEEEEE" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ed.mtu.edu/esmis/sbd2001/P0001342.jpg" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ed.mtu.edu/esmis/sbd2001/P000"><U><IMG SRC="10f29c70.jpg" border=0 width="297" height="199" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Island Hopping Curriculum Forum November 8, 2001</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ed.mtu.edu/esmis/sbd2001/P0001262.jpg" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ed.mtu.edu/esmis/sbd2001/P000"><U><IMG SRC="11103ad0.jpg" border=0 width="259" height="173" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>This teachers' forum is an opportunity for participants in the Island Hopping Across the Curriculum Institute to share their teaching units with their colleagues. It will be accomplished by way of a live interactive videoconference linking five sites around the state of Michigan.</div> <bR> <div> Educators' Science and Mathematics Institute Series (ESMIS) provides graduate level courses that address important concepts and theories from the main branches of scientific study: earth, life, and physical science. Each intensive institute is designed to help elementary, middle, and high school educators integrate selected science and mathematics concepts into classroom teaching units. ESMIS provides teachers standards-based professional development with time to plan, discuss, and reflect on their teaching.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ed.mtu.edu/esmis/sbd2001/P0001296.jpg" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ed.mtu.edu/esmis/sbd2001/P000"><U><IMG SRC="113fba80.jpg" border=0 width="251" height="168" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>As part of the institute, each teacher designs a teaching unit on a topic of her/his interest that models effective teaching strategies and meets the guidelines of the Michigan Curriculum Framework Standards. The units are implemented in the classroom by each educator. A post-session teachers' forum provides participants with the opportunity to present their units to other teachers. These teaching units are incorporated into a source that is available to colleagues.</div> <bR> <div> At the end of the institute, participants complete a general evaluation of the entire experience, and the results of this evaluation tool are used by the planning committee and coordinating professor to revise and improve subsequent institutes. Also at the completion of the course, a post-test is given to measure improvements in content knowledge and attitudinal measures.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ed.mtu.edu/esmis/sbd2001/P0001323.jpg" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ed.mtu.edu/esmis/sbd2001/P000"><U><IMG SRC="11530cc0.jpg" border=0 width="304" height="204" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>To measure the performance and interest of their students, all participants are required to give their students a content assessment of the teaching unit they designed and an attitudinal survey before and after the teaching unit is implemented. Authentic alternative assessment of learning is encouraged and participant have the opportunity to try out assessment techniques acquired at the institute. These student content and attitude results and representative student work are submitted with the final paper to meet their course requirements.</div> <bR> <div> The required manuscript is written following the guidelines of the National Science Teachers' Association to encourage participants to submit their completed project, with suggestions from the faculty, in their national professional journal. Many participants have presented their project at professional meetings, and a few have had their projects published. All teaching units are posted on our ESMIS website so that all their knowledge and pedagogical strategies can be shared nationwide.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>