Agenda

=**MCSS 2010 Conference: Teaching Social Studies with the New Media: Digital Approaches that Make the Grade** = ===**//Friday, November 12, 2010 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.//** ===

//Plenary sessions originate from the University of Maine at Augusta and will be beamed to workshop locations at UMPI, USM (Portland and Lewiston/Auburn), and UMO. Each workshop session will cover the same topic at each of the campuses. Actual hands‐on activities and materials may vary from location to location//

 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. **Coffee and Connectivity Check**
== 8:30 a.m. **Keynote Address: Teaching History with the New Media:** **Expanding Awareness, Sharing Resources**== Speaker, Kelly Schrum, Center for History and the New Media

9:00 to 10:15 a.m. Workshop One.
//Teaching Social Studies using the New Media:// //Accessing Content Materials and Records//

Goal for the workshop:
 * Teachers will learn how to find and use Internet resources to perform broader, deeper, more scholarly, more comparative searches and to access records that document multiple points of view

10:30 to 10:35 a.m.
A plenary session from Augusta will summarize Workshop One and introduce Workshop Two.

10:35 to 12:15 p.m. Workshop Two
//Part One: Using the New Media to Expand Social Studies Resource Availability: Imaging and Naming/Organizing Documents//

Goal for Part One:
 * Teachers will learn to scan, save, and rename documents

//Part 2: Using the New Media to Upload and Download Documents and other Social Studies Resources//

Goal for Part 2:
 * Teachers will learn to upload and download digital resources or the products of Internet research for student access, exchange, examination, collaboration, and other examples of teaching and learning.

1:00 to 1:05 p.m.
After lunch, participants in all locations will join a new plenary session from Augusta to introduce and explain Workshop Three.

1:05 to 2:15 p.m. Workshop Three
//Using the New Media to Facilitate and Enhance Student Analysis of Social Studies Resources//

Goal for workshop:
 * Teachers will learn to use the new media to become familiar with tools such as Graphic Organizers, Geographical Information Systems, Simulators, Games, Google Earth, Discussion Boards, “Noteshare” and/or other tools to help students compare, contrast, analyze, and draw conclusions about the meaning and effects of historical events, persons and places.

2:15 to 2:30 p.m.
Participants again tune in to Augusta for parting comments. MCSS representatives will identify opportunities for continuing support as well as outline plans for the 2011 conference. Certificates for contact hours will be distributed.