me arts ed

July 28-30, Castine

Art Teacher Sarah Sutter presenting at Castine 2009

Interested in sharing your knowledge and expertise with other educators in a wonderful setting on the Maine coast? Here is your chance…

Call for Proposals and “Save the Dates”
Mark your calendar for the summer’s most reasonably priced, high quality professional development opportunity.  Present to colleagues and come for free!
If you are interested in attending, keep watching our website for updates on sessions and registration information.  You can more information online at http://maine.gov/mlti/events/institutes/.  Registration will be available the week of May 10, 2010.

If you are interested in presenting at the Institute, then please keep reading!

Workshop topic proposals should include:

• Hands-on, creative, and imaginative professional development opportunities;
• Activities and resources that will help educators construct an answer to the question:            How can we model and promote ethical, responsible, and productive behavior among all members of our digital society?
• A connection to one or more elements of digital citizenship: etiquette, ethics, safety, savvy, presence, and productivity.
• Examples:

o   Blogging Best Practices (etiquette, ethics, presence)
o   It Must Be True – I Read It On the Internet! (savvy, safety)
o   Getting Things Done – Time and Task Management (productivity)
o   No Need to Pirate – Make Your Own Music and Images (ethics, productivity)
o   Digital Communications: Talking, Texting, Tweeting (etiquette, ethics, productivity)
o   Finding What You Need on the Internet (savvy, productivity)
o   Reaching Out to Parents and Community (ethics, safety, savvy)
Collaborative presentations are encouraged! Please consider teaming with a colleague from another content area (e.g. Visual arts and Math, World Languages and Social Studies, etc.) to develop integrated activities.
Important information:
· Sessions will be half-day sessions including a mid-point break.
· The major focus is on 7-12 educators but all are welcome.
· Participants are required to have a laptop, preferably a Mac with the current MLTI image or similar software.
· Registration, food, lodging are waived for presenters.  Mileage is reimbursed and 24 contact hours awarded for presenters.

Email proposals and questions to Juanita Dickson at juanita.dickson@maine.gov.  Proposals need to be submitted by May 22, 2010.  Presenters will be notified by June 1, 2010.
Proposals must include ALL of the following information.  If you are submitting a collaborative presentation proposal, please ensure you include the name, email, role etc for the additional presenters.
Presenter(s) Information
·        Name of presenter
·        Email addresses – school and summer
·        SUMMER contact phone number
·        Position – i.e. teacher, grade level and subject
·        School name
·        A short statement about your qualifications to present on this topic
Session Information
·        Title of session
·        1-2 sentence overview of session
·        Brief description of session (approx.100 words)
·        Presenter biographical information (50 words max)
·        Equipment needs, room arrangement required for session