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Jane Cook, Technology Program Leader
Building a Robust CWP Web Site—CWP Presentation at the 2008 NEATE Conference
On October 24, 2008 and October 23, 2009, Jason Courtmanche and Jane Cook were invited to present a workshop at the New England Association of Teachers of English Annual Conference entitled If You Build It They Will Come: Building a Web Presence. To learn more about this presentation, go to: NEATE Presentation where you'll find a description of their presentation and links to a variety of Web sites and resources that have helped CWP develop a robust Web presence.
Explore the CWP Saturday Seminar Series: "Shift Happens" - Technology Tools to Prepare Students for the 21st Century
CWP Web Pages to Support “Shift Happens”—Technology Tools to Prepare Students for the 21st Century
- Digital Storytelling - Contains resources for helping you and your students tell digital stories.
- Engaging Students in Reading and Writing Through Blogs - Contains resources for using Blogs in education.
- Enhancing Student Collaboration and Extending Audience - Contains resources for Internet Tools to Enhance Student Collaboration and Extend Audience.
- Podcasting 101 - Contains resources for starting with Podcasts.
Technology Handouts and Resources
The CWP is dedicated to using technology as a tool for teaching and learning and to providing techonology resources to educators to support their professional development. Below are some handouts from CWP workshops as well as a variety of other technology resources.
Effective Teaching Strategies Resources
- Effective Teaching Strategies Handout - Microsoft Word handout developed by Jane Cook to help teachers learn about Effective Teaching Strategies research and practice.
- Effective Teaching Strategies Matrix - Microsoft Word blank matrix developed by Jane Cook to provide teachers with an organized way of taking notes about Effective Teachibg Strategies.
Internet Integration and New Literacies Across the K-12 Curriculum
- Developing New Literacies Among Multilingual Learners in the Elementary Grade - Research article by the New Literacies Team at UConn which explores "the potential of the intersection between language, literacy, and the Internet for multilingual learners.
- Toward a Theory of New Literacies Emerging from the Internet and Other Information and Communication Technologies - Research article by the New Literacies Research Team at UConn.
Microsoft Excel Resources
- Let Your Data Do the Talking: Using Excel to Analyze and Display Data - Microsoft Word handout developed by Jane Cook to help people learn about Microsoft Excel's features.
Microsoft Word Resources
- Microsoft Word Tips and Techniques - Microsoft Word handout developed by Jane Cook to help people learn about Microsoft Word's features.
MS PowerPoint Resources
- Communicating with PowerPoint - Microsoft PowerPoint created by Jane Cook to provide you with the basics of working with PowerPoint.
- Advanced PowerPoint: Importing Graphics into PowerPoint - Microsoft PowerPoint created by Jane Cook to provide you instructions on how to insert graphics into a PowerPoint presentation.
- Packing a Punch with Microsoft PowerPoint - Microsoft Word handout created by Jane Cook for her Packing a Punch with PowerPoint workshop.
- PowerPoint Online Tutorials and Resources - Microsoft Word document that contains hyperlinks to a variety of PowerPoint resources.
- Working with Microsoft PowerPoint - Microsoft Word handout created by Jane Cook which includes an outline view of her Communicating with PowerPoint presentation and a slides with notes view of her Advanced PowerPoint: Importing Graphics into PowerPoint presentation.
- PowerPoint Warm-up - A warm-up reflection activity.
Technology Summer Institute - Collaboration between the CT Writing Project and EASTCONN
- Video Reflect and Write Template - MS Word document that can be used to reflect and write after watching a video.
- Tech SI Wiki - Wikispace developed by Jane Cook for the CWP/EASTCONN Technology Mini Summer Institute in July of 2008.
Wikis for Education
- Educational Wikis from A to Z - A Wiki with links to a variety of teachers' wikis arranged in alphabetical order by subject area.
- EASTCONN Tech Council Wiki - A Wikispace that is being developed by a team of educators who are members of the EASTCONN Tech Council. This group believes that technology is a powerful tool to support teaching and learning. You'll find their meeting minutes as well as tech resources here.
- Mansfield 2.0 Wiki - A Wikispace that is being developed by a team of educators to support the Mansfield 2.0 Enhancing Education Through Technology grant project. The training team consists of Jane Cook, Steve Sokoloski, Jim Griffith, Linda Robinson and Emily Tinnell.
- Nutmeg Books Wiki - A Wikispace developed by Donna Drasch and Rebecca Pilver to support teachers and students who are participating in the Nutmeg Book 2009 Online Project.
- WMS TEAMS Grant Wiki - A Wikispace that is being developed by a team of educators to support the Windham Middle School Technology Experiences Assured for Middle School (TEAMS) Enhancing Education Through Technology grant project.
Writing Grants That Get Results
- Handout for Writing Grants That Get Results - Microsoft Word handout created by Jane Cook for her Writing Grants That Get Results workshop.
- Web-based Resources for Grant Writing - Microsoft Word document created by Jane Cook that includes links to a variety of grant writing resources.
