Test chat date: |
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Chat meeting day before class
starts to meet facilitators and classmates and to make sure
chat software is working |
Start date: |
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First day of class - Almost all past
teams have chosen to offer their first course in the winter.
This allows time in the fall for enrolling participants and
making sure all tools and materials are ready.
Please coordinate with your facilitator for all dates
and times in your 2001/2002 plan. We would like to have you
continue with guidance from your current facilitator.
To make this possible, you will need to pick mutually
convenient times. |
End date: |
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Last day of class - Typically the class
lasts 14 weeks, not counting the test chat or vacations. |
Chat meeting day: |
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Day(s) of week you will hold your chats -
Typically at least 2 hours weekly is needed. |
Chat start/end time: |
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Time of day your chats will be held,
include time zone - Typically at least 2 hours weekly is needed. |
Weekly staff meeting day/time: |
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Day of week and time (including timezone)
you will get together for weekly staff meetings - Typically at least
one hour is needed. |
Audience: |
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Describe the primary audience
for your course. |
Number of participants: |
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12-20 is the suggested number
for a first course. Please do not exceed 24.
Typically each facilitator works with 4-6 participants
(1-3 project-teams). |
Course modification (optional): |
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Describe the modifications (if any) you
are planning for the course. You may need to make modifications
if you have a different audience such as pre-service teachers.
If you do not need to make modifications for a different
audience, you may wish to avoid making a lot of changes
until after you have offered the course one or two times
and feel more comfortable with the process and tradeoffs.
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Coordinator: |
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Who will be taking
the lead for organizing this aspect?
Please include contact information
(e-mail, phone, and address). |
Announcement date: |
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When will your team start
announcing the course to others? Typically this needs
to be started 4 months before your course starts. |
Steps: |
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What steps will you take to let
prospective participants know about your course?
Who will you e-mail, meet with, call, or U.S. mail?
In what publications and listservs can you post
information about your course?
When is the deadline for inclusion in these publications?
What events can you attend to let potentially
interested parties know about the course?
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Incentives: |
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What incentives can you
provide to your course participants? |
Credit: |
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How will you arrange to have credit
granted for your course? What is the process for getting a new
course approved? What deadlines are involved? |
Screening: |
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How will you make sure your applicants
have the qualifications needed to be successful in your course? |
Leadership: |
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How will you make sure your applicants
have the administrative support and capabilities needed to provide
leadership and offer staff development in their schools/district
after the course? |
Technical Support: |
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Who will set up the
communication tools for your course and provide support on
technical issues? Please include contact information
(e-mail, phone, and address). |
Clerical Support: |
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Who will provide clerical support
such as copying course handouts, sending out mailings,
taking course registrations, updating assignments status sheet,
... Please include contact information (e-mail, phone, and address). |
Web/FTP Server: |
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Give the URL of the web server
you will use to provide your class-specific materials such
as home page, assignment sheet, and chat schedule.
This web space (50-100M) with FTP access needs to be
available to you by the time you arrive at the facilitator
academy at Fermilab. Then you can upload your work from
the academy right into your class web site.
The LInC core materials will be available on the
LInC web site. These should not be copied.
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Electronic Bulletin Board: |
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What bulletin board software
will you use for your course? If your agency already provides
bulletin board software, you can use that if it is accessible
to your intended audience. Most past LInC teams have chosen
to use the free www.blackboard.com bulletin board software
for their course. Whatever software you choose, it will need
to be available to you by the time you arrive at the facilitator
academy at Fermilab. Then you can populate it with postings
for your course while you are at the academy. If you chose
blackboard.com, we can help you get a class board at the academy.
(Note: We are not associated with blackboard.com and do
not receive any funds from them.) |
Chat tool: |
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What chat communication server
software will you use? Most past teams have used IRC server
software that works with MSChat and ChatNet. Your chat server
software is not required for the academy, though it would
be a good opportunity to test it. Your chat server software
should be up and running at least 30 days before your course starts.
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