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TEC WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS: C WEEK
July 13 – July 18, 2008

08C01 AP ART HISTORY

This session is tailored to both new and experienced teachers of AP Art History. Among many key topics, we will look at the recent changes and directions in which AP Art History is being taught and assessed, with special focus on thematic and cross-cultural approaches to infusing non-European based art ("non-Western art") into the survey course; understanding works of art and architecture through contextual analysis and within their historical context; and merging "contemporary art" into the curriculum all year long. Participants will do a simulated reading of AP examination essays and gain an understanding of the grading process, with specific attention placed on common student errors (as evident on recent AP exams) and their implications for instruction. In addition, participants will share best teaching practices and walk away with useful materials and strategies to promote active student-centered learning, including ways to enhance visual literacy and reading/writing about art. Finally, this session will directly address ways to integrate digital images and computer-based technology into the AP Art History course. A field trip will also allow all interested participants to experience art and architecture in New Haven, CT, including the recently renovated Yale Center for British Art and Yale University Art Gallery. (Participants are strongly encouraged to bring a laptop − You will be receiving most of the handouts in electronic format, such as on a CD or a flash drive).

Instructor : Yu Bong Ko, Tappan Zee High School, Orangeburg, NY

08C02 AP CALCULUS AB

This workshop is for new or beginning teachers of AP Calculus. We will use released AP questions to investigate topics involving limits, derivatives and integrals. This will allow us to examine the topics, methods of instruction, and the rubrics that are used to assess the AP exam. Finally, we will do a simulated reading of this year"s exam.

Instructor: John Crotty, Career High School, New Haven, CT

08C03 AP CHEMISTRY (ADVANCED)

Topics selected for advanced study will be thermodynamics, electrochemistry as well as acid-base equilibria with emphasis on weak acids and bases, buffers, hydrolysis reactions, and titration curves. If time permits, a unit on atomic structure from a quantum mechanical approach will also be included. A full, daily laboratory component will complement the selected topics. Evening sessions will include going over homework problems, strategies for presentation, pertinent demonstrations, etc. Chapter tests which mirror current AP ones will be provided as frameworks for group work. This workshop is limited to participants who have taught AP Chemistry for three or more years or those with fewer than three years who have completed the AP Chemistry workshop.

Instructors: Patsy Mueller, Regina Dominican High School, Wilmette, IL; Peter Sheridan, PhD,Colgate University, Hamilton, NY

08C04 AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION (INTRODUCTORY)

Participants in this workshop will consider various approaches to designing and teaching a course in AP English Language and Composition. Discussions will address the structure and philosophy of the AP English Language Examination, including recent course changes, and exercises in the holistic scoring of examination essays. A primary focus will be the development of course units and assignments that occasion rhetorical awareness and the development of close reading and purposeful writing skills. Each participant will develop a course syllabus that is appropriate for his or her particular teaching situation. Each participant should bring curriculum materials that will be helpful in course development, especially nonfiction texts. (This workshop is also offered in A week)

Instructor: Claudette L. Brassil, Mt. Ararat High School, Topsham, ME

08C05 AP ENGLISH LITERATURE (INTRODUCTORY)

Designed for teachers with little or no experience in teaching AP English Literature, this workshop will focus on course development and on the structure and philosophy of the AP English Literature and Composition Examination. Topics will include course organization, materials, and assignments; strategies for teaching poetry and prose; close reading techniques; development of analytical and creative writing skills; multiple-choice testing; and exercises in holistic scoring of recent AP examination essays. Participants will develop and share model exercises and course syllabi suitable for AP literature courses. The new AP Course Audit will also be discussed. Each participant should, if possible, bring a favorite poetry anthology or literature text. (This workshop is also offered in D week.)

Instructor: Robin Osborn, The Gunnery, Washington, CT

08C06 AP FRENCH LANGUAGE

This workshop will provide an in-depth look at the curriculum of an AP French Language program. It will also address methodologies, assignments and tests, grading criteria, and troubleshooting for AP classes. New directions in the AP curriculum and new testing procedures will be explained and discussed. Much of the classroom discussion will relate to how to set up an AP course or how to expand an existing one. Through simulated grading, participants will learn how AP essays and tapes are graded according to newly established criteria. Participants are asked to bring texts, techniques and teaching aids they are presently using in advanced French courses. Classroom participation and an individual project will be required. (This workshop is also offered in A Week.)

Instructor: Roger Theroux, Educational Consultant, Hopedale, MA

08C07 AP PHYSICS B

The content of a one-year AP B physics course will be reviewed, topic by topic. Numerous laboratory experiments and demonstrations will be performed and discussed. Textbook options, syllabi, homework and other logistical matters will be talked over. Previous AP questions will be examined and the grading of a few questions explained, but the focus will be on teaching the physics effectively and in a way that students will enjoy.

Instructor: Lawrence Stowe, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT

08C08 AP SPANISH LANGUAGE

This workshop will explore possibilities for developing or expanding programs whose focus is preparation for the AP Spanish Language Exam. By way of the communicative approach, participants will concentrate on strategies that teach the integration of the basic skills of language: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Teachers participating in this workshop will share strategies through discussion and classroom demonstration. We will discuss the dynamics of the "new format" including the new rubrics for grading compositions and speech samples. We will explore how to take advantage of materials now available on the internet and in various text books. Participants are asked to bring textbooks and other materials which they have used or will use in their AP Language course. Evaluation will be based on participation, the demonstration class and a brief paper. The class will be conducted in Spanish. (Workshop is also offered in A week.)

Instructor: John McMullan, The Millbrook School, Millbrook, NY

08C09 AP UNITED STATES HISTORY

This workshop is designed for both new and experienced AP United States History teachers. Major topics covered include characteristics of AP U.S. History courses; examination of content expectations; the integration of social history (emphasis on race, class, gender, and ethnicity) into the course; methods of instruction; critical writing and reading skills; materials available; and analysis of the AP U.S. History exam. All participants will develop a course outline, unit and lesson plans, a document-based essay question with sources, and free-response essay questions, and will share materials with classmates through oral and written presentations. Many handouts and an evaluation of books and other support materials will provide a "hands-on" approach. Participants are encouraged to bring books and syllabi from their home schools. (This workshop is also offered in B and E weeks.)

Instructor: Matthew Ostoyich, Educational Consultant, Saugerties, NY

08C10 AP WORLD HISTORY

The AP World History course will help both new and experienced AP teachers. The week will be divided by the time periods of the course, from 8000 B.C.E. to the present. Each day we will discuss content, test taking strategies, lessons, activities, resources and curriculum planning. We will also examine the document based essay and free response essays of the AP examination in terms of strategies, the College Board scoring rubric, and the analysis of actual student papers. Participants will be asked to bring some of their best practices (lessons, resources, unit plans, books, films, and syllabi) for sharing and discussion with the group.

Instructor: Dr. Lenore Schneider, New Canaan High School, New Canaan, CT

08C11 POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS AS A TEACHING TECHNIQUE

Visual computer-based multimedia has become a standard in classroom instruction. Organized presentation of information combined with color, motion, graphics, and sound has a great effect on student information retention. PowerPoint is a powerful, easy-to-use cross- platform presentation software package that will help you enhance student learning. This workshop is designed as a hands-on interactive workshop for creating successful computer presentations for the classroom. Participants will create their own multimedia presentations by means of well-guided instruction in PowerPoint. Instructional design concepts will be explored. Participants are encouraged to bring graphics and photos, which might be used for producing their own simple instructional presentations. Prior computer experience is required.

Instructor: John Mobilio, Waterbury Arts Magnet School, Waterbury, CT

08C12 PRE-AP STRATEGIES FOR LATIN: TEACHING AUTHORS & ESSAYS IN THE THIRD YEAR

This week-long workshop is designed to help teachers develop a plan for instruction in the year before the AP course, based on adapting excerpts from Vergil, Catullus and/or Caesar. All work is intended to support a reading approach to Latin mindful of student performance on the AP as well as the SAT II exam. Teachers will learn how to adapt more difficult passages for introduction to authentic material and to write objective questions following the format of both examinations. In addition, there will be the development of short essay questions to help students learn to begin to write brief paragraphs according to the expectations of the free response section of the AP exam.

Teachers will leave with passages, test questions, teaching techniques and a thorough knowledge of the SAT II exam and how it helps prepare for the sight translation of Section 1 of AP. Teachers are encouraged to bring their current textbook and a laptop computer if possible. A variety of materials will be provided. For questions or more information contact jmcrooker@aol.com

Instructor: Jill Crooker, Educational Consultant, Pittsford, NY

08C13 PRE-CALCULUS WITH THE GRAPHING CALCULATOR

Designed for teachers of pre-calculus mathematics, this workshop will demonstrate innovative ways to teach mathematics using technology. The mathematical content of the workshop includes algebra, elementary functions, trigonometry, analytic geometry, matrices, and topics from discrete mathematics. Participants will explore concepts, solve problems, and learn new teaching strategies using graphing handhelds (TI84 Plus) and related technology. The workshop will present activities and strategies for teaching pre-calculus mathematics in an exploratory and investigative manner; help teachers integrate assessment of student learning into teaching and planning for a technology-enhanced learning environment; and develop familiarity with the TI-84 Plus and related instructional technologies, including Flash applications, TI-ViewScreen, TI-Presenter, TI Connect, CBL2, CBR and the TI-89.

Instructor : Gary Luck, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

08C14 STATISTICS WITH THE GRAPHING CALCULATOR

This workshop is for teachers who are currently teaching a non-AP statistics course or who have not taught a statistics course but are planning in the future to teach statistics or AP Statistics. The workshop is also for teachers who would like background knowledge for key statistical topics that are part of the state and national standards. The focus of the workshop will be to enhance participants' understanding of data analysis and probability and provide examples and activities that illustrate such key topics as measures of dispersion, regression, experimental design, probability, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing. The TI-83/84 will be used throughout the workshop.

Instructor : Patrick Hopfensperger, Homestead High School, Mequon, WI

08C15 TECHNOLOGY IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCE CLASSROOM

This workshop will examine how to bring technology into the social science classroom. We will talk about how to grade using a tablet PC. We will also work on developing different projects using Internet sources. We will cover how to develop current event projects using technology and projects for following the 2008 elections. We will discuss how to use visuals, from maps to YouTube videos, in both class lessons and student-centered projects

Instructor: Rachael Ryan, The Taft School, Watertown, CT