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Integrating Technology and


Area


Studies:


Discovering


Caribbean


Diversity


o Present subject specific knowledge about
Caribbean


o Create


inter-discipli


nary groups to make connections


to the curriculum


" Introduce dLOC as a classroom tool
D Demonstrate and use new technology tools
D Develop, implement and share lesson plans using
Caribbean content and new technologies






Collaboration - at all levels


" University of Florida's (UF) Center
American Studies
D UF College of Education


n Florida


for Latin


International University's Latin American and


Caribbean Center


n Digital Library of the Caribbean


o Cross discipline working groups for


(dLOC)


participants






Ob


jectives


o New content and tech skills for the teachers


n Caribbean


Diversity


Teacher Resource Wiki


n Caribbean Lesson plans available via


LAS centers


and dLOC
a Video/audio clips available for classroom use







The Literature behind the model



Professional development has the most impact on student
learning when its design is long term, tied to the
curriculum of the teachers involved, and collaborative.
Hiebert, Gallimore & Stigler (2002)

The design component of experiential learning for
teachers in professional development serves as a model
for them to implement in their own classrooms after they
have felt how it has enhanced their own personal
learning experience. (Loucks-Horsley, Love, Stiles, Mundry &
Hewson, 2003)






The Literature behind the model



The formation of teams of teachers that gather to create
standards based lessons while integrating technology
allows for the emergence of professionals with a higher
comfort and skill level for the application of new tools
and is an example of "a best way" to learn to use
technology. (MacKenzie, 2001)





Workshop Format





Workshop Breakdown








Sample Content - The Caribbean: A Region in Motion



What is the Caribbean? What is a Caribbean? Though there are certainly
vestiges of the indigenous presence in the region, the pre-Columbian
population was decimated within a few decades of the "discovery". Thus, the
region has been created through movement and the coming together of
peoples from all over the globe...Thus, as Haitian anthropologist Michel Rolf-
Trouillot states, "Caribbean societies are inescapably heterogenous", which
begs the question: what are the ties that bind its people and cultures?
How does the Caribbean inform our understanding of human cultural diversity?
How does it help us to understand the continuities and ruptures that evolve
through constant movement and migration? Arguing that hybridity is a key
characteristic that binds Caribbean societies and in fact constitutes Caribbean
culturess, this presentation will provide an overview of the peoples, languages,
religions, music, ideas, and movements that have occupied, developed in, and
emerged from the Caribbean...


Andrea Jean Queeley, Ph.D., Florida International University










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Figueroa y Siva, general de theYucatan, para proteger a la poblacin de Bacalar de
los ataques de los pratas del Caribe y de la defense de la region de acoso por part
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0 La Segunda Guerra De Las Castas
0 Porfirio Diaz Y El Fuerte De San Felpe
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Sample Lesson Plan - Haitian Independence



Lesson Goals and Objectives
Students will analyze the independence movement in Haiti by creating a timeline and
comparing it to American independence.


SSS: SS.B.1.3.1: Understands the world in spatial terms.
SS.B.2.3.5: Understands the geographical factors that affect the cohesiveness and integration of
countries.
SS.A.3.3.2: Understands the historical events that have shaped the development of cultures
throughout the world.


Background
After the United States declared independence in 1776, Haiti became the second
independent country in the Americas in 1804. The independence movements in each country
were very different from one another.
Required Materials
Pre-quiz, Online encyclopedia (Grolier's, wikipedia, etc), timerime.com, Haitian Revolution
instruction sheet.






Lessons


Learned


" Go slowly - the content and the tools are new!

D Model - Create a sample final product as a group

D Be efficient - Link product to district requirements

D Leverage your efforts - make lesson plans or


projects available to a
trackable statistics)


larger audience


(with