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**TALENT21 Grant ** **[|Article in the Press of Atlantic City] ** **__Purpose: __** Hamilton Township School District staff members will provide after school supplemental education sessions focused on enhancing student technology skills for the students and families of the district and St. Vincent DePaul School.
 * Hamilton Township School District **

**__What __**__: __ This will take the form of an internet café to be held Thursday evenings from 5:00PM to 7:30PM. One staff member will supervise the café from 5:00-7:00PM and a second staff member will supervise the cafe from 5:30-7:30PM. During the overlapping time of the two instructors, parent workshops will be implemented to assist parents with being active in their child’s education. Recommended workshop topics are as follows; Homework Help, Glogster, Prezi, Voicethread, Animoto, Wikispaces and more TBD. Students attending the café must take their netbooks home with them on the Thursdays they plan on visiting the Internet Café, as they will not have access to their classrooms in the evening.

**__Staff: __** Ms. Janel Schafer, TALENT21 Educational technology Integration Specialist (5:00 to 7:00) Mr. Michael Draper, HTSD Instructional Technology Integration Coach (5:30 to 7:30)

**__When: __** Thursdays from 5:00 to 7:30 on dates indicated below: Each night will include an informational session or lesson on a technology tool the students are using.


 * **February ** ||
 * * **3 - Creating Your Own Space in Wikispaces ** ||
 * * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">**<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">10 - - Making Your Point with PowerPoint ** ||
 * * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">**<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">24 - Creating a Glog with Glogster ** ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">March ** ||
 * * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">**<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">3 - Excelling with Microsoft Excel ** ||
 * * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">**<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">10 - Presentations in Prezi ** ||
 * * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">**<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">24 - Recording Screen Magic with Screencast-O-Matic ** ||
 * * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">**<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">31 - Sharing Your Voice on Voicethread ** ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">April ** ||
 * * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">**<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">7 - Memory Movies in Animoto ** ||
 * * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">**<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">14 - Animate the Zimmertwins ** ||
 * * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">**<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">28 - Comic Strip Creation with Write Comix ** ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">May ** ||
 * * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">**<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">5 - What's Up Google Docs? ** ||
 * * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">**<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">19 - 3-D Geometry with Sketch Up ** ||
 * * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">**<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">26 - Your Final Project, Putting it all Together ** ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">June 2nd ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> – Student Final Project EXPO ** ||

**__<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Other: __** · //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Light Snacks & Beverages //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> - will be provided in a designated computer-free zone (donated by the HTSD food services department). · //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Advertisement //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> - the Internet Café will be advertised on the WDMS homepage, the Talent21 page and in a notice to be sent home to the 6th graders’ parents. · //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Who can attend //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> - the café will be open to all Hamilton Township and St. Vincent De Paul students as long as they are accompanied by an adult during their entire time in the café. · //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Additional Laptops //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> - there will be a cart of laptops available in the cafetorium for use by students other than T21 students and/or parents. They will be able to log on to the network as guests or with their student log on information. · //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">SWAT //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">– WDMS SWAT members may be available as additional support for the Internet Café.

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