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Welcome to. Presented by:. Wendie Gelardi wgelardi@bufsd.org Jolynn Sapia jlsapia@bufsd.org Brentwood Public School District Certified MarcoPolo trainers. An Introduction to MarcoPolo NY. 3. 1. 2. http://www.nyiteez.org/MarcoPoloNY/. 1. What is MarcoPolo?.

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  1. Welcome to

  2. Presented by: Wendie Gelardi wgelardi@bufsd.org Jolynn Sapia jlsapia@bufsd.org Brentwood Public School District Certified MarcoPolo trainers

  3. An Introduction to MarcoPolo NY 3 1 2 http://www.nyiteez.org/MarcoPoloNY/

  4. 1 What is MarcoPolo? • 8 leading educational organizations • 7 Discipline-specific Web sites • Standards-based Internet Content for the Classroom • Professional development support • Easily accessible at no cost #1 most visited non-commercial website by educators

  5. 1 The MarcoPolo Partnerships

  6. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts National Council on Economic Education American Association for the Advancement of Science National Geographic Society National Council of Teachers of Mathematics National Endowment for the Humanities National Council of Teacher of English International Reading Association 1 MarcoPolo Partner Web Sites

  7. designed,aligned andsupported by New York State Teacher Centers MarcoPolo Calendar 1 Where do you want to go today?

  8. 1 MarcoPolo Search Engine Simple Search

  9. Search results yield: 11,400,000 web sites!! Give me a break!! 1 Search for Underground Railroad Google is Great…. usually

  10. Search Marco Polo 1 Only 115 Hits! Works for me!! Search for Underground Railroad

  11. Lessons aligned toNY Statestandards 2

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  14. The way some teachers teach Open your books to page 34. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah….. Zzzzz… Zzzzz… Zzzzz…

  15. An exciting new way we CAN teach! HOW ?? WHY ??

  16. An exciting new way we CAN teach! HOW ?? WHY ??

  17. Interdisciplinary Lessons Literature during Math Class??? Science during Math Class???

  18. Real World Applications

  19. Classroom-Ready

  20. Overview of Exemplary Lessons Teach me please! Do you have any cool lessons to share?

  21. Social Studies • Elementary • Quilting: the Story of the Underground Railroad • Includes virtual tour of the Underground Railroad

  22. A Harlem Renaissance Retrospective • Connecting Art, Music, Dance, and Poetry Grade Level(s): 9,10,11,12 • Lesson URL: • http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=252 • Description:The Harlem Renaissance was a vibrant time that was characterized by innovations in art, literature, music, poetry, and dance. • In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students conduct Internet research, work with an interactive Venn diagram tool, and create a museum exhibit that highlights the work of selected artists, musicians, and poets of the Harlem Renaissance. Critical thinking, creativity, and interdisciplinary connections are emphasized.

  23. The Busy Brain • The famous "Stroop Effect" is named after J. Ridley Stroop who discovered this strange phenomenon in the 1930s. Here is your job: name the colors of the following words. Do NOT read the words...rather, say the color of the words. For example, for the word BLUE, you should say "RED". Say the colors as fast as you can. It is not as easy as you might think! To understand how the brain receives and sends signals to the body. Science Elementary Busy Brain Interactive lab experiment makes this useful in a classroom setting.

  24. Paper Pool Game • Level-Intermediate • Paper Pool Game • Handouts and interactive pool game make this one of the more popular MarcoPolo lessons

  25. Like Marco Polo, Let the Journey Begin!

  26. Register the Session and become a member of the Marco Polo community!http://www.mped.org/shell_full.aspx?filename=/roster.aspx&site_area=generic&ClearSessions=Yes Please see our handout for registering this training session!!

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