1. Orientation Summer 2006 North Country Education Services
Professional Development Center
27 June 2006
4:00 – 6: Welcome to OPEN NH!
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2. Local Educational Support Center Network
Capitol Area Center Educational Support
Greater Manchester Professional Development Center
North Country Education Services Professional Development Center
Seacoast Professional Development Center
Southwestern New Hampshire Professional Development Center
Sugar River Professional Development Center
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3. OPEN NH Orientation Schedule
Welcome
LESCN Center Welcome / Introductions
Facilitator Introductions
OPEN NH Project
OPEN NH Philosophy
Graduate Credit Requirements
Online Delivery / Technical Issues
Announcements
Blackboard Tutorials
Log in / Course Orientation Time
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4. OPEN NH Orientation Welcome
Stan Freeda is at North Country.
Ethel Gaides and Jodi Bergen are at CACES.
Charlotte Greenhalgh and Jeff Taylor are at Keene.
Sharon Silva, Jan McLaughlin, and Kathleen McClaskey are at Manchester.
Lori Collins and Jennifer Bourgeault are at Seacoast.
Elaine Arbor and Bonnie Belden are at Sugar River.
Welcome to the OPEN NH Orientation Session.
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5. LESCN North Country Education Services Professional Development Center
Matt Treamer, the codirector of North Country Professional Development Center, can help with your center questions, or needs.
Welcome everyone to the center…..
Some Upcoming Events at the Center….
Where do I go to the bathroom?
What are the procedures for using the center computers?
CACES -Kathy Malsbenden
GMPDC – Margo Burns
SPDC – Rick Chretien
SRPDC – Dan Suse
SNHESC – Ceil Scranton
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6. OPEN NH Orientation Meet the Facilitators
Your OPEN NH Facilitators for this orientation will be
Introduce all Facilitators
Welcome message from facilitators.
Expectations for participation in courses and quality of discussion.
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7. OPEN NH Orientation Evening Agenda
Tonight’s Agenda
OPEN NH Project
Online PD Philosophy
Requirements for Graduate Credit
Technical Issues
Facilitator Introductions
Announcements
Blackboard Sign in Procedures
Course Orientation / Exploration Time
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8. OPEN NH Orientation OPEN NH Project
OPEN NH is part of a grant from the US Department of Education
Partnered with NH Public Television and Plymouth State University
Part of Ready to Teach Grant
Part of e-Learning for Educators program
NH is one of 9 participating states
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9. OPEN NH Orientation OPEN NH Philosophy
Our Mission is to provide and develop quality online professional development courses that are developed and facilitated by local educators and designed to meet the needs of local districts and schools.
Our goal is for OPEN NH to become the preferred online professional development resource for New Hampshire.
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10. OPEN NH Orientation OPEN NH Philosophy
Discussions are a key component in the courses. While you can log on at your convenience, you are expected to log on several times every week (unit) and participate in the discussions.
We want to create a lasting community of New Hampshire educators, that recognize and utilize each other as a valuable resource.
You should save all the work you do in a course file for your records. It’s a good idea to use a local file to generate work, then paste it into the course site when completed.
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11. OPEN NH Orientation Graduate Credits
3 graduate credits from Plymouth State University
You need to complete paperwork:
Register for the OPEN NH course through OPEN NH
Plymouth State University Registration form must be completed
Cost is $125 per credit with a $25 registration fee.
The requirements for graduate credits are the same for each course.
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12. Plymouth State University Credit Requirements
Register with OPEN-NH and participate in the course.
At the completion of class, send the following items in a complete package to PSU:
Completed registration form – see attached
A reflection paper summarizing your online experience (3-5 pages)
A copy of the course completion certificate
A copy of the final project from the OPEN-NH course
A page "action plan" on how this new knowledge will be implemented in your professional life
A professor at PSU will review your work and assign a grade. Grades will be available electronically via PSU’s portal. Instructions for accessing the portal will be ed once the registration process is complete. Free official transcripts will be mailed to students if requested in writing.
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13. OPEN NH Orientation Technical Issues
Site Blockers – May cause problems with your course. Check your settings if you have trouble.
Connection Speed – Might cause delays with slower connections. Find out how Blackboard runs with your connection and plan accordingly.
Firewalls – Could prevent course sites or links from working properly. Settings can be adjusted to allow admittance.
blockers – Group s may end up in your junk mail folders. Check the folder to make sure get all s.
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14. OPEN NH Orientation Technical Issues
Your Course Facilitators can help you with content related questions or issues.
Education Development Center (EDC) facilitators are also available to help both you and the course facilitators with other issues.
Broken Links Feature – There is a link in each unit for submitting reports about broken links or site problems. Use that link to report any problems. It’s the fastest way to fix the problem! It goes right to EDC technicians, who fix the problem right away.
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15. OPEN NH Orientation Blackboard Tutorials
The following sites provide tutorials and help using and navigating through Blackboard, using the features of the Blackboard system.
Educational Technology Center of Northeastern University
University of Texas at Austin Blackboard Support Site
University of Illinois at Springfield Tutorial for Students
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16. OPEN NH Orientation Important Announcement
Pre Course Survey and Post Course Survey
You course Orientation asks you to do a pre survey before taking the course.
Due to technical difficulties, these surveys will not be ready for you to take at this time.
When the surveys are up and running, you will be asked to take the survey.
This is part of the evaluation component of the grant
It’s very important that you take them.
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17. OPEN NH Orientation Course Orientation
Students will then be instructed on log in procedures.
Students should log into their course, check out the system, read over their welcoming letter and review course expectations.
Individual facilitators at each center can help with any problems or questions that students might have.
Students have time to explore their class and orient themselves with Blackboard, and their course syllabus.
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18. OPEN NH Orientation Final Questions?
Other issues?
Questions?
Problems?
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19. OPEN NH Orientation Course Orientation
Thank you so much for participating in this meeting.
You should be proud to be a part of the first session of OPEN NH courses.
We look forward to your participation in class.
See you online!
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