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Intern Placement Fall 2010
Professional Learning Day Conference Participants
Site Coordinator Site Seminar Forms
Upcoming PDS Events
Super Site Seminar Tips

Intern Placement Complete for Fall 2010
Counties hosting Fall 2010 interns include Brunswick, Camp
Lejeune, Carteret, Clinton City, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow,
Pender, and Whiteville. Over 120 interns were placed on site with
principals and site coordinators in these 10 counties. Thanks everyone!!
Reminder! PLD Conference Participants - Follow-up
Assignment to Earn 1 CEU Due
Site Coordinators: Please remind your teachers hosting
spring 2010 interns the due dates below:
Due April 16, 2010 for those
who attended 3/3/10 conference.
Due April 30, 2010 for those
who attended 3/23/10 conference.
See PDS Web Site for CEU guidelines.

Site Coordinator Site Seminar Forms
Due as soon as all seminars
are complete. Fax: 910-962-7400.
Forms available at Current
Participants, Site Coordinators on PDS Web Site.

Upcoming PDS Events - Extended Trainings Set for Fall
See PDS Web Site.
5/19/10 Brunswick
Extended Training:
300pm 5:00pm @ Bolivia Elementary
8/17/10 New
Hanover Extended Training:
1:00pm 3:00pm @ Mosley Performance Learning Center
8/18/10 Onslow Extended Training:
1:30pm 3:30pm @ Central Office (location to be determined)
9/2/10 Camp Lejeune Extended Training:
3:45pm 5:45pm @ Johnson Primary
Pender, Carteret, Clinton, Columbus, Duplin, Whiteville Primary Extended
Training to be determined.


Super Site Seminar Tips
How to Involve and Engage Students...
Emma McDonald
Student misbehavior isn't always about bad attitudes and keeping
reps" (reputation). Many times student misbehavior in the classroom
happens because of boredom. Access this article:
How to Involve and Engage Students.
Another great tip...
Great Active Learning Strategies...
Jeri Asaro
Looking for great ideas to make your classroom more student-centered?
Below are a series of fantastic ideas from Inspiring Teachers columnist
Jeri Asaro for you to add to your tool box of classroom activities. Each
of these can be done prior to a reading assignment or lecture/mini-lesson
within your classroom. Access this article:
Great Active Learning Strategies.


Diane Calhoun,
PDS Director
UNC Wilmington
Watson College of Education
601 South college Road
Wilmington, NC 28403-5991
Tel: 910-962-7244
Fax: 910-962-7400
www.uncw.edu/ed/pds/
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NEWS
PDS Professional
Learning Days Well Received!
Over 200 teachers signed up to attend our spring
Professional Learning Days, March 3rd and March 23rd. Teachers were
treated to a wonderful breakfast and lunch while attending workshops
designed to enhance their use of technology tools.

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WCE faculty discuss ways to connect technology to
student learning outcomes.
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Partnership teachers successfully complete an assessment
task in Web 2.0 Tools technology session!
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Site coordinators and partnership teachers expressed that this was the
"best conference ever!"
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Watson College Faculty presenters for the "Linking
Technology to 21st Century Teaching Practice" concurrent
sessions included:
* Jeff Ertzberger, Digital Tools for Enhancing Education
* Shelby Morge, Using Squeak Etoys, An Open-Source Modeling and
Simulation Tool
* Beth Allred, Assessment in the 21st Century-Assignments Don't Have
to be Worksheets, Trifold Boards, or Paper Tests; Web 2.0 Tools
* Jayson Richardson, Social Networking in the 21st Century Classroom

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Dear Site Coordinators,
It has been a very busy and fulfilling year in our
partnership. You have added immeasurably to the leadership, vision and
professional engagement that make us who we are. We have shared the value
you add to PDS in your site coordinator role at 3 major conferences this
year:
* NC Teacher Education Forum, Raleigh, NC September 2009
* National Evaluation Institute, Louisville, KY October 2009
* PDS National Conference, Orlando, FL March 2010
Each presentation gave us the opportunity to unfold the incredible work
that you do and describe the huge impact that you have on the educational
development of our interns and partnership teachers as well as the whole
school community.
It is with deep gratitude and admiration that I say thank you for all
that you have contributed. Please take some time in your life this summer
to find peace, joy and love!
Warmest Regards,
Diane

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Networking
Follow our WCE
Teacher Interns in Belize!
The Watson College of Education International Studies Program offers
students the opportunity to work and study in schools throughout the
world. This semester 17 students began their internship in local area
schools and then traveled to Belize, where they will spend the remaining
6 weeks completing their experience.
If you go to the Watson College of Education web site you
will see a link on the first page that takes you to the blogs of Belize
interns. It is amazing to read about their experiences and to see all of
the pictures they have posted.
Link to Web Site: http://www.uncw.edu/ed/

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