3.+Media+Fair

ACISD Media Fair
Media Fair – A Successful Model for Professional Development The Media Fair is designed for //all// District employees so that they may attain proficiency with the tools of technology. Aransas County ISD personnel must be trained on many and varied technology applications to perform technology related job duties. The result of this training is increased efficiency, an informed workforce, improved work flow and increased staff morale. The Media Fair sessions support the academic mission of helping faculty find innovative ways to use technology to achieve their teaching goals. Session are scheduled to draw on expertise, from each campus, in both technology and pedagogy, assist faculty with projects, share information across the district about effective practices and examine the effect of technology on teaching and learning.

Planning committee - create and populate committees.

Needs Survey

Select a Theme - [|Media Fair Program 2009.doc]

Speaker

Shirts for Presenters and Co-presenters

Call for Presenters - session title, description, session length, skill level of participants, campus grade level, hardware needs, name of co-presenter, shirt sizes

Presenter/Trainer meeting [|Presenter_Packet 2009.pdf] send a message to the presenter, asap, to inform them they have been selected. At the meeting they will receive their room assignment, shirt, session stickers, session full sign and they will have time to work with the equipment in the room as they practice thier lesson.

Session participation stickers - each session will have 30 stickers for the attendance cards. If a trainer does not have enough stickers then they will write their session name on the attendance card with their initials.

Session Schedule [|Media Fair Sessions 2010 portrait.pdf]- use campus teachers as trainers and as assistants. It is recommended that every session have an assistant. Expect a project from the session -assignments build in accountability so they will participate.

Prizes -provide donation prizes, ask local businesses and group smaller donations into theme baskets.

Facilities - all sessions are presented at the same location in close proximity. The opening and closing is conducted in the cafeteria. [|Room signs.pdf] are posted. All assigned rooms are unlocked early, the day of the event then locked again at then end of the day. Al sessions are scheduled to hold 25 - 30 participants but we had an addtional 5 charis per room for overflow.

Participant bags – program, schedule at a glance, session attendance card, door prize ticket for opening ceremony, gift (thumb drive), sharpened pencil

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">[|Session Attendance Card.pdf] with campus map on back– each session assistant will handout a participation sticker at the end of the session to be placed on the participants card. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">These cards are collected at the end of the day for door prizes and CEU.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Help desk - an adult assistant with NHS or Student council students during each session.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Lunch -provided for all. Bottles of water and snacks are also available during the day.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Reflection/Evaluation - completed at the end of the last session before participants leave.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Closing - participants will turn in their Session Attendance cards and wait for the final door prizes to be drawn.