Immersion+Overview

= Learning and Teaching in a 1:1 Environment: An Immersion Experience =

Welcome to this professional development experience. In this PD session, you will be immersed in a 1:1 classroom experience where project based learning is the focus through 1:1 learning/teaching best practice. Your colleagues and you will collaboratively create a World War II museum using primary documents (artifacts) on a wiki and Google doc platform- illustrating the power of 1:1 computing and its ability to bring down the barriers of time and space. After completing the project, you will look for connections between museum artifacts. Your goal is not only to fully participate in this 1:1 web 2.0 experience but also to reflect on how your learning is different in this context than in a "traditional" classroom.

After completing the museum, you will reflect upon the 1:1 immersion experience, and through formal and informal discussion, provide insight into 1:1 learning/teaching best practice. We are hoping you will leave this session with access to a model 1:1 classroom lesson plan based upon Georgia state standards, a guide for 1:1 learning/teaching best practice as developed collaboratively by your peers, and access to the World War II museum for further reflection, professional development, and classroom use.