Thursday, May 15, 2008
Adobe Posts Case Study on Ferryway Waterwheels
Waterwheels are an important aspect of the Saugus Iron Works project. Understanding that water powered early colonial industry is a critical learning objective of the unit of study called the Saugus Iron Works Great Adventure. 
If you've been following the SIW blog you know that our focus is to leverage the web to promote an integrated, multi-modal learning experience for fifth graders. You need to be able to merge best teaching practices with new instructional technologies in order to make it happen. Adobe Education Leader (AEL), Robert Simpson, collaborated on an Adobe case study to help explain how an Adobe software program know as Presenter (formerly Breeze) made a major contribution to teaching the engineering concepts that describe waterwheels. As an AEL, Simpson has access to Adobe software solutions experimenting on their use in K-12 classrooms. As the case study clearly points out, the knowledge of content experts can be effectively captured using multimedia solutions such as Presenter. I look forward to implementing this powerful learning strategy in more classrooms.
If you've been following the SIW blog you know that our focus is to leverage the web to promote an integrated, multi-modal learning experience for fifth graders. You need to be able to merge best teaching practices with new instructional technologies in order to make it happen. Adobe Education Leader (AEL), Robert Simpson, collaborated on an Adobe case study to help explain how an Adobe software program know as Presenter (formerly Breeze) made a major contribution to teaching the engineering concepts that describe waterwheels. As an AEL, Simpson has access to Adobe software solutions experimenting on their use in K-12 classrooms. As the case study clearly points out, the knowledge of content experts can be effectively captured using multimedia solutions such as Presenter. I look forward to implementing this powerful learning strategy in more classrooms.Labels: "Adobe Education Leader", Adobe, Adobe+presenter, waterwheel
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Saugus Iron Works Goes to MassCUE
Massachusetts educators will gather in Sturbridge, MA to attend the annual Massachusetts Computer Using Educators Conference (MassCUE) November 15 and 16th, 2006. On Thursday, November 16th, 2:30-3:30 PM, Robert Simpson will present a fast-paced session on how technology integration can help motivate today's students. The presentation, Technology Connecting Centuries, highlights the evolution of the Saugus Iron Works PBU initiative in Malden Public Schools. Check out the five minute interactive multimedia preview. 
The preview uses Adobe Presenter and features a demonstration of PBU Builder, the SIW PBU, and a few cool websites that help students learn about rocks and minerals and simple machines. For those techies out there, the demo was authored with Adobe's new Captivate 2 software. MassCUE Interactive Preview (Last updated 12/3/06, Improved audio performance.) Hope to see you at MassCUE!
PowerPoint Presentation Handout [FLASH]
Full Resolution PowerPoint Slides PDF 7.35MB
(Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 or higher)
The preview uses Adobe Presenter and features a demonstration of PBU Builder, the SIW PBU, and a few cool websites that help students learn about rocks and minerals and simple machines. For those techies out there, the demo was authored with Adobe's new Captivate 2 software. MassCUE Interactive Preview (Last updated 12/3/06, Improved audio performance.) Hope to see you at MassCUE!PowerPoint Presentation Handout [FLASH]
Full Resolution PowerPoint Slides PDF 7.35MB
(Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 or higher)
Labels: Adobe+presenter, conference, MassCUE
