Project TIPS’ Learning Technology Grant Workshop:

Binghamton High School, April 19, 2005

 

8:00 a.m.                      Coffee/Danish

 

8:30 a.m.                      Project TIPS Resources

·        Website and Contacts and Listserv

·        LTGY Requirements

 

8:45a.m.                       The Public Policy Analyst (PPA)

The Steps of the PPA

·        Step #1: Defining the Social Problem

·        Step #2: Gathering Evidence of the Problem

·        Step #3: Identifying the Causes of the Problem

·        Step #4: Evaluating Existing Public Policies

·        Step #5: Developing Public Policy Solutions

·        Step #6: Selecting the Best Public Policy Solution

 

9:15 a.m.                      PowerPoints

                                    Examples:         Body Piercing  Influenza

                                                            Peer Pressure  Gender-Based Violence

                                                            Illegal Immigrants  Industrialization  Imperialism  Child Labor

 

9:45 a.m.                      Overview of a TIPS PowerPoint

                                    PPA PowerPoint: Focus on a social problem and the use of the PPA

                              PowerPoint Checklist

                                    PowerPoint Help

 

11:00 p.m.                    LUNCH

 

12:00 p.m.                    Work on your TIPS/LTG PowerPoint (or WebQuest)

 

2:25 p.m.                      Evaluations

 

2:40 p.m.                      Adjourn

 

PowerPoint Checklist

Overview of a TIPS PowerPoint