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Application for the Plant IT Summer Institute for Teachers July 12-23, 2010

Application due April 9, 2010

Location: Texas A&M University-College Station Campus, Department of Teaching Learning and Culture

Personal Information

* First Name
* Last Name
* Email Address
* Home Address (number and street or PO Box)
* City
* State Please enter the state abbreviation with only two letters.
* Zip code
* Home Phone
Cell phone Not required unless it is the best way to contact you.
* Best contact method Please choose the overall best way to contact you in the summer.
Email
Home Phone
School Phone
* Best time to contact you
Gender
female
male

School Information

* School Name
* School Principal
* School Street Address
* School City, State, Zip
* School Phone

Background Information

* Years of Teaching Experience
* Grade Level(s) you currently teach
* Courses taught during most recent academic year
* Teaching Certificate Areas
* Undergraduate Institution
* Major, Degree,Year
Graduate Institution
Graduate Major, Degree, Year
List other science education professional development programs you have attended in the last three years.
Please describe one way you currently integrate technology in your lessons.
Please describe what outcomes both for yourself and your students that you wish to achieve by participating in this summer institute.
* Describe your very best inquiry experience in the classroom.

Technology Access

A central component of this program involves using information technologies as a part of classroom instruction. It is essential that both you and your students have ready access to internet-connected computers.
* How many internet-connected computers do you have in your classroom? Please indicate if PC, MAC or other.
* If your students have access to a computer lab, how often can your students use it?
Everyday
Several times a week
Once a week
A few times per month
* What type of internet connection do these copmputers have?
Dial-up modem
Cable modem
DSL
ISDN
T1line
Not sure

School Demographics

Please describe the student population of your current school.
* Geographic location is
Rural
Urban
Suburban
% African-American
% Asian
% Latino/Hispanic
% Native American
% Caucasian

Classroom Descriptions

As this is a grant-funded project, we need to collect information about teachers' practices. Please answer openly and honestly. Your responses will not be used in the selection process.

About how often do students in your science classes do the following?

You may base your answers on what your students did last year.
* How often do your students work with other students in small groups on science experiments or investigations?
all or almost all lessons
often, once or twice a week
sometimes, once or twice a month
rarely, a few times per year
never
* How often do your students generate their own research questions?
all or almost all lessons
often, once or twice a week
sometimes, once or twice a month
rarely, a few times per year
never
* How often do your students use computer-based activities to collect or analyze data?
all or almost all lessons
often, once or twice a week
sometimes, once or twice a month
rarely, a few times per year
never
* How often do your students use the internet to access resources or data?
all or almost all lessons
often, once or twice a week
sometimes, once or twice a month
rarely, a few times per year
never
* How often do your students explore problems or case scenarios?
all or almost all lessons
often, once or twice a week
sometimes, once or twice a month
rarely, a few times per year
never

Please click the Send Response button below to submit your application.

Thank you!