Project Summary
Project Title: Hands-On MovableType Training Simulation Module
Learning Goal: To train faculty and staff in the procedures for maintaining instructional and administrative blogs through the MovableType program
Audience: Faculty and staff at Athens Academy, an independent, co-educational, college preparatory, day school in Athens, Georgia
Client/Motivations: The Media and Technology Department is responsible for training faculty and staff to maintain their MovableType blogs featured on the school's website. The department produced a training manual and offers small-group and one-on-one sessions with faculty, but follow-up on the hands-on sessions is difficult to schedule, given the demanding nature of the workday. Therefore, the department would like to complement the other training available by offering a hands-on session teachers and administrators could work through on their own. This would reinforce the other training methods employed, and it would accommodate the busy schedules of the people working at the school. The audio/visual/kinesthetic nature of the new module would appeal to a broad spectrum of learning styles.
Instructional Methods Selection: As noted above, the client would like to complement the other training available by offering a hands-on session teachers and administrators could work through on their own. This would reinforce the other training methods employed, and it would accommodate the busy schedules of the people working at the school. The audio/visual/kinesthetic nature of the new module would appeal to a broad spectrum of learning styles.
Scope of the Project: If successful, the client would like to develop training simulations for faculty/staff, including more advanced use of MovableType, use of digital video editing software, and use of the school's information management systems. The client would also like to develop training simulations for classroom use, including training students to develop blogs/webs for classroom presentations.
Skills Needed: Training on Captivate software
Benefits of Implementation for Client and Audience: Obviously, teachers and administrators will improve their ability to communicate via the school website, positively impacting both instructional and organizational processes at the school.