Proposals have been accepted for TPS-Colorado Learning Activities Development projects to be created in Summer 2005. Learning Activities Development will bring teams of content experts together to create learning activities using a template, and incorporating primary sources and other educational elements to accomplish stated learning outcomes.

Learning Activities Development projects will:

• Follow a specified template.
• Be centered around a topic (unit or lesson) using American Memory primary sources.
• Propose and answer essential questions about the topic.
• Address specific state learning standards.

Learning Activities Development Resources for Summer 2005

• Learning Activities Summer 2005 Resource Page for participants
• Learning Activities Development Completed Projects

Learning Activities Development Schedule
Learning Activities Development will begin with an introductory Professional Development Day on Monday, August 1st to explain project goals and expectations. A Progress Meeting will be held Friday, August 5th to update the group, brainstorm, share ideas, and generate feedback.

During the weeks of August 1st-5th and 8th-12th, participants may work on Learning Activities Development projects in TPS-Colorado¹s Digital Primary Resource Center (DPRC), in CN 101 on the Auraria Campus, or in a location of their choice. Teams will have until Friday, August 12th to complete their Learning Activities Development projects. Dissemination reports for each team will be due August 1, 2006. See the Learning Activities Schedule, below.

Teams of 2 to 4 Colorado educators submitted proposals for Learning Activities Development. TPS-Colorado required that teams of 3 or 4 include at least one librarian, media or technology specialist. A stipend of $400 will be paid to each team member upon submission of the team's completed project.

Dissemination of content developed in the Learning Activities Development project is a key element of this professional development opportunity. After a report describing and documenting how the project was disseminated to the team¹s peers is submitted to TPS-Colorado, each team member will receive an additional $200 stipend. Teams will have until August 1, 2006 to complete their dissemination reports.

A selection of completed Learning Activities Development projects will be made available to the educational community through links on the TPS-Colorado Web site.

Prerequisites
Participants must be Colorado K-12 educators, and at least one participant per team must have completed TPS-Colorado Workshop Series I and II prior to the team's participation in Learning Activities Development.

Submitting A Proposal
The deadline for submission of Learning Activities Development proposals was July 1, 2005. For more information about TPS-Colorado Learning Activities Development, please contact TPS-Colorado at 303-352-4945 or
mscd-tpscolorado@mscd.edu.

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