Debra Blake Semmler, Physics, East Mecklenburg High School
Implementing IB and AP Standards (PDF)
Keywords: PHYSICS, THERMODYNAMICS, HEAT ENGINES, NASCAR, IDEAL GAS LAWS
CTI FELLOWS TRANSFORM THEIR THEMSELVES! 
Author Archives: Scott Gartlan
Global Climate Change from Top to Bottom: How our Changing Climate is Affecting the Arctic, the Rainforest, and You!
February 7, 2013 – 6:36 pm
Julie Ruziska Tiddy, Science, Carmel Middle School
Implementing Common Core and District Standards (PDF)
Keywords: Permafrost Thawing, Carbon Emissions, Rainforest Deforestation – Brazil, Carbon Sink, Plastic Drinking Bottles read more
Using Poetry to Teach Children About the Civil Rights Movement
February 7, 2013 – 6:28 pm
Elouise Payton, K-3rd Grade, Barringer Academic Center
Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)
Keywords: POETRY, CHILDREN, CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, ACTION, U.S. HISTORY
The Power Perspective: Reading the Literature of the Civil Rights Movement through a Socio-Historical Lens
February 7, 2013 – 6:20 pm
Stefanie Carter-Dodson, 8th Grade, Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School
Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)
Keywords: LANGUAGE ARTS, CIVIL RIGHTS LITERATURE, HISTORICAL CONTEXT, BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT, SOCIETY AND CULTURE
Art and Black Identity in the Civil Rights Movement
February 7, 2013 – 6:01 pm
Lawrence A. Bosc, Social Studies, East Mecklenburg High School
Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)
Keywords: CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, AFRICAN AMERICAN ART, LITERATURE, AMERICAN HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN IDENTITY, BLACK POWER
Nuestro Vecindario: An Oral Geography of Latino Eastside Charlotte
February 7, 2013 – 5:56 pm
Matthew Kelly, Spanish, Independence High School
Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)
Keywords: SPANISH LANGUAGE, INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION, U.S. HISTORY, IMMIGRATION, DIGITAL LITERACY, DIGITAL MAPS
It’s All a Matter of Perspective: Meaning in Text Situated in Context
February 7, 2013 – 5:35 pm
Lindsey E. Elkins, English, Providence High School
Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)
Keywords: LITERATURE, LITERARY CRITICISM, MEDIA LITERACY, CLOSE READING, COMMUNICATION STUDIES
Politics in World History
February 7, 2013 – 5:04 pm
Tamara Babulski, World History, Independence High School
Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)
Keywords: WORLD HISTORY, POLITICS, 9TH GRADE
Surviving Dragon City By Knowing Operations with Rational Numbers
February 7, 2013 – 4:57 pm
Michael Pillsbury, Math, Randolph IB Middle School
Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)
Keywords: MATHEMATICS, RATIONAL NUMBERS, FRACTIONS, DECIMALS, PERCENTS
Face to Face: Exploring the Change of People and Events over Time
February 7, 2013 – 4:50 pm
Miesha Gadsden, 3rd Grade, Lansdowne Elementary School
Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)
Keywords: Author’s Study, Eloise Greenfield, Biography, Picture Books, History, Great Depression, Character Traits
Newton’s Laws of Motion in Motorized World
February 7, 2013 – 4:29 pm
Lisa Clark Ashworth, 5th Grade, Barringer Academic Center
Keywords: 5TH GRADE SCIENCE, PHYSICAL SCIENCE, FORCE AND MOTION, NASCAR, NEWTON’S LAWS
Calling all interested CMS teachers!
February 2, 2013 – 1:18 pm
Registration is now open for the 2013 CTI Local Open House.
This event will take place on Thursday, February 28, 2013, at the UNC Charlotte Center City Building. All interested teachers from participating CTI schools will get a chance to meet the 2013 Seminar Leaders, learn more about their ideas for seminars this year, and meet other CMS teachers from across the district.
Tonight’s (Jan. 25) ‘Exploding Canons’ event at McColl Center has been cancelled Rescheduled for next Friday, Feb. 1, at 5:30 p.m.
January 25, 2013 – 4:59 pm
Tonight’s (Jan. 25) ‘Exploding Canons’ event at McColl Center has been cancelled
Rescheduled for next Friday, Feb. 1, at 5:30 p.m.
After careful consideration tonight’s event, Exploding Canons: All the Time in the World, has been cancelled. Due to the current and impending inclement weather in the Charlotte and surrounding areas the Charlotte Teachers Institute (CTI), in partnership with the McColl Center for Visual Art, felt that the responsible decision is to cancel tonight’s event. The safety of guests, volunteers, panelists, and partners is CTI’s main priority.
The McColl Center has decided to cancel the Opening Reception scheduled for tonight as well. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and trust that registrants will understand CTI’s concern for safety.
A rescheduled date for Exploding Canons: All the Time in the World is set for next Friday, 1 February 2013, at 5:30 p.m.
Registration has been extended through next Friday. Please visit www.charlotteteachers.org to register. Seating is limited.
Exploding Canons: All the Time in the World – 1/25/13
January 11, 2013 – 8:49 pm
The next installment in the series will be Exploding Canons: All the Time in the World on Friday, January 25, at the McColl Center for Visual Art from 5:30 to 9 pm. This event is free and open to the public.
Exploring and expressing the concept of time intrigues artists and scientists alike, and Exploding Canons: All the Time in the World will continue the exploration in this special event presented by CTI and the McColl Center for Visual Art.
The evening begins with a 5:30 p.m. reception, followed by a discussion at 6:30 p.m. when national and local academic experts including the McColl’s visiting artists, will consider time through art, physics, biology, environmental science and personal experiences. Following the panel, the art exhibition “All the Time in the World” will remain open until 9 p.m. CTI designed the event in conjunction with the exhibition, which opens that evening.
Unearthing Student Narrative and Cultivating Voice: Breathing Life into Expository
October 3, 2012 – 6:14 pm
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