March Workshop Booklet3

March 2009 Technology Offerings

Video Tutorials ( Note the titles below are not active links) The tutorials are anywhere from 1 minute to 5 minutes in length. They work best when you watch one and then immediately try what you have learned :) Please do the tutorials on one of the newer Imac computers in the district.

Class/Demo Descriptions: TRT ( Technology Resource teacher)

These sessions will be approximately one hour in length. This will allow for travel time to your next location. Class Title: Creating E-Mail Distribution List and more... Location: SHS A-Wing Computer lab Time: session 1 Instructor: Marian Schafer Description: The NCCS Internet Mail service will be covered. Concentration will be on creating distribution list, calendars and folders. Class Title: Basic Wikis Location:Latham Ridge Computer lab Time: session 1 Instructor: Nicole Sisto TRT Description: Wiki spaces have many uses. They can be used as a class website or a site for student collaboration. Learn and actual set-up your wiki space. Creating links, inserting images and other advanced topics will be covered.

Class Title: Google Earth Location: SHS B-wing Lab Time: session 1 Instructor: Rachel Toth TRT Description: Learn about this amazing software tool and how it can be used in the classroom. Class Title: Cognitive Mapping Software Location: Loudonville Computer lab Time: session 1 Instructor: Keiran Ryan TRT Description: Learn about Inspiration and Webspiration software. With this you can create cognitive maps for writing, create links for research and even use this software for story boarding. Webspiration is a new Beta product that allows for online collaboration. Class Title: Presentation Software Location: Forts Ferry Computer Lab Time: session 1 Instructor:Renata Relyea TRT Description: You may know about Powerpoint and its basics but learn more about the wonderful online tools available for doing presentations. Renata will cover Google Docs presentation and 280 SLIDES. She may even throw in a little Keynote

Class Title: Basic Excel Location: SJHS Music Art Lab Time: session 1 Instructor: Staci O'donnell Description: Learn the basics of excel. Learn how to do basic formulas, fill down functions and how to create graphs and charts.

Class Title: NCCS Intranet Location: Blue Creek Lab Time: session 1 Instructor: Carol Kemp TRT Description: The NCCS Intranet has more to offer than just cool graphics on the home page. Find out all it offers through a treasure hunt activity.

Class Title: Smart board software & The Mimio Location: SHS Mez Lab Time: session 2 Instructor: Anne Battaglia TRT Description: Learn about the latest software used for creating lessons and presentations. You will never go back to Powerpoint again! Learn how to integrate images and hyperlinks to your activities and lessons

Class Title: Smart board & The smart board Location: SJHS Lib Lab Time: session 2 Instructor: Liz Samuel TRTS Description: Learn about the latest software used for creating lessons and presentations. You will never go back to Powerpoint again! Learn how to integrate images and hyperlinks to your activities and lessons

Class Title: Working with Images Location: Boght Hills Lab Time: session 2 Instructor: Laura Breen TRT Description: We have all saved an image from the internet or our digital camera. Now what do you do with those images. Laura will do the basics of Photoshop elements and teach you how to do slide shows using "slides", Iphoto and Keynote

Class Title: Technology in the elementary classroom Location: Southgate Time: session 2 Instructor: Ed Keilin TRT Description:Ed will focus on science. He will show the use of his website and pbwiki to do the lab reports (word processing incorporating graphics and spreadsheets) for the plant unit as an alternative to using the computer lab . He will also use Smart Notebook presentation s(notes, activities, presentation, links, imbedded Appleworks documents) , the online database, spread sheets, and use the ELMO for the electromagnetism unit. Class Title: Technology in the Social Studies Classroom Location: SJHS Time: session 2 Instructor: Martha Kerr TRT Description: See how Martha integrates her class website, presentations, smart boards, lab activities and the Elmo document camera into her curriculum and classroom.

Class Title: Creating Online Quizzes Location: Southgate Computer Lab Time: session 2 Instructor: Heidi Meidenbauer TRT Description: many of us have web or wiki spaces for our class. Did you know you could create quizzes and have your students take them online? Learn how to create them using Google Docs, Moodle and ProProofs quiz site

Class Title: Gizmos Location: Loudonville Lab Time: session 2 Instructor: Jeff Feldman TRT Description: Experience this powerful new teaching tool. Gizmos are virtual online simulations of key concepts from our 3-12th grade science and math curriculums. Gizmos are a product of www.explorelearning.com. Additional elements of the site are online assessments, class information management, the ability to transfer screenshots of the simulations into a word document, and best of all, the ability to have students work on activities from a home computer. Gizmos can be used as a teacher demonstration tool, an individual or group activity, and a home/school project.

Class Title: Advanced Word Location: SHS A Lab Time: session 2 Instructor: Lindsay Guilz TRT Description: Bring your questions and imagination. Lindsay will cover the advanced topics of Microsoft word. Topics covered will be tables, images. columns and mail merge.

Class Title: Project Architects Location: Elementary Classrooms and anywhere else Time: This will be your only afternoon session Instructor: grade level teachers TRT Description: Teachers are to share projects and then develop a way to integrate the new web 2.0 tools as well as software suite into lab activities. All projects will be posted by the teachers by the end of the workshop day and available for all to share. Class Title: BookShare Webinar Location: Blue Creek Faculty/Staff Room Time: Session 1 (1:00-2:00) Instructor: OPEN TO SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, SPEECH THERAPISTS AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS ONLYTRT Description: Bookshare provides accessible books and periodicals for readers with qualifying print disabilities (with an IEP or 504). Students are able to listen to textbooks and read along on a computer. This webinar sponsored by Bookshare will explain the process of registering your students and obtaining the books for them.

These classes are created and hosted our own Moodle Server. The classes should take between 2-3 hours of time depending on your current technology skills. You will be given instructions on how to join the class once registration is complete. The classes may be done an any computer in the district

Class Title: Google Docs Location: Online Moodle Server Time: sessions 1&2 Instructor: Gary Cimorelli Description: We have all heard about it, now learn how to set-up an account and use it to create online word. excel and powerpoint documents. You will also learn how to share these documents with others.

Class Title: Advanced Wiki Location: Online Moodle Server Time: : sessions 1&2 Instructor: Gary Cimorelli Description: The keyword here is EMBED. Learn how to embed powerpoints, forms, quizzes, google gadgets and movies to your wiki site Class Title: Collaboration Tools Location: Online Moodle Server Time: : sessions 1&2 Instructor: Gary Cimorelli Description: Writing, presentations, mapping, wikis, multimedia, spreadsheets, embedding all words we hear every day. Learn about all of the Web 2.0 collaboration Tools available now for students and teachers.