Instructional Academy

Instructional Academy

During Professional Development Day, faculty and staff were asked to indicate if they would be interested in participating in workshops related to technology. We compiled your interest responses and have scheduled some workshops. At this time, we have the dates and locations. In the near future, we will publish workshop descriptions. All workshops will be held 3-5 pm. Most workshops will be six hours (three sessions of two hours each), but could be extended, if needed.

Following are descriptions for the Technology Workshops offered through the Instructional Academy. Please contact Jan Raymond at ext. 34721 or email jan_raymond@dpsk12.org to register. More information will be provided regarding courses offered through DOTs.

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS

MICROSOFT OUTLOOK-2007----November 16, 23, 30-- Room 404
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BASIC: Learn the basics of using Microsoft Outlook 2007. This 'personal management' software is much more than just sending and receiving email. This class will cover email basics and then progress through effective use of the calendar. The contacts list (including creating distribution lists), and the task manager. Individual questions (related to these topics) will be encouraged and answered.

INTERMEDIATE: Once you have learned the basics, you may be ready for more challenging Outlook ideas including creating meeting requests, using categories, using call manager, "To-Do Bar", personal folders, using rules, and customizing your screen. Time will be allowed for individual questions.

PHOTO STORY--November 18, December 2, 9------Parthum Lab
Katie Collins

Bring your digital photos to life with Photo Story 3 for Windows. This free, easy-to-use program allows you to create a photo slide show. With a single click, you can touch-up, crop or rotate pictures. Then, add special effects, upload songs to accompany the slide show and personalize your pictures with titles and captions. The file size makes it easy to send your photo stories in an email. In this 3-session class you will be able to upload photos you want to use in your photo story (please bring them on a flash drive), or search for photos on line that would assist you in teaching a certain topic in the classroom. We will also learn to rotate/crop and add captions and special effects. The following session we will explore royalty-free songs to use and discuss copyright issues for other types of songs. We will finalize our projects during this second session. Our third session will be sharing our projects with each other to help us get even more ideas for how to use this in our classrooms.

GOOGLE APPS!-----December 1, 8, 15-------------- Parthum Lab

Prerequisite: Please get an EmilyGriffith.edu gmail account in the Student Success Center by November 30, 2009. You will need it for this class.

December 1, 2009; 3-5 pm in the Parthum Lab
Session 1 - learn the basics of Gmail, Google Documents and Google Calendar
* Gmail
* Creating and sending email
* Receiving and reading email
* Labels and filters
* Attachments
* Spam
* Searching your email
* Google Documents
* Online Data Storage
* Upload existing documents
* Create new documents
* Real-time Collaboration
* Revision History
* Control Access
* Google Calendar
* Create an event
* Event reminders
* Notifications
* Share calendars
* Import calendars

December 8, 2009; 3 - 5 pm in the Parthum Lab
Session 2 - learn the basics of Google Sites. By the end of this session, you will have your very own website.
* Creating a web site for your program or department
* Adding pages
* Announcement pages
* File cabinet pages
* List pages
* Dashboards
*editing Pages

December 15, 2009; 3 - 5 pm in the Parthum Lab
Session 3 - Advanced Google Sites. Polish and perfect your website. Experiment with additional tools and gadgets. Share your website
* Editing pages
* Google gadgets
* Site sharing

WIKI-----------December 3, 10, 17--------------Parthum Lab
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF WIKIS

General Overview: A wiki is a website that allows users to create and edit interlinked web pages. They are often used to create collaborative websites, community websites and knowledge management systems.

December 3, 2009; 3 - 5 pm in the Parthum Lab
Session 1 - Learn the basics of wikis.
* What is it?
* Examples of wikis
* How could wikis be useful at EGOS?
* Classroom
* Departments
* School-wide
* Wike software
* Editing wikis

December 10, 2009; 3 - 5 pm in the Parthum Lab
Session 2 - Create your own wiki.
* Creating a wike for your program or department

December 17, 2009; 3 - 5 pm in the Parthum Lab
Session 3 - Advanced wiki making! Polish and perfect your wiki design. Share your wiki.
* Editing
* Site sharing

POWERPOINT------January 13, 20, 27--------------Parthum Lab

The PowerPoint Workshop will focus on "student directed" learning.

Each attended will work on a project of his/her choice. You'll find out how to create dazzling slide presentations consisting of slides that contain text, objects, animation, slide transitions, sounds, charts, outlines, media clips, clip art, and hyperlinks. You'll learn how to work with the new PowerPoint Ribbon task panes, the clip organizer, and how to access Microsoft's Web site to download clip art and templates for your presentations. You'll see how to make global changes to your slides with the Slide Master. Finally, you'll discover how to save your presentation so you can share them online or copy them onto CD.

VIDEO SCREEN CAST---January 14, 21, 28----------Parthum Lab

Want to make short video lessions on your computer and post them to the internet using only free softwre, a microphone, and a computer? A screen cast caaptures what is displayed on a computer screen and can be accompanied by audio commentary. Screen casts can be used to demonstrate the use of computers and software or to record presentations using a microphone or camera and a power point presentation. We will look at many examples of how to use this free screen casting software to create the lesson that keeps on teaching. Classs One: Learn how to download the software and make a group screen cast. Class Two: Make yhour own screen cast. Class Three: Continue to make your own screen cast and post it on a webpage.

BLOGS-----------January 21, 28------------------Room 404

Blogs are easily updated mini-Websites used for everything from news to business to personal journals. Whether you're chronicling the birth of a business campaign or the birth of a baby, this free, nimble, easy-to-use online journal is an effective format for getting your words out and into the online world. This workshop will explain more about how and why blogs are used, where to post a blog, using blogging programs, and finding, following, and commenting on blogs that are of particular interest to you. During the class, participants will choose a host blog site, set up an account, choose a template, and create their first blog post. If time allows, students will learn how to incorporate graphics, video, and other multimedia elements into a blog. Blogs are easy to create and fun to use both for business and personal use. Come and find out the hows, whys, and ways of blogging!

If you are interested in learning more about the Promethean Board, we will be providing information about how you can participate in a district-sponsored class.

Within the next week, you will see workshop descriptions and you will be able to register for the workshops with Jan Raymond. If faculty members wish to use workshops for credential renewal, please see Sharron Carosella for the form to use for documentation. As in the past, 15 contact hours will equal one credit for renewal purposes. The forms will be turned in to Kindra Chapman when you renew your credentials.

Thank you so much for your interest and participation.