Spring+Tech+Workshops

Spring Tech/Professional Development Workshops

Digital Storytelling

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 * The art of storytelling has taken on new dimensions with the advent of inexpensive and accessible editing software available through Microsoft and through the internet. As teachers of writing, it is a unique responsibility we impart to students to be purveyors of knowledge, of emotion, and of experience. As students participate in the digital storytelling experience, they take note not just of their writing, but how is dictated by the reader. This adds another level to the thought process as writer: "how will this read to someone else? what is emoted in my words? In this workshop we will take you through the rudiments of producing a digital story and, you will follow the writing process to create your very own digital story.**

Online BookChat using NiceNet.org- The World is Flat, by Thomas Friedman

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 * Format will be up to 6 meetings (2 real, 4 using nicenet.org)
 * 1st session will involve account setup for participants and opening discussion of the goals of the project.
 * Thereafter the session will be determined by the guest administrator.
 * Rich Lio will be involved in one of the chapters, perhaps hosting the online discussion, perhaps one of the face-time discussions.
 * Brad Davis in one of the chapters?
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 * attend 2 meetings
 * attend and comment in all of the 4 online meetings
 * Position paper at the end of the session
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 * Adobe Photoshop**


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 * Podcasting and Photocasting**


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Do you want to record a lesson for your students to listen to at their leisure? Are you looking for ways to extend out of your classroom and into your students’ minds? Want to give your students something educational to listen to on their iPods? Look no further! This workshop will feature free open source software that is used to record and edit your very own Podcast that your students can download from your Schoolwires website. You can use your podcast for reviewing with your students, explaining the steps of an in-depth problem, analyzing concepts, clarifying intricate details, or by having your students create their own! In addition to Podcasting, we will use the second session of this class to teach you how to include photos in your podcast, thus creating a photocast in Windows MovieMaker.
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 * Lecture123**


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 * Writing with the MySpace Generation**


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Using the format of a password-protected online environment can bring the writer’s workshop to a level that we have not seen before. Also, holding students accountable for publishing finished work in an online e-zine, can give students motivation that may have been lacking in their writing. This class will focus on two free online services, Nicenet.org, and Writingthecity.com, which enable an instructor to create safe, secure online space where students can interact with their writing, give feedback, and eventually publish finished work for the entire class to view.
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 * Do you Wiki? How to Harness the Power of Collaborative Learning through Student-Created Wikis**


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The advent of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, online research has taken a new twist. Gone are the days of the all knowing encyclopedia or the one-sided authority of sources. Now, with proper training and adherence to professional standards of research, you and your students can contribute to the online dissemination of information. A Wiki is defined as:
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a type of web site that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove, and otherwise edit and change some available content.... This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for collaborative authoring. The term wiki also can refer to the collaborative website itself (wiki engine) that facilitates the operation of such a Web site, or to certain specific wiki sites, ...and on-line encyclopedias such as [|Wikipedia].

The very idea that several students can work on a body of information both simaltaneously, independently, and from any location where they have an internet connection, immediately extends the classroom beyond the 40 minutes that we see them. We will use a website called wikispaces.com, a free wiki hosting site that will be controlled by you for your students. By the end of the workshop, you will be a bonified wiki expert.


 * Techno-Therapy for Terrified Teachers**


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With everything that teachers are asked to do during a class session, from differentiation to technology integration to teaching to multiple intelligences, it is easy to get overwhelmed. We are here to help. We all realize that technology offers us opportunities to do all of the above, however, where do we start? This class will show you how to separate the "wheat from the chaff," by gathering useful resources and storing them in an easy to find place. In each of the areas we cover, we will meet in groups to discuss and outline ways in which each participant can use the resources to integrate technology without being overwhelmed. Through brainstorming and discussion, strategies that we can use will be collected and distributed to all who attend. The overall goal of this workshop is to help you become comfortable with using our resources in the classroom with confidence.
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 * OnCourse Online Lesson Planner**


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 * Course Description:** Did you know that we have a new subscription to the OnCourse online lesson plan manager? OnCourse enables teachers to create, store, edit, and submit their lesson plans online. In addition, OnCourse enables teachers to post and link homework assignments directly from their online planbooks to the OnCourse Website. Building administrators also have limited access to teachers' online planbooks when it is time to check lesson plans. OnCourse is a great way to increase your productivity and manage your instructional plans.

Audience: All teaching staff


 * PowerPoint: from basic to Multimedia**


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 * Teaching with Nicenet**


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