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Preschool, Kindergarten, and First Grade Teachers: PowerPoint, the Internet and More.
Would you like to learn how to make PowerPoint lessons to enhance your
teaching? Would you like to use websites designed for your classroom
curriculum? Are you interested in viewing software that will address just
the needs of your young students? Then this is the workshop for you. We will
begin by making PowerPoint presentations designed to use immediately with
your students. Next, we will look at the wonderful Internet resources for
PreK to 1st grade including free worksheets and motivating classroom
activities. We’ll conclude with a review of “must have” software.”. In one
day you’ll make important additions to your Technology Toolbox. Think Green with Thinkfinity: Inquiry based Lessons and Resources
Use
Thinkfinity’s 55,000+ FREE resources to create a comprehensive environmental
program that teaches earth friendly behaviors including sustainable
practices for how to live, work, and play. Understand the value of
environmental stewardship through the use of practical activities such as
recycling, composting and reducing waste, inside and outside of the
classroom. Be inspired by Thinkfinity resources that will create
environmental partnerships involving students, teachers, administrators, and
parents that align with existing curriculum and state mandated standards. From Evaluation to Tools to Implementation a cost-effective, educationally sound seminar for prescribingappropriate technology tools for struggling students
Attend From Evaluation to Tools to Implementation and develop your own
Assistive Technology Evaluation Team. Meet educational needs before they
become problems (due process, lawsuits, missed educational opportunities)
and build capacity within your district. Your AT Team will effectively and
efficiently assess students with mild to moderate learning disabilities to
determine how and if assistive technology can help them. Experiment with a
range of assistive technology tools and learn how to match student needs to
device features, creating personalized solutions. Make the most of the
technology resources you already have. Be a part of the process of helping
students achieve ducational goals and reaching their full potential.
Thinkfinity and You: Perfect Together
Are you looking for
some new innovative interactive teaching materials to obtain for FREE? Would
you like to have 55,000 lesson plans available for you any time? Do you need
to find the national, state, or curriculum standards for your lesson plans?
If you have said yes to any of the above questions this half day workshop is
for you. Thinkfinity is a
FREE
educational
resource for everyone. Bring your lesson plans and your curriculum and walk
out of this workshop with weeks and weeks worth of activities (paper and
interactive), resources, and further information to enhance every aspect of
your classroom. You will be WOWed!
Here’s a simple technology project for the classroom. Using Microsoft
PowerPoint students can make interactive talking books that can be used in
the classroom or uploaded to the Internet to be shared by all. In this
workshop, you will learn how to make a PowerPoint book with sounds, animated
graphics and hyperlinks.
Get
the most out of your SMART interactive whiteboard. Learn how to use
the great features in the latest version of SMART Notebook software. Be able
to use a SMART board with confidence by attending this workshop. Learn how
you can create interactive lessons that will make teaching and learning more
engaging for you and your students.
SMART Board Across the Curriculum: A First Course
Make the most of your SMART board and watch class participation and
engagement soar. First you will master SMART board basics. Then you will
learn how to plan and prepare your SMART lessons on any computer using SMART
notebook software. Come and take back interactive enhanced lessons to use
with your SMART board. We will provide a list of websites that are
particularly SMART board “friendly.” No more fumbling for transparencies,
hyperlinks, diagrams, or files. Your lesson will flow seamlessly and
learning will increase as students participate as active learners. Please
bring your curriculum materials. Note: Smart board software is free to Smart
board users and can be purchased for use on other boards SMART Board Content Creation Camp
If
you are an intermediate or advanced user of SMART Notebook software, and are
enthusiastic about designing lesson activities using Notebook Software to
increase student engagement and participation and are looking for additional
ways to create professional, interactive and sharable lesson activities for
your SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard, then register now! In this two-day
workshop, you will have the opportunity to enhance your SMART Notebook
Software skills and create content that you will be able to use with your
students and share with other educators. Bring your curriculum materials and
a flash drive to save your work and you will be ready to engage your
students with the interactive units you create.
In
Inquiry of Science, teachers will be immersed in inquiry based
investigations, making discoveries by playing with pennies and testing paper
towels using the scientific method.Teachers will also design their own
inquiry-based lab.
Any
teacher who has access to a Macintosh computer can get rolling with
GarageBand, no talent or musical training required. Participants will learn
to harness the power of GarageBand’s built-in music creation, recording and
podcasting features in one fun-filled session. Integrate music, record
lessons, make new songs and podcasts, or create exciting, motivating student
projects. Pump up your classroom in person or on the web! Participants are
encouraged to bring CD’s of favorite music to use during the session.
SESSION TO BE HELD AT EBHS D-11 MUSIC LAB Organizing Your Computer Files
You
know you saved that file … somewhere. How can you find it? This workshop
will teach you how to organize your computer desktop and hard drive to make
locating files quick and easy. You will learn how to make electronic
folders, remove unwanted files, use the Search feature to find missing
documents, and even change the look of your desktop. Making the Change to Microsoft Office 2007
This workshop will cover various changes from Office 2003 to Office 2007,
such as galleries, ribbons and the new Office button. We will see the new
locations for commonly used features such as inserting tables, formatting
text, working with indents, tabs, and outlines, as well as explore the new
3D graphics. This is a hands on course that will leave you feeling
comfortable and confident with Microsoft Office 2007. Word Processing I: Microsoft Word and Google Docs
After this full-day workshop, you won’t be able to imagine how you existed
without Microsoft Word. You will learn to create, save and open documents;
change the style and color of text; add borders and shading; and use the
spell checker and thesaurus. See how to use Google Docs to make your files
available via the internet and make collaboration possible. PowerPoint – Tips and Tricks with your Digital Camera
Personalize your PowerPoint presentations with digital photos … fascinate
your audience by layering your photos and timing them just right … learn how
to frame your photos into different shapes to add a special artistic touch
to your presentation … feel free to bring your own camera (don’t forget the
wires needed to transfer into the computer) or use one of ours.
Adobe Photoshop is a key tool of the 21st Century technological revolution.
With a little practice, one can merge and edit images, retouch photographs,
design sophisticated print and electronic materials, and produce computer
art. In this introductory hands-on workshop, you will learn Photoshop
foundational skills. You will capture and transfer images with a digital
camera; use Photoshop’s selection and painting tool palettes; and take a
picture of yourself and blend it into an image of the past. You will be
working and having fun throughout the session. Intermediate Adobe Photoshop Elements
This workshop picks up where the introductory course ends. Looking at
the tools provided in the program, web designers, presentation and digital
portfolio enthusiasts alike will export original works of art for any and
all multimedia K-12 requirements. We’ll look at creating type face graphics,
shaping buttons, color gradients and photo masking to name a few.
Participants will leave this workshop with a cache of graphics to use in
their classrooms.
When it comes to searching the Internet most people turn to Google. Now look
to Google for great teacher tools, too. There is Google Books, Google Earth,
Google Maps and Google Forms. All of these wonderful Google Tools are yours
for free. Bring something new and exciting to your math, language arts,
world language, or social studies lessons. Google Docs and more: Connect, Create and Collaborate
Take advantage of Google's powerful, free, collaborative tools in your
classroom and beyond. Learn how to make the most of what Google has to offer
and have your students working with 21st century skills every day. Become a
21st century educator |
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