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Using What You Have: Features in Windows & Word that Support Struggling Readers and Writers
Even on a tight budget, school districts can use technology to help their
students with disabilities succeed in the regular classroom. This hands-on
session will explore specific features in Microsoft Windows and Word that
enable teachers to differentiate instruction to meet students’ varying needs
in reading, writing, studying and testing. 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.
During this two-day workshop series, participants will
actively explore free and accessible content and grade level-specific
resources; learn how to cultivate successful global online teacher and
student collaborations in their content area; apply effective search
techniques; and build content resource search engines. Learning Styles - Activities to Reach All Learners
What is your learning style? Come have some fun investigating how you learn
in order to better understand your students’ strengths and weaknesses. We
will then explore some activities that are aligned to these learning styles
and develop lessons specific to your students’ needs. UDL-What is it and When can I Start Using These Strategies
Would you like to learn what the acronym UDL means and why so many grants
want this type of model in your curriculum? Learn the “ins” and outs” of how
to use Universal Design for Learning in your classroom. Begin to see how
these techniques allow all students to learn and grow academically as well
as socially and emotionally. Perfect your use of menus to promote learning. Inquiry based Science with Thinkfinity
Use
Thinkfinity's 55,000+ FREE resources to strengthen classroom science
programs and to enhance the way students learn science by making connections
to fundamental scientific concepts and principles. Discover how
Thinkfinity’s innovative and comprehensive resources will advance students’
science practices and content knowledge. Find out how to use Thinkfinity to
extend science learning beyond the classroom and to create scientific
communities involving students, teachers, administrators, and parents.
This workshop will give
you lessons for every holiday that you celebrate with your students.
Included with this workshop will be the first weeks of school, first 100
days, and testing tips. You will walk away with lesson plans, web
interactives, worksheets, and a variety of other resources. Have this
information available for your use as the holidays approach and enhance your
curriculum. Digital Storytelling with PhotoStory 3
Use
your digital photos and PhotoStory 3 to tell your stories. Photo Story
3, a free program from Microsoft, makes it easy to add music, narration,
titles, and special effects to turn your photos and images into movies. Come
see how you can promote literacy skills across grade levels and content
areas by becoming a digital story teller. It is easy and it is fun. Bring
your own digital photos or you can work with sample files that will be
provided. Bring your usb drive to take home your digital story and start
checking submission deadlines for the Sundance Film Festival. 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 Intermediate SMART Board Users: Creating Interactive Lessons
You’ve been using your SMART board for a while and you and your students
really like it. Now thanks to the latest upgrades in the SMART notebook
software there is more for you to learn. And thanks to the growing community
of SMART board users you will access terrific Internet sources for
ready-made Smart notebook lessons. Use the downloaded lessons as is or
modify. During this workshop you will learn to use action buttons, insert
video clips, and create your own interactive manipulatives for the content
area and grade that you teach. After learning advanced skills and examining
Internet resources in the morning the afternoon will be a SMART notebook
lesson studio, providing time for you to prepare a dynamite lesson that will
inspire your students your colleagues, and you. If you like bring SMART
notebook files you’ve created and raise the lesson to new levels. Exploring SMART Notebook Lesson Activity Toolkit
See
why SMART Notebook Lesson Activity Toolkit 2.0 is such a wonderful asset to
SMART Board users. Learn how to navigate and edit, check for updates and of
course – tips and tricks. See some great Toolkit examples and take back a
slew of resources. Remember to bring a USB drive to transport your files. Adding Interactivity to your SMART Board lessons
In
this session we will focus the learning on how to increase student
involvement by providing strategies that will allow students to have more
touches on the SMART Board. Some of the topics that will be covered include:
an overview of the Lesson Activity Toolkit, demonstration of the infinite
cloner, introduction to pull tabs, discussion of Dual Page display and Pin
the Page features and attaching sound files. Participants should be familiar
with SMART Notebook software prior to attending the session. Smart Notebook for English and World Language
Create lesson plan templates with the latest NJ Core Content Curriculum
Standards and incorporate interactive activities to teach vocabulary, idea
sequencing, and spelling. Use Venn diagrams, T-charts, and graphic
organizers to assist the writing process. Audio for the Classroom – Music, Podcasting and More
Powerful FREE software and web-hosting can bring you and your students some
powerful new tools. From meeting the needs of auditory learners, to
student-produced projects and classroom radio, we’ll look at how you can use
audio and podcasts simply and effectively to create excitement about your
subject in and out of school. Using free software and web-hosting, you will
leave knowing how to load all of the software and gear, and produce/post
your own podcasts and audio projects. Kidspiration in the K-5 Classroom
Kidspiration is a visual learning tool especially for K-5 students. Designed
for emerging readers and writers, Kidspiration helps students develop
confidence as they learn to organize information, understand concepts and
connections, create stories, and express and share their thoughts. In this
session you will learn how to create visual outlines and dynamic graphic
organizers. You will also learn practical methods for integrating
Kidspiration into your language arts, science, and social studies lessons.
Mystery Festival: CSI in the classroom
Mystery Festival uses a classroom learning-station format; students study a
"crime scene," then conduct crime-lab tests on the evidence, analyze the
results, and try to solve the mystery. These forensic science activities
absorb students from the start and keep them intensely involved throughout.
In this workshop, teachers will play the role of students/detectives to
uncover the mystery. Word Processing II : Microsoft Word and Google Docs
Move beyond the basics of Microsoft Word. In this workshop you will learn
how to import pictures and other objects, create and customize tables,
generate personalized letters to replace form letters, and create and use
templates. Learn more about sharing, collaborating, and storing using Google
Docs. Labels and More with Microsoft Word
If
you have Microsoft Word you have all you need to create labels, pencil
flags, signs, certificates, and letters all personalized with your students’
or parents’ names. You’ll add photos or graphics to add flair to your
creations. Bring a class list to use when we learn ‘mail merge’ and a USB
drive to take back your completed projects. Spreadsheets I: Microsoft Excel and Google Docs
Ready for the next step beyond calculators? This full-day workshop will
cover the skills needed to create basic spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel.
Learn to create, save and open spreadsheets; enter and edit data in a
spreadsheet; build formulas and create charts. Upload spreadsheets to Google
Docs for your private use or share and collaborate with
others.
Microsoft Access for Absolute Beginners
Microsoft Access is a wonderful database tool but you just never got around
to learning it or found it too confusing and frustrating. You are not alone
and that is why we are offering this workshop that will start from the very
beginning and establish a strong foundation of basic skills so that you will
be ready for more complex tasks. Learn how to create a database, how to use
the database to answer questions, and how to create reports - just the
basics. See how Microsoft Access can help you get the most out of all that
data that you have been collecting. No advanced topics will be covered. Microsoft Access: An Introduction
This workshop will introduce you to Microsoft Access database software.
Learn to create and maintain tables to track a variety of classroom,
district, state and testing information. We will focus on the principles of
sound database planning, design and implementation. Working with a small
sample of raw information throughout we will complete and populate a basic
database file as well as create a simple report.
Presentations I: Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Docs
This full-day workshop will enable participants to create multimedia
presentations to support all aspects of teaching and learning. Participants
will explore features in PowerPoint, which bring slides to life. You will
learn how to animate your slides and how to add interesting transitions
between slides. To help with the creation of your own PowerPoint
presentation you might want to bring a textbook or other curriculum
materials. Test drive the PowerPoint like presentation part of Google Docs.
Share your presentations via the internet with students, parents, and
colleagues. Presentations II: Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Docs
Come and expand your PowerPoint skills. You will learn how to add
hyperlinks, sound, and action buttons. Bring your own curriculum materials
and/or an existing PowerPoint presentation and you’ll take back an amazing
classroom ready slide show. Use Google Docs to make your presentation
interactive and collaborative. PowerPoint — Tips and Tricks with Music
Stretch your PowerPoint presentations to the max with music …learn how to
add music to enhance your presentations … learn how to time musical
selections so that you can add more than one musical selection to a longer
presentation or loop the same musical selection throughout your presentation
… Fun and easy! PowerPoint — Tips and Tricks with Video Clips
Create PowerPoint presentations that wow audiences with video clips you make
with your digital camera … learn how to add, activate and time your own
digital video clips … feel free to bring your own camera (don’t forget the
wires needed to transfer into the computer) or use one of ours … Fun and
easy! Using PowerPoint to Play Jeopardy
Want to play Jeopardy so that your students can review for a test or exam?
Bring your review content. At this workshop you will receive a Jeopardy
template and prepare it for use with your students. You can use your
template to create games for different concepts. Lot’s of fun with a
SMARTBoard. Collaborative Tools for Educators
Learn how to access and integrate free Web 2.0 collaborative tools to
reshape your classroom and help you rethink lessons and projects. We will
use Etherpad, Google Docs, MindMeister, Skype and Webspiration to make
online collaborative group projects possible. Use these tools in your
classroom to boost engagement and achievement in any content area while
meeting New Jersey’s technology standards.
Effective use of Google Search
Web
search is one of the most popular online activities and, for an increasing
number of students, a primary starting point for research and learning. This
session will offer some fundamental concepts, strategies, and tools to help
you teach your students search more effectively. The session will cover
techniques to search smarter, assessment of search results credibility, and
advanced Google search features.
You
can launch a totally free, password-protected, no advertising WikiSpace for
your class today! An educational WikiSpace can replace or supplement your
existing TeacherWeb, Blog, or Podcast site, or become a new forum for school
collaboration. You can post documents, homework, hand-outs, pictures, audio
& video all in one place, for free. Your students will be able to create and
post or respond to material, depending on the level of access you provide
them. Introduction to Macromedia Dreamweaver
Get
started with Dreamweaver by exploring the palettes and preferences. We’ll
set up a Web site by creating and organizing files, building and managing
site structure, and checking links. We’ll examine Dreamweaver properties,
horizontal rules, lists, background and text colors. Learn to insert and
position your images and setup both internal and external hyperlinks.
Learn how to create compelling demonstrations and training videos right from
your computer using Jing Project and ScreenR. If you have ever been in the
situation where you find yourself having to explain to your students or
colleagues how to do something on the computer over and over again then this
is the workshop for you. Come and learn how to create videos from your
computer screen. Learn the techniques of screen-casting and create video
tutorials that are both informative and educational. Imagine being able to
create video tutorials that you can have up on the web or on an iPod in
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