Meeting dates this year are as follows:
Thursdays, 12:30-3:30 p.m. at the BESC in the Mazama Room (formerly the Professional Library) and Wallowa Lab.
Oct. 29
Dec. 3
Feb. 18
May 6
The last meeting of the year is today from 4-6 p.m. in the Wallowa Lab at the BESC.
Agenda
Have a great summer! Keep checking the blog for news and updates.
Below are the current spring technology offerings. More may be added later. Go to the PPS Learning Campus to register. Click on Events Calendar on the left sidebar, then in the Curriculum List, select none, and then check Instructional Technology. You will see the offerings by month. To register, click on the Add button. When all sessions you want to take have been added, on the left sidebar, click Proceed with Registration
Wednesday, April 9
Learn360
Learn360 is a video-on-demand service that offers K-12 content via a familiar online environment. You can access thousands of outstanding resources from a wide variety of content partners including: Sunburst Media™, National Geographic, PBS, Goldhil Entertainment™, Standard Deviants, and others. In this session, you will create your user account and learn how to navigate through the basic features of the site.
4:30-6 p.m.
BESC Wallowa Lab
Wednesday, April 15
Building a Digital Kit
Build digital kits for units you teach in your curriculum! Digital Kits are collections of digital materials that include audio, video, pictures, and teacher materials that are based upon a unit of instruction. Once the kit is compiled, burn CDs to distribute to students or place the kit on a shared server for all staff and students to access. Students may then use the materials in the kits to create reports and projects filled with rich media that helps in communicating their vision of a particular topic. Ultimately, students will become familiar enough with the digital resources and technology so that they can create and research their own resources.
9:30 am.-noon
BESC Wallowa Lab
Wednesday, April 15
Easy Multimedia Projects
Is the thought of starting a multimedia or movie project with your class intimidating? This session will give you ideas for easy and simple multimedia projects that don’t require the use of a camera or camcorder and don’t take a lot of time. You will get hands-on practice using Microsoft PhotoStory, as well as other free, web-based tools like VoiceThread, to create digital riddles and poetry. These are great first-time projects that can be used with your students and the end results can be easily posted to the web.
1:30-4 p.m.
BESC Wallowa Lab
Thursday, April 23
4:30-7 p.m.
OR
Wednesday, May 6
9:30 a.m.-noon
The 21st Century Educator: Creating a Personal Learning Network
What exactly are blogs, wikis, RSS, and social networking? What do they have to do with your professional practice? How can these web 2.0 technology tools change the way you teach, learn, communicate, and collaborate? You will learn practical ways to utilize free web 2.0 tools to create a personal learning network that will transform your professional practice and open your eyes to new possibilities in the classroom.
BESC Wallowa Lab
Wednesday, May 6
1:30-4 p.m.
Google Goes to School: Google Tools for Educators
In this session, learn about the FREE tools available to educators to use in the classroom, including iGoogle, Google Customized Search Engine, Page Creator, Docs, Picasa, and much more. There will be time for hands-on exploration of these tools.
BESC Wallowa Lab
Todd Stewart-Rinier, a member of our TLC Cadre and fifth grade teacher at Irvington, just received his master’s degree in Imaginative Education. Congratulations Todd! He is available to do presentations on the subject of imaginative education and creativity. Contact him for more information.
Our next meeting is this Thursday, Feb. 26 from 4-5:30 p.m. at the BESC, in the Wallowa Lab on L1. Hope to see you there!
Please let me know if you have agenda items.
If you are a filmmaker enrolled in a Portland Public School, send your recent media work to the 9th Annual Portland Public School Film Festival. Fill out the entry form and consent/release form available at ppsff.blogspot.com and mail by April 2. We will review all submissions based on originality, artistic merit, technical achievement and persuasiveness. Winners will be screened at the Portland Art Museum’s Whitsell Auditorium in downtown Portland on Friday evening, May 29th before a lively audience of filmmakers, teachers parents and friends.
Submission Criteria:
Please disseminate to any and everyone at your building.
Thanks, and happy shooting!
