Follow the links below to access the handouts online:
Creating a Digital Kit
http://tinyurl.com/ok3nys
The 21st Century Educator: Creating a Personal Learning Network
http://tinyurl.com/p3g5tl
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
Web 2.0 refers to the second generation of web tools that are more interactive and collaborative. Most often these tools are free and can be easily integrated into classroom curricula. In the past I’ve really tried to provide a lot of PD for teachers that revolved around emerging technologies and web 2.0 tools. And to be honest, teachers probably weren’t ready to use the tools then. Last year, for whatever reason, I saw a shift in the mindset of some teachers, and they wanted to use these kinds of tools in their teaching. The web 2.0 classes that we offered on blogging, podcasting, and digital resources were packed. I was excited that these classes were filling up, however, I did notice a couple of things.
First, a core group of the same teachers were signing up for all of these classes, and some were even taking the same classes over again. Second, the people signing up for the classes tended to be those that were already in agreement with me in terms of the importance of technology in teaching and learning. Those observations led to a couple of questions, which were also prompted after reading this article. Do teachers really have time to use these tools? Will the use of these tools help transform someone’s teaching? I think these tools are valuable enough that they are the first step in transforming a teacher’s professional practice and illustrate what can be possibile with students in our classrooms. Because of that, I will continue providing these learning experiences for teachers in our district with the hope that they will share their knowledge with their colleagues. Your thoughts?
PS New spring PD offerings to be posted on the PPS Learning Campus soon!
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