Please find listed below technology inservices being offered in our district. All staff members are welcome to any of the inservices...they are not specific for each school. Send Debbie Motycka an e-mail if your are interested in any of the sessions. Board Credit and/or CPDUs are available....information at bottom of this page. Call Debbie with questions, 847-455-4413 (x230).
Monday, December 7th
or
Tuesday, December 8th
4:00-5:15
pm
@ Scott
Smartboard 101: The Basics
This class will be for folks who want to learn the basics of being able to use a SMARTBoard with their students. We'll start with how to turn the board on and cover software applications you already are currently using, as well as tips for getting started with Notebook Software. No experience necessary! We can stay longer for individual support if you'd like.
Tuesday,
January 5th
or
Thursday, January 14th
4:00-5:15 pm
@ Scott
Notebook Software, Tool Kits and Extras
Once you start using a SMARTBoard, you’ll want to create engaging, interactive lessons for your students. Come explore different ways to spice up your lessons using Notebook software and all its extras! Bring an idea for a lesson and we’ll help you develop it! (I will stay later for those who want to continue to work.)
Monday,
January 11th
4:00-5:30 pm
@ Scott
Using Videos and Sounds in Notebook Software
Participants will learn how to download and save video from Web sites such as uTube, and how to create sound files using their own-recorded voice. These video and sound files can then be imported to Notebook files. Come with an idea in mind and we'll help you create it!
Thursday,
January 21st
4:00-5:15 pm
@ Scott
Smart Response Systems with Notebook Software
Each of our schools is lucky to have classroom sets of Smart Response Systems (formerly called Senteos). Class participants will learn how to download class lists of students from PowerSchool and then import the data into Smart software. You will learn how to create quizzes, assessments, or even games using the hand-held response systems.
Monday,
January 25th
4:00-5:00 pm
@ MMS
Social Bookmarking
Come explore how you can keep bookmark links to your favorite Web sites, and be able to access them from any computer connected to the Web. If you choose, users can share their favorite bookmarks with friends, family, co-workers, or keep them private. Just think…..when you get a new computer, you won’t loose any bookmarks! Social bookmarking sites such as "Delicious" contain lots of favorites and are full of useful information that someone has already found.
February
4th, 11th, 22nd
4:00-5:30 pm
@ MMS
Web Pages
Participants will learn some basic principles of good Web design while learning the fundamentals of creating teacher/classroom Web pages. Different uses of a Web page will be discussed. If you’d like to have a Web page posted on our District’s Web server, this is the place to start. No experience necessary! This class lasts for three sessions ...you will be able to update your current site or build a site from scratch.
Tuesday and Thursday
February 16th and 18th
4:00-5:30 pm
@ MMS
Each of our schools have new Flip video cameras that can be checked out from your media center. Learn how easy it is use them….even for your students! Explore how easy digital movie editing can be. Participants will see how to download movies to the computer from the Flip cameras, edit them, and resave for burning to CDs or DVDs. Adding music, digital still images, and voice will be discussed. If you have ever wanted to get started with digital storytelling, these sessions are for you! Participants will meet for both sessions.
Monday,
March 8
4:00-5:30 pm
@ MMS
Podcasts
A podcast is a series of digital media files (either audio or video) that are released episodically. Participants will begin with creating audio podcasts including images, and if time permits, also add video. Students or staff members can create newscasts, classroom newsletters, record poems and digital stories, etc. to post on our school Web sites. Podcasts can also be uploaded to your iPods.
District 83 Board Credit:
Upon successful completion of 13 contact hours, participants can receive
one District 83 Board Credit. Registration fee for one hour of Board
Credit is $100. (No Board Credit....classes are free.)
Board credit will include 13 hours of attendance and requires the participant to create a reflective piece to be shared with their principal, Mr. Lindsay, and Mrs. Motycka. This piece must outline how the participant intends to integrate what they have learned. Requirements must be completed by June 30th. Credit will be applied to the 2010-2011 salary schedule.