Upcoming Staff Development

Classes are 9-3 PM, 5 hours, target group - teachers only

Location: Rigdon Road Lab 2

The SmartBoard is perhaps the most innovative tool ever introduced to educators. It takes a familiar tool to teachers, the blackboard, and extends its functionality to the Nth degree. It allows two wonderful resources for educators, the computer and the internet, to be used in a whole group environment. Participants in this class will have hands-on experience using a SmartBoard. This class will not be demonstration only. A multitude of practical applications for SmartBoard usage with be discussed, demonstrated, and modeled during this session. Options for immediate usage of a SmartBoard, even without learning any new software, will be demonstrated. Also the wonderful, free software that accompanies the SmartBoard, Notebook, will be explored. Teachers will learn how to download Notebook lessons that are already created by educators and aligned to the Georgia standards, for use in their classroom.

Classes are 9-3 PM, 5 hours, target group - teachers only

Location: Rigdon Road Lab 2

Participants will be exposed to the multitude of Google tools available to educators. Practical application for integration of these tools into the curriculum will be demonstrated and modeled, and participants will have opportunities to explore and create with these tools. Some of the tools that will be explored are: Google Earth, Google Documents, G-Mail, Calendar, Photos, and Online Bookmarks.

In the documents section there is a particularly useful tool that allows the creation of surveys (takes about 5 minutes), where responses are entered by your teachers or parents, and the information is tabulated and charted automatically for you.

Another useful tool in the document section is the ability to share documents such as spreadsheets or presentations, enabling easier collaboration and group work.

This training is being delivered in an effort to augment school based and district wide staff development training. It has been setup for after school hours for teacher convenience. This offering is an effort to help teachers, in schools where the availability of staff developement is restricted, get needed training and SDU hours. It's continuation will depend upon interest and attendance. At this time it is only for teachers, and only those teachers at my schools (listed below)

List of classes:

InteGrade Pro Setup – August 20 - A little time invested up front, setting up InteGrade correctly, can save a lot of headaches down the road
New Teacher training – August 24 – Teachers new to MCSD will receive training to use InteGrade, Class xp, the Novell network environment, and the MCSD email system
Word 2007 – September 1 - The new Microsoft Office products look and feel very different. If you are having difficulty adjusting to the new look and feel of Word 2007, this class if for you
Outlook 2007 – September 22 - How to use and manage email, using the newest Microsoft Office email product.
SmartBoard Basics – ~~September 29~~ - (Moved to Thursday October 1st, due to district meeting conflict) - Smartboard training for teachers new to smartboards or teachers who need a refresher on the basics
SmartBoard Advanced – October 20 – Using the various tool kit tools and downloading ‘show-stopper’ lessons already created and correlated to your GPS standards . This training will also address Airliner (wireless slate) usage
TeacherWeb – November 2 – Learn how to use the easiest tool available for creating class web pages. TeacherWeb offers free space for 30 days, but then the cost is $39 per year
Techno Expo/Project Bases Learning IDEAS - Session A – November 3rd - early release day - Note the diffence in training time of day - 1:30-3:30 - This is a session taught for the Eagle Ridge staff from 1:30-3:30 (early release day) , but anyone from one of my schools is welcome to join us in the Eagle Ridge lab – Description: See demonstrations of several project based learning vehicles and tools. Many of these projects can also be used in the Techno Expo
Techno Expo/Project Bases Learning IDEAS - Session B – November 19 (Thursday) – See demonstrations of several project based learning vehicles and tools. Many of these projects can also be used in the Techno Expo
Online Science textbook and Leveled Readers –December 1 - This is district paid-for resources that you may want to review.
GoogleWorld –December 15 - How to use Google documents for interaction with parents and coworkers, and use various Google tools for teaching in the classroom.