Technology
Workshops
from
Laurie
Fowler
Director
of Staff Development
Tuscaloosa
County Schools
for the 2003-2004 School Year
Advanced
PowerPoint Make-and-Take—In
this workshop, teachers will bring a lesson plan and create a PowerPoint
presentation to use with their class.
Teachers will learn how to add new multimedia elements to their presentations
including sound, video, and hyperlinks. This workshop is a 3-hour session. This
workshop is for advanced PowerPoint users.
Alabama
Virtual Library—This
program will go over the components of the Alabama Virtual Library. Participants will learn how to use the
Alabama Virtual Library to do professional research. Also, teachers will get to explore the databases and take notes
on how they can use it in a lesson with their students. This session can be
scheduled for 1, 2, or 3 hours. This session is for all levels of
technology expertise.
ALEX:
**ALEX: Posting Lesson Plans—This program will show teachers how to
create and upload their own lesson plans to the ALEX database. All lessons will be aligned with the state
courses of study. This program requires
that teachers have an ALEX login PRIOR to the workshop. This session can be
either 3 or 6 hours. This is for intermediate
to advanced users.
**Copyright and Fair Use—This informative program explains the
copyright and fair use laws to teachers.
In this program, teachers will have the opportunity to discuss what is
and what is not fair use. The format will be a PowerPoint presentation followed
by small group work on copyright and fair use scenarios. This program is a 1 hour session. This session is for all levels of technology
expertise.
Designing
Technology Lesson Plans—This
program will help teachers find online resources to design interesting lesson
plans for their students. We will be
using the Alabama State Department of Education Technology Course of Study to
integrate technology into other subject areas.
This workshop works best when scheduled for 2 or 3 hours of instruction.
This session is for beginners.
Doin’ it Digitally: Photography in the
21st Century—This
program demonstrates how to use a digital camera as well as lesson plans that
use digital images. They will take
pictures and then use them in a Word document and a PowerPoint
presentation. This program requires
that the school owns at least one digital camera. This is a 1 or 2 hour session. This session is for beginners.
**Exciting Excel— This
workshop will showcase lessons teachers can do with students that use the Excel
spreadsheet. These lessons will include
charts, graphs, timelines, math worksheets, science lab worksheets, and
more. This session is either 2 or 3
hours. This workshop is for teachers
who are beginners in Excel.
**Graphics for Teachers—This workshop will show teachers
online sites where they can get free images to use in class presentations and
publications. Teachers will create a
personal online hotlist of the sites they find with photos, clip art, and other
graphics that they can use in their classroom.
This session will also include ideas for extending the use of digital
photography including online albums and other free sites. This is a 2 or 3 hour session. This session is for intermediate
computer users.
**Intermediate PowerPoint
Make and Take—Teachers
will bring a lesson plan to create a PowerPoint presentation to use with their
class. Teachers will learn how to find
images on the Internet to insert into their presentations. This workshop is a 3 hour session. This workshop is for teachers who have
attended a 2 day Technology in Motion training and are intermediate
PowerPoint users.
**Pizzazz with Pictures! Illustrated
Handouts for the Classroom—This
program will show teachers how to create illustrated handouts using Microsoft
Word. Participants will learn to use
auto-shapes, word art, bullets, and tables to jazz up their class handouts as
well as how to import clip art from Microsoft Clip Gallery and Microsoft Design
Gallery Live. Teachers will also use other online sources to gather
images. This is a 1 or 2 hour workshop.
Teachers in this workshop should have a basic knowledge of Word and be intermediate
computer users.
**Publish It! Using Desktop Publishing
in the Classroom—This
program will introduce teachers to Microsoft Publisher, a desktop publishing
program. Teachers can create posters,
calendars, greeting cards, newsletters, and brochures with this program. This is a 2-3 hour workshop. This workshop
requires that the school have multiple copies of Publisher in a lab or library
setting. This program is for intermediate computer users,
although no knowledge of Publisher is required.
Tech Tools
for Teachers—This
program will take teachers on a guided tour of the best sites available on the
Internet for their grade level—elementary, middle, or high school. The tour of sites will include subject area
information, online educational games and activities, rubrics, Internet
research, and thematic units. This
program also includes information on the Alabama Virtual Library and the
Alabama Learning Exchange as well. It is recommended for a 2 or 3 hour session.
This session is for beginners.
Virtual Field Trips Make-and-Take-- This program provides teachers with a
template for creating their own virtual field trip to use with their
students. The participants will design
the VFT, create a web page for the VFT, and post it to the World Wide Web. This workshop is a 6-hour workshop. This can be done on a professional
development day or in 2-hour sessions after school either 3 days in one week or
1 day a week for 3 consecutive weeks. This is for intermediate to advanced
computer users.
Web Quests: The Quest is On!—This program serves as an introduction
to the Internet activity, web quests.
In it, participants will learn what a web quest is, how it meets the new
State of Alabama Technology Course of Study and NETS standards, how to find web
quests on line, and how to modify a web quest to use in their classroom. This workshop is designed to be a 2 or 3
hour workshop. This session is for beginners.
Web Quests Make-and-Take—This program provides teachers with a
template for creating their own web quest to use with their students. The participants will design the web quest,
create a web page for the quest, and post it to the World Wide Web. This workshop is a 6-hour workshop. This can be done on a professional
development day or in 2-hour sessions after school either 3 days in one week or
1 day a week for 3 consecutive weeks. This is for intermediate to advanced
computer users.
**Writing and Technology—This program provides teachers from
all grade levels and subject areas with strategies for using technology to
teach writing across the curriculum.
This workshop uses the writing process to show teachers many different
Internet and computer resources for improving student writing. This workshop can be modified for any grade
level—elementary, middle, or high school and can be designed to meet specific,
identified needs for improving scores on the State of Alabama Direct Assessment
of Writing. This workshop is
recommended for 3 or 6 hours of instruction.
This session is for all levels of technology
expertise.
**New additions for
2003-2004 school year.
Please
note: I have recommended the length of
each workshop that I offer. The time
frames suggested are to allow teachers more time to practice the skills with
the trainer present. Please contact me
for scheduling 2 or 3 hour blocks of time during the school day. At least one Internet connection is required
for all of the workshops.