Descriptions

1st Annual District 112 Technology Academy The 21st Century Classroom Experience

August 19, 20 Edgewood Middle School 8:30-2:15  Tech Academy Registration is CLOSED Registration Confirmation will be emailed by July 10th toc

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Wednesday, August 19th = =

__ALL DAY OPTION __ Promethean Day 2 Training This session is open to those who have completed Day 1 training. Training will take you through Modules 3,4 and 5 of the Promethean manual. This is a 6 hour session from 8:30-3:30 with an hour for lunch. If you select Promethean Day 2, you may not select any other sessions on this day. = = = = =Session One = (8:30 a.m.- 10:00 a.m.)
 * Session Closed- Reached Capacity **<span class="wiki_link_ext">- __[|Click __**here**__ to be placed on the wait list]__ (6/2/09)

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<span style="color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Promethean: Everything You Forgot Over the Summer- <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Jim Finedore <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Problem retaining what you've learned from Day 1 Promethean training? This is the session for you! Your instructor will review the basics in addition to showing you great resources to use with your students from the first day of school and beyond.
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Session Closed- Reached Capacity **<span class="wiki_link_ext">- __[|Click __**here**__ to be placed on the wait list] (6/15/09)__

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<span style="color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Digital Storytelling- <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-size: 104%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wendy Sigele <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Session Closed- Reached Capacity **<span class="wiki_link_ext">- __[|Click __**here**__ to be placed on the wait list]__ (6/8/09)

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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Telling a story can lead to great digital adventures. Learn to mash up digital images with words to create engaging stories for you and your students to share. This session will provide hands on time to create your own digital story using some fantastic Web 2.0 tools including Voicethread, Animoto and more!

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 130%;">Google Galore- <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-size: 104%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Craig Lucci <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Have you heard the expresssion "just Google it" ? Now, you can do that and much, much more! Google has tons of tools for the educator and their students. Learn how to collaboratively share documents, create and develop a Google home page for the class- Google docs, iGoogle, Google custom search, Google reader and Googles more!

<span style="color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> The Power of Podcasting- <span style="font-size: 104%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">Nick Filipowski <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">MP3 players have become an extra limb for our students. Learn how to put podcasting to work for you! This session will take you through the basics of Garage Band, you will create podcasts from start to finish. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> = = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Session Two = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">(10:15 a.m.- 11:45 a.m.) = = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 130%;">Google Galore- <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-size: 104%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Craig Lucci <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Have you heard the expresssion "just Google it" ? Now, you can do that and much, much more! Google has tons of tools for the educator and their students. Learn how to collaboratively share documents, create and develop a Google home page for the class- Google docs, iGoogle, Google custom search, Google reader and Googles more!
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Session Closed- Reached Capacity **<span class="wiki_link_ext">- __[|Click __**here**__ to be placed on the wait list] (6/15/09)__

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 130%;"> The Power of Podcasting- <span style="font-size: 104%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">Nick Filipowski <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">MP3 players have become an extra limb for our students. Learn how to put podcasting to work for you! This session will take you through the basics of Garage Band, you will create podcasts from start to finish.
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Session Closed- Reached Capacity **<span class="wiki_link_ext">- __[|Click __**here**__ to be placed on the wait list] (6/15/09)__

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 130%;"> Wow Your Students with Web 2.0 - <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-size: 104%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wendy Sigele <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What is Web 2.0? Interactive, engaging and collaborative are just a few words to describe Web 2.0. Your students know it, why not use one of their tools to make your class even more engaging!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 130%;"> Blogtastic Blogs I- <span style="font-size: 104%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bill Steinbach <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What is a blog and how it can be used in the classroom? Attend this session to create a blog that can be used immediately to convey classroom information to parents and students. Let to conversation continue beyond the classroom walls!

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Session Three = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">(12:45 p.m.- 2:15 p.m.) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 130%;">Promethean: Everything You Forgot Over the Summer- <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Jim Finedore <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Problem retaining what you've learned from Day 1 Promethean training? This is the session for you! Your instructor will review the basics in addition to showing you great resources to use with your students from the first day of school and beyond.
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Session Closed- Reached Capacity **<span class="wiki_link_ext">- __[|Click __**here**__ to be placed on the wait list] (6/15/09)__

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 130%;"> Wow Your Students with Web 2.0 - <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-size: 104%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wendy Sigele <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What is Web 2.0? Interactive, engaging and collaborative are just a few words to describe Web 2.0. Your students know it, why not use one of their tools to make your class even more engaging!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 130%;"> Blogtastic Blogs I- <span style="font-size: 104%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bill Steinbach <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What is a blog and how it can be used in the classroom? Attend this session to create a blog that can be used immediately to convey classroom information to parents and students. Let to conversation continue beyond the classroom walls!
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Session Closed- Reached Capacity **<span class="wiki_link_ext">- __[|Click __**here**__ to be placed on the wait list] (6/15/09)__

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 130%;"> The Not So Sticky Wiki- <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-size: 104%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Craig Lucci <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Learn how to use wikis to collaborate online with your colleagues and students. Discover how wikis can be used to share information with your team or building, and how they can be used in the classroom for lessons, projects, assessment, etc. Attendees will have the opportunity to create their own wiki for whatever purpose best meets their needs.
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Session Closed- Reached Capacity **<span class="wiki_link_ext">- __[|Click __**here**__ to be placed on the wait list] (6/15/09)__

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 120%;">Day 2
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 120%;">Thursday, August 20th =<span style="color: rgb(171, 0, 255); font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = = = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> = __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-size: 150%;">ALL DAY OPTION __ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 130%;">Promethean Day 2 Training <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">This session is open to those who have completed Day 1 training. Training will take you through Modules 3,4 and 5 of the Promethean manual. This is a 6 hour session from 8:30-3:30 with an hour for lunch. If you select Promethean Day 2, you may not select any other sessions on this day.
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Session Closed- Reached Capacity **<span class="wiki_link_ext">- __[|Click __**here**__ to be placed on the wait list]__ (6/2/09)

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Session One = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">(8:30 a.m.- 10:00 a.m.)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 130%;">Reporting and Data- We promise it won't be boring! - <span style="font-size: 104%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Jeanne Bischoff <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> NWEA, Just 5 Clicks, ThinkCentral, Final Grade Entry (Elem.), PowerTeacher Gradebook (MS)... lots of data, how do can you manipulate and manage it all? This is the class for you, learn how to enter data, access data, create reports to inform parents and help guide your instruction for students.
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Session Closed- Reached Capacity **<span class="wiki_link_ext">- __[|Click __**here**__ to be placed on the wait list] (6/15/09)__

<span style="color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Digital Storytelling- <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-size: 104%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wendy Sigele <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 96%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Telling a story can lead to great digital adventures. Learn to mash up digital images with words to create engaging stories for you and your students to share. This session will provide hands on time to create your own digital story using some fantastic Web 2.0 tools including Voicethread, Animoto and more!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 130%;">The Not So Sticky Wiki- <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-size: 104%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Craig Lucci <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Learn how to use wikis to collaborate online with your colleagues and students. Discover how wikis can be used to share information with your team or building, and how they can be used in the classroom for lessons, projects, assessment, etc. Attendees will have the opportunity to create their own wiki for whatever purpose best meets their needs.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 130%;">Beyond the Board (Promethean) - <span style="font-size: 104%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bill Steinbach <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You have your Promethean Board, you've had the training, now what? What other gadgets come with your board? Learn to incorporate sound and video, use your Activotes or ActivExpressions, how to use your document camera, play with an Activslate.
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Session Closed- Reached Capacity **<span class="wiki_link_ext">- __[|Click __**here**__ to be placed on the wait list] (6/15/09)__

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Session Two = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">(10:15 a.m.- 11:45 a.m.)

=<span style="color: rgb(171, 0, 255); font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 130%;">The Not So Sticky Wiki- <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-size: 104%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Craig Lucci <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Learn how to use wikis to collaborate online with your colleagues and students. Discover how wikis can be used to share information with your team or building, and how they can be used in the classroom for lessons, projects, assessment, etc. Attendees will have the opportunity to create their own wiki for whatever purpose best meets their needs.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 130%;"> The Power of Podcasting- <span style="font-size: 104%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Nick Filipowski <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">MP3 players have become an extra limb for our students. Learn how to put podcasting to work for you! This session will take you through the basics of Garage Band, you will create podcasts from start to finish.
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Session Closed- Reached Capacity **<span class="wiki_link_ext">- __[|Click __**here**__ to be placed on the wait list]__ (6/10/09)

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 130%;"> Wow Your Students with Web 2.0 - <span style="font-size: 104%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Jeanne Bischoff <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What is Web 2.0? Interactive, engaging and collaborative are just a few words to describe Web 2.0. Your students know it, why not use one of their tools to make your class even more engaging! **<span style="font-size: 80%; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">DIFFERENT WEB 2.0 TOOLS THAN DAY 1, SO SIGN UP FOR BOTH DAYS IF YOU LIKE! **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-size: 144%;"> <span style="color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Blogtastic II - <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 130%;"> <span style="font-size: 104%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bill Steinbach <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Loved your first session on blogs and want to learn more? This session will take you beyond the basics of blogging. This session is only open to those who have attended Blogs I or Spring PD for Blogs and Wikis.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Session Three = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">(12:45 p.m.- 2:15 p.m.)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 130%;">Promethean: Everything You Forgot Over the Summer- <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Jim Finedore <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Problem retaining what you've learned from Day 1 Promethean training? This is the session for you! Your instructor will review the basics in addition to showing you great resources to use with your students from the first day of school and beyond.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255);">
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 130%;"> Wow Your Students with Web 2.0 - <span style="font-size: 104%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Jeanne Bischoff <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What is Web 2.0? Interactive, engaging and collaborative are just a few words to describe Web 2.0. Your students know it, why not use one of their tools to make your class even more engaging!

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<span style="color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Digital Storytelling- <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-size: 104%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Caren Kimbarovsky <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

<span style="color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Telling a story can lead to great digital adventures. Learn to mash up digital images with words to create engaging stories for you and your students to share. This session will provide hands on time to create your own digital story using some fantastic Web 2.0 tools including Voicethread, Animoto and more!

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 130%;">Google Galore- <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-size: 104%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Craig Lucci <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Have you heard the expresssion "just Google it" ? Now, you can do that and much, much more! Google has tons of tools for the educator and their students. Learn how to collaboratively share documents, create and develop a Google home page for the class- Google docs, iGoogle, Google custom search, Google reader and Googles more!
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Session Closed- Reached Capacity **<span class="wiki_link_ext">- __[|Click __**here**__ to be placed on the wait list] (6/15/09)__

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">Click here for "How to Register" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(133, 0, 255); font-size: 120%;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); text-align: center; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">ONLINE Registration is Required Tech Academy is a collaborative project between the Curriculum department, Personnel department, and the Mentoring program. Teacher participation will be compensated according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement including the TRS 6% cap (***NOTE, THE TRS CAP IS IN THE CONTRACT***) regarding summer workshops. Non-tenured teachers may choose to apply Tech Academy workshop hours towards their professional development requirement (PDP) in lieu of compensation.