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General Information

Our workshops seek to blend elements of "how-to," "what-to," and "why-to" to provide educators a more complete perspective of how to thoughtfully and successfully integrate technology into their curriculum. We also believe people learn best by doing AND reflecting, both of which are integral to our workshops. Therefore, our workshops include hands-on activities, demonstrations, and discussions. Although all workshops are designed for a range of skill levels, the workshops can be modified to meet the particular needs and interests of your school or district.

Beyond Surfing: Focusing Students Use Of the Web with Treasure Hunts & WebQuests

This workshop is designed to acquaint teachers with two methods for focusing students' use of the World Wide Web. Participants will explore existing Treasure Hunts and WebQuests and discuss their strengths and weaknesses. They will also design either an original Treasure Hunt or WebQuest that compliments or enhances an existing curriculum topic. The workshop will also include short presentations or activities on: searching the WWW; bookmarking quality sites; writing higher-order questions; and designing cooperative tasks.

Beyond Surfing: Integrating Treasure Hunts Into Your Curriculum

Imagine a teaching method that combines the WWW, content "reading," and high student motivation. Treasure Hunts do just that. Come learn where to find Treasure Hunts that fit your curriculum, how to evaluate them, and where you can go to learn to create your own effective and engaging Treasure Hunt.

Beyond Surfing II: Weaving WebQuests Into Your Curriculum

Imagine a teaching method that combines the WWW, cooperative learning, problem-based learning, and high student motivation. WebQuests do just that. Come learn where to find WebQuests that fit your curriculum, how to evaluate them, and where you can go to learn to create your own effective and engaging WebQuest.

Beyond Surfing III: Research In The Electronic Age

Imagine a teaching method that combines the internet, cooperative learning, inquiry-based learning, information literacy, and high student motivation. Internet Research Projects do just that. Come learn where to find quality Research Projects that fit your curriculum, how to evaluate them, and where you can go to learn to create your own effective and engaging Research Projects.

Developing a Building Tech Team and Creating an Integrated Tech Plan

This two day workshop is designed for buildings interested in creating (or refocusing) a building level Tech Team to guide their planning and professional development. Activities completed during this workshop are designed to: create a common vision for the integration of technology into the curriculum; assess building and staff skills and needs; understand elements of successful change efforts; set clear goals; develop a workable plan based on a variety of professional development options; and evaluate progress.

Elements of this workshop have been incorporated into the highly successful Ameritech Technology Academy workshops.

Developing Integrated Technology Activities and Units

This two-day workshop is designed to serve as a springboard for participants wanting to design high quality activities or units that integrate core curriculum content and technology. During the workshop, participants will: create a working definition of what "Technology Integration" is; consider different levels of integration; explore activities/units created by other educators and the web resources where they are located; evaluate activities/units; and design their own activity or unit.

Developing School or District Technology Skills Scope and Sequence

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Digital Photography and iPhoto

This introductory workshop is designed for educators who want to improve their photography skills and integrate digital photography into their curriculum. Workshop topics include: camera basics; photography tips; mastering iPhoto; and planning, managing and evaluating student projects and lessons. The session will also show how digital photography projects can support the development of NETS proficiencies.

Easing eZedia into the Classroom

This introductory workshop is designed to acquaint educators with eZediaMX, the next generation of multimedia software. Workshop topics include: creating linear and non-linear projects; integrating photographs, movies, and animations; and planning, managing and evaluating student projects and lessons. The session will also show how eZedia projects can support the development of NETS proficiencies.

iNtegrate iMovie iNto iNstruction

This workshop is designed to introduce participants to shooting, editing, and sharing digital movies with iMovie. The workshop topics include: videography basics; importing video clips and still images; editing clips; adding transitions, titles, and audio; and designing and managing school projects.

Comprehensive - Digital Video eDVentures Workshop

The Research Workshop: Information Processing  in the Electronic Age

During this one or two day workshop, teachers participate in hands-on activities, tutorials, discussions, and demonstrations designed to help them create and manage integrated, electronic age research projects. Workshop topics include: forming research questions; gathering information; sifting, sorting, and evaluating information; representing and reporting findings; and evaluating processes and projects. Throughout the workshop there will be a focus on how computers can enhance traditional research skills, the pitfalls they often lead students into, and the new genre of reporting they enable.

WebApprentices and WebMasters: Designing And Creating WWW Pages with Dreamweaver

Introductory Level - During this workshop, teachers participate in hands-on activities, tutorials, discussions, and demonstrations designed to teach them how to create WWW pages and how to teach their students similar skills. The workshop topics include: browsing and evaluating existing student, teacher, and school WWW pages; WWW page design guidelines; planning WWW pages and sites; creating pages with Dreamweaver; and planning, managing and evaluating student projects and lessons.

Intermediate Level - This workshop is designed for teachers already comfortable with designing and creating WWW pages. The workshop topics include: moving beyond single pages to site design and creation; creating tables and frames; incorporating multimedia elements (sound and video); and managing your site.

What's the Hype all About? Integrating Multimedia/Hypermedia into the Curriculum (KidPix, HyperStudio, PowerPoint, or eZedia)

Introductory Level - This workshop is designed to acquaint educators with multimedia technology and help them learn how to use it to enhance their own classroom instruction. During the workshop, each participant works with a multimedia application (KidPix, HyperStudio, PowerPoint, or eZedia). Workshop topics include: defining multimedia; a comparison of different multimedia applications; creating teacher projects for direct instruction; planning, managing and evaluating student projects and lessons; and working with extra hardware (e.g. scanners, digital cameras, etc.).

Intermediate Level - This workshop is designed to help educators develop successful classroom activities in which students create curriculum-based multimedia projects. Participants will develop an original multimedia project designed to compliment and enhance an existing curriculum unit. Participants will also learn how to: develop criteria for assessing student multimedia projects; discuss classroom/lab management/instructional methods; and identify relevant resources on the Internet.