HHH Instructional Technology Winter 2013\Spring 2014
Information literacy, the ability to find, analyze, manage, present and share information as well as the ability to adapt rapidly to the changes brought about by the availability of information, is a critical skill for 21st century citizens. Students need to become skilled in the use of the range of technology resources they will encounter. These skills will not come from special computer classes or from drill and practice computer use, but through the full integration of technology in their education. As 21st-century jobs become increasingly information based, workers need to: • use multimedia tools to communicate and present ideas and concepts orally and in writing • separate the important, relevant information from the vast mountain of information available • quickly learn specialized information in an ongoing fashion • work effectively in physical and virtual groups The District’s philosophy of integrating technology into the instructional program reflects these issues. Half Hollow Hills’ Professional Development courses aim to support staff members in becoming efficient users and integrators of technology within their classrooms.
Animoto Presentations: Easy as 1, 2, 3 7.5 hours PDP Location: West Hollow Lab 1 Date: January 2, 9 and 16 Time: 3:45 PM to 6:15 PM Instructor: Diane Calise Course Description: Make a video without a video camera. All you have to do is choose your photos, videos and text, add music (either your own or from Animoto’s list), and wait a few minutes while your video is finalized. You also may embed your video easily into your eBoard or blog, download a video for in class presentation, post to YouTube, or email. Learning.com 5 hour PDP Location: FGAC Room 211 Date: January 13 and February 3 Time: 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM Instructor: Jolynn Sapia Course Description: Teachers K-8 will learn how to use this online software program with their classes. Teachers will learn how to create classes, assignments, and the management system contained in this program. Teachers will become well-versed in the pre-assessments, creating content tailored to these assessments, and then using post-tests to evaluate the skills created for each student. QR Codes in the Classroom 5 hour PDP Location: Vanderbilt Library Date: January 14 and 16 Time: 3:45 PM to 6:15 PM Instructor: Katherine Homenides Course Description: Using QR codes in the classroom is a new and innovative way to keep children engaged and focused on the task at hand. This course will introduce QR codes, explain how to create them and give teachers collaboration time to incorporate them into their curriculum. A mobile device, such as an iPad, iPod touch or smartphone, with internet access is required for this course. Participants should also bring their district laptops to create activities with QR codes.
Photoshop: Digital Imaging in the Classroom 5 hour PDP Location: HS East New Mac Lab/Library Date: January 21 and 22 Time: 3:45 PM to 6:15 PM Instructor: Ben Wiley Course Description: Learn how to use digital cameras, and images from the web to enhance and enliven classroom teaching and learning. You will leave this class prepared with practical ideas that you will be able to immediately apply in your classroom. Among the topics this course will explore are how digital cameras work, and basic photo editing techniques using Adobe Photoshop, and how to integrate the use of digital images into the curriculum. Through a variety of hands-on activities, you will develop the skills needed to effectively begin using digital images in your classroom. During this course, you will develop an instructional module/presentation, for your classroom incorporating the use of digital images. This is an introductory course open to all K-12 teachers. SmartBoard Level 1 15 hour PDP Location: FGAC Room 211 Date: January 21, 28 and February 4, 11 and 25 Time: 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM Instructor: Jolynn Sapia Course Description: From the beginner to the novice, learn how to navigate through the basics of SMART Board, create your own files, find resources to avail yourself of, and begin to integrate this tool into your existing curriculum Tagxedo, Wordle, Symbaloo and Other Cool Tools 7.5 hour PDP Location: FGAC Room 211 Date: January 22, 29 and February 5 Time: 3:45 PM to 6:15 PM Instructor: Jolynn Sapia Course Description: Tagxedo, Wordle, Symbaloo, and other cool tools! Students are motivated by digital creations. Learn how to use these free online resources to integrate technology into your curriculum. These “word cloud� producing online tools will help you jumpstart your lessons and develop additional strategies for working with vocabulary in your classroom. Tagxedo and Wordle turn words - famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, into a visually stunning word clouds. Symbaloo is a free visual bookmarking application that lets you create multiple tabs for organizing all of your web links. These tools can be integrated into all existing tools you are currently using!
Websites for Everyone: WIX 5 hour PDP Location: HS East New Mac Lab/Library Date: January 28 and February 4 Time: 3:45 PM to 6:15 PM Instructor: Ben Wiley Course Description: Wix has something for everyone, so whether you’re a teacher, student, musician, small business owner, or entrepreneur, they provide all the tools and features you need to build an amazing online presence for FREE. Create your own original website that reflects you or your brand and get online today. Wix keeps complex techy processes behind the curtain and guarantees that your experience is simple, fun and code-free. "Blogging" and Internet Productivity and Creativity in the Secondary Classroom (Gr 7-12) 15 hour PDP Location: West Hollow Room 229 Date: February 5, 12, 26 and March 5 Time: 3:15 PM to 7 PM Instruction: Jeanine Ortiz Many teachers have started to experiment with blogs. For some, a blog is an electronic notebook - one students can't lose (or claim the dog ate). For others, it's a forum where a class discussion can unfold 24/7. Either way, blogging can be a powerful educational tool. Participants will learn how to set up a blog, protect students online, and use the blog for a variety of purposes: personal expression, creative writing, an online notebook, classroom discussions, and with an array of online web tools for media creation and productivity. Participants will learn to harness the power of mashing (embedding) in any curriculum and discover a variety of teaching ideas for making media-rich, student-centered classrooms. "Blogger" will be the secure social network where a variety of student work is published. Discover the potential that these exciting new learning opportunities can unleash in your students when they're empowered with the ability to create and professionally publish for an audience of networked peers.
iMovie ‘11: Lights, Camera, Action! 7.5 hour PDP Location: West Hollow Lab 1 Date: February 6, 13 and 27 Time: 3:45 PM to 6:15 PM Instructor: Diane Calise Course Description: iMovie ’11 is robust enough to have multiple uses for you and your students. From slow motion videography to documentation, to presentations and everything in-between. Participants will discover ways iMovie can be used to enhance student learning. Participants will learn how to bring their lessons to life through video, sound, and pictures. Evernote for Education 5 hour PDP Location: HS East New Mac Lab/Library Date: March 11 and 18 Time: 3:45 PM to 6:15 PM Instructor: Amanda Kavner Course Description: Evernote is a great tool for teachers to capture notes, organize lesson plans, collaborate on projects, snap photos of whiteboards, and more. Everything you add to your account is automatically synced and made available on all the computers, phones and tablets you use, at home or at school. In this course we will explore the many uses of Evernote to keep us organized and for our classroom. SmartBoard Level II *Prerequisite 15 hour PDP Location: FGAC Room 211 Date: March 4, 11, 18, 25 and April 8 Time: 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM Instructor: Jolynn Sapia Course Description: Take it to the next level… take everything you learned in SMART Board Level 1, and take it to the next level… learn cool tips and tricks, how to master the Lesson Activity Toolkit and create exemplar lessons. *Prerequisite: SmartBoard Level 1 Going Graphic: Comic Life in Education 5 hour PDP Location: West Hollow Lab 1 Date: March 6 and 13 Time: 3:45 PM to 6:15 PM Instructor: Diane Calise Course Description: Digital graphic writing is one genre students need fluency. Comic Life is the “word processor” of digital graphic writing. Comic Life is EASY TO LEARN, INSPIRES CREATIVITY, and MOTIVATES READING AND WRITING.
Free Web Tools for the Classroom 5 Hour PDP Location: HS West Computer Lab Date March 12 and 19 Time: 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM Instructor: Anny Espinal Free Web Tools for the Classroom is a course in which teachers will learn about the revolutionary new ways of creating, collaborating and sharing content created using free 2.0 web tools. The web tools can be used to create projects, activities and assessments. The web tools are very user friendly; the teachers and students can easily master them. There is no need to download or purchase any software or memberships. Using Infographics for Instruction and Assessment 5 hour PDP Location: HS East New Mac Lab/Library Date: March 27 and April 3 Time: 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM Instructor: Patrick Kiley-Rendon Course Description: Infographics are the graphical representations of data, facts, statistics, etc. They have been around for decades -- subway maps, USA Today polls, Electoral College breakdowns -- but they have recently experienced a tremendous surge in their presence on the Web. When designed correctly, they draw a viewer’s attention and quickly convey a message. Participants in the class will learn about the aesthetic and artistic decisions that go into infographics, sites that teachers and students can use to create them, and sites that provide infographics that can supplement curricula. These can be used as teaching tools and as assessments. eBoard Refresher 5 Hour PDP Location: Vanderbilt Library Date: April 22 and 24 Time: 3:45 M to 6:15 PM Instructor: Katherine Homenides This course will show teachers how to utilize their class EBoards to increase communication and collaboration as well as integrate technology into the classroom by posting links, photos, podcasts, streaming video, and other digital content. Participants will learn how to use their EBoards to keep students and parents updated and informed on assignments, projects, events, and other important school and classroom information. They will also learn how to utilize their EBoards to enhance their curriculum by building learning communities using iNotes and uploaded digital resources.
Create an Online Professional/Student Portfolio or Class Resource Website 7.5 Hour PDP Location: HS East Room 906 Date: April 26 Time: 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM Instructor: Becky Merejo Teachers will learn to create a website that showcases their work, samples of students' work, classroom, etc. Teachers will provide a sample of each of the domains per HHH portfolio requirements that incorporates 21st century skills. Great for probationary and tenured teachers who wish to update their portfolios or have an online portfolio. This course can also help teachers create a model so that they can have students create online portfolios to showcase work done in your class. Teachers can create a website that contains resources and online activities. Tools and Applications for “Flipping” the Classroom 7.5 Hour PDP Location: HS West Computer Lab Date: May 6 and 13 Time: 3:30 PM to 7:15 PM Instructor: Julian Aptowitz The “Flipped Classroom” model will be described and discussed, and it’s merits defined. Teachers will be introduced to a variety of applications and tools to create content material for student viewing on-line. Teachers will also examine tools to verify a student’s use of the on-line materials. Edmodo 7.5 Hour PDP Location: HS East Room 906 Date May 17 Time: 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM Instructor: Becky Merejo Teachers will learn how to use www.edmodo.com to enhance student learning inside and outside of the classroom. Teachers will create online homework assignments, online quizzes/tests, provide student resources (online video links, websites, etc.), and network with other colleagues. This incorporates 21st century skills. Great for teachers who wish are looking to utilize a new tool with their classes. Students can download free application onto their smartphones. Course can also help teachers collaborate with others in their grade level in and outside of their building through the use of networking with other teachers who currently use www.edmodo.com.
Flip Your Classroom With Your eBoard! 5 Hour PDP Location: Vanderbilt Library Date May 20 and 22 Time: 3:45 PM to 6:15 PM Instructor:
Katherine Homenides
Flipping classrooms is a model of teaching that “flips� the traditional structure of classroom teaching and homework. Students can watch an explanation or demonstration of a concept at home on their computers or devices, while using class time to hone their skills or apply their knowledge with their classmates in school. It is an excellent way for teachers to differentiate instruction and for students to take responsibility for their own learning! Participants will learn how to use their eBoard to create a flipped classroom. They will explore different activities and online resources to help them create lessons and projects for their class.