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Cameras, SD

This session will provide an introduction to three relatively inexpensive cameras that operate with SD memory cards that enable the user to shoot a movie and immediately present it to a class on a TV or projection unit or transfer it to a computer for editing. The cameras shown will be $100, $150, and $200 models. A few examples of classroom applications will also be shared.

Cameras, Video & Digital

Participants bring their digital cameras for this session, if possible. I will go over various tips/tricks such as editing, file size, uploading, blah, blah, blah. I could also do this for the video camera……………

Creating an Online Photo Album

Description: FrontPage has a nice feature that automatically creates a photo album in very few steps. We will take sample images (or students may bring digital images) and create a photo album using this feature. I will show a sample classroom field trip web page of photos. Phanfare.com (a photo and video album sharing service that is free for schools) can also be used to share classroom photos and videos with students, their families, and the community. http://www.bjhsoe.phanfare.com/  is an example. This service costs $60 annually for the general public, but schools may create one free account with a request submitted on stationery with a school letterhead.

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Dfilm

Dfilm is a free Internet based site that allows users to quickly create and share short flash style movies. Although this is a simple application to learn, the opportunities to creatively use this resource with students are vast.

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eInstruction

"You can engage every child in class material by creating an interactive learning environment in your classroom. Students who normally remain silent in class can now answer every question without fear of embarrassment. And since you see instant feedback from the entire class, you know whether to move on or continue teaching a concept. "

Links:

• K-12 Web Site

• K-12 Products

• Training Videos

Equation Editor

The Equation Editor is a little-known feature of Microsoft Office that let's you put mathematical expressions into any Microsoft document. Elementary teachers will finally be able to put arithmetic problems in a document that look typeset, just like problems out of the textbook. No more drawing in division boxes by hand. Making arithmetic problems "vertical" is a snap, and fractions look like real fractions. Science and math teachers will be able to include complicated formulas that include symbols like square roots, greek letters, exponents, etc. in documents.

And the best part is that they are all easily editable graphics! Make one, copy and paste it several times, and then go back and change the numbers! A whole worksheet can be done in no time!

Link to Documentation (Microsoft Word Document)

Excel Advanced

Excel 2003 enables you to turn data into information with powerful tools to analyze, communicate, and share results. Excel 2003 can help you work better in teams, and help protect and control access to your work. In addition, you can work with industry-standard Extensible Markup Language (XML) data to make it easier to connect to business processes. Feast topics that will be covered:

Data Manipulation

      Sort

      Filter

      Subtotal/Counts

Pivot Tables & Charts

      Examples

      Benefits of using

     Organizing data

What can you do with Excel?

     Kim's Spreadsheet Sites

     To Excel in the Classroom is Elementary

     Internet4Classroms Microsoft Excel Modules

     Microsoft Office Online Templates

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Feast 101

The purpose of this session is to simply get you acquainted with the resources you will be using this week. This includes the login and password you will use to access network resources. These resources include the home directory or H: drive, where you will store files you work on during the week, and the X: drive, where you will find printers and a shared Feast folder. We will also go through the local Bloomington Feast website which includes all the quizzes, evaluations, trainer profiles, menus and session descriptions and schedules. Finally, we will use this session to take the U of I pre-survey, and answer any other questions you might have about logistics for the Feast. Advanced users – please bear with us and help your neighbor where you can.

1. Your Username and Password

2. Home Directory – H: Drive to store your files

3. Shared Directory – X: Drive for Printer Access

4. Gmail - email jim@district87.org to get on the mailing list for the week.

5. Review the Feast Website – www.thefeast.org

   a.       Daily Quizzes

   b.      *Session Evaluations

   c.       Feast Staff

   d.      Menu

   e.       Participants and web site links

   f.        Pictures

   g.       Resources

   h.       Schedule

   i.        Other Feast Sites

6. UI Pre-survey

7. * Reminder - Please visit the Evaluation Link  after each session

Firefox

Internet Explorer isn’t the only browser available. Firefox is the most popular open-source browser on the market. This breakout session will demonstrate how to download and install Firefox, how to change the theme and how to use the tabbed browsing features. It will also examine some of the many extensions that are available for Firefox.

FTC Publishing Software

• Report Writer Interactive

• Sound Companion

• GamePak Interactive

• GamePak Interactive 2

• PowerPak for PowerPoint

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Google Earth

THE BASICS – Learn about the basic features of Google Earth – Fly To, Maps, Directions, Place marks, and what this Free Downloadable Software can do to enhance your teaching.

Google for Educators

Since Google for Educators was launched, many teachers have come to Google with stories of how Google products are helping them in the classroom. During this session we'd like to share some of the tools Google has available for Educators. The link for the web site (at least the web page with the list of tools for you classroom) is http://www.google.com/educators/tools.html.

We will not have time to cover all the tools Google has made available for educators to use in their classroom.  If you see something you find interesting, let use know and we will explore the tool together.

Make sure you check out the classroom activities link for ideas on how other teachers are using these tools. Also, be sure to check out the classroom posters.

Google Groups

This site will show you how to use your new gmail account to create and operate a user group that allows members to join and share information under the supervision of the creator. This is a fairly simple way to get a source for class information up and running that will automatically update all members when new information is added. An example of how to use this as a class blog will be presented.
 

Great Online Resources

Spend some time surfing website resources and finding the ones that will work for you in the classroom. This is a great opportunity to click and share with each other as well then add them to the Favorites in your browser, Google Notebook or Word Document.

Link: Great Online Resources

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Moodle

Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities. You can download and use it on any computer you have handy (including webhosts), yet it can scale from a single-teacher site to a 50,000-student University. (http://www.moodle.org)

To get the most out of Moodle, participants should have a unit of study in mind that they teach or intend to teach. Teachers will create, use, or modify the following activities on their personal Moodle site:

• writing prompts

• tests and/or quizzes

• website addresses (supplements to whatever your unit covers)

• assignments (PowerPoint, pamphlets, newsletters, essays, etc.)

• discussion questions, texts, group projects, and

• assignment/event calendars.

At the end of the session, teachers will have a website up and running. Students in their classes will be able to use the site to access information and directions, take quizzes or tests, turn in assignments, discuss controversial issues, and journal anywhere there is internet access. Teachers have the same advantage; they will be able to access their students’ responses, projects, test results, or progress anywhere there is internet access.

Guest Presenter: Amy McClain

http://moodle.shiloh.k12.il.us/moodle/

Area 4 Moodle Server: http://moodle.area4.k12.il.us/moodle

Movie Maker

Create a home movies using Microsoft Movie Maker....

Participants will be using Windows Movie Maker to import video, edit it, add music, titles, etc.  In the latter part of the session, we will be creating a video in the Green Screen room, then importing it back into Movie Maker for final editing.

Links:

• Microsoft's Movie Maker Web Site

• Supporting Feast Documentation

Movie Maker for Beginners

Lights…Camera….Action. Start making movies on your computer. Windows Movie Maker is a free video-editing tool included with Microsoft Windows XP. With Movie Maker, you can turn your home movies into awesome videos that you can share across the Internet, or burn to a CD or DVD. Movie Maker is easy for anyone to use, so don't be afraid to dive in, even if you're not a computer expert.
 

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Not really a web cam

If you are interested in an inexpensive way ($80) to capture images and audio on your PC, a web cam can be a viable option. Although the quality does not rival a document scanner (more $), the results are passable for many applications and the webcam provides for other uses as well. At least when this description went to press, the class will not show you how to work the product as a webcam because I don’t know how to do it.

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Online Tools

Open Source Software

You don’t have to be a programmer to benefit from the availability of open source software. This breakout session will show you some sites where you can download quality Open source software.

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PhotoStory

Photo Story is a free download from Microsoft.com. It allows users to take digital pictures and combine them into a video slide show with narration, music and titles. Participants will have hands-on time to complete a PhotoStory.
 

Links:

• PhotoStory download from Microsoft.com

• Supporting Feast documentation

• Microsoft Tutorial

PowerPoint

PowerPoint Advanced

PowerPoint is a slide show presentation software that combines background templates, text, images, clipart, video, and more into a professional and organized presentation on any topic. 

T0pics:

      Using the task pane

      Design templates

      Color schemes

      Templates from Microsoft.com | Example #1 | Example #2 |

      Custom animation | Example #1| Example #2 |

      Animation schemes

      Motion paths | Example #1 |

      Adding movies | Example #1 |
      Adding sounds & music | Example #1 |

      Action buttons

      Master slides

      Examples

Possibilities with Publisher

Publisher Possibilities:

      Banners

      Bookmarks | biology87.org |

      Brochures | BHS AP Brochure |

      Calendars

      Certificates & mail merge

      Newsletters | BHS April/May Newsletter |

      Notecards | Thank You | Congratulations |

      Other | Change of Address | Grade Report Request | Group Evaluation | Hall Pass | Science Route |

      Postcards

      Posters | Digestive System Map |

      Signs | Homework Help | BHS Volunteer Fair | Recertification |

Promethean Presentation

http://www.prometheanworld.com/us/server/show/nav.2580

http://www.gohaddock.com/

www.prometheanworld.com

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Skyweb:  http://skyweb.district87.org
 

• Using the Notebook Tools & Features

• Gallery collections

• Classroom activities

• Exporting Notebooks to PDF

• Attachments tab

• Adding multimedia

• Print capture

• Resources

Links:

• Documentation for using Notebook Software

• Number Cruncher Documentation

• Speller Documentation

• Resources

Documents:

• EarthDayCertificate.doc

• EarthDayStudentList.xls

What can you do with Excel?

•      Kim's Spreadsheet Sites

•      To Excel in the Classroom is Elementary

•      Internet4Classroms Microsoft Excel Modules

•      Microsoft Office Online Templates

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United Streaming

Lesson: 

United Streaming is an online resource bank of digital videos, images, activities, and information.  You will need images and video clips to create the materials for your presentation.  In this activity you will create a United Streaming account and use it to find images and videos.
http://www.unitedstreaming.com/

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This session utilizes the very nice lesson from the U of I Feast packet, Section N, Web Based Media. Students will experience and use Flickr, Picasa, Pics4learning, Odeo, Bubbleshare, & Wikispaces.  Note: this is a lot to cover, but very good resources.

Supporting Feast Documentation

Learn how to make a classroom web site.

Supporting Feast Documentation:

• Build a web site using Microsoft's FrontPage 2003

• Build a web site using KompoZer

Feast Documentation:

• Word Processing in the Classroom using Microsoft Word

• Word Processing in the Classroom using OpenOffice.org 2.2 Writer

Writer Resources:

Going further - Mail Merge Lesson

• Link to lesson

• Book Award (Publisher)

• Form Letter

• MailMerge1.xls

• MailMerg2.xls