MUS Faculty
Summer Tech Classes 2008

Workshops at other places are listed below

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Sign up by May 16th.

A stipend is available for MUS workshops!

Please mark the subjects you want to take. 

If you want to take a class, but cannot come on that date, mark the class and put the weeks that you can attend in the Note field.

1/2 day workshops = 9-12     full day workshops = 9-3:30

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PhotoStory - A Project for Your Students
      Monday, June
2nd

½ day - 1 day (full day includes creating specific PhotoStory for class instruction or development of plan for a student project)

                                                                                         Note

What is PhotoStory?

It is a free Microsoft program that allows you to create slideshows with effects, soundtracks, and your voice narration, thus creating a story with your photos. You can do simple editing like touch-up, crop,  rotate, remove red-eye, and add titles and captions. Turn still photos into a movie type show with up to 5 minutes of audio on each picture.

Examples of PhotoStories saved in wmv format
http://itdp.providence.edu/Help/Video.htm 
http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/task/photostory/ps3demos.htm
 

            Bring a topic and an outline for a presentation by you or for a class project.

Update Website With Blogging Software  ½ day
       Tuesday, June 3rd                                                     Note

     

Bring a list of topics or ideas that you want to incorporate into your teacher website. Let me know if you also want to create online quizzes for review.

Clickers (Classroom Performance System)   
      Wednesday, June 4th  

 ½ day - 1 day (full day includes creating CPS tests for a specific class and topic)
                                                                                         Note

            Overview of CPS
            Set up database and class
            Create Quizzes
            Gradebook
            Incorporate ExamView databases

Video   1 day                                                             Note
      Thursday, June 5th

Use one of MUS's video cameras to shoot video and create a short movie using MovieMaker. Bring a topic for a project for one of your classes.

Web 2.0 for Teachers  - Library Session  ½ day
      Tuesday, June 10th                                                    Note
     

You may already know about social networking sites, blogs, wikiis, rss feeds, social bookmarking and other Web 2.0 tools. If not, come learn what they are and how you can use them with your class.

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Workshops at Other Places & Online Training

 

 

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