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RCPS Offers Tuesday Tech workshops for teachers
All workshops for RCPS Teachers to be held at the Hulvey Training Room at the new School Board Offices from 3:45 - 5:00 on Tuesdays. There is no registration for the workshops--just show up and learn! For each three workshops attended, participants may request 5 recertification points from their principal. All workshops are taught by Instructional Technology Resource Teachers. Click HERE to see who the ITRTs are and what they do.
2005-2006 Schedule ... for current training info, click here.
| Date | Instructor | Title | Audience | Description |
| Feb 21 | Dennis Durost | Introduction to iPhoto | All teachers | Learn how to attach cameras to your computer; download and organize your photos; photo manipulations and adjustments; exporting photos, etc. |
| Feb 28 | Joe Showker | Apple's iApps | All teachers | Learn how to use Apple's Cool software Use iTunes, iMovie, iPhoto and iDVD to create, teach with and even burn to disk. Will also cover the Elem/MIddle school AV emacs. Put everything together for a neat movie or slide show that can be burned/shown on a DVD. |
| Mar 7 | Dennis Durost | AppleWorks and your Digital Photos | All teachers | Learn to insert and use digital photos in Appleworks 6.0 |
| Mar 14 | Alice Bair | Creating Webquests | All teachers | Learn how to create webquests for instruction |
| Mar 21 | Joe Showker | Teaching with AV | All teachers | Learn how to integrate quicktime, mpeg, .wav, .mov and other multi-media sound into your teaching presentations. Learn how to get .mov files from the net as well. We'll also show how to do some cool thing with your computer...eye candy. |
| Mar 28 | Kevin Perkins | Creating Assessments with Exam View Pro | Teachers in Gr. 6-12 | Efficiently create assessments in ExamView Pro, learn how to format tests, create multiple forms and add your own question banks. |
| Apr 4 | Obe Hostetter | PowerPoint Games-Movies, sounds, animations | All teachers | Learn how to create PowerPoint Games as well as spice them up with Unitedstreaming Video clips, animations and sounds. You can make any game more interactive and fun for the students and YOU! |
| Apr 11 | Obe Hostetter | Google Internet Searches & using Quia.com | All teachers | Learn how to search the Internet using the advanced searches of Google so you can find SOL resources on the Internet to save you time and energy. I will also show you how to use www.quia.com to create tests, games, webpages, surveys etc. |
| Apr 18 | Joe Showker | Webpage from your Desk | All teachers | Learn how to create a simple webpage from your desk that shows up on the internet. This page can also be linked from your school web page. Change the data as often as you like. |
| Apr 25 | Alice Bair | Kidspiration | Teachers in Grades K-5 | Learn how to use Kidspiration, a great graphic organizing tool. |
| May 2 | Doris Gardner | FirstClass--Get the Most out of It | All teachers | Set up Calendars, View Properties, Mail Lists, Folders, etc. |
| May 9 | Doris Gardner | Advanced Word-Tables and Graphics | All teachers | Learn to use advanced formatting techniques with tables and graphics in Microsoft Word. |
| May 16 | Doris Gardner | OS X Basics | All teachers | File Management, System Preferences, etc |
| May 23 | Alice Bair | Inspiration | Teachers in Gr. 6-12 | Learn how to use Inspiration, a great graphic organizing tool. |
| May 30 | Kevin Perkins | Online testing with ExamView Pro | Teachers in Gr. 6-12 | Create study guides and graded assessments that can be accessed by students on your school's network or over the Internet. |
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