Rockingham County Public Schools

Alice Bair (office is at J. Frank Hillyard Middle School)

Dennis Durost (office is at Central Office)

Webquests, Kidpix, Inspiration and Kidspiration software, online discussion groups, webpage construction. Alice moved to the valley 4 years ago from Westminster, Maryland, where she taught 6th grade reading for many years.

Alice's students learned through technology using webquests, online literature discussion groups and Read 180. She has a Master's Degree in Reading and also teaches online graduate courses through McDaniel College, Eastern Mennonite University and PBS Teacherline. She is an Intel "Teach to the Future" Master Teacher.

Alice is NETS*T certified and can assist those interested in obtaining certification.

The creative use of technology, especially in the Elementary grades to meet education goals including those prescribed by the SOL guidelines.

Dennis is NETS*T Certified, NTTI Master Teacher, and past VSTE Educator of the Year with 30+ years in the classroom, including, university instructor, technology facilitation, and peer leadership. He excels with Smartboard, iPhoto, and United Streaming.

Inservice topics:

• Creating secure communication tools and webpages using blogs.
• Using Kidpix for instruction and digital storytelling in the elementary classroom
• Creating powerpoint presentations and SmartNotebook lessons.
• Creating and using webquests in the classroom
• Incorporating Kidspiration/Inspiration into instruction
• Creating graphic organizers
• SOLmate: adding/editing questions and creating online assessments
• Using PowerTeacher and Gradebook

Inservice topics:

• Comic Life
• iPod: ideas for the classroom
  
• iPhoto: tips for all users
  
• Boardmaker: ideas for SPED and regular classroom teachers
• First Class webpages
  
• Creating a newsletter with AppleWorks
  
• Introduction to the Smartboard
• Kidspiration: organizing ideas and structuring thinking
• Creating videos with iMovie
• Using Unitedstreaming

Doris Gardner (office is at Wilbur S. Pence Middle School)

Obe Hostetter (office is at Central Office)

Advanced features in Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint; AppleWorks; SOLMate; InteGrade; Easy Grade Pro; basic web pages; digital cameras and images, file maintenance, organization and special document formatting techniques.

Doris has earned her NETS*T and Microsoft Office Specialist certifications. Students and teachers appreciate her willingness to help and her patience.

Web searches for classroom content, PowerPoints, SmartBoards, United Streaming, Quia assessments and multimedia.

Obe is NETS*T certified, Smartboard Exemplary Educator, was JFHMS Teacher of the Year and won the Governor's Innovative Technology grant for outstanding integration of technology in the classroom. He has presented at JMU, EMU, VEMA, VSTE, and VDOE Conferences. He is known for his ability to assist teachers in bringing SOL lessons alive especially through the use of games.

Inservice topics:

• Advanced Microsoft Word (work with Tables & Graphics)
• Advanced PowerPoint (get away from adding distracting bells and whistles…customize your PowerPoint presentations by adding meaningful charts, tables, graphics, video clips, links to other slides, files, web pages, etc. to create more professional presentations)
• Develop practice SOL questions and/or assessments using SOL Mate
• Create a Simple Web Page: Create, update, and post a simple home page in First Class
• Update your homework hotline (attach study sheets, homework assignments, etc. in a standard format that all visitors can easily read)
• Easy Grade Pro: Set up your gradebook and create progress reports in Easy Grade Pro (middle schools)
• InteGrade Pro: Set up your gradebook and create progress reports in InteGrade Pro (high schools)
• Portaportals: Create an online bookmarking system with guest access
• Sharing Helpful Hints for Computer 7 & 8 teachers

Inservice topics:

• How to create SMART Notebook and powerpoints for instruction as well as how to create games for SOL review
• Find lessons, tests, ideas for teaching using the Advanced Searches of Google
• Using FirstClass email to create webpages
• Ideas of how to effectively use www.quia.com ($50/year) for instruction, assessment etc.
• Create an imovie presentation to use in class and send home with the students using pictures of the students
• How to use SOLMATE for assessment
• Create DVD/Videos using Imovie, Digital Cameras, and videocameras
• How to download and incoporate Unitedstreaming movies
• Smartboard & Document Camera setup & how to use with interactive websites, powerpoints, and documents
• Kidspiration
• Comic Life
• NETS*T ideas and help with certification
• Programming and Using Jeopardy from www.classroomjeopardy.com

Kevin Perkins (office is at Central Office)

Lynne Pike (office is at Elkton Middle School)

Kevin brings experience in the high school math classroom to the ITRT staff and assists with software installation, Smartboard lesson location and creation, internet based instruction and web searches for math and technology. He also provides support PowerTeacher Gradebook and Moodle.

He will be making weekly in-house visits to BHS, CRES, OES and PKVES during the 2011 - 2012 school year according to this schedule. Kevin is NETS*T certified and can assist those interested in obtaining certification.

Internet safety, searches and bookmarking, web site development, digital storytelling, stop motion animation and claymation, KidPix, UnitedStreaming, Mac iLife applications. Training in hardware, including Mac OSX, document camera, Garmin gps, Flip camcorder, and Senteo clickers.

Lynne is NETS*T certified and is a NTTI Master Teacher. She has taught elementary school and middle school science and developed a K-8 science education program for a Florida planetarium.

Inservice topics:

• PowerTeacher Gradebook
• Moodle: Take your class online using this Course Management System.
• Explore Learning (high school math, middle/high school science teachers)
• Glencoe math software (middle and high school math teachers)
• Creating assessments with ExamView Pro
• Creating webpages using WordPress, First Class or iWeb
• Portaportals: Create an online bookmarking system with guest access
• Using Discovery Education Streaming videos in the classroom
• Creating movies with iMovie
• Creating photo slideshow DVDs with iDVD
• FirstClass tips/tricks
• OS X tips/tricks
• Teaching with interactive whiteboards: SmartBoards, ActivBoards, Mimio
• Teaching with Senteo student response system

Inservice topics:

• Animation using stop motion photography, claymation, or gifs
• Creating and editing videos with Windows Movie Maker or iMovie
• Developing PowerPoint presentations for students or teachers
• Graphic, digital photo editing and Flip camcorder
• Geocaching with GPS
• OSX applications
• Portaportals in the classroom
• Unitedstreaming videos
• Digital storytelling
• Web page development

Joe Showker (office is at Montevideo Middle School)

Computer literacy, the Internet, digital media/video and Appleworks. Specific help areas for teachers are the Apple iLife applications (iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD), powerful "media rich" presentations, and graphics software.

Joe is NETS*T certified, NTTI Teacher of the Year Runner-up, and VHSCA Coach of the Year. He can help you to enhance your classroom presentations, making them more interesting and effective for the students. Full Bio PDF

Inservice topics:

• Internet Safety and Digital Ethics
• United Streaming Videos in the Classroom
• Skype and other chat/conferencing solutions
• Digital Graphics including Photoshop Elements, Digital Photography, Digital Video
• Apple’s iLife Applications: iMovie, iPhoto, iTunes, iDVD
• Creating web pages using First Class, iWeb, and Blogger
• Posting and updating web pages via first class
• Appleworks 6.0, tips, tricks and hidden features
• Computer 7/8 Literacy in the Classroom