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Friday, August 19, 2011 Cool Online Tools for Educators

NEW Two-Day Class!

Cool Tools for Educators: FREE Online Resources: Friday, September 16 & Saturday the 17th from  8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Cost: $279 CSD member; $349 non-member  (Two Graduate Credits Available at Additional Cost)

Are you wanting to integrate technology into your lessons, but don’t know where to start?  Come to this two-day class and fill your technology toolbox. You’ll be amazed how many free online tools are out there for you to use. In this face-paced class, we plan to take a look at numerous online tools you can use in your role as an educator. Come learn how to access resources such as lesson plans, rubric makers, web page creators, online quizzes, Internet bookmarking storage, etc., all for free online! Why spend time recreating the wheel when someone else has already done it for you?

During this class, explore the wealth of online resources for educators and come away with tips and techniques to make your life easier. Learn how online file management and social bookmarking sites will save you time. Discover how the ALTEC Star Tools, like RubiStar, QuizStar and TrackStar can make lesson planning and assessments easier. Then dive deeper into the Thinkfinity tools; ReadWriteThink, Illuminations, Wonderopolis and others. Finally, we will explore the many uses of free online tools like Stixy, Glogster, and VoiceThread to collaborate and display student work. Learn about the wealth of online resources for teachers and walk away with tips and techniques to make your life easier. The tools shared can be used in your classroom or professional development activities.  Fasten your seat belts for two-days of learning free, time saving, educational resources. Register here.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 Teacher Timesavers 2: More FREE Online Resources

NEW! Teacher Timesavers 2: More FREE Online Resources
July 11 & 12 from 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
$279 CSD member; $349 non-member  (Two Graduate Credits Available)

You asked for it, you got it! More free online resources to save you even more time! In this fast-paced class, we plan to take a look at numerous online tools you can use in your role as an educator. The tools shared can be used in your classroom or professional development activities. We will explore the many uses of such tools like Stixy, Glogster, and VoiceThread to collaborate and display student work. Online communities of learning like Think Quest, Curriki, and the National Archives will be explored. We will also take a more in-depth look at specific search engines like Google & Wolfram Alpha.  Come ready to learn and explore a variety of free time saving educational resources.

And don’t worry, we are still offering the original:

Teacher Timesavers: FREE Online Resources
 June 15 & 16 from 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
$279 CSD member; $349 non-member  (Two Graduate Credits Available)

Do you want to make your life as a teacher easier? Are you wanting to integrate technology into your lessons, but don’t know where to start?  In this class we will focus on two large communities of learning that are filled with tons of lesson plans, rubrics, creators, and time savers that you can use today! You’ll be amazed at how many free online tools are out there ready for you to use. Learn how online file management and social bookmarking sites will save you time. Discover how the ALTEC Star Tools, like RubiStar, QuizStar and TrackStar can make lesson planning and assessments easier. Then we will dive deeper into the old and new Thinkfinity tools; ReadWriteThink, Illuminations, Wonderopolis and others.  Come explore the wealth of online resources for teachers and walk away with tips and techniques to make your life easier.

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Monday, January 24, 2011 next week: learn to develop curriculum-based digital media projects

Our TELE course Creating Multimedia Projects with Discovery Education streaming takes place February 1 & 2, from 4:00-7:00 each evening. Did you know that Discovery Education streaming has digital video, audio files, images, and more that can also be used in a variety of multimedia applications? Are you looking for a perfect, easy to do multimedia project? This fast-paced class is for you! Come discover ways to develop curriculum-based digital media projects with DE streaming resources. Student produced videos or digital media projects can empower students with the tools, skills and confidence to take creative control of their research and presentation projects. Teachers can provide engaging lessons by adding some creative multimedia to their lessons. Participants will work together and use DE streaming resources more effectively with free Web 2.0 applications like Glogster, VoiceThread, Photo Story, Animoto and more. Participants may also choose to use iMovie or Movie Maker to develop easy-to-use resources for more media rich lessons. Prerequisite: Bring a lesson idea and organize your DE streaming My Content with songs, images, video, and sound files that support your lesson. Participants should be familiar with one of the applications above. Costs: $149 CSD member; $189 non-member (one graduate credit is also available at additional fee).

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010 New this year at METC – Win an iPad for your Virtual Essay

At the 2011 METC you can win an iPad by participating in the Midwest Education Technology Conference “Virtual Essay” multimedia project.

Pick your favorite online tool (i.e. Glogster, Animoto, Prezi, VoiceThread) and make a connection between your experience at METC and the conference theme “Motivate, Engage, Transform, Connect.” Be creative with your message as you tell your story! Virtual Essays need not be long, but have a clear message. The submission deadline is a few days after METC 2011 ends- please send essay links in by February 21st.

Easy Steps for Participating in and Submitting to the Drawing:
•  Create your Virtual Essay using an online tool of your choice. This may be done prior to, during or after the 2011 Midwest Education Technology Conference (runs February 14-16th). Note that during the conference, you may take advantage of the Connections Lounge to ask for assistance with an online tool to create your Virtual Essay.
•  Submit the Virtual Essay URL to our Google Doc (information to be posted shortly on http://METCconference.org along with sample essays) by February 21, 2011.
• Drawing held on February 22, 2011; winner announced shortly thereafter.

METC is a program of Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis.

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010 TELE Workshop: Creating Multimedia Projects with Discovery Education streaming

On October 11, you can take an all-day workshop at Cooperating School Districts on Creating Multimedia Projects with Discovery Education streaming. Did you know that Discovery Education streaming has digital video, audio files, images, and more that can also be used in a variety of multimedia applications? Are you looking for a perfect, easy to do multimedia project? This fast-paced class is for you! Come discover ways to develop curriculum-based digital media projects with DE streaming resources. Student produced videos or digital media projects can empower students with the tools, skills and confidence to take creative control of their research and presentation projects.

Teachers can provide engaging lessons by adding some creative multimedia to their lessons. Participants will work together and use DE streaming resources more effectively with free Web 2.0 applications like Glogster, VoiceThread, Photo Story, Animoto and more. Participants may also choose to use iMovie or Movie Maker to develop easy-to-use resources for more media rich lessons. Prerequisite: Bring a lesson idea and organize your DE streaming My Content with songs, images, video, and sound files that support your lesson. Participants should be familiar with one of the applications above.

The class is $149 for CSD members and $189 for non-members. One graduate credit is available for this course through Lindenwood University.

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Monday, May 24, 2010 New Class: Digital Media Projects in the Classroom

Want to liven up your classroom lessons and allow your students to interact online with free online tools? This fast-paced class is for you! Explore free Web 2.0 online tools and resources to use in the classroom. VoiceThread is a free, online, collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows you to leave comments using voice, text, audio file, or video. Learn how your students can create their own Photo Story or Pecha Kucha (20 images for 20 seconds), interactive poster using Glogster or a short online video to share using Animoto. You will learn about Creative Commons and how to share, remix and reuse legally. Discover how Wordle, artwork created by samples of text, could help in your teaching and learning. Learn how these free; multimedia resources can be used in your classroom today! This class is June 17 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Cooperating School Districts. Register here.

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Wednesday, April 21, 2010 Teaching & Learning with Multimedia – CSD Summer Classes!

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Teaching & Learning with Multimedia: Explore rich digital media & interactive learning through visualization! Here are a couple classes coming up at the beginning of June that you’ll want to take! To register, click here.

Classroom Projects Using Digital Photography
A picture is worth a thousand words, so they say. Find out how to use this powerful tool in the classroom. In this class, teachers will learn about the basics of using digital cameras and photography in the classroom. Come learn the parts of the camera, its basic operation, and possible activities that you can use with your students. Find out what can be done with digital images—how they can be enhanced, manipulated, and changed using basic photo editing software. Gain information about how to integrate images into lesson plans and classroom activities. Participants will be encouraged to develop a lesson that incorporates the use of digital images. Bring your own camera and photos, or borrow from us! This class is June 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

NEW! Digital Media Projects in the Classroom
Want to liven up your classroom lessons and allow your students to interact online with free online tools? This fast-paced class is for you! Explore free Web 2.0 online tools and resources to use in the classroom. VoiceThread is a free, online, collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows you to leave comments using voice, text, audio file, or video. Learn how your students can create their own Photo Story or Pecha Kucha (20 images for 20 seconds), interactive poster using Glogster or a short online video to share using Animoto. You will learn about Creative Commons and how to share, remix and reuse legally. Discover how Wordle, artwork created by samples of text, could help in your teaching and learning. Learn how these free; multimedia resources can be used in your classroom today! This class is June 17 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

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Thursday, July 9, 2009 online teaching resources class

Teacher Timesavers: FREE Online Resources Class

Timesaving Teachers

Thursday marked the second of two days of the Teacher Timesavers: FREE Online Resources tele class.

Participants from school districts all over the St. Louis area took the time with Stacey Franks during today and Tuesday’s class to explore the wealth of online resources available for teachers. The goal is for them to come away with tips and techniques to make their (teaching) life easier!

Just a few of the many Web 2.o resources discussed during the class: iGoogle, iKeepBookmarks.com, Skype, and Voicethread.

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009 VoiceThread in the Classroom

Karen MontgomeryOur Tracking Student Learning with VoiceThread class is coming up on June 17 from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. We first told you in March that VoiceThread is a free, online, collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to leave comments in 5 ways – using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video. VoiceThread can be used for assessment, foreign language, field trips, art, language arts, social studies, math and science. In the VoiceThread environment, students and teachers can safely share their voices on the global stage. As noted on the VoiceThread website, “with VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world.” In this class, taught by Karen Montgomery, participants will create a project using photos and audio commenting using VoiceThread to document student learning across several content areas. Learn how this multi-media free resource can be used in your classroom (remember, with no software to install in your computer)! This class is $138 for CSD members and $214 non-members. One graduate credit is available for an additional fee. To see samples of VoiceThreads, visit this website: http://voicethread.com/.

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Monday, May 4, 2009 tele – distance learning

METC Second Life PreconThe third week of June is proving to be a distance learning themed week of  tele classes:

Monday, June 15: Second Life for Educators Level I (pt 1)
Tuesday, June 16: Second Life for Educators Level I (pt 2)
Wednesday June 17: Tracking Student Learning with VoiceThread
Thursday, June 18: Second Life for Educators Level II … (Prerequisite:  Second Life for Educators Level I class, or equivalent).
Friday, June 19: Boundless Learning with Videoconferencing

Each class takes place in Cooperating School Districts‘ tele from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For full details on these classes, including price, graduate credit, and registration, visit: www.csd.org/tele.

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