Fall/Winter 2009-2010 Workshops
by Janelle Sailer
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Grant Writing |
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1287 - Grant Writing |
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Presented by: Marcus Neiman Participants will learn how to request grants from business, corporate, foundation, and trust granters. Participants will be encouraged to form partnerships with others in our community. This class is designed to broaden the participants' ability to use both written and electronic retrieval modes of available grants. Registration fee: $60 One (1) Graduate Credit Hour will be available at the cost of $130 through The University of Akron or $130 through Ashland University on the first day of class. 12.5 CEHs will be available at no charge. |
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Audience: All Staff |
Register by: 10/05/2009 |
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Meets on these dates |
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10/12/2009 |
4:00 PM – 7:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
1st Floor Conference Room |
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10/27/2009 |
4:00 PM – 7:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
1st Floor Conference Room |
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11/12/2009 |
4:00 PM – 7:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
1st Floor Conference Room |
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12/07/2009 |
4:00 PM – 7:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
1st Floor Conference Room |
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Mathematics |
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1286 - Oh No, Not Another Story: Math Strategies for Grades 5-9 |
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Mathematics should and can be fun for both students and teachers. Often we get so wrapped up in testing and covering standards that we lose sight of our love of mathematics and desire to instill that love in our students. This workshop will provide teachers with strategies that will enable them to not only increase their students' ability to conceptualize and retain mathematical content knowledge, but also allow them to share their enjoyment of mathematics with their students. Various mnemonics (stories, poems, songs); kinesthetic and hands-on activities; problem-solving strategies; and much more will be shared. All of the Ohio Math Standards will be addressed, in addition to problem solving. Teachers will leave the workshop energized and armed with strategies to help all students to learn and enjoy mathematics. This is a course for regular classroom teachers, special education teachers, resource math teachers, as well as math tutors and aides. Registration fee: $60 One (1) Graduate Credit Hour will be available at the cost of $130 through The University of Akron or $130 through Ashland University on the first day of class. 12.5 CEHs will be available at no charge. |
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Audience: Teachers/Tutors/Aides 5-9 |
Register by: 02/23/2010 |
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Meets on these dates |
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03/02/2010 |
4:30 PM – 8:00 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Lower Conference Room |
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03/04/2010 |
4:30 PM – 8:00 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Lower Conference Room |
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03/09/2010 |
4:30 PM – 8:00 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Lower Conference Room |
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03/11/2010 |
4:30 PM – 8:00 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Lower Conference Room |
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Reading |
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1288 – Fall 2009: Book Group |
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Join our merry band of book lovers as we read and discuss literature. While the instructor selects the book for the first session, participants choose reading materials for the last three. In addition to whole-group book discussions, teachers engage in small- and large-group activities that reinforce skills, invite creativity, and broaden literary experiences. For each class session, participants need to bring the chosen book to class plus five (5) written discussion questions about the book. The class includes a working mealtime at a nearby restaurant (or you may bring your own food). All sessions meet in the 1907 room (second floor) of the Medina library. For the first session, please bring solid reading suggestions for the other sessions. The first reading selection is Olive Kitteridge (in paperback) by Elizabeth Strout. Remember to bring the book as well as the discussion questions you have created from your reading. New to this group is a change in time (4:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.) to allow for more available parking. Registration
fee: $60 |
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Audience: All Staff |
Register by: 10/13/2009 |
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Meets on these dates |
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10/20/2009 |
4:15 PM – 7:45 PM |
MEDINA LIBRARY |
1907 Room (second floor) |
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11/17/2009 |
4:15 PM – 7:45 PM |
MEDINA LIBRARY |
1907 Room (second floor) |
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12/03/2009 |
4:15 PM – 7:45 PM |
MEDINA LIBRARY |
1907 Room (second floor) |
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12/17/2009 |
4:15 PM – 7:45 PM |
MEDINA LIBRARY |
1907 Room (second floor) |
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1289 – Winter 2010: Book Group |
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Join our merry band of book lovers as we read and discuss literature. While the instructor selects the book for the first session, participants choose reading materials for the last three. In addition to whole-group book discussions, teachers engage in small- and large-group activities that reinforce skills, invite creativity, and broaden literary experiences. For each class session, participants need to bring the chosen book to class plus five (5) written discussion questions about the book. The class includes a working mealtime at a nearby restaurant (or you may bring your own food). All sessions meet in the 1907 room (second floor) of the Medina library. For the first session, please bring solid reading suggestions for the other sessions. The first reading selection is The Tortilla Curtain (in paperback) by T.C. Boyle. Remember to bring the book as well as the discussion questions you have created from your reading. Registration
fee: $60 |
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Audience: All Staff |
Register by: 12/22/2009 |
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Meets on these dates |
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01/07/2010 |
4:15 PM – 7:45 PM |
MEDINA LIBRARY |
1907 Room (second floor) |
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01/28/2010 |
4:15 PM – 7:45 PM |
MEDINA LIBRARY |
1907 Room (second floor) |
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02/11/2010 |
4:15 PM – 7:45 PM |
MEDINA LIBRARY |
1907 Room (second floor) |
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03/03/2010 |
4:15 PM – 7:45 PM |
MEDINA LIBRARY |
1907 Room (second floor) |
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1298 - Raise Reading Achievement and Motivation! |
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Learn how to raise reading achievement and motivation in all content areas using new and cool literature that your middle grade students will love! Through the use of literature circles, trade books, and content reading strategies, learn strategies to help increase reading achievement. We will introduce you to reading strategies that can be used in all content areas with a wide variety of resources. You will leave this workshop with great confidence that you can get your students to respond to literature and your content with creative cumulative projects, strategies that work, and create lifelong readers!
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Audience: Middle School Teachers |
Register by: 12/22/2009 |
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Meets on these dates |
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01/06/2010 |
4:00 PM – 7:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Lower Conference Room |
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01/13/2010 |
4:00 PM – 7:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Lower Conference Room |
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01/20/2010 |
4:00 PM – 7:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Lower Conference Room |
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01/27/2010 |
4:00 PM – 7:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Lower Conference Room |
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Science |
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1291 – Natural History of Ohio |
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This is a hands-on workshop for teachers who desire to explore the life science areas of ecology, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, aquatic life, wildflowers, trees and shrubs, as well as the physical science areas of geology and soils. Included in this study of natural history will be a focus on the content standards found in the K-8 science curriculum. Participants must be able to do moderate hiking, as many of the classes will be conducted outdoors at Wolf Creek Environmental Center.
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Audience: Teachers K-8 |
Register by: 03/02/2010 |
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03/09/2010 |
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM |
WOLF CREEK |
6100 Ridge Road, Sharon Ctr. |
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03/13/2010 |
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM |
WOLF CREEK |
6100 Ridge Road, Sharon Ctr. |
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03/16/2010 |
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM |
WOLF CREEK |
6100 Ridge Road, Sharon Ctr. |
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03/20/2010 |
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
WOLF CREEK |
6100 Ridge Road, Sharon Ctr. |
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03/23/2010 |
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM |
WOLF CREEK |
6100 Ridge Road, Sharon Ctr. |
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03/27/2010 |
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
WOLF CREEK |
6100 Ridge Road, Sharon Ctr. |
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Special Education |
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1290 - Inclusion Strategies for Students With Special Needs |
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Have you ever
wondered how you can make accommodations that will enable students
with disabilities to learn? This workshop will provide teachers
with practical, effective strategies for working with students with
special needs in the educational setting. Participants will leave
with a variety of teaching strategies, an understanding of the
components of an Individualized Education Plan, and sensory
strategies to meet the needs of students with disabilities. |
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Audience: Teachers K-12 |
Register by: 01/27/2010 |
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Meets on these dates |
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02/03/2010 |
4:00 PM – 7:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Lower Conference Room |
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02/10/2010 |
4:00 PM – 7:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Lower Conference Room |
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02/17/2010 |
4:00 PM – 7:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Lower Conference Room |
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02/24/2010 |
4:00 PM – 7:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Lower Conference Room |
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1299 - Team-Teaching: Making It a Great Classroom Experience |
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In this
professional development course for teachers, therapists, and
administrators, you will learn about the different team-teaching
models, how to incorporate different models in your
classroom/building, how to team plan, and how to deal with tension
and conflict. We will have open discussions about what
team-teaching looks like currently in your classroom/building, how
it can be improved, or how it can begin. We will have the
opportunity to talk to teachers that are currently using a
team-teaching approach and ask questions about how they make it
work. Class project: working in groups to create a
team-teaching situation that will work in your
classroom/building. |
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Audience: IEP Team |
Register by: 11/10/2009 |
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Meets on these dates |
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11/17/2009 |
4:00 PM – 7:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Lower Conference Room |
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11/24/2009 |
4:00 PM – 7:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Lower Conference Room |
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12/01/2009 |
4:00 PM – 7:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Lower Conference Room |
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12/08/2009 |
4:00 PM – 7:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Lower Conference Room |
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Technology |
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1292 - Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Introductory |
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Microsoft
PowerPoint 2007 is a presentation program that transforms your
ideas into dynamic professional, compelling presentations. With
PowerPoint you can create individual slides, speaker notes, and
audience handouts. Participants will begin hands-on with creating a
presentation with PowerPoint 2007, modifying a presentation,
inserting objects, and completing a presentation. Begin working
with advanced tools and masters; enhance charts; and insert
illustrations, objects, and media clips using advanced
features. |
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Audience: All Staff |
Register by: 10/16/2009 |
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Meets on these dates |
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Room |
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10/24/2009 |
8:00 AM – 3:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Computer Lab |
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10/31/2009 |
8:00 AM – 3:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Computer Lab |
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1293 - SMART Board Back to Basics |
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Learn how to
use the Notebook software by building authentic learning
applications ready to use inside the classroom. Build
applications step-by-step by following along with instructor-lead
and professionally produced video tutorials designed to support
every step of the way to building Notebook applications. THIS
IS A HANDS-ON WORKSHOP! Teachers will be actively engaged as
they work through the different activities: orient the board,
become familiar with the SMART Board toolbar, group two or more
objects, lock objects, clone a page, clone an item, hyperlink,
screen capture, attach files, navigate to another page, create
shapes, and more. Participants will make their own lesson
structure, first by searching for pre-made lesson ideas already
available. (Web sites will be given to the class.)
Lessons must be interactive. Download several lesson
plans, then modify them to fit into your curriculum. Once you
have seen a number of lessons, it will better prepare you to make a
lesson on your own. Participants will begin designing their
own lesson plan from beginning to end using the slides and tools in
Notebook software. Participants will present their project in
class using the SMART Board. This back-to-basics class is
geared for beginners and others who would like a good review of the
basic tools and how to use them. Bring a flash drive to
collect and share files for each session. |
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Audience: All Staff |
Register by: 10/30/2009 |
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Meets on these dates |
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11/07/2009 |
8:00 AM – 3:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Computer Lab |
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11/14/2009 |
8:00 AM – 3:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Computer Lab |
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1294 - Transform Learning With a SMART Board Using the Lesson Activity Toolkit |
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Prerequisite for this class is "SMART Board Back to Basics." This class is not for beginners. You must have a working knowledge of SMART Notebook software. In this class, training will include many facets of hands-on learning and best teaching practices across the curriculum. Build applications step-by-step by following along with instructor-lead and professionally produced video tutorials designed to support every step of the way to building advanced Notebook applications. Participants will learn some "tricks" of the SMART Board and create interactive lessons that can be used over and over. We will be creating recordings on the SMART Board for playback and finding out how to use the video player that comes with the SMART Board. We will also learn how to attach audio files to objects, embed videos to create interactive and engaging lessons, and how to save frequently used items to the "My Content" folder in the Gallery. We will also be spending a great deal of time in the Lesson Activity Toolkit. (The Lesson Activity Toolkit is a Gallery collection of customizable tools and templates, including activities, games, and graphics that you can use to create professional-looking, interactive, and engaging lessons.) Participants will begin designing their own lesson plan from beginning to end using the slides and the advanced tools (embedding videos, audio, recordings, and the templates in the Toolkit) in Notebook software. Participants will present their project in class using the SMART Board. Bring a flash drive to collect and share files for each session.
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Audience: All Staff |
Register by: 11/25/2009 |
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Meets on these dates |
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12/05/2009 |
8:00 AM – 3:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Computer Lab |
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12/12/2009 |
8:00 AM – 3:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Computer Lab |
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1295 - Technology Sampler |
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This workshop
is a "sampler" of four different technology offerings: File
Management, Online Bookmark Managers, Inspiration, and Photo Story
3. Feeling overwhelmed because you cannot find where you
saved a file? File Management is the foundation of managed
files. Learn about Online Bookmark Managers.
Convenience at your fingertips!!! Explore Online Bookmark Managers
that allow you to save your bookmarks online and access them with
any browser, any computer, anywhere! Come prepared to start
entering your favorites. Learn Inspiration, a premier tool to
develop ideas and organize thinking. Inspiration is a great
graphical organizer. You can use Photo Story 3 for Windows to
create visually compelling and fun stories using your pictures and
music. The effects of panning and zooming that are built in
to Photo Story 3 adds pizzazz to any of your still
photographs. If time permits, exploration of Google Docs. |
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Audience: All Staff |
Register by: 01/15/2010 |
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Meets on these dates |
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01/23/2010 |
8:00 AM – 3:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Computer Lab |
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01/30/2010 |
8:00 AM – 3:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Computer Lab |
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1296 - SMART Board Back to Basics |
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Learn how to
use the Notebook software by building authentic learning
applications ready to use inside the classroom. Build
applications step-by-step by following along with instructor-lead
and professionally produced video tutorials designed to support
every step of the way to building Notebook applications. THIS
IS A HANDS-ON WORKSHOP! Teachers will be actively engaged as
they work through the different activities: orient the board,
become familiar with the SMART Board toolbar, group two or more
objects, lock objects, clone a page, clone an item, hyperlink,
screen capture, attach files, navigate to another page, create
shapes, and more. Participants will make their own lesson
structure, first by searching for pre-made lesson ideas already
available. (Web sites will be given to the class.)
Lessons must be interactive. Download several lesson
plans, then modify them to fit into your curriculum. Once you
have seen a number of lessons, it will better prepare you to make a
lesson on your own. Participants will begin designing their
own lesson plan from beginning to end using the slides and tools in
Notebook software. Participants will present their project in
class using the SMART Board. This back-to-basics class is
geared for beginners and others who would like a good review of the
basic tools and how to use them. Bring a flash drive to
collect and share files for each session. |
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Audience: All Staff |
Register by: 02/12/2010 |
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Meets on these dates |
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02/20/2010 |
8:00 AM – 3:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Computer Lab |
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02/27/2010 |
8:00 AM – 3:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Computer Lab |
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1297 - Transform Learning With a SMART Board Using the Lesson Activity Toolkit |
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Prerequisite for this class is "SMART Board Back to Basics." This class is not for beginners. You must have a working knowledge of SMART Notebook software. In this class, training will include many facets of hands-on learning and best teaching practices across the curriculum. Build applications step-by-step by following along with instructor-lead and professionally produced video tutorials designed to support every step of the way to building advanced Notebook applications. Participants will learn some "tricks" of the SMART Board and create interactive lessons that can be used over and over. We will be creating recordings on the SMART Board for playback and finding out how to use the video player that comes with the SMART Board. We will also learn how to attach audio files to objects, embed videos to create interactive and engaging lessons, and how to save frequently used items to the "My Content" folder in the Gallery. We will also be spending a great deal of time in the Lesson Activity Toolkit. (The Lesson Activity Toolkit is a Gallery collection of customizable tools and templates, including activities, games, and graphics that you can use to create professional-looking, interactive, and engaging lessons.) Participants will begin designing their own lesson plan from beginning to end using the slides and the advanced tools (embedding videos, audio, recordings, and the templates in the Toolkit) in Notebook software. Participants will present their project in class using the SMART Board. Bring a flash drive to collect and share files for each session.
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Audience: All Staff |
Register by: 03/05/2010 |
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Meets on these dates |
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03/13/2010 |
8:00 AM – 3:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Computer Lab |
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03/20/2010 |
8:00 AM – 3:30 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Computer Lab |
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Writing |
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1285 - Writing to OAT Prompts Is All About "I" |
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Students struggle when attempting to respond to prompts on state tests, such as the OAT. Strategies will be shared that teachers can use to help students to understand the prompt, plan and organize their response, and write a complete response that includes both a focus (beginning/opening) and concluding sentence. In addition, teachers will practice creating prompts, using and designing rubrics, and grading student work using rubrics. The use of the ODE Success Web site will also be demonstrated. Registration fee/binder: $65 One (1) Graduate Credit Hour will be available at the cost of $130 through The University of Akron or $130 through Ashland University on the first day of class. 12.5 CEHs will be available at no charge. |
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Audience: Teachers 3-10 |
Register by: 01/19/2010 |
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Meets on these dates |
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01/26/2010 |
4:30 PM – 8:00 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Computer Lab |
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01/28/2010 |
4:30 PM – 8:00 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Computer Lab |
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02/02/2010 |
4:30 PM – 8:00 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Computer Lab |
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02/04/2010 |
4:30 PM – 8:00 PM |
PROFESSIONAL |
Computer Lab |
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