Morris County ETTC

Educational Technology Training Center Professional Development Registered Provider #5

Excel Overview
Course Description: Forgot how to use Excel beyond the basics? Come and refresh your memory! Review the basics plus create charts, sort data, use filters and more. . Get some classroom activity ideas and create your own project.
(Prerequisite: General understanding of how to use the computer and Windows.)

Podcasting in the Classroom using PC's
Course description: Imagine running your own broadcasting station—but without the hassle of expensive hardware, or training. With Podcasting, it’s that easy. Recording a podcast is about capturing audio. You may record your voice, include a song, or play sound effects. Students can create podcasts to conduct interviews, tell stories, record commentaries, create weather reports, sportscasts, plus a lot more! All you need is a computer, a microphone, a free sound editing program, some ideas and you are ready to turn your students into newscasters, literary critics, learning consultants and problem solvers.
(Prerequisite: Basic computer skills)

Ride the Communication and Collaboration Wave with Google Wave
Google Wave is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration.
•A wave is equal parts conversation and document.
•A wave is shared. Any participant can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants.
•A wave is live, allowing participants to have faster conversations, see edits and interact with extensions in real- time.
There are many ways to use Google Wave, such as:
Organizing Events
Group Projects
Photo Sharing
Meeting Notes
Brainstorming
Interactive Games
(Prerequisite: Basic computer skills)

Smart Board- Introduction
Course Description: The SMART Board interactive whiteboard transforms your classroom into an interactive working and learning environment. With the combined power of the projector, computer and whiteboard, you can do everything you do on the computer, and more…Simply touch the SMART Board interactive whiteboard to highlight key points, access applications and Web sites, and write notes in electronic ink. Your hand becomes the mouse! Then, save all your work to one file that you can print, e-mail or post to a Web site. Touch the screen to control your computer!
• Convert handwriting to editable text
• Write in electronic ink
• Save, print, or e-mail notes
• Highlight key information with easy-to-use tools
Learn how to get the most from your board by creating interactive lessons in Smart Notebook in order to fully integrate technology into your curriculum.
(Prerequisite: None)

Smart Board- Creating Interactive Lessons with Lesson Activity Toolkit
Course Description: Go beyond Smart Board basics- learn a new way to create eye-catching lesson activities, full of customizable tools and templates that you can use to create professional-looking lessons. The Toolkit helps you create engaging content like word games, quizzes, crossword puzzles and sorting tables. It also offers Adobe Flash tools like hide-and-reveal, drag-and-drop, plus lots more….
(Prerequisite: General understanding of how to use the SmartBoard)

Microsoft Word Plus
Course Description: This workshop is intended for users of Word, who want to enhance their skills beyond Word basics. Areas covered are Tables, Forms, Mail Merge, Footnotes and Captions, Shortcuts, Inserting Media, Labels and Envelopes.
(Prerequisite: Basic computer skills and general understanding of Microsoft Word)

Google Institute
Course Description: Welcome to the new web, referred to as web 2.0! It’s all about FREE tools!!!
Google has compiled a group of its programs into a collection of tools appropriate for educators. Called Google for Educators, it is the teacher’s guide to such tools as Google Earth, Maps, Video, Book Search, Docs, Notebook, Calendar, Picassa, and much more. Google also provides Google Apps, which allows technology administrators to provide e-mail, instant messaging, sharable online calendars, and more! Come and explore this collection of free tools.
(Prerequisite: Basic computer skills and general understanding of Office applications)

Smart Student Response System in the Classroom
Course Description: Engage your students, keep them alert and improve their performance using the SmartTech student response system with:
Real-time instructor-student interaction
Instant polling and survey analysis
Anonymous student feedback
Automatic grading and reporting
Seamless integration with MS PowerPoint
SMART Response interactive response system makes it easy to gain immediate insight into student learning. Students respond to questions and quizzes using their wireless remotes, and the results are automatically tallied, summarized and visually displayed in a pie chart or bar graph. You instantly see how well each student has understood the lesson material, so you can adapt lessons as you teach to ensure everyone is keeping up.
(Prerequisite: None)