Morris County ETTC

Educational Technology Training Center Professional Development Registered Provider #5

Smart Board
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
(Prerequisite: None)

Smart Board Instructional Lesson Design
Course Description: Take your basic knowledge of the SMART Board up a notch! Learn how to get the most from your board by creating interactive lessons in order to fully integrate technology into your curriculum. Share ideas on how to re-vamp your existing lessons and get great resources for new projects
(Prerequisite: General understanding of how to use the SmartBoard)

Access Beginner
Course Description: Databases: What they are and how they work. Create a database, tables and forms. (Prerequisite: None.)

Access Advanced Beginner
Course Description: Edit databases and tables. Use wizards. Create queries and reports. (Prerequisite: Beginner Access)

Access Intermediate
Course Description: Work with tables and relationships. (Prerequisite: Advanced Beginner Access)

Access Advanced/Mail Merge
Course Description: Work with databases separately and in conjunction with other programs. Integrate Access database into other applications such as Microsoft Word to create form letters/labels/etc… for mail merges. (Prerequisite: Intermediate Access)

Kidspiration Lessons across the Curriculum
Course Description: (Designed for pre-K through grade 5) Kidspiration is the popular software package, happily finding its way into countless numbers of elementary classrooms across the country. In a short time, it has become the standard! Maybe it's because, without much fuss at all, Kidspiration produces graphic organizers as well as learning centers for teachers. Spend time with us celebrating the potential of Kidspiration to support authentic and vivid instruction in literacy, science, social studies, assistive technology and ESL. We’ll show you how to customize activities for the unique needs of your classroom! (Prerequisite: General understanding of how to use the computer and Windows.)

Using Power Point to Play Jeopardy
Course Description: What better way to learn than by playing a game.
Use the Jeopardy format in Power Point to introduce new classroom material, review for tests/quizzes, for extra credit or for after-school club activities. You will learn how to create a template, which can be used to create games for a variety of content materials.
(Prerequisite: None)

WebQuests & Scavenger Hunts
Course Description: Discover these Web-based classroom activities. Review the structure and find examples to use in your classroom. Learn how to make your own WebQuests or adapt existing ones for your students!
(Prerequisite: None)

Talking Books
Course Description: Using Microsoft PowerPoint students can make interactive talking books that can be used in the classroom or uploaded to the Internet to be shared by all. In this workshop, you will learn how to make a PowerPoint book with sounds, animated graphics and hyperlinks. Great for grades K-8, assistive technology and ESL
(Prerequisite: None)

Inspiration Lessons across the Curriculum
Course Description: Take visual learning to a higher level! Use this workshop to learn how to apply Inspiration software in your curriculum, from basic webbing to creating your own custom libraries, to pulling images from the Internet into your diagrams! These can be used to enhance any curriculum area, including science, social studies and language arts. Inspiration is a fun & useful way to clarify & visualize your thinking. Inspiration is the standard in graphic organizing software! You can also produce graphic organizers as well as learning centers for teachers. Come and join us and incorporate Inspiration across your curriculum to add depth and creativity to all of your lessons.
(Prerequisite: General understanding of how to use the computer and Windows.)

Make & Take Clinic
Course Description: Seating charts, index cards, sentence strips, name tags—everyone who attends this hands-on workshop will leave with a disk full of ideas and several sheets of labels that will help you make your class a friendlier place and perhaps even contribute to classroom organization. Learn how to do all these things with the Microsoft Office Suite. Please bring your class list or a family list to use in these projects. Recommended for beginner, intermediate or advance skill level.
(Prerequisite: None)

Word Projects in the Elementary Classroom
Course Description: Use Word to infuse technology into various areas of the K-6 curriculum. Walk away with projects for math, fine arts, science, language arts; ready to be used in your classroom!
(Prerequisite: General understanding of how to use a computer.)

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, SketchUp, 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: None)

PB Wiki
Course Description: What is a wiki and how does it fit into my classroom?
PB wiki is an easy- to- use, free online space, where you can create and share information among a number of users. In the classroom, pb wiki is a free tool that empowers every student to participate in group projects. Easy to set up- it works just like typing in Microsoft Word. Wikis usually consist of text, but you can also include photos & images.
Educators use pb wikis to create, publish, organize, collaborate, communicate, develop curriculum and post research and projects with due dates. No more “dog ate my homework”- pb wiki edits are time stamped. You know who made changes and when they were made. Teachers can make coursework and homework information easily available to both students and parents.
PB wiki also has templates designed with teachers in mind, plus offers unlimited pages. PB wikis are ad-free and very safe to use, since you control who sees your wiki, by choosing the participants (your students). Go ahead and try it- it’s as easy as making a peanut butter sandwich!
(Prerequisite: General understanding of how to use the computer and Windows.)

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.)