Morris County ETTC

Educational Technology Training Center Professional Development Registered Provider #5

Getting Started with Moodle as an Online Classroom
Course Description: Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed to help educators create effective online learning communities. This hands-on workshop will allow users to take Moodle for a test drive. Experience an existing Moodle classroom and then learn how to get started on creating your own Moodle site. You will learn how to create an online classroom, upload files, setup calendars, include podcasts and videos, and assorted other features built into a Moodle site. Come prepared with files (Word, Excel, etc) to upload to Moodle. Bring your USB drive and walk away with all the necessary files and programs to setup Moodle on a stand-alone computer. Recommended for participants comfortable using email attachments.
(Prerequisite: General understanding of how to use the computer)

Blogging in Education
Course Description: Blog? What’s a blog?
A “blog” or “weblog” is a simple webpage that anyone with an Internet connection can create. A blog can be an online diary or journal, a discussion board, a way to disseminate assignments online. It can be random thoughts or a political soapbox. They are a new way to work with journals in the classroom. A fun way to get students to write! Come and find out about this fun way to reach the NetGeneration! Participate in our blog & learn how to create your own and have it hosted for free! We will investigate existing blogs for educators at all levels, and how they can be used in and around the classroom.
(Prerequisite: General understanding of how to use the computer and Windows.)

Track Changes/Edit Work/Collaborate Using MS Word Reviewing Toolbar
Course Description: Do you wish there was a way to edit your students’ papers without having to have a red pen handy, to save your hand the aching of writing millions of comments, to collaborate on drafts with your students? Well…… great news! There is a way and it is called the Reviewing toolbar. In this workshop, you will learn to use the basic functions of the Reviewing toolbar, the different option features, the toolbar with classroom projects, and the multiple reader option with different colors.
(Prerequisite: General understanding of how to use the computer and basic familiarity with Word)

SmartBoard
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)

SmartBoard Instructional Lesson Design
Course Description: 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. 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)

Free/Private Online Classroom Communication with Edmodo
Course Description: A private social platform for teachers and students to share ideas, files, events and assignments. Teacher-controlled, Web 2.0 based no need for IT department to install servers or accounts. Create multiple classes within minutes. All student posts are shared with the group. Teacher can set which posts are public or private for the group plus archive their groups forever.
(Prerequisite: General understanding of how to use the computer)

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: General understanding of Power Point. Familiarity with creating hyperlinks desirable but not necessary)

SMART 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)