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PBS 45 & 49 WorkshopsUnless otherwise noted, workshops are from 9 a.m to 3 p.m. at PBS 45 & 49 offices in Kent. The cost is $50 for TRC members and $100 for non-members. PRE-REGISTRATION WITH PBS 45 & 49 IS NECESSARY. Please call Laura Jarvis at or email her at . All attendees must pre-pay with a check or a purchase order number. Mail check or purchase order information to: Laura Jarvis; PBS 45 & 49; 1750 Campus Center Dr.; Kent, OH 44240; or FAX Laura Jarvis at PBS 45 & 49's Technology Workshops Schedule
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Integrating Technology/Teacher Tools
Instructor: Ria Mastromatteo
Date: Wednesday, Dec. 1
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Format: PC and Mac
Cost: $50 Comprehensive and Basic Members; $100 General Members
Are you looking for ideas that will immerse your students in a topic and use technology as a real tool for instruction? Bring a topic you have explored or are planning to explore and we?ll work on ways to use technology to enhance the presentation and get kids really involved.
Instructor: Ralph Tolbert
Date: Thursday, Dec. 2
Time: 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Format: Mac
Cost: $30 Comprehensive Members; $40 Basic Members; $50 General Members
Does your desktop look like the aftermath of kids unwrapping holiday gifts? This workshop details how to manage your desktop, create shortcuts in OS X, set up printers and servers, manage the file system, create user and administrator accounts and, of course, implement the usual tips and tricks.
Instructor: Ralph Tolbert
Date: Thursday, Dec. 2
Time: 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Format: PC and Mac
Cost: $30 Comprehensive Members; $40 Basic Members; $50 General Members
Does your desktop look like the aftermath of kids unwrapping holiday gifts? This workshop details how to manage your desktop, create shortcuts in XP, set up printers and servers, manage the file system, create user and administrator accounts and, of course, implement the usual tips and tricks.
Instructor: Dave Benson
Date: Friday, Dec. 3
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Format: PC and Mac
Cost: $50 Comprehensive and Basic Members; $100 General Members
Here?s your chance to participate in the Sharing Art experience. PBS 45 & 49?s Sharing Art is a curriculum-based project illustrating real artists doing their art and then relating that back to the classroom. As a workshop participant, you will use the programs and curriculum to create your own artwork and take it home with you. You will also receive the teachers guide, online resources and new ideas. Bring your ideas and an old shirt ? things could get messy!
Take a Camera, Take a Shot, Now What? LLL
Instructors: Ralph Tolbert and Dave Benson
Date: Wednesday, Dec. 8
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Format: PC and Mac
Cost: $200 Comprehensive Members; $225 Basic Members; $250 General Members
This class is the next step beyond our regular digital camera workshops. The first half of the class will be devoted to you and your camera and the second half will focus on an exploration of ways you can put that camera to use in your classroom. So come along and join us for a tour of digital photography and, at the end of the day, you get to keep the camera and some new ideas. *A Learn It, Love It, Leave With It! Workshop
iMovie 202 ? Beyond the Basics in iMovie
Instructor: Ralph Tolbert
Date: Thursday, Dec. 9
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Format: Mac
Cost: $50 Comprehensive and Basic Members; $100 General Members
To paraphrase an old saying, you Can teach an old program new tricks. This workshop details methods to generate exciting effects with text, motion, and transitions that will enhance your classroom video productions.
Instructor: Dave Benson
Date: Friday, Dec 10
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Format: PC and Mac
Cost: $20
The Ohio Reading Road Trip is a multimedia language arts curriculum for students in grades 6, 7, and 8. This integrated curriculum package is designed to spark students' interest in reading by bringing some of Ohio's best-known authors into the classroom through video, Internet, broadcast, and print resources. All lessons are aligned with the Ohio Academic Content Standards and include nonfiction reading and writing activities to help students prepare for the Ohio Graduation Test. Join us for this workshop and take home an Ohio Reading Road Trip curriculum package for your school.
Handheld Computers for Educators (Palm) LLL
Instructor: Dave Benson
Date: Tuesday, Dec. 14
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Format: PC and Mac
Cost: $200 Comprehensive Members; $225 Basic Members; $250 General Members
The Palm Handheld Computer (PDA) is quickly becoming the K-12 "personal computer." Take this opportunity to discover the power of Palm computing. Learn from a Palm computing expert how to set up your PDA; how to find, install and use educational software; and how Palm computing can make a difference in the classroom. At the end of the workshop you take a new Palm computer back to school with you! *A Learn It, Love It, Leave With It! Workshop
Instructor: Ria Mastromatteo
Date: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005
Time: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Format: PC and Mac
Cost: $30 Comprehensive Members; $40 Basic Members; $50 General Members
Collecting and archiving oral histories is a wonderful way to build community, present proficiency skills in a real-life setting, preserve histories that may soon be gone forever and make these collections available to the entire community. Get information about setting up an oral history project in your classroom. Use the Web to access PBS 45 & 49s lesson plans and information. Learn about interviewing and get a copy of our Speaking of History video, which follows a teacher from day one until the end of the oral history project.
Web Graphics Graphics on a Diet
Instructor: Ralph Tolbert
Date: Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Format: PC and Mac
Cost: $30 Comprehensive Members; $40 Basic Members; $50 General Members
Put your Web graphics on the Atkins Diet plan using PhotoShop Elements. Nothing is more frustrating than waaaaaaiting for a Web page to open due to large graphic files. This workshop deals with the techniques of preparing graphics for the Web, creating Web galleries and custom Web animation.
Mail Merge, Posters, AutoCorrect, OH MY!
Instructor: Ria Mastromatteo
Date: Monday, Jan. 10, 2005
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Format: PC and Mac
Cost: $50 Comprehensive and Basic Members; $100 General Members
Microsoft Office has tons of ?pieces? that will simplify the job of teachers. Some things that we?ll cover are doing a mail merge, creating mailing labels, making posters and using the properties and options features in Word. We?ll also talk about making graphs with Excel and the myriad of options with Publisher.
Instructors: Ralph Tolbert and David Benson
Date: Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2005
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Format: PC and Mac
Cost: $50 Comprehensive and Basic Members; $100 General Members
Have you ever wanted to learn about the process of putting together a classroom video from beginning to end? You Be the Producer is a condensed look at the process of creating a video, including brainstorming the idea, writing the treatment, pitching the idea, creating the script, setting up the shoot, filming creatively, editing the scenes and producing the DVD. While the theme for this video workshop session will be ?Peer Pressure and Teenage Drinking,? the ideas can easily be applied to other classroom topics.
Instructor: David Benson
Date: Friday, Jan. 14, 2005
Time: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Format: PC and Mac
Cost: $30 Comprehensive Members; $40 Basic Members; $50 General Members
Test Quest is a PBS 45 & 49 video-based project built around a cast of characters trying to pass the ultimate challenge: the Ohio proficiency test. Join us for this workshop and receive the Test Quest video and the teachers guide, which includes activities to help "your cast" meet the same objective! Your students will participate in a series of self-discovery exercises that will help them learn to study more effectively and to improve their test-taking strategies.
Instructor: Ralph Tolbert
Date: Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Format: PC
Cost: $50 Comprehensive and Basic Members; $100 General Members
Do you want to create your own Web site, but HTML scares you? Dreamweaver, a highly rated visual Web site development program for both Macs and PCs, is the perfect choice for you. Dreamweaver provides powerful tools to lay out pages and develop and maintain your Web site. It also simplifies the task of making rollovers and pop-up menus. This flexible Web-building program can be used by beginning and experienced Webmasters. Prerequisite: A basic understanding of computer operation is essential.
Instructor: David Benson
Date: Friday, Jan. 21, 2005
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Format: PC and Mac
Cost: $50 Comprehensive and Basic Members; $100 General Members
Start with the basics of grant writing and then put theory into practice by writing at least an outline for your grant proposal. Well also look at possible funding agencies.
Take a Camera, Take a Shot, Now What? LLL
Instructors: Ralph Tolbert and Dave Benson
Date: Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Format: PC and Mac
Cost: $200 Comprehensive Members; $225 Basic Members; $250 General Members
This class is the next step beyond our regular digital camera workshops. The first half of the class will be devoted to you and your camera and the second half will focus on an exploration of ways you can put that camera to use in your classroom. So come along and join us for a tour of digital photography and, at the end of the day, you get to keep the camera and some new ideas. *A Learn It, Love It, Leave With It! Workshop
Instructors: Dave Benson and Ralph Tolbert
Date: Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Format: PC and Mac
Cost: $100 Comprehensive Members; $125 Basic Members; $150 General Members
Well cover set-up and installation of the scanner and its software. Then well use it to scan in documents, pictures and objects for use in other applications. And when the workshop is over, you keep the scanner and software! *A Learn It, Love It, Leave With It! Workshop
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