Select a workshop.
SMART Technology - Part II | SMART Technology - Part I | Adobe Premiere Elements 5.0 - Beginner's Course | VITAL and the Educational Resources of PBS | Creating Your Classroom Website Using FrontPage 2003 | Basic Grant Writing | Design and Integrate your PowerPoint Presentations into SMART Board Software | Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 - Intermediate Course | Science in the Elementary School | Introduction to Moodle | How We Found Whimsey and "Got Out of the Box" | A Toolbox of Content Area Literacy Strategies utilized to create an Anti-Bullying Thematic Unit | Free Open Source Software (FOSS) | Inspiration/Kidspiration
Course offerings this Winter/Spring at NCTRC…
Enroll in a workshop designed
to provide support for your professional growth!
Please call (564-5000) or email (nctrc5000@excite.com)
to hold a place in the classes you wish to register.
Payment must be received
before registration will be confirmed.
Please Note:
We
require a separate check for each activity
Please fill out the registration form below and
return via CEWW BOCES courier or U.S. Mail.
Are you feeling fairly comfortable with the basics of using a SMART Board and are ready to learn some new tricks? SMART Airliner and SENETO products will also be a focus of this training. This session is for anyone who has some experience with the SMART Board and are ready to learn more about the software and ways to use it with students. Participants will be given time to create their own lesson or activity with support available, so bring your ideas. It is required that participants take the SMART Board beginner session before attending this session. Bring your own laptop if desired.
Open to all
Prerequisite: SMART Technology Part I
Instructor: Kathleen Fessette
Tuesday: February 5, 12, 26, March 4, and 11
(No class February 19 Winter Recess)
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Place: NCTRC computer lab
Cost: $90
Register by: January 29
1 in-service credit
Max number of participants: 10
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The SMART Board is an interactive whiteboard which turns your computer and projector into a powerful tool for teaching, collaborating and presenting. The SMART Board allows the user to control any application. Participants will demonstrate a basic understanding of the SMART Board including; the SMART Notebook software and tools, using the SMART Recorder and the SMART Video Player. Participants will have an opportunity to develop a SMART project to share and use in their classroom.
Open to all
Prerequisite: Basic computing skills
Instructor: Kathleen Fessette, NCTRC
Thursday: May 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Cost: $90
Register by: April 24
1 in-service Credit
Max number of participants: 8
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0
A Beginners Course
Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 5.0 software combines power and simplicity so you can do more with your photos. Instantly fix flaws or use new advanced tools for more precise control over color and lighting. Quickly put your photos into fun, flexible layouts that you can edit, rearrange, and resize. This course introduces basic digital photo quick fix corrections, including rotating and resizing, cropping, lighting fixes, and contrast ; basic enhancement of photos; and creating composite pictures from several pictures.
No prior experience with Photoshop Elements.
*Basic computer skills perquisite entails knowing how to use a mouse, keyboard, and save files.
Open to all
Prerequisite: Basic computing skills
Instructor: Carol Newcomb, NCTRC
Thursday: February 7, 14, 28, Mar. 6 & 13
(No class February 21 Winter Recess)
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Place: NCTRC computer lab
Cost: $90
Register by: January 31
1 in-service credit
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VITAL and the Education Resources of PBS
VITAL (video in teaching and learning) is a new targeted video service that is aligned to the benchmarks on the N.Y.S tests. Participants will learn how to access this new service as well as see how it can be utilized to create data driven instruction aligned to N.Y. State Standards. Resources for grades 3-6 already exist and 7th and 8th grade resources will be added in Sept of 08. You will also be given a tour of the other education resources that PBS offers including the following: EdVideo Online, PBS Teachers, Assignment The World and Teacher Domain.
Open to all
Prerequisite: Basic computing skills
Instructor: Jane Owens, Mt. Lake PBS
Monday: February 25
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Place: NCTRC computer lab
Cost: $10
Register by: February 11
No Credit
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Creating Your Classroom Website
Using FrontPage 2003
A teacher-made website is not only a source of
great personal pride, but the most contemporary
way to post daily homework assignments, link to
content-related online materials, and post calendars
or announcements. Web-wise teachers improve
parent communication through 24-hour access
to content and important information. Most
importantly, a teacher website is a teaching tool
that can be utilized on a daily basis to differentiate
for all types of learners.
Many teachers MISTAKENLY think a website is
difficult to create and time-consuming to maintain.
Actually, creating a simple, functional website is no
more difficult than creating a Word document!
Once online, a website takes as little as five minutes
a day to update. More advanced participants can also improve upon
an existing website with tips and tricks to keep it
simple, functional and easy to maintain. Participants
can also learn how to develop innovative
online projects that have the potential to be paperfree.
Teachers in any subject area and any grade level will benefit from both the flexible, individualized instruction during the course and some valuable time to actually build the site.
(Session I)
Open to all
Prerequisite: Basic computing skills
Instructor: Julia Miller, Peru CSD
Thursday: February 28, March 6, 13, 20, & 27
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Place: Peru HS Room 104
Cost: $90
Register by: February14
1 in-service Credit
(Session II)
Open to all
Prerequisite: Basic computing
skills
Instructor: Julia Miller, Peru CSD
Thursday: April 24, May 1, 8, 15, & 22
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Place: Peru HS Room 104
Cost: $90
Register by: April 10
1 in-service Credit
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Have you considered applying for an NCTRC Mini Grant or other types of competitive grants and felt that the application process was difficult to navigate? Then, this is a workshop for you. Participants will be exposed to various types of grant applications for“dissection”, and provided information on how to fill in required budget and fiscal forms to meet application specifications. Reporting procedures will also be discussed. After this workshop, you will have no trouble submitting a grant application.
Open to all
Prerequisite: none
Instructor: Diane Bonenfant, NCTRC
Monday: May 12
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Place: NCTRC
Cost: $18
Register by: May 5
1/5 in-service Credit
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Design and Integrate your PowerPoint
Presentations into SMART Board
software.
Windows Only
In this workshop, you'll learn how to create
slide shows that include not only the standard
title and bullet slides, but also incorporate
charts, tables, photos, clip art, "Word Art,"
and "AutoShapes" into your slides. You'll
even be able to import charts and tables directly
from Microsoft Excel and Word, or
bring in an entire presentation outline from
Word to PowerPoint. You'll also control the
formatting and background of your presentation.
Learn how to use the "Slide Sorter" to
rearrange the order of your slides. Participants
will also learn how to hyperlink from one
slide to another. For those familiar with the
SMART board software you may wish to incorporate
many presentations and other resources
into a single notebook page. This will allow
users to have all of their technology resources
in one convenient location.
Open to all
Prerequisite: Basic computing skills
Instructor: Adam Nichols, Peru Central
Thursday: April 24, May 1, 8, 15, 22
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Place: Peru Central School
Primary Building computer lab
Cost: $90
Register by: April 10
1 in-service credit
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Photoshop Elements 5.0
An Intermediate Course
This course takes you beyond Elements basics, going into greater depth of the basics and covering enhancing photos by adding tint filters that stimulate colored filters on a camera, adding multiple special effects, correcting color, and adjusting color. Learn a variety of photo creations that you can make with Elements, including CD and DVD covers, greeting cards, albums custom slideshows with captions, special effects, and music.
Prior experience with Photoshop Elements or Photoshop is required including experience with layers.
Open to all
Prerequisite: Photoshop Elements Beginner
Instructor: Carol Newcomb
Thursday: March 20, 27,
April 3, 10 and 24 (No class
on April 17 spring recess)
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Place: NCTRC computer lab
Cost: $90
Register by: March 13
1 in-service credit
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Science in the Elementary School:
Exploding The Myth of Dullness
Participants will investigate a series of hands on activities designed to stimulate one's natural inclination to ask Why, Where, How, When, and What If? All designed activities, aimed at children grades Kdg. through 6, can be recreated in your classroom at MINIMUM expense from regularly obtained [i.e. the household pantry] sources. Target Audience: Elementary Teachers grades K-6 Discussion points we will explore:
1. How do we invigorate elementary science
instruction while remaining true to the NYS
Standards?
2. How do I plan for/implement “Hands-on
Science” on a shoe-string budget?
3. How do I ensure these activities will build
science concept/content knowledge?
4. Where can I find sources for projects /
experiments / activities?
Elementary K-6
Prerequisite: none
Instructor: James Howard PSUC Adjunct Professor
Thursday: March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Place: Sibley Room 327
Cost: $90
Register by:
1 in-service credit
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This course allows technology-confident educators
to be incredibly efficient. All software
in this course is free to all school districts.
Software includes Moodle and Hot Potatoes.
Moodle is comparable to Blackboard. It allows
online posting of homework, resources,
discussion forums and collecting/grading of
student work, and much more. Hot potatoes
allows users to create multiple choice, matching,
fill-in-the-blank, and short answer questions.
Both applications work together, grade
student responses, offer student feedback and
provide test item analysis with a click of a button.
This course is perfect for teachers in grades 5 through 12.
Open to all –Especially Grades 5-12
Prerequisite: Basic computing skills
Instructor: Al Hammel, NCCS
Tuesday: March 25, April 1, 8, 29, &
May 6 (No class April 15 or 22 spring recess)
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Place: NCTRC computer lab
Cost: $90
Register by: October 3
1 in-service credit
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How We Found Whimsy and“Got Out of the Box“
Looking for something different? Try a little whimsy in your classroom! Jan Stanley (children’s author) and Tamia Gastio (illustrator) will share their approaches to creating the illustrated poems found in their Whimsical World Series. Let your imagination be sparked as you actively explore the use of visual arts and the written word in a creative, collaborative process. You can use these pathways in your own K-12 classroom to foster free expression and nudge your fledgling poets and artists “out of the box!” All participants will receive an autographed copy of A Whimsical World.
Open to all
Prerequisite: none
Instructor: Jan Stanley and Tamia Gastio
Monday: May 5
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Place: NCTRC
Cost: $34 (includes
price of book)
Register by: April 28
1/5 in-service credit
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A Toolbox of Content Area Literacy Strategies Utilized to Create an Anti-bullying Thematic Unit
According to the research anti-bullying programs
have been successful when students
have been directly involved in creating
them. In the first half of this workshop participants
will explore a toolbox of content area
literacy strategies. During the second half of
the workshop you will pair these strategies
with the Mountain Lake produced video,"Dissed-Respect: The Impact of Bullying" to
create an anti-bullying cross-curriculum
unit. Join Jane Owens, from Mountain Lake
PBS for a showcase of books, strategies and
video to integrate into this unit.
(This unit with modifications would be suitable
for grades 4 through 9)
Open to all—Especially Grades 4-9
Prerequisite: Basic computing skills
Instructor: Jane Owens, Mt. Lake PBS
Monday: March 3
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Place: NCTRC computer lab
Cost: $18
Register by: February 25
1/5 in-service Credit
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Free Open Source Software (FOSS)
A Basic Introduction
You don’t always have to pay the big prices for commercial software. There are many free and viable alternatives to Microsoft Office, Photoshop, FileMaker and other business, communications, database, and graphic design software. Take this three hour session and discover these free alternatives to some of your current favorites or software you would like to own but is too expensive. Most of the software that will be covered in this session is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Participants will have the opportunity to burn the software to use on their home computers.
Open to all
Prerequisite: Basic computing skills
Instructor: Carol Newcomb, NCTRC
Monday: March 17
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Place: NCTRC computer lab
Cost: $18
Register by: March 10
1/5 in-service Credit
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Inspiration / Kidspiration
Producing graphic organizers can be a helpful
strategy in preparing students for the NYS
Assessments.
These software programs use the computer to
organize ideas and add graphics for classroom
work. They are powerful visual learning tools
that inspires students to develop ideas and organize
thinking. Participants will receive an
introduction to the Inspiration/Kidspiration
software as well as applications for it use. Participants
will learn how to integrate Inspiration’s
concept maps, literature webs, and Venn
diagrams to expand student knowledge.
Participants will leave with free 30 day demo
copies.
Open to all
Prerequisite: Basic computer skills
Instructor: Diane Bonenfant, NCTRC
Monday: April 7
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Place: NCTRC computer lab
Cost: $18
Register by: March 31
1/5 In-service Credit
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North Country Teacher Resource Center
State University of New York College at Plattsburgh
Sibley Hall Room 322
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Phone: (518) 564-5000
Fax: (518) 564-5001
E-mail: nctrc5000@excite.com
June 17, 2008