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American Sign Language II | Inspiration / Kidspiration | FileMaker Pro | Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 (Winter Session) | FrontPage 2003 (Beginners) | Make and Take at NCTRC | Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 (Spring Session) | MarcoPolo (Session 1) | Microsoft Publisher 2003 | American Sign Language III | MarcoPolo (Session 2) | Microsoft Excel | Flash | FrontPage 2003 (Intermediate) | Adobe Photoshop: Advanced Beginners |
Course offerings this winter at NCTRC…
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This course is designed for those who have taken American Sign Language Part I.
Join Erin as she continues the study of Sign Language. Participants will enhance their skills as they continue using units 6-9 of the videotext. Anyone who has taken Part II and needs review before continuing on with Part III (Beginning April 5, 2006) can make arrangements to attend review sessions.
Open to all
Prerequisite: Sign Language Part I
Instructor: Erin Burke, CVES
Dates: Wednesday, January 18, 25 February
1, 8, 15 March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Time: 4:30pm to 7:30pm
Place: NCTRC
Cost: $180
Register by January 11
2 In-Service Credits
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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
Dates: Wednesday, April 19
Time: 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Place: NCTRC
Cost: $18.00
Register by April 7
1/5 In-Service Credits
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Filemaker Pro
A Database for your classroom
Filemaker Pro is the one tool for all your classroom needs.
Filemaker allows you to handle database tasks efficiently without being a database expert. Its intuitive, integrated design will let you create reports, mailing labels and merge letters as well as other more specific classroom uses, including IEPs. Learn how to use both templates and custom functions to make classroom management tasks quicker and easier. Bring an idea for a database that would be useful for your needs.
Open to all
Prerequisite: Basic Computer Skills
Instructor: Kim Mayer, CVES
Dates: Tuesdays, January 24, 31 February
7, 14, 28
Time: 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Place: NCTRC
Cost: $18.00
Register by January 17
1 In-Service Credits
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 (Winter Session)
Adobe Photoshop Elements is an exciting tool that allows you to create original and highly professional looking instructional aids. Colors shapes, drawing tools, and text can be woven together to command your students attention and make your message clear. This course will help you feel confident creating and publishing your own aids. Past participants have created banners, posters, transparencies, handouts and much more. After taking this course participants will have met the prerequisite for Adobe Photoshop Advanced/Beginner beginning March 7, 2006.
Open to all
Prerequisite: Basic Computer Skills
Instructor: Carol Newcomb, NCTRC
Dates: Wednesday, January 25, February 1,
8, March 1, 8
Time: 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Place: NCTRC
Cost: $90.00
Register by January 18
1 In-Service Credit
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Microsoft FrontPage is a quick effective way to create professional, quality Internet sites. It makes it easy for new users and professional web developers alike to build and maintain great-looking websites in no time.
In this class you will learn how to create a school or classroom website with direct application to your unique curriculum. A website is a great way to communicate with students, teachers, parents and colleagues. You will leave with a complete website, to publish, for the world to see.
Open to all
Prerequisite: Basic Computer Skills
Instructor: Eddie Vega, New Media
Specialist
Date: Thursdays, January 26, February 2,
9, 16, March 2
Time: 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Place: NCTRC
Cost: $18.00
Register by January 19
1 In-Service Credit
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The NCTRC Media Center offers Ellison Die Cut Machines and a color poster printer, that can help you create a new winter bulletin board that is sure to brighten your class and enhance your student learning environment. During this three hour session you will experience all that NCTRC has to offer including: teacher time saving tips and tricks, poster makers, Ellison Die Cut Machines, book binders, sticker and magnet makers, and more... Join Diane as she shows you the ins and outs of the resources available at the North Country Resource Center!
Open to all
Prerequisite: None
Instructor: Diane Bonenfant
Date: Wednesday, February 15
Time: 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Place: NCTRC Media Center
Cost: $18.00
Register by February 8
1/5 Credits
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 (Spring Session)
Adobe Photoshop Elements is an exciting tool that allows you to create original and highly professional looking instructional aids. Colors shapes, drawing tools, and text can be woven together to command your students attention and make your message clear. This course will help you feel confident creating and publishing your own aids. Past participants have created banners, posters, transparencies, handouts and much more.
Open to all
Prerequisite: Basic Computer Skills
Instructor: Carol Newcomb, NCTRC
Dates: Wednesday, May 10, 24, 31, June 7,
14
Time: 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Place: NCTRC
Cost: $90.00
Register by May 3
1 In-Service Credit
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Using MarcoPolo Website for Standards (Session 1)
The MarcoPolo Education Foundation: Internet Content for the Classroom is a consortium of nine of the nation’s leading education organizations, and hundreds of education and training experts from across the country. Whether you are looking for science projects or innovative tools for your Math A classroom, teaching research skill, constructing CRQ’s and DBQ’s, or you need to develop assessments and appropriate rubrics for assessing student work, this web portal contains materials that can be integrated into project, and/or lessons for the classroom. If you have never really been “Internet savvy”, this training is for you!
Open to all
Prerequisite: Basic Computer Skills
Instructor: Kathleen Fessette, NCTRC
Date: Wednesday, March 15
Time: 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Place: NCTRC
Cost: $18.00
Register by March 8
1/5 In-Service Credits
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Microsoft Publisher 2003
Windows Only
Create new publications for your classroom in 2006!
Save time while creating great-looking projects for almost any classroom application. Publisher is the leading academic desktop publishing application. It includes over 1600 pre-designed templates to help you get started, and helps you get a unique look for your classroom projects. In this class you will learn how to create newsletters, flyers, brochures, postcards, signs, calendars, and more.
Open to all
Prerequisite: Basic Computer Skills
Instructor: Carol Newcomb, NCTRC
Date: Wednesdays, March 22, 29, April 5,
26, May 3
Time: 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Place: NCTRC
Cost: $18.00
Register by March 15
1/5 In-Service Credits
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This course is designed for those who have taken American Sign Language Part I and II.
Join Erin as she continues the study of the unique language of sign.
Open to all
Prerequisite: Sign Language Part I and II
Instructor: Erin Burke, CVES
Dates: Wednesday, April 5, 19, 26, May 3,
10, 17, 24, 31 June 7, 14
Time: 4:30pm to 7:30pm
Place: NCTRC
Cost: $180
Register by March 28
2 In-Service Credits
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Using MarcoPolo Website for Standards (Session 2)
The MarcoPolo Education Foundation: Internet Content for the Classroom is a consortium of nine of the nation’s leading education organizations, and hundreds of education and training experts from across the country. Whether you are looking for science projects or innovative tools for your Math A classroom, teaching research skill, constructing CRQ’s and DBQ’s, or you need to develop assessments and appropriate rubrics for assessing student work, this web portal contains materials that can be integrated into project, and/or lessons for the classroom. If you have never really been “Internet savvy”, this training is for you!
Open to all
Prerequisite: Basic Computer Skills
Instructor: Kathleen Fessette, NCTRC
Date: Wednesday, May 17
Time: 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Place: NCTRC
Cost: $18.00
Register by May 10
1/5 In-Service Credits
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Would you like to know how to help students produce professional looking graphs and tables for their classroom projects? Excel spreadsheets, tables, and graphs give students tools that allow them to manipulate data and present the results clearly and concisely. Excel gives the teacher an opportunity to meet NYS Standards (specifically, the students demonstrating a knowledge of technology and its application to problem solving). If you're tired of rewritting class lists every time a student enters or leaves your class. Excel will give you the tool to make these changes in only a few seconds. As a tool for your classroom management, Excel will increase your efficiency, allow you to keep track of student averages and develop mailing lists.
Open to all
Prerequisite: Basic Computer Skills
Instructor: Kim Mayer, CVES
Dates: Tuesdays, April 18, 25, May 2, 9, 16
Time: 4:30pm to 7:30pm
Place: NCTRC
Cost: $180
Register by April 7
1 In-Service Credit
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Learn the basics of 2-dimensional animation in simple terminology. This “basics level” workshop will give participants an opportunity to work & play with text, shapes, colors and photos in an environment that has every industry on the cutting edge.
Hands-on training along with proper planning will help you to develop animated sequences that can be used on Websites and in Video as well as for Presentations in the classroom or the Board Room. Graphic titles and opening sequences for television, video, DVD and the web can now be produced in Flash.
Examples of how Flash is being used in real world applications will be available. From Cartoon Network’s basic (and roughly drawn) “Home Movies” to the more complex “Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi” to low-end & high-tech websites to creating a photo slideshows through the use of built-in templates.
As always, come with ideas and expect to have some fun!
Open to all
Prerequisite: Web Development Skills
Instructor: Eddie Vega, New Media
Specialist
Dates: Thursdays, April 20, 27, May 4, 11,
18
Time: 4:30pm to 7:30pm
Place: NCTRC
Cost: $180
Register by April 6
1 In-Service Credit
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This workshop will introduce participants to the building blocks of web development – HTML – in the simplest and most comprehensive terms around without the technical babble.
We will also introduce and explain the basics of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and how important CSS really is to web developers. Also covered in this workshop is how to use the built-in templates found in FrontPage and how to customize them to suit your business, educational or personal needs.
Learn the importance of “meta tags” and the use of “keywords” which work together with search engines.Open to all
Prerequisite: Basic Computer Skills
Instructor: Eddie Vega, New Media
Specialist
Date: Thursdays, March 9, 16, 23, 30,
April 6
Time: 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Place: NCTRC
Cost: $18.00
Register by March 2
1 In-Service Credit
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Adobe Photoshop: Advanced Beginner
This workshop will introduce participants to the building blocks of web development – HTML – in the simplest and most comprehensive terms around without the technical babble.
We will also introduce and explain the basics of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and how important CSS really is to web developers. Also covered in this workshop is how to use the built-in templates found in FrontPage and how to customize them to suit your business, educational or personal needs.
Learn the importance of “meta tags” and the use of “keywords” which work together with search engines.Open to all
Prerequisite: Basic Computer Skills
Instructor: Eddie Vega, New Media
Specialist
Date: Tuesdays, March 7, 14, 21, 28, April
4
Time: 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Place: NCTRC
Cost: $18.00
Register by February 17
1 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
February 18, 2007