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Free Web Apps that Make Learning FUN!
Instructor: Marlane Burns
Level: Beginner
Grades: K-5th Grade
Location: Technology Center | This session explores a few of Marlane’s Muy-Magnifico, FAVORITE FREE web apps to excite your students! You will create a teacher avatar to help you teach! Fun, cool, inspiring, and FREE activities to enhance your lessons and grab your student’s attention. This class is geared toward math and science, but these apps can be used in most any classroom to spice things up! Learn how to teach using Transformations, Venn Diagrams, My Avatar Editor, Bar Graphs, Pictogram, JamStudio and Odosketch
Your students will be glad you did! | 3/29/2010
5/11/2010
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From Shutter "Click" to Upload!
Instructor: Brenda Pilley
Level: Beginner
Grades: All Grades
Location: Technology Center | This session is full of tips on photo taking techniques. Plus, learn how to transfer pictures to your computer from your digital camera or phone, then upload them to your website. We will discuss how to create a Photo Gallery and how to manage the pictures in your gallery. | 1/28/2010
3/1/2010
4/13/2010
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Go Hollywood With Movie Maker!
Instructor: Collette Barragan
Level: Beginner
Grades: All Grades
Location: Technology Center | Find out what you can accomplish with Windows Movie Maker in your classroom. See how to create, edit, and add special effects to your video creations. ITS EASY! | 2/2/2010
3/4/2010
5/4/2010
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GOOGLE TOOLS-Web2.0 in the Classroom
Instructor: Debra Ezell
Level: Beginner
Grades: All Grades
Location: Technology Center | Google offers great tools that you can use to enhance both teaching and learning. This session provides some clever ideas for utilizing Google Tools in your classroom. | 2/18/2010
3/11/2010
3/25/2010
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Merge - a - Rama!
Instructor: Debra Ezell
Level: Intermediate
Grades: All Grades
Location: Technology Center | Merge your created documents with a data source for repetitive letters, certificates, envelopes and mailing labels using Microsoft Word and Microsoft Access or Excel. MERGE your information with a click of your mouse. We will make it EASY AS PIE for you! | 5/6/2010
4/15/2010
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Pixie in the Elementary Classroom
Instructor: Sarah Cantu
Level: Beginner
Grades: Elementary
Location: Various Elementary Classrooms | TARGET AUDIENCE: ELEMENTARY TEACHERS! Pixie engages elementary students! Pixie combines a paint program, clip art, voice recording and curriculum activities to help students develop podcasts, online storybooks, videos and Flash animations. This course will be held in Apache Room 17. | 2/16/2010
3/2/2010
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PUMP UP Your Teacher WebPage
Instructor: Brenda Pilley
Level: Intermediate
Grades: All Grades
Location: Technology Center | We want to PUMP YOU UP with RSS Feeds, Google Maps, Voki, Shelfari, and other really cool apps for your TeacherPage! This session teaches you how to add these apps to your website! | 2/15/2010
3/9/2010
4/22/2010
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Science, Math & Reading Computer Activities
Instructor: Sarah Cantu
Level: Beginner
Grades: Elementary
Location: Apache Rm 17 | TARGET AUDIENCE: ELEMENTARY TEACHERS! Packed full of fun ideas for quick and easy computer activities that takes student learning to the next level. A fun and easy way to integrate technology into the elementary curriculum. Attendees will leave this workshop with a miriad of "all-ready- prepared" activities to take right into the classroom. This course will be held in Apache Room 17. | 3/23/2010
3/30/2010
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What? Wii in the Classroom?
Instructor: Collette Barragan
Level: Beginner
Grades: Elementary
Location: Technology Center | TARGET AUDIENCE: ELEMENTARY TEACHERS! Watch as student learning skyrockets when Wii and DanceMat are integrated with core subjects. Learn how this technology can raise student success and make learning so much fun! | 4/20/2010
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Who Let the Blogs Out?
Instructor: Brenda Pilley
Level: Beginner
Grades: All Grades
Location: Technology Center | This session will teach you how to setup and maintain a BLOG page on your Teacher Website. Every teacher in the district now has their own site! Adding a BLOG is an easy way to incorporate Higher Level Thinking Skills into your curriculum by soliciting student responses to Open-ended questions. Possibilities are endless! | 1/19/2010
2/25/2010
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Who Moved My Office Cheese?
Instructor: Debra Ezell
Level: Beginner
Grades: All Grades
Location: Technology Center | This session is an overview of changes in Microsoft Office 2007. We will introduce you to the new Microsoft Ribbons in the Office Suite. FSISD will move to Office 2007 next school year. BE PREPARED! | 1/25/2010
2/22/2010
4/5/2010
5/13/2010
5/18/2010
5/25/2010
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