Class+Descriptions

 Edge Tech Academy 2009  Creating and Using Wikis in the Classroom  There’s more to “wiki” than Wikipedia. In fact, more and more educators are taking advantage of the collaborative aspects of wikis. This course will introduce participants to the flexible, easy-to-use wiki and the possibilities the wiki has in the classroom. Participants will learn how to set-up a wiki account, how to edit, add pages, and manage a wiki. We will discuss content control, access issues and safety and security concerns. Each participant will create a content based wiki related to their curriculum.

Advanced interactive Whiteboard Technology with Mimio Software All current mimio users are invited to take this training. We will be introduced to the new interactive software and participate in a two week Beta Evaluation of the product. All participants will create new and powerful interactive lessons using the new software. If you want to take your Mimio lessons to a new level, consider this course for your summer professional development. 

Advanced Interactive Whiteboard Technology with Smartboard software During this session, teachers will get the opportunity to learn about the new tools available for your SMARTBoard, along with the SMART Notebook software 10. Participants will look at lesson plans that have been created by other teachers and have time to develop and share activities to use with the SMARTBoard in their classroom. We will also learn to set up and use the Senteo response system.

Advanced Wiki: Using the wiki interactively with students and taking your wiki to a higher level Pre-requisite: Intro to Wikis (Offered in 2008 & 2009) Wiki, a powerful Web 2.0 resource, is an effective tool for use in any classroom. Wikis can be used to organize content for students, utilized for student or teacher collaboration, dissemination of learning beyond the classroom and a vehicle for individual student projects. In this course, we will take our existing wikis to a new level. Design wikis that are appealing, useful and easy to navigate. All participants will complete at least one interactive wiki during the professional development training.

21st Century classroom instruction for MS and HS Teachers Teaching and learning have a new face in the 21st century. Web 2.0 technologies are revolutionizing the way in which instructors engage and interact with students online. This class will explore what learning looks like in the 21st century. We will focus in wikis, blogs, podcasts, student-response systems and other tools and techniques of the 21st century.

Using Interactive Whiteboard Technology with Mimio Last year many of our teachers were introduced to the Mimio. The Mimio is interactive whiteboard technology. In this course we will learn to use the Mimio software, create interactive lessons and integrate them into our current curriculum. This technology improves instruction and student motivation. We cannot promise that each participant will receive Mimio hardware, but trained teachers will be the first to receive the hardware when purchases are made. Lessons can still be utilized in the classroom. (Any questions: Talk to Kathy)

Improving Teacher Effectiveness With Mac Software
In this course participants will gain fundamental skills needed to use the Mac OS X operating sytem and apply this learning to the classroom. With a few easy instructions, you can have your young students practicing and increasing reading fluency, creating video projects, improving their writing skills and increase the motivation of your students all within your Mac OS X software. We will briefly touch integrated lessons with Microsoft Office and the iLife Suite. Great course for those that want to improve their computer skills.