Technology Professional Development Opportunities
Summer 2010

offered by Lois Bunger, Director of Technology
Darke County ESC
5279 Education Dr.
Greenville, OH   45331





Students on FirstClass....A Teacher's Guide

Description
If you are a teacher lucky enough to have, or will have, FirstClass accounts for your students, this session is for you!  

Topics to be covered in this half-day training will be:
•  determining permissions for your students
•  pitfalls to avoid when sending messages to students
•  organizing your virtual classroom
•  strategies for using FirstClass to enhance instruction
•  ideas to engage students in Web 2.0 technologies using FirstClass

Session 1: Wednesday, June 16th, 2010   8:00 am - 11:30 am
Session 2 (Repeat of session 1): Wednesday, June 16th, 2010  12:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Register by June 11th by sending a message directly to:  lois_bunger@darke.k12.oh.us

Cost:  FREE for participants from schools in the Darke County Professional Development Collaborative
$25 for all others         





FirstClass Web Publishing, day 1 (Beginners/Refresher)

Description
Every FirstClass user has the capability of creating a website.  The great part is that if you know how to create a message in FirstClass, you can create a web page:)  At the end of the workshop you will have a fully functioning class website online for students, parents, etc. to access on the Internet.  This presents unlimited potential for communicating with students, providing online classroom material and resources and implementing Web 2.0 technologies without having to purchase and/or learn a new application.  For maximum benefit, bring information and materials that you would like to include on your website.  

**If you are not a DarkeNet or PrebleNet registered user, make sure your FirstClass administrator enables the following features on your account: "publish web site" and "share calendars".

Wednesday, June 23rd   8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Register by June 18th by sending a message directly to:  lois_bunger@darke.k12.oh.us

Cost:  FREE for participants from schools in the Darke County Professional Development Collaborative
$50 for all others





FirstClass Web Publishing, day 2  (Intermediate/Podcasting)

Description
This workshop will focus on more advanced web publishing features for creating online content for student access.  Participants will create online lessons and podcasts to post to their existing websites to advance Web 2.0 technologies and promote continuity of learning.  

Pre-requisite:  Must have attended a beginning web publishing workshop and/or have an existing FirstClass website.

Thursday, June 24th   8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Register by June 18th by sending a message directly to: lois_bunger@darke.k12.oh.us

Cost:  FREE for participants from schools in the Darke County Professional Development Collaborative
$50 for all others       

 

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