| CourseCode |
Class |
Course Description |
Grade Level |
Prerequisite |
| ATWB
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Amphi Teacher Web for Beginners
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Tired of feeling like you “should” get your webpage done? Come get it started! It’s fun and easy. This class goes step-by-step and by the time you leave you can have your page published! This class is meant for teachers or staff who want to create a web page to post information and web links. This is a big time saver for teachers when students miss class.
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All
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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| ATWI
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Now That I Have My Teacher Web Page, What Else Should I Do With It?
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Aren’t satisfied with your webpage? Want it to look better and be truly useful for your students and their parents? You will get ideas and help to make your webpage look the way you want it to look. You will leave this class a more fulfilled webpage author! (Note: You cannot attend this class if you have not already started a webpage.)
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All
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Amphi Teacher Web for Beginners Class
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| BLOG
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Blogging
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Do you have a blog? Would you like to start one for yourself or your classroom? Blogs are collaborative tools that teachers and students can use to create amazing products. Learn how blogs can be excellent instructional tools and how to avoid some common pitfalls when using them with students. We will use Google Blogger to create a blog that will be up and running when you leave class. It can be the answer to the age old question, “What did you do in school today?” and much, much more.
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All
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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| DIIGO
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DIIGO: Research and Collaboration Tool
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“If you browse or read a lot on the web, we believe you will find Diigo indispensable. Diigo is two services in one -- it is a research and collaborative research tool on the one hand, and a knowledge-sharing community and social content site on the other.” With this great online tool, you can keep a list of your own bookmarks and share your lists with others. There is also an educational version where you can set up accounts for students - and keep them secure!
In this session, you will learn how to use Diigo for yourself and with your students, and you will begin setting up your own new online bookmarks! (Note: if you are a Delicious fan, you will like this even better - and you can synch the two!)
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All
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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| DS
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Digital Storytelling
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Digital storytelling is the newest way to encourage 21st century skills in your classroom. Students from kindergarten to high school can take the age-old tradition of oral story telling and add photos, movies, music, and the author’s own voice. In addition, teachers can use Digital storytelling to share content and as a tool for students to demonstrate their learning. Come learn about a powerful new way of encouraging students to become critical thinkers, collaborators, and self-motivated learners.
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All
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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| EX
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Excel Basics for Teachers
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This inservice is designed to familiarize you with Microsoft Excel. You will be given an overview of Excel and be taught how to enter labels, values and formulas. You will learn to sort and organize the information.
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All
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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| EXBB
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Excel the Basics and Beyond for Office Staff
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This class will concentrate on topics, tips and tricks especially useful to office admin assistants, secretaries and clerks. We will review the basics and move on to the next step in Excel. There will be a review of how to make formulas, use the function wizard and use the find and replace features. You will also learn how to do some advance features with databases. We will spend time looking at additional features, such as calculating data across worksheets and analyzing data with logical and lookup functions.
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All
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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| FV
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Flip Video and Movie Maker
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Video can not only be fun, but easy too. Come to class and use a Flip Video Camera. We have 15 to work with. You will see how easy video can be with this inexpensive camera. Students can shoot video then edit it on the computer, or if no computer is available, they can playback the video via a TV or LCD projector. Once we have our video from the Flip Video camera, we will learn how to create movies using Microsoft Moviemaker. We will learn the basics of the program and discuss ways to have students develop movies to meet your curricular goals. Movie Maker is an excellent program that encourages students to collaborate, think critically, and be creative while developing 21st century communication skills.
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All
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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| GD
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Google Documents
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Google Documents is a Web 2.0 tool you can use to have students work collaboratively on word processing, spreadsheet and presentation documents. These documents are stored via the Internet so you do not need to have any additional software. The best part is, it’s free!
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All
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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| GF
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Google Forms: Creating Online Surveys
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Educators are always looking for ways to create surveys. Google Docs has a tool to create online surveys. We will see how to make a survey and answer the questions. You will learn how to link it to an email, blog, or webpage. Watch the results come in and see how to make them into graphs. Different question types will also be examined. In addition, we will look at other survey tools including how to use your cell phone to conduct a survey.
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All
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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| GLOG
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Easy Online Posters Using Glogster
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Glogster.edu has safe, private space available to teachers and students to create amazing online posters, which work like web pages. Students can be extremely creative using visuals, in addition to audio files, to present their work.
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Middle School and High School
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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| GOOG
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Googleology
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Google is number one for a reason. Come learn all about Google, Google Tools and Applications, and what Google can do to help you engage students and teachers into the Google realm.
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All
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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| GT
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Google Tools - Using Google Docs, Reader and Calendar to Develop More Effective Learners
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Students need to be proficient in using Web 2.0 tools to be successful in the working world. Come learn how to weave these fabulous tools into your curriculum and prepare students for the next level.
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Middle School and High School
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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| IDEAL
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Using Discovery Streaming and Thinkfinity to make an IDEAL Classroom
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This class will provide an overview of the IDEAL website. Have you heard about Discovery Streaming (formerly United Streaming)? Discovery Education’s online video library is available to all Amphi teachers. Do you wonder what Discovery Streaming can do for you? We will discover all of the remarkable features of Discovery Streaming and a companion site, Thinkfinity (formerly Marco Polo), a site offering resources and programs that support standards, 21st century learning, and more!
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All
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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| MMPS
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Using Movie Maker and Photo Story in Projects That Nurture Creativity, Critical Thinking and Collaboration
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Learn to use programs such as Movie Maker and Photo Story to develop multimedia projects in all curricular areas. This class will introduce you to digital storytelling tools that encourage students to collaborate, think critically, and be creative while developing 21st century communication skills.
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All
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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| NECC
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The Hottest Technology Tools from NECC (National Education Computing Conference) 2009
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Need new ideas to spice up your classroom? Since you weren’t able to travel to Washing DC for this year’s conference, it is coming to you. Come learn the about the latest cutting edge educational technology tools to use in your classroom next school year.
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All
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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| OS
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Online Simulations
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There are many free, educational online simulations to use with your students to enhance your curriculum and stimulate their thinking! Come explore some of them and create plans for using them with your classes.
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All
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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| OTVT
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Creating Online Tutorials Using VoiceThread
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Ever get tired of teaching the same concept over and over? Now you can have the students watch a tutorial online that you created and they will be able to refer back to it all year. Learn how to create online tutorials for math, science, English and social studies in Voicethread, a free program. You can also teach students to create their own tutorials quickly and easily using a scanned image and their voice.
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All
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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| POD
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Podcasting - Everybody's Talking About It, and Now You and Your Students Will Be Able to Do It
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When you leave this introduction to creating Podcasts, you will have your first podcast posted on the web! (Note: you do NOT need an ipod to podcast!)
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All
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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| PPE
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Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations
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PowerPoint is an enormous program. Come learn some of the lesser known features of PowerPoint, along with some key rules for making your presentations effective.
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All
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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| PPI
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PowerPoint Interactive
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Come learn how to create interactive PowerPoints to use with students at their individual work stations. You will also learn to create classroom activities like Jeopardy and Millionaire to display on the Averkey, projector or Smart Board for whole-group instruction and review.
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All
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Beginning PowerPoint or a good knowledge of beginning PowerPoint
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| SBB
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SMART Board Basics
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More and more schools are finding SMART Boards in the labs and classrooms. This class will focus on the basic usage of the SMART Board. We will discuss what is needed to set up this technology, how this technology works, and how it can interact with programs that you already have installed on your computer. Interactive time with the SMART Board will be provided. This class will use the latest version of Smart Board software, version 10.
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All
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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| SBC
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Integrating the eInstruction Clickers and the SMART Board!
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One of the newest technologies found in classroom around the district are the eInstruction Clicker response systems. In this class, we will explore how to use the clickers, their software, and their reporting feature. We will have the opportunity to create our own question set in the software as well as in PowerPoint. Come and learn about a new way to increase the interaction of your students in the material that you teach!
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All
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SMART Board Basics and Creating SMART Board Lessons using Notebook
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| SBGIT
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Utilizing the Gallery and Interactive Toolkit To Enhance Your SMART Board Lessons
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Now that you have learned about the basic functions of the SMART Board and the Notebook software, come and experience the interactive tools that we can utilize to enhance our lessons to truly get our students to interact with the knowledge we want them to gain. The class will focus on how to create interactive experiences in the Notebook using the Toolkit and you will have time to explore gallery items that might benefit your classroom.
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All
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SMART Board Basics and Creating SMART Board Lessons using Notebook
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| SBIS
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Exploring Interactive Sites and Activities to Enhance Your SMART Board Experience
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Come and explore the Internet as we look at various websites that can enhance your teaching, no matter what grade level you teach. We will start by learning about Del.icio.us, a great website that allows you take your bookmarks to any computer you are at! Part of the class will focus on directed exploration of great websites that include fantastic examples of interactive experiences that can enhance the relevancy of your lessons. The other part of the class will be devoted to some basic Internet search ideas that can help you find other examples. Come ready to bookmark sites that will help you meet the needs of your learners!
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All
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SMART Board Basics and Creating SMART Board Lessons using Notebook
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| SBL
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Creating SMART Board Lessons Using Notebook
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During this class, we will learn some of the basics of the SMART Notebook program that comes with the SMART Board. You will explore lessons that have already been created using this software. You will spend time creating your own lessons as well. Bring some school related materials to work on a Smarter lesson! This class will use the latest version of SMART Board software, version 10.
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All
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SMART Board Basics
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| SBRR
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Increase the Rigor and Relevance of Your SMART Board Lessons by Incorporating 21st Century Skills
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Many of us create great lessons that engage our students in the learning of basic knowledge. Now it’s time to take our lessons to the next level! During this class, we will review the Rigor/Relevance Model, by Bill Daggett, as well as the 21st Century Skills. Using this knowledge, we will brainstorm and create lessons that will help our students to have real world, higher level thinking experiences in our classrooms using the SMART Board!
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All
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SMART Board Basics and Creating SMART Board Lessons using Notebook
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| SBWT
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SMART Board Work Time
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The focus of this class is to provide teachers with time to collaborate with other teachers in order to make interactive lessons using the SMART Notebook Software. Come and design lessons that will engage your students! This work time will allow you to practice previously learned skills as well as ask personalized questions of the instructor and other teachers in the class.
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All
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SMART Board Basics and Creating SMART Board Lessons using Notebook
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| SWP
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Helping Students Create Web Pages
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If you would like your students to be able to create webpages as a presentation or assessment tool, then you will want to attend this session. You will learn of several student friendly and free webpage builders and you will have a chance to create your own simple pages with these tools.
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All
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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| TEMA
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TEMS for School Administrators
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The District is moving to a new student management system called TEMS for the 2009-10 school year. At this training, you will learn to use TEMS for your job responsibilities. Note: You only need to sign up for ONE of the training dates for school administrators.
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All
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None
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| TEMN
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TEMS for School Nurses
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The District is moving to a new student management system called TEMS for the 2009-10 school year. At this training, you will learn to use TEMS for your job responsibilities. Note:
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All
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None
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| TEMOE
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TEMS for Elementary Office Personnel
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The District is moving to a new student management system called TEMS for the 2009-10 school year. At this training, you will learn to use TEMS for your job responsibilities.
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All
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None
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| TEMOS
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TEMS for Secondary Office Personnel
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The District is moving to a new student management system called TEMS for the 2009-10 school year. At this training, you will learn to use TEMS for your job responsibilities. Note: You only need to sign up for ONE of the training dates for secondary personnel.
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All
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None
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| TEMST
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TEMS for Site Based Teacher Trainers
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This class is only for the Teacher Site Trainers selected by the school principal
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All
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None
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| TEMT
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TEMS for Teachers
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The District is moving to a new student management system called TEMS for the 2009-10 school year. At this training, you will learn how to take attendance electronically using TEMS. In addition, you will learn how to use all of the grade book features including setting up categories, entering assignments, entering grades, adding comments and creating grade reports. In addition, you will learn how to post grades to the Parent Portal. If you take one of the District TEMS classes in July, 2009, you will not have to attend the mandatory training at your site on August 4, 2009 from 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM.
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All
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None
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| WEB
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Using Web 2.0 Tools to Fire Up Your Classroom
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The web has great, free tools that teachers can use to fire up their classrooms and get students excited about technology. Come learn some of the most effective online tools to engage students in collaboration and creativity.
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All
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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| WIKI
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Wow Your Students with Wikis
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Wikis are like web pages, but others can add to them if you choose. Come learn all the different ways you can use wikis in the classroom for collaboration, student portfolios, and more.
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All
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Basic understanding of Windows or Macintosh computers
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