Summer_Technology_Institute

This summer, we are offering a series of workshops to help you use technology effectively and to offer you the tools and strategies you need to teach your students 21st century skills. See below for course descriptions and times. Register on [|My Learning Plan]. ActivInspire for Beginners ** Attention all beginning interactive whiteboard users! Participants in this class will learn how to use ActivInspire to create flipcharts. The course will offer ideas, practical information and strategies that will help them use this tool effectively and seamlessly. Develop presentations, identify interactive websites, and take advantage of opportunities to practice so that this tool becomes an impossible-to-do-without part of your teaching and your students' classroom experience. The course will meet for four 3 hour 45 minute sessions for one inservice credit and must have 10 participants in order to run.

This course is designed for experienced ActivInspire users who are ready to take their skills to the next level. Learn how to utilize more complex tools, modify flipcharts from Promethean Planet, and create completed flipcharts that will engage and challenge your students. The course will meet for four 3 hour 45 minute sessions for one inservice credit and must have 10 participants in order to run.
 * ActivInspire for Intermediate Users**

If you've mastered the introductory ActivInspire classes, try your hand at moving to the next level of creating sophisticated and engaging flipcharts. The course will meet for four 3 hour 45 minute sessions for one inservice credit and must have 10 participants in order to run.
 * ActivInspire for Advanced Users**

This course offers teachers a chance to learn about digital media that will engage and motivate their students. Participants will learn how to use applications such as Microsoft Photo Story, Windows Movie Maker, and Audacity to create, edit and showcase stories told with digital media. Project ideas will be identified that teachers can bring to their classroom that will provide students the opportunity to tell a “story” that communicates their understanding of a concept, a historical event or era, a literary message, a character in a book…The choices are boundless. The course will meet for four 3 hour 45 minute sessions for one inservice credit and must have 10 participants in order to run.
 * Digital Storytelling**

Learn how to create your own movies using Windows Movie Maker, incorporating video streaming resources such as United Streaming, Discovery Education's online video library, and PowerMedia Plus. You will also be introduced to Channel 13's Vital, Teacher Tube, and Brain Pop. Instructional applications will be emphasized.
 * Lights, Action, Camera! Video Streaming and Movie Making**

Introduce your classes to the new reading series with engaging interactive ActivInspire flipcharts! This class will allow you to take full advantage of the district's interactive whiteboard technology and apply it to specific activities for ELA. The course will meet for four 3 hour 45 minute sessions for one inservice credit and must have 10 participants in order to run.
 * Create Literacy-Based Flipcharts to Use with the New Reading Series**

Using a variety of materials such as websites, professional journals and online databases, participants will create interactive flipcharts using ActivInspire software. The course will meet for four 3 hour 45 minute sessions for one inservice credit and must have 10 participants in order to run.
 * Interactive Handouts--Turn Your Tired Old Worksheets into Interactive Worksheets**

This course will introduce participants to the extensive array of programs and online resources we have available in the Uniondale School District that allow for varied opportunities to develop a curriculum infused with technology and create differentiated learning experiences for all students. Explore a sampling of the district's programs such as Study Island, Castle Learning, Thinkfinity and online databases and develop concrete applications that utilize new-found expertise. Manage information to increase student motivation and communication with parents and peers through eChalk. Improve technology skills to enhance teaching practices. The Back to School Tools section of the course will provide you with a toolkit that you will be able to pull out of your briefcase come September that you will use to dazzle your students with learning opportunities! MusThe course will meet for four 3 hour 45 minute sessions for one inservice credit and must have 10 participants in order to run.
 * Uniondale's Technology Treasures and Back to School Tools **