Inservice+Courses

=Check to see if the district has any inservice course offerings that meet your needs.= 1. Logon to [|http://www.mylearningplan.com.] 2. Select "**District Catalog**." 3. Click on the course of interest. 4. Click "**Request Approval**" or "**Sign up now**."

=Spring Courses:=

Do You Google?
Are you familiar with the many facets of the search engine upon which so many of us rely--so many, in fact, that Google has become a verb? Learn how to seize the power of Google and utilize many of its applications in your professional lives. Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Google Calendar, Google Video, Google Reader, Google Scholar, Google Picasa, to name just a few, all can be harnassed to improve classroom communication and productivity. In addition, teachers will learn the ins and outs of effective searching on the Internet, helping them actually find exactly what it is they need. This course will meet for five 3 hour sessions for 1 credit.

The World of Wikis and Other Web 2.0 Tools
What is the read/write web and what can it do for you--and what can you do with it? The short list--wikis, blogs, podcasts, start pages, online to do lists, peer production news, image collection and sharing, third party online file storage, blogs, video sharing, web-based documents (word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation programs), project management and team collaboration, screen capture programs—gives you a glimpse of the depth of the capabilities of this generation of the Internet. In this one credit, 15 hour course that will meet for 3 hours for each of five sessions, you will learn how to create a wiki and incorporate a variety of web 2.0 tools into it so that you have a dazzling--and meaningful--presence on the web.

Intelliboards at Work!
Attention all interactive whiteboard users! Participants in this class will be on the receiving end of ideas and practical information 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 five 3 hour sessions for one inservice credit.

=NYS Teacher Center Online Academy, Winter-Spring, 2008:= NYS Teacher Center Online Academy Winter-Spring 2008 Peruse the offerings at [|http://www.olacatalog.org] All classes are 15 hours in length and run from __March 6, 2008 to end April 17, 2008__ Teacher Center Member Fees: $99 per course - Non-Teacher Center Member Fees— $150 per course Register using MyLearningPlan* at __[|http://www.rockteach.org]__ //Please note that the course must be relevant to what you teach in order to receive inservice credit.//
 * If you already have a MyLearningPlan account ID, register at [|http://mylearningplan.com]