Courses 2011

Wikis, blogs and cool Web2.0 tools

Create a class website with individual pages for your children to showcase their work. Use the free tools available on the internet to make this happen. Experiment with free software that will publish your students’ work in ways you have never seen before. Identify the tools that you are going to be able to use with your students in the class. Find out how simple this can be and transform the teaching, learning and assessment in your classroom practice.

You will need to have examples of student’s work on your laptop this can be any WordProcessed documents, Word, PowerPoints, Keynotes; photos of art work, handwriting samples, test results; Kidspiration and Inspiration documents, in fact any work they have completed. Please bring laptops with all leads and ensure that your laptop is not blocked to receiving wireless connection.

This course is suitable for all levels Primary, Intermediate and Secondary

Venue: Jet Park Hotel & Conference Centre
Phone: 09 623 8977
Email: g.bracey@auckland.ac.nz
Date: 28 July 2011
Time: 9-3

Advanced Users of Wikis and Blogs

You have started a Wiki and/or Blog and now you would like to add more to it to make it more interesting and informative for your readers. Find out what widgets and gadgets are available for education use  to bring your blog alive. Discuss what content could be added and how it can be presented in many different ways. Personalise your wiki/blog so it reflects the message you are sending.

Pre-requisite: You must already have a blog and/or a wiki that you are working on.

The 21st Century Classroom: e-Learning as it happens

What would a day in a 21^st Century classroom look like? How does the e-learning happen? How does your teaching style change? Explore what this could look  like in your classroom and be prepared to make some changes!

Making the Best of Google Docs and Tools

Open  your  classroom  walls  by  finding  out  how  to  use  Google  Docs.  Create  forms,  spreadsheets,  documents  and  presentations.  Create  documents  that  can  be  shared  and  edited  by  others.  Integrate  with  other  Google  tools  and  access  your  planning  and  teaching  resources  online.

Venue: Kohia Teachers Centre
Phone: 09 623 8977
Email: g.bracey@auckland.ac.nz
Date: 19 April  2011
Time: 9-3

Encouraging Students to be better researchers; is there life after Google?

Is there life after Google? How can we encourage students to be better researchers? What other tools and software can you use in the classroom? What skills do I need as a teacher to facilitate learning and demonstrate advanced researching skills? Find out how you and your students can become better researchers. Come prepared with topic ideas in Science and Social Studies.

Higher Order Thinking Tools and e-Learning

There is a variety of Higher Order thinking tools being used in classrooms today. Find out how these fit into the e-Learning environment. Identify how you can cater for the different learning styles in your classroom and what tools and applications support those approaches

You will need to know what your topics are for planning purposes. Please bring laptops with all leads and ensure that your laptop is not blocked to receiving wireless connection.

This course is suitable for all levels Primary, Intermediate and Secondary

101 ways to use Digital Cameras

Find out how to use your school digital or digital video camera in an innovative child-centered integrated setting, by learning how to use the features on your own school or personal camera. Use this new found knowledge to take part in a variety of activities and develop a bank of activities that can be used in your school at your own particular level. See how a variety of software can be used with digital cameras. Some of the software that could be used is Microsoft Office, Kidspiration or Inspiration, KidPix and movie making software such as MovieMaker (Windows) and iMovie (Mac)

Teacher Aides supporting Students with their e-Learning

Learn  how  to  work  with  children  and  support  them  in  their  e-learning  journey.  Know  what  is  expected  of  students  when  keyboarding  and  when  they  are  on  the  internet.  Look  at  how  to  use  cameras  in  and  out  of  the  classroom  and  with  children.  Try  out  some  of  the  computer  applications  that  students  use  and  become  familiar  with  how  to  use  them

iWorks (Pages, Keynote and Numbers)

Create  dynamic  documents  in  Pages,  sizzling  presentations  in  Keynote  and  use  Numbers  to  create  snazzy  spreadsheets.  Learn  how  to  use  these  programmes  in  the  classroom  and  with  children.

How to be an e-Learning Facilitator

You  are  the  support  person,  team  leader  or  lead  teacher  in  your  school  and  you  have  to  work  with  teachers  developing  their  skills.  Find  out  ways  to  plan  and  facilitate  their  learning  and  develop  methods  of  working  with  teachers  with  different  needs.

Digital Tools in the Classroom

How  can  you  use  cameras,  iPads,  Flip  Videos,  Wii,  PSPs,  Internet  capable  phones  and  more  in  the  classroom?  Bring  along  your  gadgets  and  find  out  how  to  put  them  to  educational  use.

Get to know your Laptop

Learn how to operate and navigate in Windows XP, Vista or Apple OS10.

Participants will learn how to find programmes, organise folders and files, perform basic troubleshooting and find out how to do basic computer maintenance. See how to save to computer, CD and memory sticks. Learn how to put music on your laptops and organise and find your photos. Finally learn some tips and tricks when working with Word.

Organise your computer files and folders

Having difficulty finding files? Need to organise them into folders? Can’t find your photos? Not sure how to save and then find it all again? This half day course is suitable for participants who need to organise their computers.

Word from beginners to expertise
Participants  will

• use menu bars and toolbars
• experience basics of opening, typing, saving files
• Edit and format text
• Use text boxes and graphics
• Add borders and headings
• Create basic activities
• Work with bullets (formatting, creating your own)
• Use the draw tools to create graphics
• Use and extend draw tools
• Extend formatting skills
• Work with tables and graphs
• Create activities

All Versions of Word will be covered

PowerPoint and Keynote can be great

You just have to be a 'bit' creative!

Given the choice of presenting digitally, PowerPoint (or Keynote for Macs) is the most widely used presentation tool in classrooms. Consequently, it is also a tool that is used in limited ways such as a linear regurgitation of facts slideshow with animations and sound effects.

But slideshows can be made exciting, informative and interesting just by how the information is presented and delivered. They can be used as a teaching and learning tool and this course will provide you with the skills to create dynamic, interactive learning opportunities for your students.

A basic knowledge of how to create PowerPoint or a Keynote presentation is a pre-requisite of this course.

Literacy and e-Learning

Computers, Projectors, Interactive Whiteboards and devices can be all used in literacy to facilitate learning. Explore a variety of programmes and websites and build up resources suitable for your level. Develop management techniques that will ensure that e-learning is happening in your literacy programme.
 

 Learning Stories

Learn to create learning stories using a variety of ICT tools and programmes. Use shortcuts and learn some tips and tricks to enhance your stories. Find out how to use formatting tools, graphics and photos in creative ways to create exciting and informative reports.

Early Childhood only

Maths and e-Learning

Computers, Projectors, Interactive Whiteboards and gadgets can be all used in Maths to facilitate learning. Explore a variety of programmes and websites and build up resources suitable for your level. Develop management techniques that will ensure that e-learning is happening in your Maths programme.

Venue: Kohia Teachers Centre
Phone: 09 623 8977
Email: g.bracey@auckland.ac.nz
Date: 19 July 2011
Time: 9-3

iMovie for Macs

Learn how to use iMovie, iTunes and iPhoto to make digital story books, movies and interactive activities using your Mac computer or laptop in your classroom. This course will show you how to use the software and integrate it together into iMovie and iDVD to make an original film that showcases all of you and your students’ talent. Requirements: Bring your own laptop, digital camera or/and digital video camera and leads, music CDs, photos and video footage. Please ensure that you have the latest version of the software and any digital camera software loaded.

Please bring a laptop, digital camera and/or a video camera (with charged batteries)

I can run this course in your school. Contact me at info@jsharp.co.nz

mimio: Classroom Teaching and Learning

You have a mimio in the classroom but you are not sure how to use it for teaching and learning purposes. Find out how you can use the mimio, mimio software and other software on your computer to develop activities and teaching models using the interactive properties of the mimio hardware.

I can run this course in your school. Contact me at info@jsharp.co.nz

MovieMaker for Windows

Learn how to use MovieMaker, Media Player and digital photo editing software to make digital story books, movies and interactive activities using your Windows computer or laptop in your classroom. This course will show you how to use the software and integrate it together into Moviemaker to make an original film that showcases all of you  and your students’ talent. Requirements: Bring your own laptop, digital camera or/and digital video camera and leads, music CDs, photos and video footage. Please ensure that you have the latest version of the software and any digital camera software loaded.

Please bring a laptop, digital camera and/or a video camera (with charged batteries)