List of workshop offered in 2008-9

1. Summary of Workshops Offered by TTL
School Year 2008-2009
EVENT
CODE TITLE DESCRIPTION INSTRUCTOR DATE SCHOOL
Come learn how to build your own eGov classroom website. It
is already set up for you, all you need to do is personalize it!
Please bring a charged laptop and any info you would like to
Beal eGov include on your website. For example: newsletter, important 3/4 & 3/11, 2009
IT-Beal 3 Website dates, homework/ home connections, etc. Rebecca Dumphy 3:45-5:15 PM Beal School
Come learn all about IMovie and how to use it in the
classroom. You can make a show to culminate a unit and show
all your students have learned, record a child reading and
show it back to the student to improve oral reading fluency, or Feb 6th-
iMovie for the record a student performing an activity and email it to his/her Wednesday 3:45-
IT-Beal1 Classroom parents to show how to practice at home. Rebecca Dumphy 5:15 PM Beal School
Continue to learn all about IMovie and how to use it in the
classroom. You can make a show to culminate a unit and show
all your students have learned, record a child reading and
show it back to the student to improve oral reading fluency, or
IMovie in the record a student performing an activity and email it to his/her Dec 4th 3:45 PM-
TTL-2Beal Classroom Pt.2 parents to show how to practice at home. Rebecca Dumphy 5:15 PM Beal School
The template is provided for you – all you need to do is
Part 1: Come personalize it! During Part 1, I will teach you some basics: how
learn how to to access your classroom website and upload your newsletter.
build your own Please bring your charged laptop and most recent newsletter.
TTL- classroom TEACHERS MUST ATTEND PART ONE AND PART TWO 3/9/2009 7:15-8:30
Coolidge1 website! ON THE TWO DAYS (3/9 & 3/17) Cara Winters AM or 3:45-5PM Coolidge
We will review information from part 1 and then learn how
upload images to your website. Now that you know the basics
and have some experience, let’s make it fancy! Please bring
your charged laptop and some information and images
(pictures) you’d like to post. TEACHERS MUST ATTEND
TTL- Part 2: From PART ONE AND PART TWO ON THE TWO DAYS (3/9 & 3/17/09 7:10-8:25
Coolidge2 good to great... 3/17) Cara Winters AM or 3:45-5PM Coolidge
Did you know that you can use iMovie to record students while
they read? It's very simple, and you can use most Macs with
iMovie on it. Having children listen to themselves after they
read is a great way to help them with oral reading fluency, and
it will help you with informal assessments. This before-school
workshop will run from 7:15-8:25 on Thursday, May 7th in the
Record Student Coolidge Media Center. Please bring your charged laptop or let
TTL- Reading with me know if you need to borrow one. 5/7/09 7:15-8:25
Coolidge3 iMovie: Instructor Cara Winters AM Coolidge
Learn how to create a classroom or club website using our new
content management web server. Using a template, learn the
Creating terminology of a content management system without the
teacher web hassle of learning html code. This 3-hour training will serve as Mary Ann
pages with a Make and Take session where participants will have working Hogan/Pat
TTL-Floral eGov websites available to their students and parents. Participants Roberts 4/23/09 9-12 PM Floral

2. should bring fully charged laptops and electronic versions of
newsletters, syllabi and images.
Participants will learn how to use and maintain a digital
camera so they can have one all year in their classroom. They
Bringing the will learn iphoto, how to use the camera and how to import Colleen 3/3 /09 or
World into Our pictures. There will be a discussion about ways to integrate the Kalagher/Pam 3/12/09 3:30-4:30
TTL-Paton2 Classrooms camera to enhance curriculum. Please bring your laptop. Darling PM Paton
We will spend time exploring the web in search of sites that we
can use with our students in science and social studies. We will
show you how to create a webquest or activity page to go with
it. When you return in two weeks you can share what you did
and how you can use it with your students. The overall
Curriculum purpose is to enable you to use more technology in your Colleen Kalagher May 4 and 18 3:30
TTL-Paton3 Websites classroom. & Pamela Darling – 4:30 Paton
Learn to Save
Valuable Time The following tasks will be taught: Saving to the server Pam
with your Creating email lists & collaboration forms Creating grade Darling/Colleen 10/28/08 3:45-4:45
TTL-Paton Laptop sheets Kalagher PM Paton
Design your own website for your classroom based on the new
E-Gov template the district is using. It is all set up for you., all Travers/LeBoeuf/ 3/18 & 3/25,2009
TTL-Spring1 E-GOV 1&2 you need to personalize it. Bring your charged laptop. Doherty 7:30-8:30 AM Spring
Design your own website for your classroom based on the new
E-Gov template the district is using. It is all set up for you., all Travers/LeBoeuf/ 3/19 & 4/2,2009
TTL-Spring2 E-GOV 1&2 you need to personalize it. Bring your charged laptop. Doherty 3:45-4:45 PM Spring
Come learn how to record classroom presentations, record a
child reading and show it back to improve reading fluency or
make a slideshow to share with the students and their parents
at the end of the year. You will learn how to record and edit
your movie using your MacBook. Bring your charged laptop. Travers/LeBoeuf/ 4/15/09 7:30-8:30
TTL-Spring3 Intro to iMovie Instructor Doherty AM Spring
Come learn how to insert pictures, crop pictures, make a
slideshow and other ideas for using Iphoto in the classroom.
Bring charged laptop and cameras if you need to insert Travers/LeBoeuf/ 4/29/09 3:45-4:45
TTL-Spring4 Intro to iPhoto pictures. Doherty PM Spring
During the first session of this class, you will learn how to put
together a slide show to review or teach a lesson or create
Jeopardy. We will show you how to import pictures and add
music. The second session will be used to create actual
Powerpoint 1 & powerpoint presentations that could include timing, effects, Travers/LeBoeuf/ 5/13 & 5/20, 2009
TTL-Spring5 2 music. Bring your charged laptop. Doherty 3:45-4:45 PM Spring
United Discovery Education streaming (United Streaming) is a digital
Streaming— video-on-demand service to help support learning, and
Bring the improve students' retention and test scores. United Streaming
Content Alive! is aligned to our state standards, and comes with many Sherwood
– LA and Social different support materials. Find out how to register, search, 11/12/08 3:15-4:15 Middle
IT-SMS-1 Studies and integrate these educational videos, or individual clips into Melissa Sommer PM School

3. IT-SMS-1 United Discovery Education streaming (United Streaming) is a digital Melissa Sommer 11/12/08 3:15-4:15 Sherwood
Streaming— video-on-demand service to help support learning, and PM Middle
Bring the improve students' retention and test scores. United Streaming School
Content Alive! is aligned to our state standards, and comes with many
– LA and Social different support materials. Find out how to register, search,
Studies and integrate these educational videos, or individual clips into
your classroom instruction. Discovery Education streaming
works.
Discovery Education streaming (United Streaming) is a digital
video-on-demand service to help support learning, and
improve students' retention and test scores. United Streaming
United is aligned to our state standards, and comes with many
Streaming— different support materials. Find out how to register, search,
Bring the and integrate these educational videos, or individual clips into Sherwood
Content Alive! your classroom instruction. Discovery Education streaming 11/13/08 3:15-4:15 Middle
IT-SMS-2 – Math/Science works. Helen Lipkin PM School
So now you have a password, and maybe you have even found
a great video to share with your class. How do I do that?!
Participants in United Streaming Part 2 will learn... how to
set up and save videos, images and support materials to your
individually designed “My Content Folder” on Discovery
Education streaming (United Streaming). how to hook up
their lap top to the different projectors and speakers available
at Sherwood. How to download and play a video that can be
United used in their class within the next week. In addition,
Streaming participants will learn basic trouble shooting techniques in Sherwood
PART 2—How order to gain confidence using this valuable digital learning Middle
IT-SMS-3 do I do that?! resource that can promote student learning and achievement. Melissa Sommer 1/27/09 3-4 PM School
So now you have a password, and maybe you have even found
a great video to share with your class. How do I do that?!
Participants in United Streaming Part 2 will learn... how to
set up and save videos, images and support materials to your
individually designed “My Content Folder” on Discovery
Education streaming (United Streaming). how to hook up
their lap top to the different projectors and speakers available
at Sherwood. How to download and play a video that can be
United used in their class within the next week. In addition,
Streaming participants will learn basic trouble shooting techniques in Sherwood
PART 2—How order to gain confidence using this valuable digital learning Middle
IT-SMS-4 do I do that?! resource that can promote student learning and achievement. Helen Lipkin 1/28/09 3-4 PM School
Learn how to create a classroom, team or club website using
our new content management web server. Using a template,
learn the terminology of a content management system without
the hassle of learning html code. This 1-hour training will serve
as a Make and Take session where participants will have
working websites available to their students and parents.
Creating Participants should bring fully charged laptops and electronic
Teachers versions of documents or images you may want to post. We
TTL-Oak Webpages with encourage you to also sign up for eGov part 2 on 4/14! Oak Middle
eGov 1 eGov Instructor Scibelli/Rose 4/1/09 3:15-4:15 School

4. Learn how to create a classroom, team or club website using
our new content management web server. Using a template,
learn the terminology of a content management system without
the hassle of learning html code. This 1-hour training will serve
as a Make and Take session where participants will have
Creating working websites available to their students and parents.
Teachers Participants should bring fully charged laptops and electronic
TTL-Oak Webpages with versions of documents or images you may want to post. We Oak Middle
eGov 1 eGov encourage you to also sign up for eGov part 2 on 4/14! Scibelli/Rose 4/1/09 3:15-4:15 School
Learn to design your own teacher or team website. We will use
an on-line program to create a website that is easy for both your
students and their parents to access. Websites are a great way
to communicate with parents. It allows parents to be more
aware of what their child is learning and what deadlines and
assignments they are responsible for. In this workshop we will
register your website, set up different pages that you can build
on, learn how to upload your documents, images and links.
Design your This class if for the beginner web designer. Bring your own
own "SIMPLE" laptop with at least one homework assignment or handout Joanne Rose & Oak Middle
TTL-Oak2 Web Site saved on your desktop. Kathy Scibelli 12/11/08 3-4 PM School
We will review information from eGov part 1 and then learn or
practice how to upload images and documents to your website.
Now that you know the basics and have some experience, let’s
Developing make it fancy! Please bring your charged laptop and some
Teacher images or documents you’d like to post on your website. This is
TTL-Oak Webpages with a good work session for anyone who has taken an eGov class Joanne Rose & Oak Middle
eGov 2 Part 2 eGov recently, but has not had time to work on your website. Kathy Scibelli 4/8/09 3:15-4:15 School
Classroom Jeopardy is an interactive game that brings the
sights and sounds of the TV show Jeopardy to your classroom.
In this workshop you will learn how to set up the equipment,
play a ready made game, download games from the Internet,
and write your own games using the Jeopardy Editor template.
Learn to Use If you register early we may be able to download the editor to
Classroom your laptop remotely so you will have it already installed at the Joanne Rose & Oak Middle
TTL-Oak1 Jeopardy workshop. Bring your laptop. Kathy Scibelli 12/2/08 3-4 PM School
Participants will learn to use Excel as a record keeping tool
specifically designed to work in the standard based
environment at Oak Middle School. Handouts and templates
will be distributed to set up class lists, data as it relates to
standard. The first session will focus on setting up spreadsheets
Using Excel as and data collection. The second session will focus on analyzing Kathy
Your student achievement and use assessments to inform instruction Scibelli/Joanne 1/29/09 & Oak Middle
EXCEL-1 Gradebook MUST ATTEND BOTH SESSIONS Rose 2/3/2009 3:15-4:15 School
Learn how to make documents that you can share with your
students, parents and colleagues. This is a Make and Take
Using Word to session where you will create a professional looking parent Kathy
TTL-Oak Create Teacher newsletter, test, quiz, handout, lab sheet or whatever your Scibelli/Joanne Oak Middle
Word Documents needs may be. You will learn how to set up the document, add Rose 4/15/09 3:15-4:15 School

5. TTL-Oak Using Word to Learn how to make documents that you can share with your Kathy 4/15/09 3:15-4:15 Oak Middle
Word Create Teacher students, parents and colleagues. This is a Make and Take Scibelli/Joanne School
Documents session where you will create a professional looking parent Rose
newsletter, test, quiz, handout, lab sheet or whatever your
needs may be. You will learn how to set up the document, add
and resize images or clip art, use charts and tables. Please bring
your charged laptop and creativity! If you have a website on
the town server or elsewhere, we will show you how to convert
it to PDF so you can post it to your classroom or team website
to save paper.
Learn how to create a classroom or club website using our new
Creating and content management web server. Using a template, learn the
Maintaining terminology of a content management system without the
Classroom/Tea hassle of learning html code. This 3-hour training will serve as
m and Club a Make and Take session where participants will have working Shrewsbury
PD-224 Websites websites available to their students and parents. Bob Cornacchioli 1/20/09 8-11 AM High School
Learn how to create a classroom or club website using our new
content management web server. Using a template, learn the
terminology of a content management system without the
hassle of learning html code. This 3-hour training will serve as
Creating a Make and Take session where participants will have working
Teachers websites available to their students and parents. Participants
Webpages with should bring fully charged laptops and electronic versions of March 20, 2009 12 Shrewsbury
eGov-2PM eGov newsletters, syllabi and images. Patricia Roberts PM - 3 PM High School
Learn how to create a classroom or club website using our new
content management web server. Using a template, learn the
Creating terminology of a content management system without the
Teachers hassle of learning html code. This 3-hour training will serve as
Webpages with a Make and Take session where participants will have working Shrewsbury
PD-226 eGov websites available to their students and parents. Bob Cornacchioli 3/20/09 8-11 AM High School