Adobe Photoshop Elements for the Classroom
Learn the basics of Adobe Photoshop Elements. Layer manipulation, layer styles, layout and design skills, text, filters and effects will be covered. Create collages, flyers and more to enhance your classroom. Bring pictures on a CD or to scan (no larger than 8x10). |
Presenter: Deb Foster, Teacher
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Advanced PowerPoint
Learn strategies and explore resources to create visually rich lessons and classroom projects to motivate your students. Design media-rich lessons with sound & video. |
Presenters: Pete Headd, WCNY-TV
Joe Galimi, Technology Consultant
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Alternative Computational Methods and Tips
This workshop will teach a variety of computational methods for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Learn new algorithms to share with your students. Tips and strategies will be shared to improve fact recall. |
Presenter: Sue Hardy, Teacher
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Assessing Those Web Sites
This workshop offers ideas for evaluating and critiquing web sites. Techniques vary for teacher and student. |
Presenter: Sheri Czerwiak, Teacher
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Bead Counter: Make & Take
A bead counter is an innovative, hands-on tool that helps students learn basic math concepts. Participants will make their own bead counter, and learn how to make them with students. Ideas for using the bead counter to teach counting, addition, subtraction, place value, and fractions will be shared. |
Presenter: Amy White, Reading Specialist.
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Building Web Sites 101
Have you always wanted to create your own web site? This series will cover basic Internet terminology, essential HTML coding, and tools to make your web development process fun and easy. Learn the skills you need to start designing web sites! |
Presenter: Amy Archambault, Technology Consultant
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Customize Your Plan Book
Tired of writing the same information in your plan book every week? Create a plan book that meets your needs. Bring your old plan book and leave with an electronic version. |
Presenter: Joseph Galimi, Technology Consultant
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Design Your Own Website
Increase communication with your students and their parents by creating a classroom website. Bring in your assignments (Word documents) and pictures on a CD or flash drive and add them to your website. Walk away from this workshop with an uploaded website utilizing Geocities. |
Prerequisite: Basic Computer Skills
Presenter: Deb Foster, Teacher
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Digital Photo Editing
Learn how to edit digital photos in iPhoto and/or Kodak EasyShare. Learn how to create albums, e-mail photos, print combinations of photos, enhance, adjust, retouch, change color, change red-eyes and more. |
Presenter : Debbie Cordell, Teacher
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Electrifying Concepts
The goal of this workshop is to introduce or review science concepts related to electricity energy and electrical circuits. The workshop will be a hands-on experience using basic materials to explore the topics of: electrical energy, energy transfer, static electricity, electrical circuits, conductivity, the electrical power grid, and safety. |
Presenter: Darlene Devendorf, Teacher Trainer
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Electronic Gradebook
Looking for an easier way to compute and report student grades? Create a grade book using Microsoft Excel that will simplify your life. Come with student information to include in your gradebook. |
Presenter: Joseph Galimi, Technology Consultant
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Excel Basics
Looking for an easier way to compile and sort information? Use Microsoft Excel to simplify your life. Learn how to create a table and design a class list, grade book, plan book, or a chart for classroom instruction. Come with an idea, leave with something you can use the next day in class. |
Presenter: Joe Galimi, Technology Consultant
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Globalization 101
Participants will learn about Globalization101.org, a tool for teaching globalization to high school students. Discover how to use the site to teach about international trade, the environment and more. Explore lesson plans, briefs, and other resources on this site. This is a perfect session for teachers to internationalize their curriculum. |
Presenter: Rebecca Weiner, Teacher
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iMovie
In this beginning course, participants will learn how to create and edit their own digital video. Participants will learn basic digital camera operation and post production techniques including importing and editing video footage using iMovie and iDVD software. |
Location: Chittenango HS, Graphics Lab, Room 227
Dates: July 29-31
Time: 9:00 – 12:00
Audience: K-12
Presenter: Kristan Brinley, Teacher |
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In the Palm of Your Hands
Organize your life into one small package that will fit in the palm of your hand. Learn how to use the address book, to-do list, calendar and notepad functions. The Palm 130 will be provided for the training. |
Presenter: Michael Scalzo, Teacher
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Inspire Students with Inspiration
Learn the basics of creating graphic organizers while creating an outline view of your diagram. Press a button and your diagram turns into a Word document. Align to the NYS standards with Inspiration. |
Presenter: Evie Dumanian, Teacher
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Internet Search Strategies for Educators
This class will consists of two sessions. The first session will provide tips and tricks for searching effectively on the Internet. The second session will introduce some of the best web sites for educators and allow time for exploration. |
Presenter: Karen Fenner, Teacher
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Intro to Adobe Photoshop
The emphasis of this workshop will be on learning the beginning skills of Photoshop, such as the toolbox, painting, and editing, selection fundamentals and working with type. Participants will learn how to scan, import, retouch images, use layers, and apply filters to create special effects. |
Presenter: Clint Niedzwiecki, Teacher
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Intro to iMovie
With Apple's iMovie, you can create projects that focus on research skills, script writing, role playing, editing and more. In this workshop participants will learn to use iMovie to create multimedia presentations for their classrooms. |
Presenter: Clint Niedzwiecki, Art Teacher
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Intro to Mac OS X
This class will help you keep up with the changing computer world, and introduce you to the world of Mac OS X’s basic functions and operations. For those who are PC based, or perhaps just not familiar with OS X, taking this class is a must. This introductory course can help you be well on your way to scanning, printing, searching the internet, email, image editing, video and design. |
resenter: Clint Niedzwiecki, Teacher
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Intro to Photoshop
The emphasis of this workshop will be on learning the beginning skills of Photoshop, such as the toolbox, painting and editing, selection fundamentals and working with type. Participants will learn how to scan, import, retouch images, use layers, and apply filter to create special effects. |
Presenter: Clint Niedzwiecki, Teacher
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Kid PixDeluxe
This class will introduce Kid Pix Deluxe 3 for OS X. Learn how to use all of it's special features and capabilities. The second class will be an advancement of the first class using iMovie and iPhoto. |
Presenter: Debbie Cordell, Teacher
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Literacy Strategies for Improving Math Instruction
Making our students truly literate means focusing on making them “numerate”. Please join us as we learn about vocabulary strategies, reading-to-learn strategies, writing strategies, graphic representations, discussion and listening strategies. |
Location: CNYTC
Date: August 13
Time: 9:00 – 2:30
Audience: Grades 3-9
Presenter: Kim Loucks, OCM BOCES |
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Making Excel Fun
Learn the tools available in Excel to enhance implementation. Topics will include concept mapping, using graphic organizers, formatting documents, templates, using a grade book, seating charts and attendance, and creating assignments for any grade level using charts and graphs! Bring unit plans so you can begin designing assignments for your classroom. |
Prerequisite: Experience with Excel
Location: East Syracuse-Minoa High School
Dates: July 22-24
Time: 9:00 – 12:00
Audience: K-12
Presenter: Chrystal Galek, Teacher |
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Manipulating Math
This workshop will help teachers reinforce math concepts with individual students. Mathematics games designed to provide students with exciting activities to reinforce the math standards will be made. Materials will be provided. |
Presenters: Susan Amyot & Marydiane Scheemaker, Teachers
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Math Facts: Practice with Pizzazz
Frustrated that your students don’t know their mathematics facts, but should? Looking for quick fact-practice fillers, games, or ideas for parents? Come, play, and leave with a wealth of ideas that can be used in your classroom tomorrow. |
Presenter: Joanne Colomb, Teacher
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Math Motivation 101
Come participate in math activities to excite and engage your students while developing the needed skills for success. Leave with a goody bag of motivational ideas to be used in your classroom right away. |
Presenter: Joanne Colomb, Teacher
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More Manipulating Math
This workshop will help teachers reinforce math concepts with individual students. Mathematics games designed to provide students with exciting activities to reinforce the math standards will be made. Materials will be provided. |
Presenters: Susan Amyot & Marydiane Scheemaker,, Teachers
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NASA Resources
Attend this workshop and learn about the wealth of free educational resources available from NASA. Specific lessons for elementary and secondary levels will be demonstrated, and participants will receive educational resources for their classrooms. Some of these lessons will include: Investigating Invisible Light, Solar System Scale, Our Cosmic Connections to the Universe, and Lunar Plant Challenge. |
Location: CNYTC
Date: August 11
Time: 9:00 – 11:30 - K-6
12:30 – 3:00 - 7-12
Audience: See time for specific grade level
Presenter: Sonya Williams, Aerospace Education Specialist |
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Organize, Edit and Present with iPhoto
Learn to organize, edit, enhance, and crop pictures. Create a slide show complete with music for presentation in your classroom or anywhere using iPhoto. |
Presenter: Evie Dumanian, Teacher
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Outdoor Exploration
Strap on your hiking boots to experience a few tricks and tips from the Adirondack Teacher Ecology Workshop with both science and general classroom community implications as we take to the trails. Bring nature back to your classroom through field and web catches, irrigation mazes, and ecology games and plays. Come take a breath of fresh air. |
Location: Baltimore Woods, Marcellus
Date: July 17
Time: 9:00 – 1:00
Audience: K-6
Presenter: Mary Alice Hueber, Teacher |
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Photoshop
This beginning course will uncover PhotoShop's basic tools, palettes and techniques which enhance photographs. Create graphic designs incorporating image and type in an overall design. |
Location: Chittenango HS, Graphics Lab Room 227
Dates: August 5-7
Time: 9:00 – 12:00
Audience: K-12
Presenter: Kristan Brinley, Teacher |
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Picture Seating Chart
Learn advanced techniques in Microsoft Word and create a picture seating chart. Create a document that looks exactly like your room set up and insert pictures of your students in the seating chart. |
Presenter: Deb Foster, Teacher
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PowerPoint Extravaganza
Jeopardy!! Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?!? Deal or No Deal! Use ready-made PowerPoint files to create a variety of games to review concepts, review for tests, or introduce new information. Download and insert sound effects. Come prepared with units to create lessons. |
Prerequisite: PowerPoint Basics
Location: East Syracuse-Minoa
High School, B3
Dates: July 8-11
Time: 9:00 – 1:00
Audience: K-12
Presenter: Brenda Almonte, Teacher
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Researching & Evaluating Educational Websites
Search the web for educational web sites and evaluate the sites for their usefulness. Preview educational web sites for teachers and students. |
Presenter: Debbie Cordell, Teacher
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Scanning & Digital Pictures
Learn how to scan from a book, picture or any image no larger than 8x10. Take these pictures into Adobe Photoshop and enhance, crop and manipulate them to make a great image. |
Presenter: Deb Foster, Teacher
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Techniques to Enhance Math Instruction
Teachers of students with disabilities, whether the teaching is focused on mathematics or serving special education students, somehow must deal with each student’s diverse learning needs. Participants will be led through two days that will allow them to focus on instructional strategies for struggling learners, thinking and talking about mathematics, and the ever-important sharing and networking. |
Location: CNYTC
Dates: July 28 & 29
Time: 9:00 – 2:30
Audience: Grades 3-9
Presenter: Kim Loucks, OCM BOCES |
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Water and Weather: Now You See It, Now You Don’t
The workshop will be a hands-on experience using basic materials to explore the topics of: evaporation, condensation, dew-point temperature, humidity, and relative humidity. Discussion will focus on integrating standards, classroom implementation, and differentiating instruction. |
Presenter: Darlene Devendorf, Teacher Trainer
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Web 2.0 in the Classroom
Web 2.0 is a concept that stresses interactivity, participation, and collaboration through the Internet. This workshop will teach techniques to increase student productivity with online learning via dynamic Web 2.0 skills/programs. |
Prerequisite: Participants must bring a laptop computer with Internet access
Location: Liverpool Middle School
Room 110
Dates: July 30 & August 1
Time: 9:00 – 12:00
Audience: Grades 5-12
Presenters: Micah Shippee and Laura Shippee, Teachers |
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Web Design for the Classroom Teacher
This class is designed for the web design beginner. Participants will learn to create web pages using Macromedia Dreamweaver. Search for graphics, animations, and music and insert them into your web pages. Learn how to use web pages to teach lessons, give assignments, or show projects. Come prepared to create your own site that you can use in the fall. |
Presenter: Brenda Almonte, Teacher
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Web Site Discussion Group
The format of this group will be similar to a book discussion group. Participants will be asked to bring the URL of a web site they have successfully used with their students. Participants will share, examine, discuss and evaluate a sampling of web sites that support various curricular areas and the NYS Standards. |
Presenter: Lynn Spencer, Library Media Specialist
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What You NEED to Know About Word
Learn the tools available in Word that will enhance its use in the classroom. Topics will include using templates to create tests and quizzes, creating awards and certificates, using a calendar, generating flyers and newsletters, sending a Word outline to PowerPoint, manipulating clip art, designing tables, recording sound, producing brochures and more!!! Bring unit plans and create activities for your classroom. |
Prerequisite: Experience with Word
Location: East Syracuse-Minoa High School
Dates: July 15-17
Time: 9:00 – 12:00
Audience: K-12
Presenter: Chrystal Galek, Teacher
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