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eighthfloor.org FALL 2013 COURSE CATALOG A TECHNOLOGY AND LEARNING CENTER FOR EDUCATORS THE EIGHTH FLOOR & LOCATIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS Teacher Professional Development Floor, a technology and learning center TEACHING AND LEARNING ONLINE ....... 4 PHOTOSHOP, GRAPHICS & WEB DESIGN ...12 and The Eighth Floor - In 1995, for educators. Located at 6111 East SOL TRAINING ......................................... 6 PRODUCTIVITY IN education and business leaders had Skelly Drive in Tulsa, Oklahoma, THE CLASSROOM ....................................13 a vision...creating a professional The Eighth Floor is a collaborative SPECIAL OFFERINGS ................................ 7 POWERPOINT..........................................14 development center for Tulsa educators. effort between Tulsa Tech and Tulsa WEB 2.0, MOBILE TECHNOLOGY, INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS Soon after, the group formed the Tulsa Community College as well as several GOOGLE & OTHER FREE TOOLS ....................... 8 & SMART TOOLS .....................................14 Professional Development Consortium public/private schools and higher which is now known as The Eighth education institutions. MEMBERS THE EIGHTH FLOOR WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS! Call 918.828.5341 or visit us online at: eighthfloor.org for membership fee information. ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC SCHOOL JENKS PUBLIC SCHOOLS SAPULPA PUBLIC SCHOOLS MS. RENATA COPSEY MS. ANDREA CHALKER, MS. KAREN BURNS MS. DENISE JORDAN ALLEN-BOWDEN SCHOOL & MS. SUSAN PETREIKIS SEQUOYAH PUBLIC SCHOOLS MR. FLOYD KIRK KELLYVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS MS. LISA TITTLE & 1 AUGUSTINE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY MR. JERRY HUTCHINGS MS. ANGELIA PASDACH & MS. DELIESE BREWER KIEFER PUBLIC SCHOOLS MS. JACKIE FRANCIS BARNSDALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS MS. MARY MURELL SCHOOL OF ST. MARY MR. RICK LOGGINS LIBERTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS MS. MAUREEN CLEMENTS BEGGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS MR. JOE CHANDLER SKIATOOK PUBLIC SCHOOLS MS. PAULA HARROLD MANNFORD HIGH SCHOOL MS. AMY MOYER BERRYHILL PUBLIC SCHOOLS MS. KATHY ELERICK SPERRY PUBLIC SCHOOLS MR. LARRY STALLSWORTH MARQUETTE CATHOLIC SCHOOL MR. BRIAN BEAGLES BISHOP KELLEY HIGH SCHOOL MR. PETE THEBAN & ST CATHERINE CATHOLIC SCHOOL MR. CURT FEILMEIER MS. ANNETTE MURRAY MS. VICKI ADAMS BIXBY PUBLIC SCHOOLS METRO CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ST GREGORY’S MS. SHERRIL MCMILLAN MS. KATRINA SLAUGHTER DR. ALLEN AUTREY 1 BROKEN ARROW PUBLIC SCHOOLS MINGO VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ST. PIUS X CATHOLIC SCHOOL 41st St MS. DIANA BEAULIEU MR. JOEL STAGGERS MS. HEIDI MCCOY CAMERON UNIVERSITY AT RSU MONTE CASINO STS. PETER & PAUL MS. YOLANDA GOFF MS. CHARISSA REECE CATHOLIC SCHOOL CASCIA HALL OAK GROVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS MR. PATRICK MARTIN Sheridan Rd MS. KAREN TENNERY MS. KRISTA BURDEN TOWN & COUNTRY SCHOOL CATOOSA PUBLIC SCHOOLS OILTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS MR. RAY ODOR MS. BRENDA ALDRICH, MR. JASON MR. MATT POSEY TULSA COMMUNITY COLLEGE CLASS LOCATIONS JOHNSON & MS. DONNA TAPLEY OKLAHOMA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY MS. KATY HOPPA CHELSEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS DR. DEVON SMITH TULSA JOB CORPS MS. EVA MCSPADDEN OOLOGAH PUBLIC SCHOOLS MS. KIM WEDEL The Eighth Floor 1 COLLINSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS MS. VICKI CAMPBELL TULSA PUBLIC SCHOOLS 6111 E Skelly Dr MR. JAMES ALLISON ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY MS. PERRI APPLEGATE Tulsa, OK 74135 COWETA PUBLIC SCHOOLS DR. EVEN CULP & MS. SHERYL MORPHEW TULSA TECHNOLOGY CENTER MR. MAX MYERS OSU-HSC MS. KATY HOPPA 918-828-5341 DISCOVERY SCHOOL OF TULSA DR. RAJA BASU UNION PUBLIC SCHOOLS (on the 8th Floor) MS. ANNYA FLETCHER OSU-IT MR. TODD NELSON & EPIC CHARTER SCHOOL OF TULSA MS. KARI CHAUNCEY MS. AMANDA WILSON MS. CHARLOTTE UZZEL OSU-TULSA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL (TU) For information or questions call The Eighth Floor. FOYIL PUBLIC SCHOOLS MR. LARRY COCHRAN MS. SHELLY McCOLLUM & 918-828-5341 MS. TERRY OWENS OU-TULSA MS. DEBRA PRICE GLENPOOL PUBLIC SCHOOLS MS. MONICA COOPER VERDIGRIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS MR. CHAD COOMER OWASSO PUBLIC SCHOOLS MR. JIM ANDERSON GYPSY SCHOOLS MS. CAROL GUERTIN WELCH PUBLIC SCHOOLS MS. RACHEL COLLINS PHILLIPS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY MS. JANEY SUTTON HOW DO I ENROLL FOR AN EIGHTH FLOOR CLASS? HOLLAND HALL MS. CLAIR POWERS WESTMINSTER SCHOOL MR. HENRY FINCH & MS. MARIAN DRESSER PRYOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS MS. REBECCA SKARKY & Enrollment Policy: Anyone employed by a consortium member institution is eligible to attend classes. All MS. CATHY WALDO HOLY FAMILY CATHEDRAL SCHOOL MR. DON RALEIGH & MR. BILL GAGE participants desiring to attend an Eighth Floor class must enroll through their Advisory Committee Representative. MS. MADISON WOFFORD & REJOICE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY WRIGHT CAREER COLLEGE Classes are on a first come, first served basis, 918.828.5341. MS. LESLIE SOUTHERLAND MS. LISA ZINGERMAN MR. DONALD DELSO IMMANUEL LUTHERAN SAN MIGUEL WRIGHT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY Cancellation Policy: Important! Please don’t waste a space! If you need to withdraw from a class, notification MS. CATHY MOORE MS. NELDA LAWRENCE & CHRISTIAN ACADEMY MS. MARCIA BROWN MS. KATHERINE MCGREW SAND SPRINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS (2 business days) in advance of the class is mandatory. Please keep in mind that we have waiting lists for many of YALE PUBLIC SCHOOLS MS. SHERRY DURKEE, MS. SHANNON our classes. Schools will be charged back for excessive/late cancelations. INOLA PUBLIC SCHOOLS MS. CINDI HUDGINS MS. LAURIE BEST CHAPMAN & MR. LARRY THOMAS TEACHING & LEARNING ONLINE ONLINE COURSES ONLINE LEARNING SERIES (OLS) - A BLENDED LEARNING EXPERIENCE • Classes are meant to be primarily interactive. That means you will be involved in class October 8 – November 16, 2013 discussions and/or projects. • To earn a certificate of completion, participants need only participate with interest in all discussions or activities for that class. • If you enroll in an online course, you will receive an email from your instructor the day ONLINE TEACHING AND LEARNING of or a day before class with an enrollment key and sign-in information for that class. Thinking about flipping your classroom? Would you like to teach Crash Course in Copyright (online) online? Are you hoping to do some online projects, discussions, or classroom. We will discuss possible strategies Emerging technologies bring new challenges to for delivering content, project based learning, components with your students this year? We can help you get there! the classroom, such as copyright law, ownership, and evaluating student projects. fair use, your responsibilities in your classroom, This class meets fully online. (6 hours) The Eighth Floor’s Online Learning Series DATES FOR ALL FACE-TO-FACE CLASSES and technology use. We will focus primarily on October 8 – 14, 2013 helps educators make the transition from (you must attend all classes to earn a certificate) copyright issues as they apply to technology and/ face-to-face instruction to the world of • Oct 23, 2013 or the online environment. We will begin to build Cyber Bullying (online) a bank of resources and an understanding of teaching and learning online. Participants • Oct 30, 2013 proper use and limitations of using online content Bullying has found a home in technology, will explore blended and fully online • Nov 6, 2013 and resources. The overall goal of this course is allowing it to spread beyond the school grounds instruction from both the student’s and • Nov 13, 2013 to help you learn to answer your own questions. and make it nearly impossible to track down or instructor’s perspective. We will focus on stop. So, what do we do? We will explore the This class meets fully online. (12 hours) building authentic learning communities, Classes meet at The Eighth Floor basic facts and stats on cyber bullying, discover from 4:30 – 7:30 pm on each of September 17 – 26, 2013 resources that can be used in the classroom to creating successful interaction, and delivering engaging content. The series starts these Wednesday afternoons. educate and promote digital citizenship, and Time Management Tools (online) develop a plan to help educate others. as a fully online class and then transitions CREATING & DESIGNING Whether you are new or a veteran teacher, there This class meets fully online. (12 hours) into a blended (F2F & online) course. SUCCESSFUL COURSES is a lot of work to get done every day. Using October 29 – November 7, 2013 Best practices in course organization technology can help with organization and time This course is comprised of both and design in an online environment management letting you get more done in a day. Grant Writing 2 (online) online and face-to-face meetings to We will look at tools and resources that will save create a blended learning experience. BEST PRACTICES you time and make learning fun This course is a continuation of Grant Writing for Teachers class. Whether you are currently Overview of “what works” in Participants must attend This class meets fully online. (6 hours) writing a grant or still on the fence, you will online teaching and learning. both online and F2F September 24 – 30, 2013 benefit from this course. Participants will and participate in all activities QUESTIONING TECHNIQUES have an opportunity to take an in-depth look at Social Networking Tools for different portions of a grant proposal over a series in order to earn a Examine proven techniques for developing certificate of completion. Educators (Online) of online modules. The online environment will and asking the right questions to ensure provide opportunities for peer discussion and student interaction and success. A social network is a web of relevant links and ONLINE EXPERIENCE associations between individuals, groups, or other facilitator input. FACILITATOR’S ROLE This class meets fully online. (12 hours) This portion