Summer 2014 Instructional Technology Offerings If you are ready to learn new ways to integrate technology into your curriculum, here are the opportunities available for Summer 2014. Dates follow the course description. Most classes run from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm with lunch on your own. AM Classes are from 8:00-11:30. PM Classes are from 12:30-4:00. Locations are noted in the online calendar. Link for online registration: http://www.clover.k12.sc.us/Page/5297. iOS Devices (8 Recertification Points) Participants gain experience using iOS devices like the iPad. They learn basic navigation and explore key accessibility features and apps as they apply to teaching and learning. Please bring your iPad with you. Fits into the Basics Mobile Device Learning Category. Offered: 6/10/2014 OS X (8 Recertification Points) Participants gain fundamental skills with the built-in applications and features of OS X as they apply to teaching and learning and professional productivity. Please bring your MacBook with you. Fits into the Basics Mobile Device Learning Category. Offered: 6/11/2014 My Big Campus Basics (4 Recertification Points) This session will cover how to get started with MBC including forming groups and organizing content for sharing as well as using announcements and discussions. Please bring your Laptop (PC or Mac) with you. Fits into the Communication Mobile Device Learning Category. Offered: 6/10/2014 AM, 6/23/2014 AM, 7/30/2014 AM My Big Campus: Communicating with Your Students (4 Recertification Points) My Big Campus’ basic features revolve around communication, modeling the modern workplace. This session will look at how Groups, Messages, Chat, and Calendar work, so you can communicate with your students to increate class productivity. Please bring your Laptop (PC or Mac) with you. Fits into the Communication Mobile Device Learning Category. Offered: 6/10/2014 PM, 6/23/2014 PM, 7/30/2014 PM My Big Campus: Bundles (4 Recertification Points) Bundles in My Big Campus let you take your online and electronic lesson content and put it together in an electronic folder-type that can be posted for students and shared with other teachers. This session will not only look at how to build a Bundle and share it with students and teachers, but will also look at the massive assortment of pre-created Bundles already in My Big Campus. Please bring your Laptop (PC or Mac) with you. Fits into the Communication Mobile Device Learning Category. Offered: 6/11/2014 AM, 6/11/2014 AM, 7/31/2014 AM My Big Campus: Schoolwork (4 Recertification Points) If your students are already doing their work electronically, they should submit it electronically, allowing teachers to grade and comment electronically. This workflow can be quick and efficient, allowing teachers to focus on specific student needs. Learn your Schoolwork options in this session, and learn how to create them to use in your class. Please bring your Laptop (PC or Mac) with you. Fits into the Communication Mobile Device Learning Category. Offered: 6/11/2014 PM, 6/11/2014 PM, 7/31/2014 PM iTunes U Course Manager (8 Recertification Points) Participants will gain a fundamental understanding of curating content and publishing with iTunes U Course Manager. Please bring your Laptop (PC or Mac) and iPad with you. Fits into the Communication Mobile Device Learning Category. Offered: 6/12/2014 OneDrive and Office 365 (4 Recertification Points) We will explore the OneDrive interface including navigating, uploading, sharing, and editing files with the Office 365 web apps for Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Please bring your Laptop (PC or Mac) with you. Fits into the Communication or Productivity Mobile Device Learning Category. Offered: 6/12/2014 AM or PM, 6/25/2014 AM or PM, 7/10/2014 AM or PM, 8/5/2014 PM Quick Start OSX (40 Recertification Points) The content covers all the basics of using a Mac computer and the related iLife and iWork apps. Participants learn how the built-in features of OS X support teaching and learning and how Apple creativity and productivity apps enhance student engagement and achievement for all learners. Participants in this four day workshop will receive one sticker for each category. Please bring your MacBook with you. Fits into All Four Mobile Device Learning Categories. Offered: 6/16/2014 – 6/19/2014 Quick Start iOS (40 Recertification Points) The content covers all the basics of using an iPad device and the related iLife and iWork apps. Participants learn how the built-in features of iOS support teaching and learning and how Apple creativity and productivity apps enhance student engagement and achievement for all learners. Participants in this four day workshop will receive one sticker for each category. Please bring your iPad with you. Fits into All Four Mobile Device Learning Categories. Offered: 6/23/2014 – 6/26/2014 iOS Productivity (8 Recertification Points) Participants gain fundamental skills with iOS productivity apps (Keynote, Pages, and Numbers). Learn to create and share content by making a multimedia presentation, a brochure or newsletter, and a data analysis and presentation. Please bring your iPad with you. Fits into the Productivity Mobile Device Learning Category. Offered: 7/7/2014, 7/16/2014, 8/4/2014 iOS Creativity (8 Recertification Points) Participants gain fundamental skills with iOS creativity apps (iPhoto, GarageBand, and iMovie). Learn to create and share multimedia journals, slideshows, different types of audio recordings, and movies. Please bring your iPad with you. Fits into the Multimedia Mobile Device Learning Category. Offered: 7/8/2014, 7/17/2014, 8/5/2014 iWork (8 Recertification Points) Participants gain fundamental skills with OS X productivity apps (Keynote, Pages, and Numbers). Learn to create and share content by making a multimedia presentation, a brochure or newsletter, and a data analysis and presentation. Please bring your iPad with you. Fits into the Productivity Mobile Device Learning Category. Offered: 7/9/2014, 7/14/2014, 8/6/2014 iPad As… (4 Recertification Points) Your iPad can serve in the place of so many other digital tools like a camera or word processor. We will explore how this one device can save you time and energy by being your digital Swiss Army knife. Please bring your iPad with you. Fits into the Productivity Mobile Device Learning Category. Offered: 7/9/2014 AM Classroom Management (4 Recertification Points) Explore options to track student device use in the classroom and encourage higher levels of engagement for all learners. Participants will become a pilot group for a software that allows the teacher to manage all student iPads from one device. Please bring your Laptop (PC or Mac) and iPad with you. Fits into the Productivity or Multimedia Mobile Device Learning Category. Offered: 7/9/2014 PM, 7/29/2014 PM iLife (8 Recertification Points) Participants gain fundamental skills with OS X creativity apps (iPhoto, GarageBand, and iMovie). Learn to create and share multimedia journals, slideshows, different types of audio recordings, and movies. Please bring your iPad with you. Fits into the Multimedia Mobile Device Learning Category. Offered: 7/10/2014, 7/15/2014, 8/7/2014 Research and Notetaking on the iPad (4 Recertification Points) Use tools like Side-by-Side, Notability, Brittanica, iTunes U, and some built-in features of the iPad to research, organize ideas and take effective notes. Please bring your MacBook with you. Fits into the Productivity Mobile Device Learning Category. Offered: 7/14/2014 AM Digital Storytelling (4 Recertification Points) We will explore several multimedia and book production apps on the iPad that your students can use to create digital projects to demonstrate their learning. Some of these include: Tellagami, Story Me, Story Creator, and Morfo. Please bring your iPad with you. Fits into the Multimedia Mobile Device Learning Category. Offered: 7/14/2014 PM, 7/17/2014 AM Student Multimedia Projects (8 Recertification Points) We will discuss how to update student projects to engage the 21st century learner. The workshop will address moving making, comics, podcasting, digital posters, presentation tools and several other types of projects. We will also design some rubrics for these so that you are ready to implement them in the coming year. Please bring your Laptop (PC or Mac) and iPad with you. Fits into the Multimedia Mobile Device Learning Category. Offered: 7/15/2014, 7/28/2014 Digital Feedback (4 Recertification Points) How can you provide effective, immediate feedback to students digitally? We will explore several student response options as well as discuss shared documents where comments can be shared easily among students and you. Please bring your Laptop (PC or Mac) and iPad with you. Fits into the Communication or Productivity Mobile Device Learning Category. Offered: 7/17/2014 PM Challenge Based Learning (8 Recertification Points) Participants will learn how the Challenge Based Learning framework can be used to solve real-world problems with their students. Design an experience that challenges students to find an innovative solution to a contemporary problem. Use collaborative learning tools to enable students to create, collaborate, communicate, and publish their solutions and reflections. Please bring your iPad with you. Fits into the Multimedia Mobile Device Learning Category. Offered: 7/21/2014 iBooks Author for PK-5 (8 Recertification Points) Participants will gain a fundamental understanding of creating interactive content and publishing with iBooks Author, focusing on best practices for engagement and learning. MacBooks will be available during the class. Fits into the Communication Mobile Device Learning Category. Offered: 7/23/2014 iBooks Author for 6-12 (8 Recertification Points) Participants will gain a fundamental understanding of creating interactive content and publishing with iBooks Author, focusing on best practices for engagement and learning.