Join us for an exciting monthly series that focuses on the sciences, from earth science to biology to scientific visualization to chemistry and more! Explore the world of science through hands-on tools and activities developed at the San Diego Supercomputer Center. Learn new ways to enhance your curriculum.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 4:30pm- 6:30pm
Mashup Madness! - Creative Ways of Combining Data and Information for the Classroom
Mashups are web applications that combine content from multiple sources into a single program, all through the web. Map mashups were the first to really catch on, but now numerous other web services such as Flickr, Amazon, Yahoo, Google, and YouTube all make it possible for you to mix and match their services into a single web application and embed them into your own classroom web pages. This workshop introduces teachers to great examples of some of the most popular tools being used to create mashups and provides some examples of ways you and your students can use mashups in the classroom for geography, science, history, and current events.
Presented by Jeff Sale, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Around Town and the Country- Training Opportunities for Teachers
San Diego Mesa College Geospatial Workshops for Teachers, 2008 - 2009
San Diego Mesa College was recently awarded state SB70 grants to work with teachers in learning and applying geospatial technologies. The grants focus on collaborative efforts between Mesa College faculty, high school and middle school staff, and industry professionals to build innovative and interactive learning modules for the classroom. The modules will incorporate geospatial technologies—including geographic information systems (GIS, computer mapping) and global positioning systems (GPS)—powerful spatial awareness, visualization, and problem-solving tools with promising and growing career potential.
A series of workshops will begin in October and additional workshops will be added in 2009. The current schedule is:
Environmental & Natural Resources – offered both October 18 and October 25, 20098
IT/Modeling your School Workshop – offered November 15, 2008
Energy/Utilities Workshop – offered February 14, 2009
Public Services Workshop – offered March 21, 2009
The environmental and natural resources portion of the program focuses on the combination of three important analysis tools: GIS, GPS, and environmental probes. These work together to provide a powerful platform on which to collect and graph data, map locations, and conduct further analysis to determine patterns and predict outcomes over space and time.
For additional information, please contact Eileen Goff, Mesa College, egoff@geomorphis.com.
K-12 Professional Development Offered by the San Diego County Office of Education
Are you up for a little professional learning to sharpen your skills? Data Intensive Science, Environmental Education, Robotics, Science Fair, Family Science, High School Science Forums and more are all offered to interested teachers by the San Diego County Office of Education, Science Department!. Log on today and enroll in an opportunity for you and/or your students! For additional information, please contact Nancy Taylor, K-12 Science Coordinator, ntaylor@sdcoe.net.
Beginning SMART™ Interactive White Board Training Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 5:00pm -7:00pm
This is a beginning workshop for teachers who are ;starting to use or who are interested in using a SMART™ Interactive Whiteboard. This workshop will introduce you to SMART™ Board hardware and software. You will learn how to create engaging interactive lessons to meet the needs of your students, as well as find lessons and templates that correlate to the standards. This workshop, appropriate for teachers of all grade levels, will give practical ways on how to keep students focused and engaged while learning key components of the curriculum. Presented by Kelly Smith, The Nativity School
Google: Web Page Creator and Calendar Thursday, October 23, 2008- 5:00pm -7:00pm
Organize, Update and Share With Google Page Creator and Google Calendar. With this you can create functional, attractive web pages in just minutes—without having to learn code. This session is for educators interested in creating a simple easy to use web site that can be easily published with a click of a mouse. This is a great tool for educators because Google will host your page for free.
Simplify and get organized with Google calendar. This calendar allows you to set up separate calendars for each of your classes and share each one with a designated group of students, parents or the entire community. You can use Google Calendar to share info about class topics and descriptions for each session; assignment deadlines; test and quiz dates; and field trips and other activities. You can also use calendars to organize your schedules with other teachers and administrators.
Presented by Nicci Krey, Innovation Middle School
Moodle II: Intermediate Moodle for Educators Wednesdays, October 29, November 5, November 12 and November 19, 2008 - 5:00pm -7:00pm
Participants should be familiar with the basics of Moodle, including how to add activities and files, and how to navigate a Moodle course. This course will teach you strategies on how to implement online collaboration and interaction in Moodle. Covered in this course will be glossaries and online assignments, online discussion and collaboration, data driven decision making, construction of online self-graded quizzes and collection of data to help drive your instruction. Presented by Mike Senise, San Diego Unified School District Course fee: $45.00 Download Complete Workshop Information and an Application Form
Intermediate SMART™ Interactive White Board Training Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 5:00pm -7:00pm
This two-day SMART™ workshop will be lead by a SMART™ exemplary educator and is intended for teachers who want to master the fundamentals of the SMART™ Notebook software. By the end of the two days you will have learned how to incorporate SMART™ notebook and ideas into you existing curriculum while having the time to prepare lessons and or a unit to be used in your classroom. Presented by Kelly Smith, The Nativity School
TeacherTECH on the Road Technology Tools Web Workshops
TeacherTECH on the Road in collaboration with ReadyTalk™ will begin providing a web seminar of each of our popular technology tools workshops held at SDSC. Unable to join us in person? No problem! Join us from the comfort of your home or school computer. All you need is a phone and an internet connection and you will be able to hear the workshop presenter and see the presenter’s computer screen as you are guided step by step in learning each new software we present.
Look for Exciting New Workshops Coming This Fall!
If you are interested in virtually participating in this workshop, please let us know.
