Professional+Development

toc =Professional Development=

Training Videos
[|Professional Development Training Videos] These are an excellent series of videos created by Brian Hargreaves which provide step-by-step instructions on Microsoft Office, Macromedia (FireWorks and DreamWeaver), etc.

**Introduction to Internet Explorer**
[|Brian's list of videos]

(20 minutes)

 * Terminology
 * Browser
 * Location bar
 * URL
 * Google Search bar
 * Using the toolbar - navigation
 * View History (students can't delete)
 * How to set your home page
 * Favourites
 * How to add to the links toolbar (?)
 * How to manage favourites
 * Deleting, renaming
 * Creating link and toolbar folders
 * Navigating
 * Using tabs
 * Using windows
 * Searching within a document

Using Living Sky School Division e-mail

 * (30 minutes)**
 * Why use Living Sky Web Mail
 * Logging in
 * Global address book/contacts - entering an address
 * Composing/sending
 * Attachments (sending, opening and saving)
 * Adding to contacts
 * Distribution lists
 * Creating, organizing and using folders
 * Signature

**Introduction to Microsoft Word**
Process: After a brief demonstration of word processing tools each participant will create a one page document utilizing the features of the formatting toolbar.
 * (45 minutes)**
 * creating a new document
 * saving files/organizing files
 * creating new folders
 * opening a document
 * page set up (margins and orientation)
 * using the word processor toolbar (Fonts, size, style, alignment, bullets, tabs)
 * the format menu (spacing, etc)
 * spelling and grammar checker, thesaurus and dictionary
 * inserting page numbers
 * inserting an image
 * wrapping text around an image

[|Fake Text Generator] [|Elementary Word Processing Curriculum] (with good examples!)
 * Resources**:

**Microsoft Word: Slightly Beyond the Basics**
//30 - 45 minutes - Staff should be comfortable with the basics before advancing to this workshop// This workshop will utilize the tools necessary to create attractive, well designed pamphlets, leaflets and small posters. Participants will also learn how to use tables within a word document.
 * (45 - 60 minutes)**
 * use the draw toolbar (word art, shapes, text boxes)
 * create and modify tables

Each participant will create a leaflet which utilizes the draw and/or table functions.


 * Resources**:
 * Example [[file:jberrybrain.doc]]
 * Example (Fat Kid Rules the World) [[file:tabloid_ex.doc]]

**Using Advanced Word Processing Tools in ELA: Way beyond the basics!**

 * Styles
 * Commenting and tracking
 * Inserting a Table of Contents

=Heritage Christian School Workshop= =March 26, 2007=

Using the Desktop Firefox StarOffice Living Sky e-mail
 * Morning Agenda:** **The Linux Applications:**
 * Afternoon Agenda: 'Open Space' Learning**[[image:learning.jpg width="246" height="196" align="right"]]


 * Word processing - creating a dynamic document
 * Example (doc) Fahrenheit 451 [[file:jberrybrain.doc]]
 * [|Elementary Word Processing Curriculum] (with good examples!)
 * Digital Photography: Motivational posters
 * [|Motivator]
 * [|Social Bookmarking] - creating lists of valuable sites
 * [|Delicious]
 * [|Donna's Bookmarks]
 * Donna's Bookmarks tagged [|'blogging']
 * Blogging
 * As a management and information sharing tool
 * [|Albert E. Peacock Collegiate] at [|Edublogs]
 * [|Classroom Tech Tips] at [|WordPress]
 * As an instructional tool
 * [|Kathy Cassidy's Classroom Blog] at [|Blogmeister]
 * [|AP Calculus]
 * Cool tool to add images to your blog...
 * [|ImageChef]

Blogging Workshop
[|Mrs. Cassidy's Classroom Blog] Hamlet Character Blogs [|Student Reflection on Night by Elie Wiesel] [|Iqbal] [|AP Calculus] [|Westwood Schools Blog] [|Living Sky Early Literacy] [|Blogging Techniques for the K - 12 Classroom]
 * Examples of Blogs**
 * Articles and Resources**
 * Blogs as an administration tool**


 * Blogs as discussion tools**[[image:discussiontool1.gif]]
 * Blogs as a Publication Tool**
 * Kathy Cassidy: Telling the New Story**

Cutknife Elementary School: Online Content Workshop
[|Delicious] [|Protopage] [|Donna's protopage] Donna's Teacher-librarian 2.0 page [|PB Wiki] [|Wordpress]
 * Tools:**
 * Social Bookmarking:**
 * [|Donna's bookmarks]
 * [|Donna's Web 2.0 Bookmarks]
 * [|Donna's Web 2.0 Bookmarks]**Start Pages**
 * Wikis**
 * [|Sherrons' Arts Ed Wiki]**Blogs**
 * [|Donna's Classroom Tech Tips Blog][|Edublogs]
 * [|Joanne's Early Literacy Blog][|Classblogmeister]
 * [|Kathy Cassidy's Classroom blog]
 * see Kathy Cassidy's video above
 * [|Susan Harrison's Classroom blog]
 * [|Brenda Sparrow's Classroom blog]

**Connaught School Summer Workshop**
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