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If you are looking for details about any upcoming technology workshop, you'll find them here. Read the descriptions, then click the appropriate link to indicate your interest or sign up. Questions should be directed to Cory Peppler or Nikki Lucyk.

=Mellowes Hall Training **-- Nov 16**=  Chris Cruz will be providing training for the AV set up in Mellowes Hall. If you have always wanted the appropriate training for utilizing this great space, please sign up for some quick and easy training on this fantastic audiovisual system!

Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 Time: 3:30-4:00 pm Location: Mellowes Target Audience: All Type: Demonstration/Hands-on Facilitator: Chris Cruz To sign for this session, click here

=SMART Board: Getting Started with Notebook Software Basics -- Nov 17= Designed for the __new SMART Board user__, this session will cover the //software// basics of getting the Notebook up and running and its basic features.  Topics include:  · Notebook software menu bar  · Notebook software toolbar  · Page sorter tab  · Gallery tab  · Attachments tab  · Properties tab

Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2010 Time: 3:30-4:30 pm Location: Laurie Barth's classroom (M216) Target Audience: Brand new users of a SMART Board, all divisions welcome Type: Demonstration/Hands-on Facilitator: Laurie Barth To sign for this session, click here

=SMART Board (Intermediate): Objects in Notebook -- Dec 7=

Designed for the intermediate SMART Board user who is familiar with the physical board and the basics of the Notebook software. Topics include:  · Modifying and moving objects in Notebook  · Locking objects  · Grouping objects <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> · Infinite cloner <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> · Adding links to objects <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> · Handwriting and shape recognition <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> · Drawing tools

Date: Tuesday, December 7, 2010 Time: 3:30-4:30 pm Location: Laurie Barth's classroom (M216) Target Audience: Intermediate users (one year or more) of a SMART Board, all divisions welcome Type: Demonstration/Hands-on Facilitator: Laurie Barth To sign for this session, click here

=Upcoming Workshops= Details coming soon!

=Past Workshops=

**Microsoft OneNote -- Oct 12**
<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Do you carry a notebook or notepad around to take notes for business or personal projects? Do you have post it notes all over your desk? Do you have trouble finding and deciphering the information you need? Microsoft Office OneNote 2007, the easy-to-use note-taking and information-management program can help you get organized. With OneNote you can capture ideas and information in electronic form. Insert files or Web content in full-color, searchable format or as icons that you can click to access. This session will cover OneNote basics. You will learn how simple it is to gather, format, and organize information. And then say goodbye to your notepad!

**"Look and Feel" of Moodle -- Oct 14**
Tired of your class Moodle looking like the default grey? Want to jazz it up with livelier colors, personalized titles, and even pictures? More than just making your Moodle "pretty", you'll also learn how to customize the variety of tools and blocks to better serve your class needs.

**Kids Blog -- Oct 19 (repeat session)**
[|http://Kidblog.org] is designed for elementary and middle school teachers who want to provide each student with their own, unique blog. Students can publish posts and participate in discussions within a **secure** classroom blogging community. Teachers maintain complete control over student blogs. USM has set up accounts for LS students in grades one through four by graduating class/grade leve. Blog entries can be added to year after year serving as "digital portfolios" of students' written work. Specialists and grade level teachers have access to students' blogs making them a cross-curricular tool that can document growth year after year.

**Google Apps -- Oct 19 CANCELLED**
USM now has a dedicated "suite" of Google applications including Gmail, Google Docs, Google Video, Google Sites (for creating web pages), etc. Every teacher and student has an account that allows them to access and share our personalized collection of documents, sites, videos. Google Docs alone is a great place to collaborate and store projects "in the cloud". Come learn how to set up your account, create and share documents, and explore the other tools available.

**Quizzing in Moodle -- Oct 20**
This session will give an overview of quizzing options in Moodle and will walk you through the creation of a question bank. Bring a short test or quiz to get some practical experience with this powerful feature in Moodle.

**Local Backup and Recovery -- Oct 26**
<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Are you worried that your documents might not be backed up? Are you confused about whether to use LiveMesh, DropBox, and external drive, or something else? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then this is the workshop for you! PC and Mac users alike should come to this training session to learn how to back up your files and your machine, and perform a restore.

**Adding Resources in Moodle -- Oct 27**
<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How and where to you add all the great videos and relevant links to you Moodle? Can you do podcasting (audio files and clips) right in Moodle itself? Go way beyond simple documents and add multimedia to your class's online component. Bring your laptop and have a video clip or two ready to try it out! <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Finding ‘Space Hogs’ in Microsoft Outlook **-- Nov 2**
<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Do you often find yourself spending obnoxious amounts of time cleaning out your email? Do you receive emails consistently from the system administrator warning you that your email box will be closed because it has reached full capacity? Do you just want to learn better ways of finding those "space hogs" in your email? Spend time this afternoon with Laura Jacobs in Technology learning quick and easy ways to find those gigantic emails, to help better manage your email. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> = =

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SMART Board: Getting Started with Equipment Basics -- Nov 9
Designed for the __new SMART Board user__, this session will cover the //hardware// basics of getting the board working and interacting with it. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Topics include: · The pen tray · The on-screen keyboard · The right mouse button · Orienting the board · The difference between ink aware software and the digital ink layer · Writing on the board and saving your work

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