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INSTRUCTIONAL

TECHNOLOGY

Professional Learning Catalog

Learning & Teaching Services Fall 2011

Children are great imitators. Let’s

give them something great to imitate!

Instructional Technology Specialists Coordinator– Dr. Brian Blanton

Ann Armstrong Bethlehem Elementary

Luella Elementary

Luella Middle

Luella High

Locust Grove Elementary

Locust Grove Middle

Locust Grove High

New Hope Elementary

Ola Elementary

Ola Middle

Ola High

Rock Spring Elementary

Justin Castile Dutchtown Elementary

Hampton Elementary

Rocky Creek Elementary

Mt. Carmel Elementary

McDonough Elementary

Walnut Creek Elementary

Tussahaw Elementary

Dutchtown Middle

Hampton Middle

Henry County Middle

Dutchtown High

Henry County High

Brittany Ware Austin Road Elementary

Austin Road Middle

East Lake Elementary

Fairview Elementary

Hickory Flat Elementary

Pleasant Grove Elementary

Timber Ridge Elementary

Union Grove High

Union Grove Middle

Woodland Elementary

Woodland High

Woodland Middle

Tracina Wyatt Cotton Indian Elementary

Eagle's Landing High

Eagle's Landing Middle

Flippen Elementary

Oakland Elementary

Pate's Creek Elementary

Patrick Henry Middle/High

Red Oak Elementary

Smith Barnes Elementary

Stockbridge High

Stockbridge Middle

Stockbridge Elementary

Wesley Lakes Elementary

We will be offering several county-wide workshops throughout the school year. Make sure you look for

registration links in the monthly ITS Newsletters.

All classes will be held at Henry County High School in room 1017 unless otherwise noted.

August

Blended Learning Online Course (6 weeks)

September

Infinite Campus Advanced

October

ActivInspire Online Course Using Web-Based Tools to Enhance Standards-Based Classrooms,

Part 1: Galileo and Thinkfinity

November

Mind Mapping with MindView (formerly Open Mind)

January

Blended Learning Online Course (6 weeks) Using Standards-Based Video to Enhance your Lessons – Discovery Education

February

Flip Out over Learning with Performance Tasks (Flip Video & MovieMaker)

March

Stop Raising Your Hands---Standards-Based Assessment using Classroom Response Systems (2 sessions: E-instruction & ActivVotes)

May

Digital Storytelling

Infinite Campus …………………………….2-3

Edusoft ……………………..………………4-5

Schoolwires……………………………..……..6

Mind View ………………………..…….……..7

Education City …………………………...…..8

State Longitudinal Data System ………..…...9

ActivInspire ……………..…………….…….10

Student Response Systems ………...….……11

Web-Based Tools ……………………..….12-13

Standards-Based Video ……………………..14

Flip Video …………………………………...15

Vodcasting …………………………………...16

Blogs and Podcast …………………………..17

Online Assessment System (OAS) ………….18

My Access ………………………...…………19

What innovative

ways are you

using technolo-

gy to prepare

your students?

Your ITS can

provide training

for grade levels,

departments or

small groups in

addition to the

entire faculty to

introduce

various

technology

resources.

What’s Inside?

2 Infinite Campus

Elementary Gradebook Setup

Session Number : 100

Description: All teachers in kindergarten through 5th grade have the ability to use Infinite

Campus as an organizational gradebook tool. This informative session will walk teachers

through the gradebook setup process. Teachers will set the grading scale and create categories to

enter assignment grades in to.

Setting Options: Computer Lab

Scheduling Options: Elementary-by grade level

Time: 1 hour

Middle School/High School Gradebook Setup


Description: This informative session will walk teachers through the initial gradebook setup pro-

cess and day-to-day functions in Infinite Campus. Teachers will set the grading scale and

weights for the gradebook, as well as create the various grade categories. Teachers will learn the

process for creating assignments and copying assignments to other classes.


Scheduling Options: Planning periods

Time: 1 hour

3 Infinite Campus

IC for New Teachers


Description: This informative session will familiarize teachers with basic gradebook use and day

-to-day functions in Infinite Campus. Topics will include taking attendance, locating student in-

formation, configuring the gradebook, writing and submitting referrals, and inputting conduct

grades.


Scheduling Options: Planning periods or after school

Time: 1 hour

Get the Most out of IC-Advanced Features


Description: This informative session will help familiarize teachers with some of the more ad-

vanced features in Infinite Campus. Topics will include using IC messenger, newletters, reports,

daily planner, and student groups.



Time: 1 hour

4 Edusoft

The Edusoft® Assessment Management System is a standards-based as-

sessment solution that makes it easy for districts and schools to collect,

analyze and act on student performance data to improve classroom in-

struction and student performance. The Edusoft Assessment Manage-

ment System has been widely adopted in the Henry County School

System as both a benchmark assessment tool and common formative

assessment tool. Here’s what some of our very own teachers have to

“I like the fact that I can create individualized review for the stu-dents based on CFA results. The label tool allows the students to clearly see what they need to work on. That helps students review only the standards they need and the entire class does not have to repeat class does not have to repeat a section they have mastered.” ~Brigitte Warde

“The Item Analysis is awesome and very useful when implementing flexi-ble groups.” ~Angelia McQueen

“It makes it easy to identify stu-dent’s strengths and weaknesses.” ~ Karen Hopkins

“I like the item analysis component which al-lows you to see which standards are deficient for students, a class of students, or grade lev-el.” ~ Chiqueta Jackson

“What I like most about Edusoft is that it provides timely data that can be utilized in the classroom. I am able to post assessment data for my students as well as identify which standards need to be revisited, and who wouldn’t like a system that grades for you!” ~ Lenora Saffell

5 Edusoft

Assessments with Edusoft for Teachers (K-12)- Part 1


Description: Teachers will learn to create standards-based assessments using Edusoft. Part 1of this

training will not only focus on the alignment of assessments to standards in Edusoft, but also the

printing, administering and scanning of the assessments.



Time: 1 hour

Assessments with Edusoft for Administrators


Description: Administrators will learn the potential uses of Edusoft to promote classroom assess-

ment strategies from individual teacher assessments to common grade level or subject area assess-

ments. This training will focus on aligning assessments to standards in EduSoft, the printing, admin-

istering and scanning of the assessments, analyzing and disaggregating data from assessments, and

understanding how these reports will guide instructional planning process. This training is to pro-

vide an overview to the hardware and software related to this system provided assessment resource..


Scheduling Options: During or after school

Time: 2 hours

Assessments with Edusoft for Teachers (K-12)- Part 2


Description: Teachers will learn to analyze and disaggregate data from assessments aligned in

Edusoft. Teachers will also explore how to generate reports that will inform their instructional plan-

ning process.



Time: 1 hour

6

SchoolWires Intro- Showcase Yourself and Your Classroom


Description: By the time you walk out of this hands-on session, you will have mastered the ba-

sics of building your webpage: logging in, adding your signature and email address, providing a

brief biography, creating a calendar and/or class page, inserting a picture or image, and adding

photo galleries. Please bring the following with you to help speed up the process: your login

information, pictures, and a bio on a thumbdrive.

Setting Options: Computer Lab (most effective), large meeting


Time: 1 hour

Schoolwires Advanced: Develop a Web Presence for your Class


Description: Teachers will learn the best practices of web design to facilitate maximum use of

their classroom webpage with Schoolwires. Teachers will become skilled at utilizing surveys, em-

bedding videos, adding html tags, and inserting files along with hyperlinks to other websites. This

session will also go into the nuances of webpage hierarchy and webpage layout.


Scheduling Options: After school

Time: 1.5 hours

Schoolwires

Connect. Engage. Unify. Technology has extended learning far beyond

classroom walls and long past the three o’clock

bell. Students, teachers, and parents are citi-

zens of a digital world. They expect strong

and constant connection to both their re-

sources and their community. Schoolwires con-

nects students, teachers and community members in immersive ways with

Web 2.0 functionality and interactivity.

7 Mind View

Mind Mapping with MindView (formerly Open Mind) Session Number : 400

Description: MindView is a comprehensive, visual learning tool designed to help teachers and

students develop and organize ideas such as visual outlines and graphic organizers, storyboards,

presentations, curriculum plans, timelines, and much more. This hands-on course is designed to

show participants easy ways to create a mind map and a timeline.


Scheduling Options: Planning period or after school

Time: 1 hour

8 Education City

Using Education City to Target Your Classroom Learning Objectives


Description: Education City is an interactive teaching and learning resource that can be used to

enhance student instruction. This hands-on course is designed to familiarize teachers with the

numerous features available at www.EducationCity.com. Teachers will learn how to set up addi-

tional cities, locate activities that directly relate to the state standards, and differentiate and moni-

tor student instruction. Education City is a subscription based resource and is only available if the

school has purchased it.

(Prior to this training session, the school should send an extracted student Excel file to Ed-

ucation City to have class rosters uploaded-contact Technology Help Desk)



Time: 1 hour

Education City is an award-winning online teaching

and learning resource mapped to individual state aca-

demic standards for elementary students in Language

Arts, Math, Science, and Spanish Math. The web-

based, modular resource features research-based, ani-

mated activities designed to support student engagement and achievement.

In addition to Education City's hallmark activities, the resources include data

-focused teacher features that ensure lessons are aligned to the proper curricu-

lum standards. It monitors student achievements and potential weaknesses,

differentiates learning, provides high quality assessment, and suggests ways

for students to improve. Education City is subscription based and can be ac-

cessed via the Internet at participating schools.

http://www.EducationCity.com

9 SLDS-

The Statewide Longitudinal Data System

(SLDS) application contains enrollment, at-

tendance, assessment, and course infor-

mation for Georgia’s PK-12 public school

students. The application is designed to help

districts, schools, and teachers make data-

driven decisions to improve student learning,

as well as facilitate research to increase stu-

dent achievement and close achievement

gaps. The SLDS contains CRCT, EOCT, and GHSGT scores. Depending

on your level of access, you can view the District Dashboard, the School

Dashboard, or the Teacher Dashboard. For more detailed information,

you can visit: http://slds.doe.k12.ga.us/Pages/SLDS.aspx.

Overview of the Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) for Faculty


Description: This session will provide an overview of how to access student-level data includ-

ing schedules, attendance, course grades, assessment test scores, and more in the SLDS.

Setting Options: Location for Faculty Meetings

Scheduling Options: Faculty meeting

Time: 15 minutes

Navigating the Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) for Teachers


Description: This session will teach you how to access student-level data including schedules,

attendance, course grades, assessment test scores, and more.


Scheduling Options: Planning periods, before or after school

Time: 1 hour

http://slds.doe.k12.ga.us/Pages/SLDS.aspx

10 ActivInspire

Activate Your Teaching with ActivInspire (Beginners)


Description: This session introduces the main features of ActivInspire. Participants will learn

the basic skills required to download from www.prometheanplanet.com or create simple, inter-

active flipcharts.



Time: 2 hours

Activate Your Teaching with ActivInspire (Intermediate)


Description: This session will focus on using ActivInspire to activate the classroom teacher’s

delivery of instruction. Participants will dissect model flipcharts and develop their understand-

ings of how to design flipcharts for student interaction by integrating actions, web links, em-

bedding media, and assessment features using ActiVotes. Participants will receive several re-

sources that can be used in their classroom and lesson planning.

Prerequisite: Activate Your Teaching with ActivInspire for Beginners



Time: 2 hours

Activate Your Teaching with ActivInspire (Advanced)


Description: This session will focus on the more advanced features of ActivInspire to fully en-

gage students in the learning process.

Prerequisite: Activate Your Teaching with ActivInspire (Intermediate)



Time: 2 hours

11 Student Response Systems

Stop Raising Your Hands---Standards-Based Assessment using Classroom Response Systems


Description: Discover how interactive response systems can enhance assessments in your class-

room. Pose questions before, during, or after lessons to find out if students are on track, and use

that feedback to help shape the rest of your lesson. See how technology can increase the vital one-

to-one interaction in your classroom.

Notify ITS of what type of student response system your school uses-ActiVotes or eInstruction

Setting Options: Classroom or Media Center

Scheduling Options: Planning periods or after school (Large Group or Small Group)

Time: 1 hour

Student response systems are interac-

tive and give instructors instant and

accurate insight into student learning.

Students can respond to impromptu

questions or prepared in advance tests.

Students respond instantly using the

remotes, and the software automatical-

ly tallies and summarizes results. This

instant insight means instructors can adjust their instruction ac-

cordingly.

12 Web-Based Tools

Using Web-Based Tools to Enhance Standards-Based Classrooms, Part 1: Galileo and

Thinkfinity


Description: Integrate standards-based resources from Galileo and Thinkfinity into your cur-

riculum to inspire and empower your students. Participants will explore these websites and

tools that correlate with Georgia Performance Standards and walk away with new and exciting

ideas for the classroom.


Scheduling Options: Planning periods or after school (Small Group)

Time: 1 hour

The World Wide Web is full of resources

for teachers. Galileo, Thinkfinity, net-

Trekker, Georgia Standards, and Learning

Village are just a few that all Henry

County teachers have free access to. The-

se resources are available for teachers to

use to enhance and support teaching and

learning. Educators can find the right tools for easily building stand-

ards-based instructional plans as well as immediate access to materi-

als aligned to the Georgia Performance Standards. The easy-to-

navigate resources are grade-specific and are aligned with state stand-

ards. These are easy places to find resources that strengthen problem

-solving, creativity, critical thinking skills, interactive games and ac-

tivities that make learning fun.

13 Web-Based Tools

Using Web-Based Tools to Enhance Standards-Based Classrooms, Part 2: NetTrekker


Description: Integrate standards-based resources from Google and NetTrekker into your cur-

riculum that will inspire and empower your students. Participants will explore these websites

and tools that correlate with Georgia Performance Standards and walk away with new and ex-

citing ideas for the classroom.



Time: 1 hour

Using Web-Based Tools to Enhance Standards-Based Classrooms, GeorgiaStandards.org

and Learning Village


Description: Integrate standards-based resources from Google and NetTrekker into your cur-

riculum that will inspire and empower your students. Participants will explore these websites

and tools that correlate with Georgia Performance Standards and walk away with new and ex-

citing ideas for the classroom.



Time: 1 hour

14 Standards Based Video

Using Standards-Based Video to Enhance your Lesson – Discovery Education


Description: This session will inspire you to use video resources from Discovery Education

(formerly United Streaming) that correlate directly to standards. Teachers will learn about the

numerous resources (including video segments, images, reading passages, and simulations)

available through Discovery Education. Teachers will walk away from this hands-on/active

training course being able to confidently use Discovery Education to support standards-based

classroom instruction.


Scheduling Options: Planning periods or After school

Time: 1 hour

Discovery Education offers a broad range

of free classroom resources that comple-

ment and extend learning beyond the

bell. Foster deeper engagement and oppor-

tunities for students to take charge of

their own learning with high quality, en-

gaging, relevant tools designed for today’s

busy teachers and parents. Explore our

programs and contests, interactive games,

puzzles, lesson plans, videos and more.

15 Flip Video

Using Web-Based Tools to Enhance Standards-Based Classrooms,

Part 1: Galileo and Thinkfinity


Description: Integrate standards-based resources from Galileo and Thinkfinity into your cur-

riculum to inspire and empower your students. Participants will explore these websites and

tools that correlate with Georgia Performance Standards and walk away with new and exciting

ideas for the classroom.


Scheduling Options: Planning periods or After school

Time: 1 hour

Get it out of the box and into your

hands! The Flip video camera is a

simple way to engage, innovate,

and enhance learning in your

classrooms. Every school should

have at least one Flip video cam-

era in the building. There are

many ways to incorporate video

into the learning process. Have students create video trailers

for books they are reading, record science experiments, make

video homework assignments, create audio dictionaries, film

field trips, create foreign language projects with subtitles, rec-

ord interviews, make promotional videos, or record a PSA!

16 Vodcasting

Who knew Vodcasting could be so Easy ?


Description: Teachers will learn how to provide engaging opportunities for students to develop

desirable skills as digital storytellers and cutting-edge communicators. In this session, the partic-

ipants will be introduced to a FREE tool for vodcasting called Jing. Teachers will also learn to

differentiate their lessons using vodcasts to better reach their students at their learning level.

A head set with a microphone will be needed.



Time: 1 hour

Vodcasting opens many doors for students and

teachers with integrating technology. It is simply a

video that is available for download online, and can

easily be added to your teacher webpage. Vodcasts

can be teacher created or student created. Vodcast-

ing has become more popular with websites like You

Tube and Teacher Tube. Vodcasting is an inexpen-

sive way to create digital content for your class-

room. It can be used as a way to allow students to

have a creative outlet during the school day. Stu-

dent created vodcasts give students the opportunity

to enhance their communication and technology skills. It can be used

with kindergarten through 12th grade students for recording lessons/

lectures, test reviews, experiments, poems, skits, projects, field trips,

storybooks, or interviews. The opportunities are endless!

17 Blogs & Podcasts

Blogging in SchoolWires

Session Number : 408a

Description: Teachers will be introduced to the a simple tool that they can use in their class-

rooms to engage, motivate, and inspire more authentic learning for their students. Teachers will

get and overview of how to Blog using SchoolWires. The session will also go into the best

practices of blogs across subject areas.



Time: 1 hour

Podcasts …Can we do that in our school? YES!

Session Number : 408b

Description: Teachers will be introduced to this simple tool that they can use in their class-

rooms to engage, motivate, and inspire more authentic learning for their students. Teachers will

get and overview of how to Podcast using Audacity. The session will also go into the best prac-

tices of this tool across subject areas.

A head set with a microphone will be needed.



Time: 1 hour

18 Online Assessment System

OAS for Administrators


Description: School administrators will learn how to manage their teacher and student ac-

counts, classes, and tests.

Setting Options: HCHS 1017

Scheduling Options: After school

Time: 1 hour

OAS for Formative Assessments


Description: Teachers will learn to create online, standards-based assessments using OAS.

All OAS questions are aligned to standards, so this is an excellent way to differentiate and

prepare students for standardized tests. This training will also show how these tests can be

printed or used in conjunction with response systems.

Setting Options: Computer lab


Time: 1 hour

The Online Assessment System (formerly known as the CRCT

Online System) enables students in Georgia's public schools to ac-

cess tests that consist of the same kinds of questions as appear on

two of Georgia's end-of-year assessments, the Criterion-Referenced

Competency Tests (CRCT), the End of Course Tests (EOCT), the

Georgia High School Graduation Tests (GHSGT), and the Georgia

Writing tests. The Online Assessment

System (OAS) is available throughout

the school year so that teachers can in-

tegrate testing on CRCT, EOCT and

GHSGT subjects with their teaching

of those subjects.

19 My Access

MY Access!® School Edition is a Web-based, cross-

curricular program for middle school students that transforms

writing instruction and assessment by applying superior artifi-

cial intelligence and linguistic technologies to the writing pro-

cess. Educators can make timely, data-driven decisions for suc-

cessful differentiated instruction and motivate students to write

more frequently by providing them with immediate feedback.

Improve Writing with MyAccess


Description: In this session, teachers will learn how to create personal writing prompts, create

assignments from a prompt bank, manage their rosters, and interpret reports.



Time: 1 hour

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