Sacred Heart School Workshop

First Period

Show and Tell (Demonstration):
A general presentation on what can be done to integrate technology into the curriculum. Many examples of student-created multimedia projects will be shown. The presenter will give information on how these projects were completed and how they can be adapted to many subject areas.

Searching (Hands-on session):
How to locate and evaulate curriculum-related material on the World Wide Web, such as lesson plans, interactive activities, graphics, and more. How to prepare WWW pages of "hot links" for your students to use.

Second Period

Science (Hands-on session):
Several examples of science- related activities based on freeware and shareware and on free WWW sites. Emphasis will be on creative, discovery-type activities.

Kid Pix (Hands-on session):
The presenter will model a teacher- directed computer lesson on using Kid Pix. Students (2nd or 3rd graders) and teachers will go through one of the many lessons that can be presented using this software. This approach empowers the user when working with the program in the future. The lesson also covers many other skills that can be transfered to other subject areas.

Third Period

Math (Hands-on session):
Several examples of math- related activities based on freeware and shareware and on free WWW sites. Emphasis will be on creative, discovery-type activities.

TeacherWeb (Hands-on session):
The presenter will help teachers get started in making their own web page that can be accessed and updated at any time from any computer that is connected to the Internet. The web site we will use in called Teacher Web. It allows the teacher to create a series of pages on announcements, homework, FAQ, about the teacher, a calendar and links. This user friendly web site can be mastered very quickly. This is a very good way of sharing information with students and parents since they can access the teacher page from their home computer. This empowers the teacher since they have complete control of the site and can update, add or delete any information at any time.

5th - 6th Periods

Digital Imaging Workshop (Hands-on workshop):
How to use a digital camera and scanner to capture images of student products, field trips, and classroom activities; use image editor software to improve and correct images; import images into word processor and other presentation software; prepare graphics for Web pages; obtain high-quality color printouts for display.

7th - 8th Periods

Creating a Student Project Web Site using a Template (Hands-on workshop):
In this workshop you will use templates and simple text editing to create multimedia projects for publication on the Web. Using templates rather than a Web editor program requires no specialized commercial software, speeds up project construction, and helps to focus student attention on the content of a project rather than the format design aspects. We will demonstrate templates for class projects, individual student projects, and templates for converting KidPix slide shows to Web format.