Class+Descriptions

__Google Drive__ Instructor: Vicki Zylstra We will cover the basics usage of Google Drive, including using the app on your computer and using the Google Drive web app. You'll learn the basics of creating new documents of all types, how to share new documents with others, how to create templates to share with your students, and how to create forms.

__Hauiku Learning Management System (LMS)__ Instructor: Ben Strandberg Piloted by several S-O classrooms during the 2012-2013 school year, Haiku LMS is a learning management system that allows you to virtualize your classroom and present curriculum to students in new and exciting ways. Learn how to post and grade assignments, tests, and classroom material, how to embed video and documents on your classroom site, and how Haiku integrates with Google Apps for Education. Utilizing this tool, you can virtually eliminate the need for make-up work, snow days, hand-grading assignments, and many other time-intensive issues you face everyday in your classroom.

__How Do I Use This Thing! Beginning SMART Board__ Instructor: Dina Vander Wilt, guest instructor from Mitchell Public School District, Mitchell, SD

In this class participants will learn the basic ways to use the SMART Board in the classroom. We will learn how to build our own lessons that can help us increase student interaction and motivation.  __Spicing Up My Lessons with the SMART Board - Advanced SMART Board__

Instructor: Dina Vander Wilt, guest instructor from Mitchell Public School District, Mitchell, SD In this class we will learn some new techniques to build better lessons. We will explore outside resources that we can use in our lessons to increase student involvement. We will also explore what an effective lesson looks like.

__Getting to know Google Chromebooks__ Instructors: Diana Lemke and Teresa Stofferan

The purpose of this session is to help the classroom teacher become familiar with the Chromebook. You will learn how to personalize the Chromebook, get to know the touchpad, and learn key board short cuts.

__Apps and Online Resources for Google Chromebooks__ Instructors: Diana Lemke and Teresa Stofferan

This session will focus on other applications and online resources that can be used in the classroom by the students. We will demonstrate how to search for applications, how to add them to your “apps”, and how to utilize apps such as “Study Stacks”, “Quizlet”, and “Lucid Chart”.

__Advanced Chromebooks__ Instructors: Diana Lemke and Teresa Stofferan

This session will include instruction on setting up email groups for each of your class periods. The groups can be used to communicate through gmail with your classes, as well as an instructional tool using forms as bell ringers, exit passes, and/or quizzes. You will be taught how to create a form and send it to your groups. We will also demonstrate how to view and analyze your results.

__Evernote__ Instructor: Vicki Zylstra Evernote is a web and/or computer-based note-taking powerhouse. Learn the ins and outs of using Evernote and how you and your students can take advantage of this amazing tool!

__Using Social Media to Communicate with Students and Parents__ Instructor: Steve Lemke Did you know that each school has a Facebook page? Did you know that every teacher can set up a Google+ page through your Google Apps for Education account? Social Media sites offer many ways to communicate that most parents and students are already fluent in. We'll cover the basics of Social Media sites, ways in which they can be used, and how to take advantage of them in your classroom.

__Prezi__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Instructor: Vicki Zylstra <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Prezi is a cloud based presentation app that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas and engage students visually in ways never seen before, enabling a more effective way for them to see, understand, and remember ideas!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">__Backing Up!__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Instructor: Tony Bevers <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Most people don't think about backing up until they have a catastrophe. In this session, we'll teach you how to set up an automated backup system, taking the work out of backing up your data. With a good, always running backup in place, when catastrophe strikes, you'll be ready for it!