iMovie for iOS-- Tim Hart, Apple MLTI Team
Please note, this is a full day session
This workshop is for educators who are ready to enhance their teaching and learning with iOS iMovie. Participants gain skills with the iOS iLife app, iMovie. Understand the fundamentals and advanced features of iMovie, experience creating and sharing, explore how iTunes U and other learning resources enhance today’s teaching and learning with iMovie.
Please bring your MLTI iPad with all software and apps updated.
Pages for iOS-- Ann Marie Quirion, Apple MLTI Team
Participants gain fundamental skills with Pages
Create a brochure or newsletter (or both) using Pages
Use Pages to customize student learning activities and address different learning styles, working strategies, and abilities by creating documents and charts, using media assets exploring and creating templates, exporting and sharing
Please bring your MLTI iPad with all software and apps updated.
PowerHouse- Rick McGuire, BMS
Powerhouse is a tool where students can investigate their own electrical usage at home. The site has been developed by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute in cooperation with Central Maine Power. Students can analyze real-life data from their own home's to observe, experiment, test and make changes to their homes electrical use. Data is displayed in easy to use graphs and displays. We will use the instructor's data to investigate the data that is available to students through the Powerhouse website, and explore how it was used in the classroom with eighth graders during a Purple House expedition. Bring your CMP electrical bill and your log in information for the CMP website, and discover how you can begin at home exploring your own energy usage.
Easy Presentation Tools-- Emily Dittmann, BRCTC
This session will cover Haiku Deck, a simple, beautiful presentation tool for use on iPad and MacBook and Tackk.com, a quick, single page website-building tool that is useful for organizing presentations on your laptop. Come and learn how to use these two applications for fun, or have ideas and content ready for a presentation if you would like to make and take.
Edmodo + A Bit-- Mary Moran, WCS
Edmodo can be used as a sort of social media around literature or simply a venue to track scores on classwork. It can connect your class to other classrooms, or simply your own students to each other.
I am no expert, but have found it to be a useful tool in my 5th grade classroom. If you do not currently use Edmodo or don't use it as anything more than a chat space, bring one literature unit (small book club, whole class reads) with quizzes and assignments. We will create classroom groups and units with quizzes and such. There is a lot more to Edmodo than first glance, but as many of you know there are other apps that do loads of exciting things that we can also share. If you do not have several iPads or computers that your students can use several days a week (or more), then you may not feel this is worthwhile for you. My suggestion is grade 2 - 8, but really anyone that is interested and work with students that can read and write (even at a low level) would work away with a possibility. Definitely bring a reading unit and class list so that you can use time to get yourself set up. Feel free to contact me, Mary Moran, with any questions or ideas.
Introduction to Gmail-- Dean Emmerson, Tech Department
This session will provide users with an overview of the major features and settings in Gmail. Learn how to create signatures, activate "away from school" messages, organize your email using filters and rules, create contacts and distribution groups, and generally make Gmail work more effectively.
Tuesday afternoon, August 12th
This session will provide users with an overview of the major features and settings in Gmail. Learn how to create signatures, activate "away from school" messages, organize your email using filters and rules, create contacts and distribution groups, and generally make Gmail work more effectively.
iOS JumpStart-- Mary Callan, Apple MLTI Team
Register for this session with Apple directly- Register
In this foundational FULL DAY workshop, participants gain fundamental skills with select MLTI Apple solution applications and the most recent iOS. Learning outcomes for this workshop include:
• Explore basic navigation, built-in apps, and accessibility features of the most recent iOS
• Personalize the iPad to create, collaborate, and communicate
• Gain fundamental skills with select applications
Individual participant requirements:
• MLTI Apple iPad fully charged with the latest software updates
Dictation/Text To Speech and other Learning Tools on the Apple MLTI Devices-- Ann Marie Quirion, Apple MLTI Team
Reaching all learners is a challenge for every teacher. Join this session to explore ways to meet your students needs using the built in accessibility tools on your Apple MLTI devices. These Apple MLTI tools help all learners succeed. Please bring both your MLTI iPad and your MacBook Air with all software updated.
iMovie for iOS Continued-- Tim Hart, Apple MLTI Team
This workshop is for educators who are ready to enhance their teaching and learning with iOS iMovie. Participants gain skills with the iOS iLife app, iMovie. Understand the fundamentals and advanced features of iMovie, experience creating and sharing, explore how iTunes U and other learning resources enhance today’s teaching and learning with iMovie.
Please bring your MLTI iPad with all software and apps updated.
Expedition- Building A StoryWalk-- Laura Phelps, PES
StoryWalks are popping up all over for good reason! A StoryWalk takes the pages of a book and lays them out on a trail. This is a great way to blend literacy and physical movement and students of all ages can participate as creators and/or readers. How does technology come into play? On each StoryWalk page you can embed a QR code that links to additional information, an audio recording of the page being read, or any web resource you'd like to highlight in conjunction with the walk. This session will meet at Phippsburg Elementary School and additional information will be sent to registered participants prior to the start of the Summer Tech Institute.
Expedition- LEGO Robotics- Day One-- Lawrence Kovacs, G&T
Building robots using LEGOs sparks creativity, critical thinking and ingenuity. Join me for an introduction to building and programming autonomous robots that use sensors and motors to navigate and accomplish simple tasks. We may even have time to hold a short competition, so bring your game face!
iOS JumpStart-- Mary Callan, Apple MLTI Team
Register for this session with Apple directly- Register
In this foundational FULL DAY workshop, participants gain fundamental skills with select MLTI Apple solution applications and the most recent iOS. Learning outcomes for this workshop include:
• Explore basic navigation, built-in apps, and accessibility features of the most recent iOS
• Personalize the iPad to create, collaborate, and communicate
• Gain fundamental skills with select applications
Individual participant requirements:
• MLTI Apple iPad fully charged with the latest software updates
Wednesday morning, August 13th
Let’s Visualize It! Making Sense of The World Through Data Visualization-- Tim Hart, Apple MLTI Team
Making sense of our world at a time of rapidly growing complexity is becoming more and more of a challenge. At the same time, the amount of available data is exploding, providing a foundation for many insights yet to be discovered. But how do we get from data to knowledge? In the session, the role of data visualization in exploring, understanding and communicating the interdependent developments of our globalized world will be looked at from different angles using tools available through Apple MLTI.
Literacy and Technology Websites and Apps to Support Reading-- Laura Phelps, PES
There are literally thousands of websites and apps that you can use in the classroom to support your reading curriculum. How do you choose the best and most effective? In this session we'll look at great sites and apps to support readers of all abilities, from reluctant to voracious. We'll explore the ways that technology can easily be integrated into reading workshop, the Daily 5, and other reading programs you already have in place. This session will best meet the needs of K-5 teachers and support staff, but all are welcome!
Literacy and Technology Websites and Apps to Support Writing-- Laura Phelps, PES
Looking for ways to integrate technology into the writing process? Curious about how writing online and writing on paper might differ for your students? This session will highlight apps and websites that students can use throughout the entire writing process and in conjunction with the district's Lucy Calkins writing program. While the focus will be on the K-5 classroom, all are welcome!
Technology Tips That Save Time for Teaching-- Jeff Derosa, MHS
Save time and improve classroom management by using QR codes. Review or introduce academic content using interactive iPad gaming technology. Create a youtube account and “clip” sections from your favorite videos! These are just three of the skills you’ll learn in this workshop - skills that will help you save time for teaching! (K-12)
Weather Forecasting In The Classroom-- Jeff Derosa, MHS
Are we going to have a snow day tomorrow, or what? Don’t rely on that sub-par weather app or wait for the 6 O’clock news to find out. Instead, why not come to this workshop and learn how to access and analyze tools used by professional meteorologists? Great user-friendly resources for teaching weather in the classroom, too! (K-12)
OS X JumpStart-- Ann Marie Quirion, Apple MLTI Team
Register for this session with Apple directly- Register
In this foundational FULL DAY workshop participants gain fundamental skills with select MLTI Apple solution applications and the most recent version of Mac OS X. Learning outcomes for this workshop include:
• Explore basic navigation, built-in apps, and accessibility features of the most recent OS X
• Personalize the Macbook Air to create, collaborate, and communicate
• Gain fundamental skills with select apps
Individual participant requirements:
• MLTI Apple MacBook Air fully charged with the latest software updates
• MagSafe2 power adaptor
Wednesday Afternoon, August 13th
Expedition- LEGO Robotics- Day Two-- Lawrence Kovacs, G&T
Building robots using LEGOs sparks creativity, critical thinking and ingenuity. Join me for an introduction to building and programming autonomous robots that use sensors and motors to navigate and accomplish simple tasks. We may even have time to hold a short competition, so bring your game face!
Explain Everything and Notability Apps-- Tim Hart, Apple MLTI Team
In this session we will explore Explain Everything and Notability, two great iOS apps that are included on every Apple MLTI iPad. Notability allows you to move beyond stacks of paper to something smaller, lighter, and more resourceful for notes, assignments, handouts, and more. Explain Everything is a powerful screen casting app that allow you to…well…explain everything. We will delve into the features of each app and find ways to best use them in your classroom.
OS X JumpStart-- Ann Marie Quirion, Apple MLTI Team
Register for this session with Apple directly- Register
In this foundational FULL DAY workshop participants gain fundamental skills with select MLTI Apple solution applications and the most recent version of Mac OS X. Learning outcomes for this workshop include:
• Explore basic navigation, built-in apps, and accessibility features of the most recent OS X
• Personalize the Macbook Air to create, collaborate, and communicate
• Gain fundamental skills with select apps
Individual participant requirements:
• MLTI Apple MacBook Air fully charged with the latest software updates
• MagSafe2 power adaptor
Thursday Morning, August 14th
Q&A Working Session
This session provides an opportunity for Summer Tech Institute participants to stop by and ask questions of the Technology Department. Attendees are encouraged to bring projects or tasks with which they need help!
Expedition Wrap-Ups
Participants in the afternoon Expeditions will have this time to complete any work, and to prepare for their presentations. Expedition Presentations
Participants in the afternoon Expeditions will present to the general audience at the Summer Tech Institute. These presentations may involve activities, video, slide shows, competitions- anything goes Lunch and Closing
Participants of the Summer Tech Institute are welcome to stay for lunch and to share the highlights of the 2014 Summer Tech Institute. Lunch will be provided.
Participants in the afternoon Expeditions will have this time to complete any work, and to prepare for their presentations. Expedition Presentations
Participants in the afternoon Expeditions will present to the general audience at the Summer Tech Institute. These presentations may involve activities, video, slide shows, competitions- anything goes Lunch and Closing
Participants of the Summer Tech Institute are welcome to stay for lunch and to share the highlights of the 2014 Summer Tech Institute. Lunch will be provided.
