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Registration Deadline:
Registration will be handled by DPI |
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Dates:
September 20; September 21-22, October 26-27, November 9-10 |
Time:
1st day 12 noon - 4 p.m. Remaining Days:
9:00
a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
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Registration Fee: $0
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Registration Deadline:
Sep 21, 2010 |
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Date: Sep 28, 2010 |
Time:
8:00
a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
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Registration Fee: $0
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What is We The People: The Citizen and the Constitution?
It is a program to promote civic competence and responsibility among the
nation’s elementary and secondary students.
The
instructional
program enhances students understanding of the
institutions of American constitutional democracy. At the same time,
students discover the contemporary relevance of the Constitution and Bill of
Rights.
The
culminating activity
is a
simulated congressional hearing
in which students "testify" before a panel of judges. Students demonstrate
their knowledge and understanding of constitutional principles and have
opportunities to evaluate, take, and defend positions on relevant historical
and contemporary issues.
What is
Project Citizen?
The primary
focus of this
program is on the role of state and local governments in the U.S. federal
system.
The curriculum
involves an entire class of students or members of youth or adult groups in a
series of structured, cooperative-learning activities that are guided by
teachers, organization leaders, and adult volunteers. Working in four
cooperative teams, the students learn to interact with their government through
a five-step process.
FREE LESSON PLANS!
TONS OF FREE MATERIALS!!
FREE TEXTBOOKS!!!
FREE
REGISTRATION
Registration Fee: $0 Registration Deadline:
Sep 21, 2010
Online
Registration
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Registration Deadline:
Sep 20, 2010 |
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Date: Oct 4, 2010 |
Time:
9:00
a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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Registration Fee: $35
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NC FALCON is series of Formative
Assessment professional development
modules that support the implementation
of Formative Assessment in North
Carolina classrooms and a Professional
Learning Community where challenges and
successes can be shared with
expectations of positive collaboration.
Sarah McManus from NCDPI will be
presenting NC FALCON. If you have
questions, contact Jan Webster at
jwebster@wresa.org or 828.418.0011,
ext. 21.
Registration Fee: $35 Registration Deadline:
Sep 20
Online
Registration
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Registration Deadline:
October 1, 2010 |
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Date: October 12, 2010 |
Time: 9:00
a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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Registration Fee: $60
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Using Ruby Payne’s
Framework for Understanding Poverty,
this workshop will cover the basics
about the culture of poverty. We will
discuss hidden rules and behaviors that
impact our classrooms. This workshop
will be the foundation for Day 2
(Children of Poverty: Now What?) as we
delve deeper into how best to help these
students. Each participant will
receive a copy of Framework for
Understanding Poverty.
Presenter will be April Spencer,
Secondary Education Coordinator and Ruby
Payne Certified Trainer. Class limited
to 25 participants. A certificate of
credit will be issued. If you have
questions, contact April Spencer at
aspencer@wresa.org or
828.418.0011, ext. 20.
Registration Fee: $60 Registration Deadline:
October 1, 2010
Online
Registration |
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Registration Deadline:
October 1, 2010 |
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Date: October 14, 2010 |
Time:
9:00
a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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Registration Fee: $50
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This session
will focus on findings from the
presenter’s dissertation study which
explored experiences of middle grade
teachers and students engaged in reading
picture books as an instructional
strategy for engagement in science,
social studies and math content.
Teaching implications using engaging
read-alouds aligned with essential
standards will be shared. Higher order
thinking discussion activities will be
modeled and participants will be invited
to participate in several collaborative
instructional demonstrations. Teachers
will be shown how to fit these daily
read-alouds into their already full
schedule. Effective strategies for
carefully selecting and layering high
interest picture books to use in their
classrooms will be shared with
participants. Additionally, participants
will receive research-based strategies
for leading critical thinking
discussions with students about the
read-alouds while integrating the
content material.
In this active hands-on session,
participants will be involved in
numerous make-it and take-it activities
to use with each selected book.
Participants will receive a book list of
recommended picture books. This session
will be primarily focused on grades K
through 7. Participants will receive a
certificate for 5 contact hours (.5 CEUs).
Facilitator will be Carol Bennett, Ed.D.
Registration Fee: $50 Registration Deadline:
October 1
Online
Registration
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Registration Deadline:
October 8, 2010 |
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Date: October 18, 2010 |
Time: 9:00
a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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Registration Fee: $35
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Would you like simple
and easy technology resources to
integrate into any classroom tomorrow?
Some of the tools we will be working
with are: Quia, Moodle, Wikispaces,
Google Apps and many animation tools
like Voki, Domo, Wobook and Timetoast.
We will be talking about flash tools and
polling and surveying options too. No
computer expertise needed, just an
interest in using technology in the
classroom. Bring a laptop if you have
one so you can bookmark what we talk
about. (There will be laptops available
to borrow for the session.) Jennifer
Drury and Dwayne Squire’s seasoned (low
sodium) teachers from Canton Middle
School will be sharing what they have
learned about integrating quick and easy
technology tools into all subject areas.
If you have questions, please contact
April Spencer at 418 0011 ext 20 or
aspencer@wresa.org.
Registration Fee: $35 Registration Deadline:
October 8, 2010
Online
Registration |
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Registration Deadline:
October 27, 2010 |
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Dates:
November 3, December 3, February 25, April 8 |
Time:
8:30
a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
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Registration Fee: $300
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Special-area and content-area
teachers have moments every day
where they could help students
build crucial reading skills.
These moments arise naturally
out of the day’s instruction.
Reinforcement could take place
just as naturally, and with
little effort, if teachers were
prepared. The impact on learning
and end-of-grade test scores
could be big! In Sync with
Success will help teachers seize
those valuable moments.
Oct. 22,
8:30-3:30: Learn the 7
proficient reader strategies.
Discover how these strategies
work across subject areas from
music to math. Dec. 3,
8:30-3:30: Learn reflective
thinking and/or writing
exercises that move information
from short-term to long-term
memory in any subject. Feb.
25, 8:30-3:30: Learn
vocabulary strategies for
remembering words in your class.
April 8, 8:30-3:30: Study
inferring, determining
importance and synthesis
strategies so that students
comprehend any task. Due April
8: Completed personal inquiry
project based on learning in the
class. Trying one idea in
the classroom and reflecting on
it rounds out the credits so
that teachers receive 30 contact
hours (3 CEUs).
After
earning her Masters degree from
Ohio State, Karen Haag moved to
North Carolina. She continued
teaching and in 1985 became a
consultant with the National
Writing Project at UNC-Charlotte.
In total, Karen taught grades 2
through college for 20 years in
New York, Ohio and North
Carolina. She then became a
Literacy Coach for 14 years in
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
and most recently, Cabarrus
County Schools, North Carolina.
Karen now consults and coaches
full time. At the University of
NC Charlotte, Karen found her
calling as a teacher researcher.
To that end, Karen interviews
students and teachers,
videotapes classes in action,
writes about what works and
needs work in her much loved
daybook, and maintains this
Website. In workshops and as
co-chair of the Teacher Research
Institute each summer, Karen
encourages teachers to reflect
on their classroom practices.
She says, "Teacher-researcher is
not a fancy title only few of us
have. Every teacher who
considers how to improve her
classroom is a teacher
researcher."
For the
past 10 years, Karen has shared
that research with schools in
several states. Karen coaches
participants to improve their
teaching of writing and reading
comprehension. In addition, her
workshops are popular because
she combines theory and practice
and shares her work with
participants through videotapes.
She posts lessons and strategies
on her websites:
www.liketoread.com and
www.liketowrite.com. She is
a newly published author. Karen
co-wrote Thinking Out Loud on
Paper, Student Daybooks as a
Tool for Learning published
by Heinemann in 2008.
Registration Fee: $300 Registration Deadline:
October 27
Online
Registration
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Registration Deadline:
October 18, 2010 |
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Date: November 1, 2010 |
Time: 9:00
a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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Registration Fee: $45
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Are you tired
of doing the same old thing in your
classes? Are you ready to spice things
up and try something new? How would you
like having GPS devices brought to your
classroom when you requested them?
Join us for a day of training, courtesy
of The Science House of NC State
University. We will use GPS devices to
explore new and exciting ways to teach
science concepts. You will have the
opportunity to investigate many types of
caches, how to incorporate the
technology into your existing lessons,
and also have time to create new
lessons. No previous experience with
GPS units required! This workshop is
appropriate for 5-12th grade teachers
(especially wonderful for integrated
lessons). Physics, Chemistry, Physical
Science, Earth Science and Biology
content will be addressed and aligned to
the NCSCOS. Suggestions for use in other
curriculum areas such as math and
history will also be addressed. Michelle
Benigno, The Science House, will be
conducting this workshop. If you have
questions, please contact April Spencer
at 828.418.0011 ext. 20 or
aspencer@wresa.org. Limited
to 25 participants.
Registration Fee: $45 Registration Deadline:
October 18, 2010
Online
Registration |
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Registration Deadline:
November 1, 2010 |
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Dates:
November
- January |
Flexible Time Frame/Complete
Assignments at Your Convenience
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Registration Fee: $50
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This online session
will be structured following the
Partners for Mathematics Learning
professional development that was
offered during the summer of 2010. It is
geared toward elementary mathematics
teachers in grades 3-5. “Teachers make
hundreds of decisions each day and
thousands each week: what content to
teach; what success looks like; what
students already know about this
content; what tasks and activities to
use; what students are learning; what
misconceptions they have; and what they
still need to learn. Formative
assessment generates the data needed for
these decisions” (Partners for
Mathematics Learning 2010-2011
Professional Development). This online
professional development will be focused
on the following learning modules:
Module 1:
Learning Targets
Module 2: Questioning and Task Selection
Module 3: Inferences and Feedback
Module 4: Making Students Active
Partners
Module 5: Decisions about Next Steps
Module 6: Collaboration around
Assessment
Participants who complete all
assignments will receive a certificate
for 15 contact hours (1.5 CEUs).
Facilitator will be Carol Bennett, Ed.D.,
Elementary Education Coordinator. If you
have questions, contact Carol at
828.418.0011, ext. 17 or cbennett@wresa.org.
Registration Fee: $50 Registration Deadline:
November 1
Online
Registration
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Registration Deadline:
November 1, 2010
|
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Date: November 9, 2010 |
Time:
8:15
a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
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Registration Fee: $35
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This one-day session
focuses on teachers/administrators who
have taught 0 – 20 years and
want assistance with critical
retirement information and decision
making early in their career.
This session will review the actuarial
implications and repercussions of
early-mid career decisions, laws,
policies and processes, benefit options
and investment plans. The training will
be conducted Robert Ayers, WRESA
Retirement Consultant. The session will
be facilitated by Bob Byrd, School
Improvement Specialist, and April
Spencer, Secondary Education
Consultant. Session limited to 25
participants. If you have questions,
contact Bob Byrd, ext. 23, bbyrd@wresa.org
or April Spencer, ext. 20, aspencer@wresa.org.
Registration Fee: $35 Registration Deadline:
November 1
Online
Registration |
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Registration Deadline:
November 5, 2010 |
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Date: November 17, 2010 |
Time:
9:00
a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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Registration Fee: $35
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Are you
looking for a way to better connect with
your 6-12 grade student who often seems
much more interested in whatever they
are plugged into then what is going on
in your classroom? Believe it or
not, media can be the bridge that can
make this happen! We will spend the
morning identifying the characteristics
of millennials and how to use this
information to your benefit in the
classroom by engaging them with their
media. In the afternoon, we will use
media tools to help students display
their knowledge of the content. Nancy
Ruppert, a professor at UNCA and April
Spencer, Secondary Education Coordinator
at WRESA, will be leading this course.
If you have questions, please contact
April Spencer at 418 0011 ext. 20 or
aspencer@wresa.org.
Registration Fee: $35 Registration Deadline:
November 5
Online
Registration
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Registration Deadline:
November 18, 2010 |
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Date: December 1, 2010 |
Time: 9:00
a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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Registration Fee: $35
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Ever wonder why that
when you divide by a faction your answer
gets larger, and why we tell children
you can’t take a big number from a small
number, or why key words (i.e., “more”
means add) really don’t work? This K-12
training helps teachers understand how
to make strong mathematical connections
in order to explain the procedures used
in mathematics. It will ensure that you
are able to help your students demystify
and conceptualize mathematics instead of
only developing the procedural knowledge
to produce the “right” answer. Your
students will find a new love of
mathematics when you allow them to
begin to reason about the math rather
than just “do” the math. Presenter will
be Chris Cain, Professor at Mars Hill
College. If you have questions, please
contact April Spencer at 418.0011 ext.
20 or
aspencer@wresa.org.
Registration Fee: $35 Registration Deadline:
November 18, 2010
Online
Registration |
note: the first
45 slots (for substitute reimbursement) have been filled..
Registration Deadline:
November 19, 2010 |
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Date: December 2, 2010 |
Time:
9:00
a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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Registration Fee: $0
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This one day free
institute is partially funded by a grant
from the North Carolina Biotechnology
Center to help teachers gain
knowledge in curriculum aligned
protocols in their respective courses.
It is open to middle and high school
Science and CTE teachers. The
protocols that will be demonstrated are
basic gateway protocols requiring
minimal expenditures on supplies and
equipment that teachers have asked to
see presented. To look at a tentative
agenda for the day go to www.wresa.org.
The first 45 classroom teachers who
register will have their substitutes pay
reimbursed to their LEA. If you have
questions, please contact April Spencer
at 418 0011 ext 20 or
aspencer@wresa.org.
Biotechnology Protocol Awareness
Institute
December 2, 2010
AB Tech Enka Campus
AGENDA
8:30-9:00
Registration
Sign-In
9:00-10:00
Safety
Protocols
Sarah
Schober,
BioNetwork
10:00-10:15
Break
10:15-11:30
Breakout
Session
1
11:30-12:45
Lunch
(On
Your
Own)
12:45-2:00
Breakout
Session
2
2:00-2:15
Break
2:15-3:30
Breakout
Session
3
Breakout
Sessions:
Session 1
Session
A:
Micropipetting/Measurement
Session
B:
Apple
Juice/Cheese
Production
with
Enzymes
Session
C:
Antibiotic
Resistance
Session
D:
Fish
Protein
Evolution
Session
E:
Forensics
Application
Breakout
Sessions:
Session 2
Session
A:
Forensic
Applications
Session
B:
Microbe
Degradation
of Oils
Session
C:
Column
Chromatography
Protocol
Session
D:
Plant
Tissue
Culture
Breakout
Sessions:
Session 3
Session
A:
Agarose
Gel
Electrophoresis
with
Biological
Dyes
Session
B:
Microbe
Degradation
of Oils
(continued)
Session
C:
Column
Chromatography
Protocol
(continued)
Session
D:
Plant
Tissue
Culture
(continued)
Registration Fee: $0
Registration Deadline:
November 19
Online
Registration
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Registration Deadline:
November 22, 2010 |
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Date: December 8, 2010 |
Time: 9:00
a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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Registration Fee: $45
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How would you
like having free technology brought to
your classroom when you requested it?
How would you like having your students
engaged and excited about their science
and math lessons? How would you like
free resources and labs to use in your
classroom? All this can be
yours and more with a day of training
courtesy of The Science House of NC
State University. We will use Lab
Quests and various probes to explore
science and math concepts. After the
day's training session, you will be
certified to partner with The Science
House! This means a class set of the
equipment can be brought to your school
for a week at a time for your students
to use. Michelle Benigno, of The Science
House, will be conducting this workshop.
If you have questions, please contact
April Spencer at 828.418.0011 ext. 20 or
aspencer@wresa.org. Limited
to 25 participants.
Registration Fee: $45 Registration Deadline:
November 22, 2010
Online
Registration |
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ONLINE
SESSION
Registration Deadline: September 15, 2010
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Dates: September -
October,
2010 |
Time: Flexible |
Registration Fee:
$35 |
This online class will be a book study with a
completely flexible schedule for each participant. We will use Ralph Fletcher’s book: Pyrotechnics
on the Page: Playful Craft that Sparks Writing as our focus
text. Participants will be expected to purchase their own copy of the
book (available at
www.amazon.com for $17.10). By September 15, registered participants
will receive instructions for accessing a WIKI page to begin reading and
posting discussion topics to follow each chapter of the book. Upon
completion of all requirements, participants will receive a certificate
for 10 contact hours (1 CEU). Online book study class facilitator will
be Carol Bennett, Ed.D., Elementary Education Coordinator.
Registration Fee: $35 Registration Deadline:
May 28, 2010
Online
Registration
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ONLINE SESSION
Registration Deadline: None
|
Dates: October - January |
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Registration Fee:
$35 |
The purpose of this online course is to
introduce various ways of using Google applications in the classroom.
This will be a self-paced course which will apply the tools learned to
the development of lesson plans and technology integration in the
participant’s content area. Some interaction is required in order to see
the full benefit of the tools introduced. Participants will receive a
certificate for 10 contact hours upon completion of this course. If you
have questions, contact Tina Joyner, Technology Coordinator, at
tjoyner@wresa.org
or 828.418.0011, ext. 19.
Registration Fee: $35
Registration Deadline:
None
Online
Registration
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ONLINE SESSION
Registration Deadline: None
|
Dates: October - January |
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Registration Fee:
$35 |
This course will
introduce participants to Web 2.0 tools to enhance student learning and
engagement. This will be a self-paced course exploring tools that
provide the means to engage students in more interactive, collaborative
enriched environments that assist in content area and digital literacy
while also acquiring 21st Century skills. Some of the tools
introduced include communication (wikis and blogs); collaboration (Ether
Pad); social bookmarking (Diigo); and social networking (Twitter). In
addition, participants will use the tools to complete each module making
it specific to their individual content area. Upon completion each
participant will receive a certificate for 15 contact hours. If you
have questions, contact Tina Joyner, Technology Coordinator, at
tjoyner@wresa.org or 828.418.0011, ext. 19.
Registration Fee: $35
Registration Deadline:
None
Online
Registration
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ONLINE
SESSION
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Through the 2011 school
year |
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Registration Fee:
$35 |
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This
is an Introductory level online course consisting
of activities and tutorials designed for Word XP or
Word 2003.
If you have an earlier version of Word, you may notice a
few differences in the views and toolbars. The basics
however, are the same. This
course is NOT designed for Word version 2007.
If you have Word 2007 you should sign up for Beginning
Word 2007.
CEU
Credit:
To receive CEU credit from your LEA, you must register,
receive confirmation,
complete and submit all course
assignments. Upon completion of the course you will be
given a certificate which you may send to your Central
Office for the equivalent CEUs.
Important! Some LEAs
require prior approval of workshops and courses to be
submitted for CEUs.
Course
Requirements:
Basic familiarity with computers and the Windows
operating system, Word installed on your computer, Javascript
enabled, the ability to send and receive email
(including attachments), and completion of all
course assignments.
Course
Contents:
To the right you find a list of course modules.
Time
needed to complete this course: 10 hours
CEUs
awarded by LEA: 1 (One)
Assignments
to be submitted: 2
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Module
1: Starting Word: options
Module
2: Getting oriented: views, menus,
toolbars
Module
3: Opening an existing document; saving
options
Module
4: Cursors and Pointer Appearances
Module
5: Navigation; selecting, editing, and
formatting text
Module
6: Entering
text; spell-checking; grammar
Module
7: Formatting options: styles, manual
and
Autoformat
Module
8: Graphics: ClipArt and pictures; The
Drawing Toolbar: shapes, lines, arrows, text boxes,
WordArt (Assignment
1 Due)
Module
9: Previewing and printing
Module
10: Word Project (Assignment
2 Due)
Click
here to download this manual in pdf format
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Online
Registration Register online. For
questions contact Kathy Carver, 828.418.0011, ext. 18 or email
kcarver@wresa.org or cgeorge@wresa.org.
|
PowerPoint
XP or PowerPoint 2003
ONLINE
SESSION
|
Through the 2011 school
year |
|
Registration Fee:
$35 |
|
This
is an Introductory level online course consisting
of activities and tutorials designed for PowerPoint
XP or PowerPoint 2003. If you have an earlier version of PowerPoint,
you may notice a few differences in the views and
toolbars. The basics however, are the same. This
course is NOT designed for PowerPoint version
2007. If you have PowerPoint 2007 you should sign up for
Beginning PowerPoint 2007.
CEU
Credit:
To receive CEU credit from your LEA, you must register,
receive confirmation,
complete and submit all course
assignments. Upon completion of the course you will be
given a certificate which you may send to your Central
Office for the equivalent CEUs.
Important! Some LEAs
require prior approval of workshops and courses to be
submitted for CEUs.
Course
Requirements:
Basic familiarity with computers and the Windows
operating system, PowerPoint XP installed on your
computer, Javascript
enabled, the ability to send and receive email
(including attachments), and completion of all
course assignments.
Course
Contents:
To the right you find a list of course modules.
Time
needed to complete this course: 10 hours
CEUs
awarded by LEA: 1 (One)
Assignments
to be submitted: 2
|
Module
1: Starting PowerPoint: options
Module
2: Getting oriented: views, menus,
toolbars
Module
3: Opening an existing presentation;
saving options
Module
4: Creating a presentation using
Presentation Templates
Module
5: Entering text, spell-checking,
formatting text and backgrounds
Module
6: Creating a presentation from Outline
View
Module
7: Creating a presentation from scratch
Module
8: Adding animation, music, and sound to
your presentation (Assignment
1 Due)
Module
9: PowerPoint Project (Assignment
2 Due)
Click
here to download the manual for this course in pdf
format
|
Online
Registration Register online. For
questions contact Kathy Carver, 828.418.0011, ext. 18 or email
kcarver@wresa.org or cgeorge@wresa.org.
|
|
Excel XP
or Excel 2003
ONLINE
SESSION
|
Through the 2011 school
year |
|
Registration Fee:
$35 |
|
This
is an Introductory level online course
consisting of activities and tutorials designed for Excel XP
or Excel 2003.
If you have an earlier version of Excel, you may notice
a few differences in the views and toolbars. The basics
however, are the same.
This
course is NOT designed for Excel version 2007.
We do not currently offer this course in Excel 2007
format.
CEU
Credit:
To receive CEU credit from your LEA, you must
complete submit all course
assignments. Upon completion of the course you will be
given a certificate which you may send to your Central
Office for the equivalent CEUs. Important! Some
LEAs require prior approval of workshops and courses to
be submitted for CEUs.
Course
Requirements:
Basic familiarity with computers and the Windows
operating system.
Course
Contents:
To the right you find a list of course modules.
Time
needed to complete this course: 10 hours
CEUs
awarded by LEA: 1 (One)
Assignments
to be submitted: 2
|
Module
1: Starting Excel: options
Module
2: Getting oriented: views, menus,
toolbars
Module
3: Opening an existing workbook; saving
options
Module
4: Navigation: Moving Within an Excel
Workbook
Module
5: Entering Data: Creating an Attendance
Sheet
Module
6: Sorting
Functions
Module
7: Creating Simple Formulas
Module
8: Creating a Workbook for
Attendance and Grades (Assignment
1 Due)
Module
9: Using the Chart Wizard
Module
10: Excel Project (Assignment
2 Due)
Click
here to download the manual for this course in pdf
format
|
Online
Registration Register online. For
questions contact Kathy Carver, 828.418.0011, ext. 18 or email
kcarver@wresa.org or cgeorge@wresa.org.
|
|
Word XP or Word
2003
ONLINE
SESSION
|
Through the 2011 school
year |
|
Registration Fee:
$35 |
|
This
is an Intermediate
level online course
consisting of
activities and tutorials designed for Word XP or Word
2003. If
you have an earlier version of Word, you may notice a
few differences in the views and toolbars. The basics
however, are the same. This
course is NOT designed for Word version 2007.
We do not currently offer this course in Word 2007
format.
CEU
Credit: To receive CEU credit from your LEA, you
must register, receive confirmation, download
the Practice Files, and complete
and submit all course assignments. Upon
completion of the course you will be mailed a
certificate which you may send to your Central Office
for the equivalent CEUs. Important! Some LEAs
require prior approval of workshops and courses to be
submitted for CEUs.
Course
Requirements: Basic familiarity with computers and
the Windows operating system, the completion
of an Introductory Word course or equivalent
experience in using Word, Word installed on your
computer, Javascript enabled, the ability to send
and receive email (including attachments), and
completion of all course assignments.
Course
Contents:
To the right you find a list of course modules.
Time
needed to complete this course: 10 hours
CEUs
awarded by LEA: 1 (One)
Assignments
to be submitted: 5
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Module
1: Styles and Templates:
Applying Styles; Creating Styles; Redefining and
Deleting Styles; Using Templates; Creating and Saving
Templates (Assignment
1 Due)
Module
2:
Outlines:
Organizing Ideas; Creating Outline Headings; Viewing
Your Outline; Changing Heading Levels (Assignment
2 Due)
Module
3:
Tables:
Drawing a Table; Performing Calculations in a Table;
Creating Charts; Importing Worksheets and Data (Assignment
3 Due)
Module
4:
Columns:Creating Columns; Inserting Graphics; Using
Borders and Shading (Assignment
4 Due)
Module
5: Envelopes, Labels, Mass
Mailings (Assignment
5 Due)
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Excel XP or
Excel 2003
ONLINE
SESSION
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Through the 2011 school
year |
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Registration Fee:
$35 |
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This
is an Intermediate
level online course
consisting of
activities and tutorials designed for Excel XP or
Excel 2003.
If you have an earlier version of Excel, you may notice
a few differences in the views and toolbars. The basics
however, are the same. This
course is NOT designed for Excel version 2007.
We do not currently offer this course in Excel 2007
format.
CEU
Credit: To receive CEU credit from your LEA, you
must register, receive confirmation, download
the Practice Files, and complete
and submit all course assignments. Upon
completion of the course you will be mailed a
certificate which you may send to your Central Office
for the equivalent CEUs. Important! Some LEAs
require prior approval of workshops and courses to be
submitted for CEUs.
Course
Requirements: Basic familiarity with computers and
the Windows operating system, the completion
of an Introductory Excel course or equivalent
experience in using Excel, Excel installed on
your computer, Javascript enabled, the ability to
send and receive email (including attachments),
and completion of all course assignments.
Course
Contents:
To the right you find a list of course modules.
Time
needed to complete this course: 10 hours
CEUs
awarded by LEA: 1 (One)
Assignments
to be submitted: 5
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Module
1: Review of Excel Basics
Entering
data and formatting a worksheet; Simple formulas;
Formatting tables
.(Assignment
1 Due.)
Module
2: Conditional Formatting
Module
3: Inserting
Pictures and Drawings. (Assignment
2 Due.)
Module
4: More About Formulas
How
formulas work; Formula syntax
. (Assignment
3 Due.)
Module
5: More About Functions
How
functions work; Multiple functions within functions; The
formula palette; Linking functions from other worksheets
.
Module
6: More
About Charts
Creating
charts; Adding and removing data; Formatting charts
. (Assignment
4 Due.)
Module
7: Excel
Databases
Definitions
and terms; Sorting and filtering; Using data forms.
(Assignment
5 Due.)
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PowerPoint XP
or PowerPoint 2003
ONLINE
SESSION
|
Through the 2011 school
year |
|
Registration Fee:
$35 |
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This
is an Intermediate
level online course
consisting of
activities and tutorials designed for PowerPoint XP
or PowerPoint 2003.
If you have an earlier version of PowerPoint, you may
notice a few differences in the views and toolbars. The
basics however, are the same. This
course is NOT designed for PowerPoint version 2007.
We do not currently offer this course in PowerPoint 2007
format.
CEU
Credit: To receive CEU credit from your LEA, you
must register, receive confirmation, download
the Practice Files, and complete
and submit all course assignments. Upon
completion of the course you will be mailed a
certificate which you may send to your Central Office
for the equivalent CEUs. Important! Some LEAs
require prior approval of workshops and courses to be
submitted for CEUs.
Course
Requirements: Basic familiarity with computers and
the Windows operating system, the completion
of an Introductory PowerPoint course or equivalent
experience in using PowerPoint, PowerPoint
installed on your computer, Javascript enabled,
the ability to send and receive email (including
attachments), and completion of all course
assignments.
Course
Contents:
To the right you find a list of course modules.
Time
needed to complete this course: 10 hours
CEUs
awarded by LEA: 1 (One)
Assignments
to be submitted: 6
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Module
1: Review of PowerPoint Basics
Views;
Slides, Layouts, Text and Formatting; Slide Transitions
and Animations . Assignment
1 Due
Module
2: Creating a Presentation From a Word
Outline
Word
Outlines and Heading Styles; Opening a Word Document in
PowerPoint; Applying a Design Template, Changing Fonts
and Bullet Styles; Promoting and Demoting Paragraphs
. Assignment
2 Due
Module
3: Tables and Worksheets
Inserting
and Editing a Word Table; Formatting an Inserted Word
Table; Creating a Table in PowerPoint Using the Insert
Table Button; Using the Table Slide Layout.
. Assignment
3 Due
Module
4: Charts and Microsoft Graph
Add
a Chart to a Presentation Using the Insert Chart Button;
Modifying the Chart's Data Sheet; Formatting the Chart
. Assignment
4 Due
Module
5: Templates and the Slide Master
Changing
Master Text and Title Styles; Creating Custom Design
Templates; Creating Custom Content Templates; Adding a
Template to the AutoContent Wizard. Assignment
5 Due
Module
6: Presentations
and Printing
Previewing
the Slide Show; Highlighting Parts of the Slide Show;
Using the Slide Show Menu; Saving the Presentation to
the Web; Printing the Presentation.
Module
7: Create
an Interactive Presentation
Hyperlinks
and Action Buttons; Creating an Interactive Presentation.
Assignment
6 Due
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ONLINE
SESSION
|
Through the 2011 school
year |
|
Registration Fee:
$35 |
|
This
is an Introductory level online course
consisting of
activities and tutorials designed for Internet
Explorer 5.0 or later. If you have an earlier version of Internet
Explorer or if you use another
browser,
you may notice a few differences in the views and
toolbars. The basics however, are the same. W
CEU
Credit: To receive CEU credit from your LEA, you
must register, receive confirmation, download
the Practice Files, and complete
and submit all course assignments. Upon
completion of the course you will be mailed a
certificate which you may send to your Central Office
for the equivalent CEUs. Important! Some LEAs
require prior approval of workshops and courses to be
submitted for CEUs.
Course
Requirements: Basic familiarity with computers and
the Windows operating system, Internet Explorer
installed on your computer, the ability to send and
receive email (including attachments), and
completion of all course assignments.
Course
Contents:
To the right you find a list of course modules.
Time
needed to complete this course: 10 hours
CEUs
awarded by LEA: 1 (One)
Assignments
to be submitted: 4
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Module
1: Using Internet Explorer
Module
2: Using Search Engines
Module
3: Using Online Resource
Catalogues (Module 3 Assignment
1 due)
Module
4: Collecting - Submitting
Subject Area/Grade Level Lesson Plans
(Module 4 Assignment 1-3 due)
Module
5: Links of Interest
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kcarver@wresa.org or cgeorge@wresa.org.
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ONLINE
SESSION
|
Through the 2011 school
year |
|
Registration Fee:
$35 |
|
This
is an Advanced level online course consisting of
activities and tutorials designed for Word,
PowerPoint, Excel, and Internet Explorer.
CEU
Credit:
To receive CEU credit from your LEA, you must register,
receive confirmation,
complete and submit all course
assignments. Upon completion of the course you will be
given a certificate which you may send to your Central
Office for the equivalent CEUs.
Important! Some LEAs
require prior approval of workshops and courses to be
submitted for CEUs.
Course
Requirements:
Word, PowerPoint, and Excel installed on your computer,
access to the Internet, Javascript
enabled, the ability to send and receive email
(including attachments), and completion of all
course assignments.
Project to be developed: Choose one
of the following
·
A Lesson Plan appropriate for your
grade level that incorporates the use of the Internet
·
A Lesson Plan appropriate for your
grade level that incorporates the use of either
Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, or Excel
·
A Unit Outline appropriate for your
grade level that incorporates the use of technology
·
Develop a Website for homework
assignments and help
·
Other project approved by the
instructor
Course
Contents:
To the right you find a list of course modules.
Time
needed to complete this course: 10 hours
CEUs
awarded by LEA: 1 (One)
Assignments
to be submitted: 4
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Module
1: Plan for Curriculum / Technology
Integration
Module
2: Exploring DPI and Other Resources for
Curriculum and Technology
Module
3: Developing a Unit/Lesson plan
Template
Module
4: Exploring Sample Technology
Integration Projects Rubrics
Module
5: Collecting Resources for Your
Curriculum-Technology Integration Project
Module
6: Developing a Technology Integration
Project
Assignments
to be completed:
A Microsoft Excel
inventory of technology resources (Resources.xls)
A copy of your Collected
Websites folder
A Microsoft Word or PowerPoint document Unit-Lesson
Plan Template.dot
A Microsoft Excel
document Scoring Rubric.xls
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ONLINE
SESSION
|
Through the 2011 school
year |
|
Registration Fee:
$35 |
|
This
is an Introductory level online course consisting of activities and
tutorials designed for Word 2007. If you have an earlier version of
Word, you should take the course Introduction to Word XP.
CEU
Credit:
To receive CEU credit from your LEA, you must register, receive
confirmation, complete and
submit all course assignments. Upon completion of the course you
will be given a certificate which you may send to your Central Office for
the equivalent CEUs. Important! Some
LEAs require prior approval of workshops and
courses to be submitted for CEUs.
Course
Requirements:
Basic familiarity with computers and the Windows operating system,
Word
2007
installed on your computer, the ability to send
and receive email (including attachments), and completion of all
course assignments.
Course
Contents:
To the right you find a list of course modules.
Time
needed to complete this course: 10 hours
CEUs
awarded by LEA: 1 (One)
Assignments
to be submitted: 2
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Module
1: Starting Word: options
Module
2: Getting oriented: views, menus, toolbars
Module
3: Opening an existing document; saving options
Module
4: Cursors and Pointer Appearances
Module
5: Navigation; selecting, editing, and formatting text
Module
6: Entering text;
spell-checking; grammar
Module
7: Formatting options: styles, manual and Autoformat
Module
8: Graphics: ClipArt and pictures; The Drawing Toolbar:
shapes, lines, arrows, text boxes, WordArt (Assignment 1 Due)
Module
9: Previewing and printing
Module
10: Word Project (Assignment 2 Due)
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Registration Register online. For
questions contact Kathy Carver, 828.418.0011, ext. 18 or email
kcarver@wresa.org or cgeorge@wresa.org.
|
|
ONLINE
SESSION
|
Through the 2011 school
year |
|
Registration Fee:
$35 |
|
This
is an Introductory level online course consisting of activities and
tutorials designed for PowerPoint 2007. If you have an earlier version of
PowerPoint, you should take the course Introduction to PowerPoint XP.
CEU
Credit:
To receive CEU credit from your LEA, you must register, receive
confirmation, complete and
submit all course assignments. Upon completion of the course you
will be given a certificate which you may send to your Central Office for
the equivalent CEUs. Important! Some
LEAs require prior approval of workshops and
courses to be submitted for CEUs.
Course
Requirements:
Basic familiarity with computers and the Windows operating system,
PowerPoint 2007
installed on your computer, the ability to send
and receive email (including attachments), and completion of all
course assignments.
Course
Contents:
To the right you find a list of course modules.
Time
needed to complete this course: 10 hours
CEUs
awarded by LEA: 1 (One)
Assignments
to be submitted: 2
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Module 1:
Starting PowerPoint: options
Module 2:
Getting oriented: views, menus, toolbars
Module 3:
Opening an existing presentation; saving options
Module 4:
Creating a presentation using Presentation Templates
Module 5:
Entering text, spell-checking, formatting text and backgrounds
Module 6:
Creating a presentation from Outline View
Module 7:
Creating a presentation from scratch
Module 8:
Adding animation, music, and sound to your presentation (Assignment
1 Due)
Module 9:
PowerPoint Project (Assignment
2 Due)
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questions contact Kathy Carver, 828.418.0011, ext. 18 or email
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