Techie+Brekkies+2011

=**TERM 1 **= toc The aim of the Techie Brekkies is to help upskill teachers in their use of e-learning and ICTs/DLOs within their classroom programmes. They are held each week on Thursday mornings from 8am - 8:20am. Teachers can use these sessions as evidence for their portfolios.

Week 2 - Google Apps

 * logging on
 * accessing email
 * adding to daily notices
 * creating own documents
 * using sessions as evidence for your portfolio


 * Links to pages in **Tahunanui's Wikispace ** for information and notes on today's sessions: **
 * Using our school Google Apps & videos explaining Google Apps/Docs
 * Tutorials created by the makers of Google Apps/Docs

Week 3 - Blogging Part 1
A refreshers guide to teaching students to blog!
 * creating post - including saving drafts, editing and publishing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">adding a photo or a movie
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">following another class blog
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">making academic comments


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Links to pages in **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Tahunanui's Wikispace **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;"> for information and notes on today's sessions: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Useful tips on creating posts, following other blogs & academic commenting

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Week 4
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">No techie brekkie due to Learning@Schools Conference.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Week 5 - Blogging Part 2
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">So your class can create posts, add photos, follow other blogs and make academic comments - what next?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">add an extra dimension to putting photos onto your blog


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Links to pages in **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">external websites **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;"> for information and notes on today's sessions: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Allanah King's Blog Bling For Your Blog has step by step guide for using scrapblog

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Week 6 - MUSAC

 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">navigating around classroom manager (MUSAC)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">adding reading levels (running records)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">adding STAR Reading Levels
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">accessing data tables

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 25px; line-height: 37px;">**Week 7 - Blogging Part 3**
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Want to add movies to your blog? Learn how to create movies with Photostory 3
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">inserting still images
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">adding transitions & effects
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">adding music