Techie+Brekkies+2010

= = = TERM 4 = 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 Friday mornings from 7:45am - 8:15am. Best of all a light breakfast will be provided!

 Week 1 & 2: Google Apps
toc ** (Emma & Dave) **
 * Logging on
 * Accessing email
 * Creating & saving documents

**Week 3: Slide Share (a great Web 2.0 tool)**
** (Emma) **
 * Create a slide share account
 * Upload & share presentations
 * Embed presentations into your blog, wiki or website

**Week 4 & 5: Voicethread**
(Emma)
 * Create a Voicethread account
 * Adding students
 * Creating a group conversation Voicethread (like a talking ebook)
 * Uploading photographs
 * Making comments
 * Doodling
 * Sharing & embed into your blog, wiki or website

**Week 6 & 7: Wiki Spaces**
(Emma & Dave)
 * Create a user name
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Join the school wikipage
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">How to create and edit a wiki page with your class
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Embed pictures, film, Voicethread etc.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Comment on discussion pages

**Week 8 & 9: Blogging - What else can I do?**
(Dave & Emma) Embed the following into your blog:
 * Site counter and cluster map
 * A link
 * Text to your sidebar
 * Rock u slide shows
 * Animoto Videos
 * + much more!

**Week 10: More ways to embed the Eye Box into your classroom programme**
(Dave & Emma)
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">More ideas for using the Eye Box across the curriculum

= **TERM 3** =

Week 3: Downloading digital photos/Editing your photos
(Emma & Dave)
 * How to download to your space on the server
 * How to create folders to store your photos
 * Cropping and rotating your photos
 * Fun websites to help edit your photos

Week 4: How to take a **good** photograph
(Emma)
 * Handling your camera.
 * Learn how to take different types of shots

Week 5: Blog revision
(Dave)
 * Creating a new post
 * Editing a post
 * Adding a photo

Week 6: Windows Movie Maker
(Emma & Dave)
 * inserting still images & video
 * adding transitions
 * adding titles

Week 7: Windows Movie Maker
(Emma & Dave)
 * adding titles
 * adding effects
 * adding music

Week 8: Photostory 3
(Emma)
 * inserting still images
 * adding transitions
 * adding music

**Week 9: Using the Eye Box**
(Dave)
 * How to hook up your laptop to the data projector and audio system.

Week 10: How to embed the Eye Box into your classroom programme
(Dave)
 * Ideas for using the Eye Box across the curriculum