Cyber Teacher's Institute
Sponsored by Foothill College
This is a three-course series designed to examine online teaching strategies. Several of us have taken this series and we highly recommend these courses.
EDUC 100: You CAN Teach Online
(Jan 5-17, 2009)
EDUC 101: Classic Cyber Teachers’ Institute
(March 16-28, 2009)
EDUC 102: ADVANCED Cyber Teachers’ Institute
(May 4-16, 2009)
These three courses are offered entirely online.
For course information, complete summaries of each course and how to sign up, go to:
http://etudes.org/cti/index.html
This is a great opportunity to improve your effectiveness in online teaching.
INSTANT BLOGS WITH PIZAZZ
It’s fast, free and easy to create a professionally looking blog. No special software is needed. It doesn’t matter if you are a pc or mac user. This session will show you how to create a “virtual classroom” by posting your syllabus, assignments, and other handouts online for your students to view. Upload videos and pictures. And of course, post words of wisdom.
Facilitator: George Gorecki
When: October 13, 1:30-3:00 pm
Location: Professional Development Center
(formerly the PMRC)
Building Online Communities
Having students participate in an online course is essential for success. Giving students a sense that they are a part of a class and not just working alone in isolation is a great challenge for any online instructor. This session will look at many approaches to create a sense of community in an online course.
You won’t want to miss this.
Facilitator: Gayle Fornataro
When: October 15, 1:30-3:00 pm
Location: Cafeteria Conference Room
Podcasting for Everyone II
In this session we will work on actual audio podcasts you would like to use in your classes. Come prepared with a script, pictures you would like to use and enthusiasm. By the end of the session, you will have a podcast for your class.
Facilitator: Jim Marteney
When: Friday, October 15, 1:00-4:00 pm
Location: Cafeteria Conference Room
Podcasting for Everyone II
In this session we will work on actual audio podcasts you would like to use in your classes. Come prepared with a script, pictures you would like to use and enthusiasm. By the end of the session, you will have a podcast for your class.
Facilitator: Jim Marteney
When: Friday, October 15, 1:00-4:00 pm
Location: Cafeteria Conference Room
Art of Power Studying
This session will focus on very simple, powerful methods to improve your online students ability to retain information and to minimize significantly the two most common sources of forgetting. We will see how online students can learn to study smarter, not harder.
You won’t want to miss this powerful and informative presentation by Steve Sachs.
Facilitator: Steve Sachs
When: Monday, October 20, 1:30-3:00 pm
Location: Cafeteria Conference Room
PowerPoint Made Easy
Introduction to Powerpoint
Turning your notes into an electronic presentation is simple. This session starts with your text. Adds pictures. Mixes in sound. And most importantly, tells you how to post to the internet where your students can view, download, and save them.
Facilitator: Ron Mossler
When: Tuesday, October 21, 1:30-3:00 pm
Location: Monarch Den
The Power of Photoshop I
Introduction to Photoshop
Enhance those visuals you use in your blogs or PowerPoints. Add dramatic touches, or just take a photograph of you and with a few simple strokes, look much younger. This class will demonstrate using the tools of Photoshop to make your visuals much more appealing.
Facilitator: Jennifer Penton
When: Thursday, October 23, 1:30-3:00 pm
Location: Campus Center 8
Introduction to Online Learning & Etudes
Welcome to your introduction to online learning and the Etudes classroom management system which we use here at Valley College. This is the session you want to attend to get you started in teaching online.
Facilitator: Jim Marteney
When: October 27, 1:30-2:30 pm
Location: Monarch Den
When: October 27, 5:00-6:00 pm
Location: Humanities 106
More PowerPoint Made Easy
Intermediate Powerpoint
This class will take the basics of Powerpoint and add more understanding to develop more effective presentations. This includes the developing stand alone powerpoints with simple animation.
Facilitator: Ron Mossler
When: October 29, 1:30-3:00 pm
Location: Monarch Den
When: November 15, 9:00-10:45 pm
Location: Professional Development Center
(formerly the PMRC)
Designing a Great Online Course
This session will explore the nuts and bolts of online course design by looking at the tools available to build effective online courses using multimedia in both synchronous and asynchronous modules. We will also look at the similarities and differences between traditional classroom instruction and online instruction
Facilitator: Bob Crosby
When: October 30, 1:30-2:30 pm
Location: Faculty Lounge
iPhoto for Fun
Introduction to iPhoto
iPhoto is part of the Apple ilife suite that allows you to organize and touch up your digital photos. This class will introduce you to the features of iPhoto including how to create an actual album that can be printed and hard bound.
Facilitator: Philip Highley
When: November 3, 12:00 -1:30
Location: Campus Center 8
The Basement of Campus Center
iMovie for Fun and Education
Introduction to iMovie
iMovie is part of the Apple ilife suite that allows you to edit your digital videos. This session will examine the new iMovie and demonstrate how to take digital video from your camera and create a movie complete with music, transitions, and text. Finally we will look at thow the finished product can be uploaded free to the internet for others to see.
Facilitator: Philip Highley
When: November 5, 12:00 -1:30 pm
Location: Campus Center 8
The Basement of Campus Center
The Power of Photoshop I
Introduction to Photoshop
Enhance those visuals you use in your blogs or PowerPoints. Add dramatic touches, or just take a photograph of you and with a few simple strokes, look much younger. This class will demonstrate using the tools of Photoshop to make your visuals much more appealing.
Facilitator: Jennifer Penton
When: Tuesday, November 4, 4:30-6:00 pm
Location: Campus Center 8
Online Course Assessment
There is more to assessment than a multiple choice test. The online environment provides a wide variety of methods of connecting and assessing our students. This session will examine a variety of assessment tools an instructor can use to evaluate the progress of the online student.
Facilitator: Marion Heyn
When: Friday, November 7, 1:30-3:00 pm
Location: Cafeteria Conference Room
Designing Online Instruction
Online Seminar by LERN Organization
An in-depth one week online course that will examine models of web courses, phases of design and development, team vs. individual approach to development, creating an interactive environment, managing interaction, motivating student-student interaction, and much more. This seminar done totally online.
When: November 5-9
Location: Totally Online
To sign up, contact Jim Marteney: martenji@lavc.edu
Very limited enrollment
Web 2.0 Tools
Web 2.0 refers to how users of the internet can create content instead of just reading it and it includes tools such as blogs, wikis, Flickr, YouTube and Google Docs. In this session we will examine each of these and learn how we can use them in our classes to improve the learning of our students.
Facilitator: Jim Marteney
When: November 8, 11:00-1:00 pm
Location: Professional Development Center
(formerly the PMRC)
Intermediate Etudes Session
These sessions are the bridge between the initial Etudes training and the teaching of your online class. In these sessions we will review the major tools of Etudes like discussions, assignments, tests, modules and sections. The sessions will also include internet tools and online teaching strategies we can use to have a successful and less stressful online course.
Facilitator: Jim Marteney
When: November 12, 1:30-3:00 pm
Location: Professional Development Center
(formerly the PMRC)
Podcasting for Everyone
Introduction to Podcasting
Here we demystify the process of podcasting by examining the fundamentals of podcasting, including what is a podcast, how a podcast can be used in a class, and how to look up other podcasts for use in your course.
Facilitator: Jim Marteney
When: Thursday, November 13, 1:30-3:00 pm
Location: Professional Development Center
Intermediate Powerpoint and Intermediate Photoshop
Together on Saturday, November 15, from 9 am to 1 pm
More Powerpoint Made Easy
Intermediate Powerpoint
This class will take the basics of Powerpoint and add more understanding to develop more effective presentations. This includes the developing stand alone powerpoints with simple animation.
Facilitator: Ron Mossler
When: November 15, 9:00-10:45 pm
Location: Professional Development Center
(formerly the PMRC)
The Power of Photoshop II
Intermediate Photoshop
This session builds on the basics of Photoshop. Using the tools of Photoshop students will expand their ability to use the program to create stunning and creative graphics.
Facilitator: Jennifer Penton
When: November 15, 12:00-1:00 pm
Location: Campus Center 8
PowerPoint Made Easy
Introduction to Powerpoint
Turning your notes into an electronic presentation is simple. This session starts with your text. Adds pictures. Mixes in sound. And most importantly, tells you how to post to the internet where your students can view, download, and save them.
Facilitator: Ron Mossler
When: Monday, November 17, 5:00-6:30 pm
Location: Professional Development Center
(formerly the PMRC)
INSTANT BLOGS WITH PIZAZZ
It’s fast, free and easy to create a professionally looking blog. No special software is needed. It doesn’t matter if you are a pc or mac user. This session will show you how to create a “virtual classroom” by posting your syllabus, assignments, and other handouts online for your students to view. Upload videos and pictures. And of course, post words of wisdom.
Facilitator: George Gorecki
When: November 19, 1:30-3:00 pm
November 19, 5:00-6:30
Location: Professional Development Center
(formerly the PMRC)
Using Online Video Tools
Introduction to Internet Video Tools and Sources
The internet has an abundance of internet resources from storage areas such as;Youtube, TeacherTube, sub.com, to video libraries like Annenberg. We will look at how we can take our own videos an publish them online or make them into dvds using programs such as iDvd
Facilitator: Jim Marteney
When: November 24, 1:30-3:00 pm
Location: Professional Development Center
(formerly the PMRC)
Workshops made possible by a Title V grant and in
cooperation with LAVC Professional Development
