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Summer 2009 Tech Camp

Second Annual Summer Tech Camp Come join the Academic Technology staff for three full days of learning and practicing your teaching-with-technology skills—and get Professional Development credit for it too. Summer Tech Camp will be held this year August 4-6, 9am-3pm each day. Sign up early because seating is limited. There will be food, giveaways and prizes along with exposure to a skill set aimed at increasing your ability to use the new media effectively in your fall classes. We will be fully developing a teaching module in Blackboard that uses various technology tools, your web space, Jing, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, the Wimba Voice Tools, Learning Objects journals, assessment and presentation tools in Blackboard, YouTube, and a few other tech tools to learn together how to fully develop such a module. See you at camp.

Fall 2009 Workshops

Academic Technology will offer four types of training opportunities to Palomar College faculty members in Fall 2008:

1. In-person instructor facilitated workshops

2. Online, self-paced workshops

3. To-be-arranged individual training 

4. To-be-arranged departmental training [Academic Departments Only]

Resources for the in-person and online training can be found in a Blackboard course titled “Academic Technology Training,” in which all faculty and staff members are pre-enrolled.  You will find it in the “My Courses” area when you login to Blackboard.

Each faculty and staff member at Palomar College has a pre-created Blackboard login account which uses their Palomar userid as username (i.e., the part of the email address to the left of the @ sign is the Blackboard username), and their Palomar email password as the password.

The schedule of In-person and online instructor facilitated workshops is given below, and can be found on the web at http://www.palomar.edu/atrc/attrainingschedule.htm. 

The online self-paced training uses workshops developed in Blackboard.  Login and complete the assigned reading and other course work at any time throughout the Fall semester.

To-be-arranged departmental training should be arranged through department chairs.  We have provided a menu of possible training topics below, from which departments may select training topics.  Groups of individuals should consult with your chair to schedule the training at your location and at the best time for your department.  This training is intended for academic and not administrative departments.

To-be-arranged individual training should be arranged with the contact person given in the description of that type of training below.

Workshop Descriptions

A. In-Person Workshops

Blackboard Essentials

Classroom Technology

Academic Technology at Palomar College

Academic Technology at Palomar College

Classroom Technology

Using SafeAssignment to Teach About and Detect Plagiarism

Using Student Journals in Blackboard

Using Student Blogs in Blackboard

Using Student Wikis in Blackboard

Web Page Development

PowerPoint 1: Creating Basic Presentations with PowerPoint 2007

Technology Roundtable: What Works in Blackboard

PowerPoint 2: Advanced PowerPoint Techniques

The Wimba Voice Tools

Adding Content to Blackboard

Using Google Earth

Using the Blackboard Assignment Manager

How to Create a Podcast in Blackboard

Using the Blackboard Discussion Board

B.  Online, Self-Paced Workshops

If you wish to access the Academic Technology Training Blackboard site in order to take online, self-paced training, (or simply to review the materials there), follow this procedure:

1.   Login to Blackboard—all faculty and staff members at Palomar College have a Blackboard account and are pre-enrolled in Academic Technology Training as students.  To login, open a web browser and go to http://www.palomar.edu/blackboard.  Click the "User Login" button.  Use your palomar email ID (without the @palomar.edu part of it) as your Username and your Palomar email password as password.

2.   In the My Palomar tab area of Blackboard, in the "My Courses" box, scroll if necessary until you see the "Courses in which you are enrolled" section, and click on "Academic Technology Training."

3.   Click on the Folder labeled "Online Self-Paced Training."

4.   Click on the link for the course in which you are enrolled.  We are offering 5 online, self-paced workshops this semester:

Detailed Descriptions of Self-Paced Workshops

Copyright Essentials
Facilitated by:   Haydn Davis & Terry Gray, Academic Technology
Location:             Internet
PD Hours:            4 Hours

Description: This online, self-paced workshop presents the basics of copyright use of educational materials. The discussion will emphasize concepts of Fair Use and place special emphasis on the TEACH Act of 2002. Anyone who uses copyrighted handouts or other materials in their in-person classes, and especially those who use copyrighted digitized audio and video files, can benefit from this workshop.  A discussion of the Academic Technology TEACH Act checklist and Fair Use worksheet will be included, along with Academic Technology policies on copyright and intellectual property.

Blackboard Essentials

Facilitated by:   David Gray, Shay Phillips & Chris Norcross, Academic Technology
Location:             Internet
PD Hours:            2 Hours

Description: Blackboard is the essential tool for conducting technology-enhanced teaching at Palomar College. It is used to organize and present teaching and learning materials, conduct class communications, interact with students, carry out assessments, deliver assignments and perform grade book and other record-keeping functions.  You will review screen videos and printed materials to learn basic Blackboard concepts and practices.  A discussion board will be maintained for Q&A.

Adding Content to Your Blackboard Course Site
Facilitated by:   David Gray & Shay Phillips, Academic Technology
Location:             Internet
PD Hours:            2 Hours

Description:  This self-paced Internet workshop uses screencasts and written materials to demonstrate the process of adding different types of materials to your Blackboard course sites, and makes best practice recommendations for methods and practices.

Windows Vista Essentials

Facilitated by:   Terry Gray, Academic Technology
Location:             Internet
PD Hours:            4 Hours

Description: This workshop is designed for those who need to know the basics of working with Windows Vista.  Screencasts and written materials provide instruction in the following:

Create and manage files and folders
Manipulate multiple windows
Use the task bar
Create shortcuts and quick links
Change the display properties and personalize Vista
Perform basic computer maintenance tasks
Improve system performance
Zip and unzip files in compressed folders
Save files to USB drives, CD-R, and DVD-R discs
Use  network drives
Install and configure media players and other common software
Uninstall software
Schedule automatic updates
Learn the basics of Vista security including the new Security Center

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Styling Your Web Site with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)

Facilitated by:   Chris Norcross, Academic Technology
Location:                             Internet
PD Hours:                            2 Hours

Description: Using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is the best way to control the presentation of websites. This workshop site will use screencasts and written materials to show you how to use CSS.

Prerequisite: The Academic Technology in-person workshop “Creating Your Own Web Site.”

To-be-arranged Personal Training and To-be-arranged Departmental Training

The Academic Technology department is prepared to offer the following training topics on a to-be-arranged basis for any department who requests it.  To schedule training, the department chair should contact Dr. Haydn Davis at hdavis@palomar.edu or call at ext. 2341.

Please Note:  Departmental training is intended for Academic Departments only.

Menu of available training topics

Blackboard topics

      Blackkboard essentials
Adding Content to a Blackboard Course Site
Using the Blackboard Grade Center
Placing Audio Recordings in Blackboard
Placing PowerPoint Presentations in Blackboard
Adding Publisher Content to Blackboard
Using the Oscelot Podcaster in Blackboard
Using the Blackboard Assignment Manager
Using the Safe Assignment Service in Blackboard
Using the Blackboard Discussion Board and Discussion Board Grader
Using Assessment Tools in Blackboard
Using Advanced Assessment Tools in Blackboard
Using the Survey Tool in Blackboard
Using Adaptive Release in Blackboard
Using the Blackboard Performance Dashboard
Using the Blackboard Early Warning System
Using the Elluminate eConferencing Tool in Blackboard
Managing a Blackboard Course (course settings, organization, backup, and life cycle management)
Engaging the Online Learner
The Exemplary Blackboard Course

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PowerPoint Topics

      PowerPoint 1: Creating Basic PowerPoint Presentations with PowerPoint 2007
PowerPoint 2: Advanced PowerPoint Concepts
Presentation Technology: Digital Projectors, Sound, DVD/CD/VCR, Remote Control, and PowerPoint  Presentations
Using Classroom Performance System Remote Polling Devices (clickers) with PowerPoint
Animating Objects in PowerPoint
Using Audio and Video in PowerPoint
Uploading a PowerPoint Presentation to Blackboard
Converting a PowerPoint Presentation to PDF
Drawing in PowerPoint 2007
Creating SmartArt Diagrams in PowerPoint 2007
Creating Charts in PowerPoint 2007
Publishing Your PowerPoint Presentations
Narrating Your PowerPoint Presentations
Converting Your PowerPoint Presentations to Flash with Camtasia

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Other Office 2007 Programs

      The Office 2007 Fluent User Interface: The Ribbon and More (with examples from Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
Outlook 2007 Email Skills
Outlook 2007 Calendar and Scheduling Skills
Backing up Outlook 2007 Data

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Web Authoring Topics

      Creating Your Own Web Site
Styling Your Web Site with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
Creating Interactive Forms for Your Web Site
Preparing Photos for the Web
Making Banners and Buttons for Your Web Site

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Document Preparation Topics

      Using Acrobat to Create/Edit PDF Documents
Document Formats Online: HTML vs. PDF vs. DOCX

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Teaching/Learning Strategies

      Using Google Apps
Creating an Academic Blog
Creating Podcasts
Catching Podcasts
Using Google Notebook
Using Google Earth
Using Google Book Search
Using WebQuests
Using Classroom Performance System RF Polling Devices (clickers)
Using Digital Audio Recorders
Creating Streaming Media Files
Creating Streaming Video Files
Copyright Essentials
Windows Vista Essentials
Windows XP Essentials
Using Internet Explorer 7
Creating Persistent Links to Journal Database Articles
Using iTunes
You and Your iPod
Using the Windows Media Player
Basic Uses of Photoshop

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