Capital Region BOCES
1031 Watervliet-Shaker Rd.
Albany, NY 12205
(518) 862-5300
This is your district’s complete guide to Training and Special Programs being offered through the Model Schools Program of the Capital Region. These courses are free of charge to staff in the Model Schools Districts. These districts include: Bethlehem, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, Cobleskill-Richmondville, Cohoes, CTE, Guilderland, Middleburgh, Niskayuna, Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk, Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, Schalmont, Schenectady and Scotia-Glenville. Descriptions, dates and the registration form for these comprehensive sessions are listed inside and on our web page under TRAINING (
Staff in districts who do not participate in the NERIC Model Schools Service can participate in these training workshops also. The fee for the workshops is $165.00 per full day of training and $85.00 for a half day of training (a half-day consists of 2-4 hours).
It’s easy to take advantage of these great sessions. Just …choose your class then complete and mail, fax, or email the registration form to:
NERIC
1031 Watervliet-Shaker Road
Albany, NY 12205
Attn: Janice Hauck
Phone: (518) 862-5322
Fax: (518) 862-5411
Email:
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Model Schools Program Calendar
2005 Fall/Winter
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The Model Schools Program of the Capital Region BOCES is pleased to offer many quality opportunities for professional development in the area of technology integration to school districts. Here is asampling of workshops available to teachers, administrators and support staff:
If you are interested in: / See catalog pages:Adobe Photoshop Elements / 11, 12
Blackboard / 5
Classroom Performance System / 5
EasyGrade Pro / 6
Excel / 9, 10
FrontPage / 10
Independent Study / 5, 6
Inspiration / 7
iPhoto/iTunes / 8
Maintenance / 8
Max’s Sandbox / 9
Online Courses / 11, 12, 13, 14,15
PBS Teacherline / 15
PowerPoint / 10
Web Page Development / 6, 7
Web Resources / 8
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Models Schools Fall/Winter 2005 Training Calendar
Quick Reference Guide – Listed by HostSchool District and Date
~ Face-to-Face Courses ~Albany Diocese:
Dates / Training Session / Time / Platform(s) / Location / Room
10/18/05 / Max’s Sandbox / 3:00-5:00 / PC / Academy of Holy Names / Computer Lab
11/15/05 / Inspiration / 3:00-5:00 / PC / St. Thomas, Delmar / Computer Lab
Bethlehem:
Dates / Training Session / Time / Platform(s) / Location / Room
10/6/05 / Easy Grade Pro Refresher / 3:30-5:30 / PC/Mac / Middle School / LibraryMediaCenter
10/20/05, 11/17/05and 12/15/05 / FrontPage: Create a Website For Your Classroom / 4:00-6:00 / PC / Middle School / 71
10/26/05 / Maintaining Your PC – Help Speed Up Your PC Performance / 4:00-6:00 / PC / Middle School / 110
11/3/05 / Easy Grade Pro Refresher / 3:30-5:30 / PC/Mac / Middle School / LibraryMediaCenter
12/1/05 / CPS – Learning the Classroom Performance System / 4:00-6:00 / PC/Mac / Middle School / 110
Cobleskill-Richmondville:
Dates / Training Session / Time / Platform(s) / Location / Room
10/17/05, 10/24/05, 10/31/05, 11/14/05 and11/21/05 / Designing Quality Web Resources for Technology Integration / 3:30-6:30 / PC / Middle School / Computer Lab
Duanesburg:
Dates / Training Session / Time / Platform(s) / Location / Room
10/11/05, 10/13/05, 11/1/05, 11/3/05, 11/8/05and TBA / Complete Your Own Technology Project / 3:30-6:00 / PC/Mac / High School / 109
NERIC:
Dates / Training Session / Time / Platform(s) / Location / Room
10/7/05 / Create Your Own Online Course/Module (Blackboard 6.2) / 9:00-4:00 / PC/Mac / NERIC / Training Room 3
10/27/05 / Microsoft FrontPage 2002 / 9:00-4:00 / PC / NERIC / Training Room 3
11/10/05 / Microsoft Excel 2002 – Introduction / 9:00-12:00 / PC/Mac / NERIC / Training Room 3
11/10/05 / Microsoft Excel 2002 – Intermediate / 1:00-4:00 / PC/Mac / NERIC / Training Room 3
11/18/05 / Create Your Own Online Course/Module (Blackboard 6.2) / 9:00-4:00 / PC/Mac / NERIC / Training Room 3
12/16/05 / Create Your Own Online Course/Module (Blackboard 6.2) / 9:00-4:00 / PC/Mac / NERIC / Training Room 3
Niskayuna:
Dates / Training Session / Time / Platform(s) / Location / Room
10/12/05, 10/19/05and 10/26/05 / “Do Your Own Thing, Man” – Independent Study With the Support You Need! / 2:30-4:00or4:00-5:30 / PC/Mac / DO / eTec lab
11/16/05, 11/30/05and12/7/05 / First Class Documents & Web Site Development / 2:30-4:00or 4:00-5:30 / PC/Mac / DO / eTec lab
12/7/05and 12/14/05 / Library of Congress-Wait Till You See What It Has To Offer You and Your Students! / 3:45-5:45 / PC/Mac / VanAntwerpMiddle School / Computer Lab
1/3/06, 1/10/06and1/17/06 / iPhoto and iTunes – The Dynamic Duo / 3:45-5:45 / Mac / VanAntwerpMiddle School / Computer Lab
1/5/06and1/12/06 / Microsoft WordForms and Comments / 3:45-5:45 / PC/Mac / High School / PC Lab
Scotia-Glenville:
Dates / Training Session / Time / Platform(s) / Location / Room
11/2/05 / Microsoft PowerPoint / 3:45-5:45 / PC / SG Middle School / 213
1/5/06 / Microsoft Excel Week 1 / 3:45-5:45 / PC / SG High School / A27
1/12/06 / Microsoft Excel Week 2 / 3:45-5:45 / PC / SG High School / A27
1/19/06 / Microsoft Excel Week 3 / 3:45-5:45 / PC / SG High School / A27
1/26/06 / Microsoft Excel Week 4 / 3:45-5:45 / PC / SG High School / A27
~ Online Courses ~
Dates / Session
10/03/05-11/21/05 / Introduction to Digital Photography
10/10/05-11/7/05 / Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 – Introduction
10/14/05-11/18/05 / Introduction to Kidspiration
10/14/05-11/18/05 / Introduction to Inspiration 7
10/10/05-11/21/05 / Introduction to FrontPage 2002 (XP)
10/12/05-11/23/05 / Internet Scavenger/Treasure Hunts: Beyond the Search for Facts
11/07/05-12/5/05 / Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 – Intermediate
PBS Teacher Online Course
10/26/05-12/6/05 / INST125 - Building Critical Thinking Skills for Online Research
Register by mail, fax or email. A registration form is attached here or go to
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Complete Your Own Technology Project
Have you begun a technology project you intend to use with your students only to come up against a stumbling block? Now's your chance to get the individual help you need. Participants will have the support of a technology integration specialist and access to the Internet, AppleWorks, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Inspiration, iMovie, and other resources. Suitable for educators of grades K-12. The lab contains PCs. Mac users please bring a computer with you.
Date: 10/11/05, 10/13/05,11/1/05, 11/3/05,11/8/05, and one additional date TBA / Platform: Mac and PC
Fee: Model Schools Participants: Free
Instructor: Carol LaRow / Others: $510
Time: 3:30PM-6:00PM
Location: Duanesburg HS
Computer Room - 109
CPS- Learning the Classroom Performance System
Learn how the Classroom Performance System (CPS) can be a useful tool in your classroom. CPS is a new technology that uses handheld remotes to record data into a program on your computer. Use it for collecting data, games, tests, quizzes and review for upcoming assessments. Make your classroom fun again with the Classroom Performance System.
Date: 12/1/05 / Platform: PCInstructor: Tom Michalek / Fee: Model Schools Participants: Free
Time: 4:00PM-6:00 PM / Others: $85
Location: BethlehemMiddle School – Rm. 110
Create Your Own Online Course/Module (Blackboard 6.2)
Are you interested in putting your curriculum online or creating professional development materials for access via the Web? This full-day session will cover the design of online courses to actual course creation using Blackboard 6. Topics
covered include: online course design, using Blackboard 6, using an HTML editor, creating and importing content, online assessments and assignments, user and site management, communication and site maintenance. Participants will create a sample online course and are encouraged to bring their own classroom or subject matter materials for course development.
Prerequisites: must be an experienced Windows or Mac user. Prior experience creating Web pages recommended.
Date: 10/7/05OR11/18/05OR 12/16/05 / Platform: PC (Applicable to all)Instructor: Steve Janover / Fee: Model Schools Participants: $132
Time: 9:00AM-4:00PM / Blackboard subscribers – FREE
Location: NERIC, Training Room 3 / For non-Model Schools Participants: $ 165
Designing Quality Web Resources for Technology Integration
Whether you want to learn how to create a Web page for your classroom, a Webquest, scavenger hunt, or other types of web activity, this course will putyou in touch with a multitude of excellent curriculum-related web resources. Plus, you'll learn the skills and strategies you need to get the job done! Web navigation templates will be provided. You just locate the Internetresources or create your own, and plug them into the templates. Gainstrategies to improve web-researching skills. Learn how to createhyperlinks, use tables to format pages, and insert digital images topersonalize content. We will use both the Microsoft Word and FrontPageapplications. This will be easy and you will find GREAT resources that youcan really use. Enhance your curriculum and give your students opportunitiesto gain necessary technology skills.
Date: 10/17/05, 10/24/05, 10/31/05, 11/14/05,and11/21/05 / Platform:PC (Applicable to all)
Fee: Model Schools Participants: Free
Instructor: Mary Black / For non-Model Schools Participants: $425
Time: 3:30PM - 6:30PM
Location: Cobleskill-Richmondville
Middle School Computer Lab,Room 212
“Do Your Own Thing, Man” – Independent Study With the Support Your Need!
Why let a course instructor dictate what you learn and how you use it in your classroom? Here’s your chance to choose a curriculum project and receive assistance to enhance it with technology! Individuals or teams of teachers will have the support of an Educational Technologist and access to the Internet, Web site design software, AppleWorks, Microsoft Office, Inspiration, iMovie, a digital camera & camcorder, and other resources. Each participant must register individually, but please indicate any partner names on your registration form. Attach a brief description of the project/activity that you wish to work on, along with any initial thoughts on how you might like to infuse technology.
Date: 10/12/05, 10/19/05and10/26/05 / Platform: Mac (applicable to PC)Instructor: Michael Greene / Fee: Model Schools Participants: Free
Time: 2:30PM-4:00PMOR4:00PM-5:30PM / Others: $255
Location: NiskayunaDistrict Offices
e-Tec Training Center
Easy Grade Pro Refresher
After an overview of the features of Easy Grade Pro, which MacWorld says is “the clear overall winner” among grade-book programs, participants will get hands-on practice importing data from Winschool, setting up their grade-books, setting up seating charts and customizing their grade-books for the upcoming year. Experienced EGP users will explore more advanced features of the program, including report options, set up their gradebooks for progress reports and have help available to answer questions. Participants whose schools use Winschool, should come to the class with a disk containing your class lists. Participants who will leave with a gradebook setup and ready to use as well as information on where support is available so that they can continue to use EGP with confidence.
Date: 10/6/05 or11/3/05 / Platform: Mac (applicable to PC)Instructor: Lizette Liebold / Fee: Model Schools Participants: Free
Time: 3:30PM-5:30PM / Others: $85
Location: BethlehemMiddle School
LibraryMediaCenter
First Class Documents & Web Site Development
The First Class communication package includes the ability to easily create word processing-style documents and post them as Web pages on the Internet. These pages can include text, images, hyperlinks, etc. If you’re a teacher who has always wanted a simple way to create Web pages to help your students or communicate with your parents, this is it!
Note: Participants must have the First Class service, and an account, in their district to participate.
Date: 11/16/05, 11/30/05and12/7/05 / Platform: PC/MacInstructor: Michael Greene / Fee: Model Schools Participants: Free
Time: 2:30PM-4:00PMOR4:00PM-5:30PM / Others: $255
Location: NiskayunaDistrict Offices
e-Tec Training Center
FrontPage: Create a Website for Your Classroom
Teachers taking this course will learn to use FrontPage to create a website for their classroom and will be introduced to different techniques for implementing a website as a way to provide information to students, parents and community. Creating a website is also an excellent way to showcase their students’ work.
Following an introductory class covering the basics, participants will have an opportunity to meet with the instructor on a monthly basis to continue to update their website. This course requires approximately6 hours for completion.
Students will develop a theme and create a storyboard to plan their website in order to make it clear and effective. Areas covered will include: creating background colors, textures and/or patterns, collecting and inserting web pages, collecting and inserting digital images from a digital camera, linking text to websites and other pages, creating tables, advanced images, i.e. creating thumbnails, marquees and banners, understanding navigation and transitions,
Date: 10/20/05, 11/17/05, and12/15/05 / Platform: PCInstructor: Suzy Hokanson / Fee: Model Schools Participants: Free
Time: 4:00PM-6:00PM / Others: $255
Location: BethlehemCentralMiddle School
Room: 71
Inspiration
This course is an introduction to the graphic organizing software, Inspiration. This software can assist students in developing critical thinking skills, visualizing ideas, and understanding information that they have read. Learn the basics of Inspiration, and develop a project for classroom use. Most appropriate for grades 4-12.
Date: 11/15/05 / Platform: PCInstructor: Lisa Fedele / Fee: Model Schools Participants: Free
Time: 3:00PM-5:00PM / Others: $85
Location: St. ThomasSchool, Delmar
iPhoto and iTunes – The Dynamic Duo
Learn the commands of iPhoto and iTunes and how they “interact” seamlessly as you and your students use photos and music in school projects. iPhoto is an easy-to-use photo management program designed to organize, edit, and save digital photos without hassles. iTunes allows you to build a personal music library of your favorite songs, which can be used as backgrounds for iPhoto slide shows. Think of all the possibilities for everything from your favorite family vacation to archiving a school event to presenting a lesson to your class. (Please bring pictures on a disk or CD, or a camera with digital pictures you’d like to work with.)
Date: 1/3/06, 1/10/06and 1/17/06 / Platform: MacInstructor: Carol LaRow / Fee: Model Schools Participants: Free
Time: 3:45PM-5:45PM / Others: $255
Location: Van Antwerp Middle School, Niskayuna
Library of Congress – Wait Till You See What It Has To Offer You and Your Students!
Discover the Library of Congress and its rich content for teachers and students. The largest library in the U.S. provides resources and curricular connections for any classroom. Discover “primary” resources for students to read and analyze. View American Memory collections, historical documents, photographs, maps, films, and audio recordings. Search for events on specific dates. Meet amazing Americans, jump back in time, explore the states, or learn about the history & culture of other countries. Browse through history and use “interactive maps” that zoom right down to the street level. Look up current news events. You’ll also find lessons, activities, and tips for using the collections.
Date: 12/7/05and 12/14/05 / Platform: Applicable to allInstructor: Carol LaRow / Fee: Model Schools Participants: Free
Time: 3:45PM-5:45PM / Others: $170
Location: Van Antwerp Middle School, Niskayuna
Maintaining Your PC - Help Speed Up Your PC Performance
Unfortunately, with the growing threat of computer viruses, spyware and email spam one of the fastest growing industries in this technological age is computer maintenance. Stay ahead of the game and protect your investment. Come find out some quick, easy and less expensive ways to keep your PC at home or office running in tip top shape. Protect your investment! If you don't who will?
Date: 10/26/05 / Platform: PCInstructor: Tom Michalek / Fee: Model Schools Participants: Free
Time: 4:00PM-6:00PM / Others: $85
Location: BethlehemMiddle School – Rm. 110
Max’s Sandbox
This class with provide an introduction to Max’s Sandbox which is a kid friendly interface for use with PowerPoint, Word and Excel. It is perfect for early elementary use. The computer can be fun as well as useful. Information and cost of the software can be found at
Date: 10/18/05 / Platform: PCInstructor: Lisa Fedele / Fee: Model Schools Participants: Free
Time: 3:00PM-5:00PM / Others: $85
Location: Academy of the Holy Names,
Lower/Middle School, Albany
Microsoft Excel: WEEK 1
WEEK 1: FORMATTING: How to do formatting and set up worksheets for projects.
Dates: 1/5/06 / Platform: PCInstructor: Rich Wiesen / Fee: Model Schools Participants: Free
Time: 3:45PM - 5:45PM / Others: $85
Location: ScotiaGlenvilleHigh School - Room A27
Microsoft Excel: WEEK 2
WEEK 2: FORMS & FORMULAS: The formulas contained in Excel and how they can be used for your projects / How to set up forms in Excel.
Dates: 1/12/06 / Platform: PCInstructor: Rich Wiesen / Fee: Model Schools Participants: Free
Time: 3:45PM - 5:45PM / Others: $85
Location: ScotiaGlenvilleHigh School - Room A27
Microsoft Excel: WEEK 3
WEEK 3: CHARTS: How to use the charting functions in Excel to visually show data trends.
Dates: 1/19/06 / Platform: PCInstructor: Rich Wiesen / Fee: Model Schools Participants: Free
Time: 3:45PM - 5:45PM / Others: $85
Location: ScotiaGlenvilleHigh School - Room A27
Microsoft Excel: WEEK 4
WEEK 4: PERSONAL PROJECTS: Put the previous 3 weeks together - bring your ideas of what you need for your classroom.
Dates: 1/26/06 / Platform: PCInstructor: Rich Wiesen / Fee: Model Schools Participants: Free
Time: 3:45PM - 5:45PM / Others: $85
Location: ScotiaGlenvilleHigh School - Room A27
Microsoft Excel 2002 (Introduction)
This session presents an overview on creating spreadsheet documents for a classroom and educational environment. Topics will include basic spreadsheet operations, entering and manipulating data and formulas and functions. Creating graphs, diagrams, and charts that directly correspond to entered data will also be covered.
Prerequisite:Some experience with MS Excel.
Date: 11/10/05 / Platform: PC (but applicable to all)Instructor: Steve Janover / Fee: Model Schools Participants: FREE
Time: 9:00-12:00 / For non-Model Schools Participants: $ 85
Location: NERIC,Training Room 3
Microsoft Excel 2002 (Intermediate)
You know the basics of Excel, now use filters and create graphs from spreadsheets to produce visual representations that appeal to all learning styles. Develop a grade book spreadsheet and use the graph’s data to apply the Learning Standards in the classroom.
Prerequisite:Some experience with MS Excel.
Date: 11/10/05 / Platform: PC (but applicable to all)Instructor: Steve Janover / Fee: Model Schools Participants: FREE
Time: 1:00-4:00 / For non-Model Schools Participants: $ 85
Location: NERIC,Training Room 3
Microsoft FrontPage 2002
FrontPage is a popular web management and authoring tool. This session will focus on using FrontPage to create instructional web pages. Some of the topics to be covered include: the FrontPage interface, formatting text, creating hyperlinks, tables, graphics and image maps, frames, importing documents, themes, navigation bars, page banners and uploading your web pages to a server. Participants will leave the session with completed pages on disk.