The following computer training sessions have been set up for this year. Sessions are offered at centrally located schools and are open to all  teachers and staff at every school. Participants will receive Act 48 credits. There will be additional classes offered during the second semester of school.

Teachers are reminded that if they sign up for a session, they are committed to attending that session. The instructors have taken the time to prepare for the session and they get reimbursed only if the required amount of teachers attend the session. If you cannot attend, please notify the instructor as soon as possible as they may need to cancel the session.

Please complete the form below to sign up for any of the classes. If you have any questions, contact Karen Galbraith (phone 248-6480 or email (gkg26@mcsdk12.org) or the class instructor.

First Name:       Last Name:     School:     

Microsoft Office 2007 Classes

Work on Your Own

Work on Your Own Project
Bring your own project and work on it independently with a computer teacher on site to help as needed.

     Work on Your Own Web                                                                                           
This is a class for teachers who have a web page already created in Front Page. It is a work on your own class but there will be help available if needed. Teachers do not have to attend all sessions.

    Software Applications

     PhotoStory                                                                                                          
Microsoft Photo Story is a free application that allows users to create a show and tell presentation from their digital photos. Users are able to add narration, effects, transitions and background music to create a professional looking Windows Media Video movie file with pan and zoom effects. Once a photo story has been made it can be played on Windows Media Player or burned to a DVD or CD. Teachers will learn how to use the program and create their own PhotoStory. Make sure you have some digital pictures available.

      Fast Stone Image Viewer and Photo Resizer                                                    FastStone Photo Resizer is an image converter / resizer that easily and quickly converts, resizes, renames, rotates, crops and changes the color of large groups of pictures. Use these image programs to easily resze or enhance a group of pictures.
                                          

BrainPOP                                                                                                                       All Elementary and Middle School teachers have Brain Pop subscriptions courtesy of the EETT grant.
Learn how to use the interactive website. Spend one session exploring the website and the second session developing your interactive lessons.

 Intro to Storytelling Alice
Storytelling Alice is a programming environment designed to motivate a broad spectrum of middle school students to learn to program computers through creating short 3D animated movies and games. Working with a partner, participants in these sessions will learn some basic functions and skills by following specific “step-by-step” written instructions.    

Utility Sessions

Managing Folders A-Z                                                                                      
Utilize your teacher folder for student access, organize and clean up your district folder, rename documents for better organization, manage and use the new District Faculty Resources Folder.

    Technology In Your School
Learn to use all the technology available in your school that you may not have even known was there! Everything from using your school copier to scan and save documents that you can email to yourself, to how to use digital cameras, camcorders, and Videos to setting up a projector with your computer….and much more.                  

Navigating the MCSD Intranet
Take time to explore all that is on our intranet including forms, Track-It!, tutorials and web resources.