21st Century Tech Skills Enrichment

21st Century Tech Skills Enrichment
Dates:
Description:
Task:
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Dates:

Nov. 9 3-5 in the tech lab---Saturdays, Nov 10, 17, 24, Dec 1 on-line 8am - 12pm (make-up times by appt.)---Final Presentation in the tech lab Friday Dec. 7, 3-5 pm

Description:

Students will use Atomic Learning, the web, and various other sources to create their own Personal Learning Environment. Master video-editing, web-design, photo-editing or computer programming on your own in the web-based class. Meet face to face to design your personal plan and then meet on-line during scheduled Saturday mornings from 8-12. (Photography and Video students must have own digital cameras).

Task:

Students use the pages on the sidebar to post their learning journal on a weekly basis as well as interact with instructor utilizing Google Chat on Sat. mornings

Sources:

Here is a link to a resource for free, open source applications: http://www.osalt.com/

Free Adobe Software Trials http://www.adobe.com/downloads/

Dreamweaver Tutorials: http://www.haverford.edu/acc/docs/software/dreamweaver/welcome.htm

http://www.learnthat.com/computers/learn-362-dreamweaver_mx_2004.htm

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I-Tunes U...Now there’s an area of the iTunes Store devoted entirely to education, where it’s easy to search thousands of audio and video files from schools across the country.

Colleges and universities build their own iTunes U sites. Faculty post content they create for their classes. Students download what they need, and go. Learning isn’t just for the classroom anymore. It’s for anytime and anyplace you’ve got a Mac, a PC, or an iPod.