Come and learn how easy it is to integrate the Apple iLife suite of applications that comes free with all Apple computers in your classroom.

Target Audience: All teachers K-12

Course Outline: Participants will discover new ways to:

1. Create, use and manipulate photos using iPhoto, Comic Life and Photo Booth
2. Create and edit movies using iMovie
3. Make music and podcasts using GarageBand
4. Save it all on your own class website using iWeb

Details:

• Macintosh and Windows, A maximum of 13 participants.
• Morning tea and lunch are provided for this full day workshop.

Cost: $60 pp (incl GST) - Directly debited from school’s TPL account. Costs cover venue, catering and resources.

Please notify non-attendance or school will be charged.
Minimum numbers are required for this workshop to proceed.

Participants are required to bring to this workshop:

• Headphone/microphone set (Ovann $10 Big W)
• Thumb drive (min. 2 GB memory) to save work

PhotoStory is free and allows you to easily create a photo slideshow using your digital photos with special effects, narration and music. Comic Life is now available for Windows! Learn how to use this great desktop publishing program to inspire and engage the most reluctant of learners to create professional publications, comic strips and presentations across all KLAs.

Target Audience: All teachers K-12

Course Outline: Participants will learn how to…

1. Capture, edit and manipulate photographs, add titles, effects, music, narration and motion
2. Create a comic strip using images and text and manipulate objects to create different styles
3. Develop strategies for classroom integration

Details:

• Windows, A maximum of 13 participants.
• Morning tea and lunch are provided for this full day workshop.

Cost: $60 pp (incl GST) - Directly debited from school’s TPL account. Costs cover venue, catering and resources.

Please notify non-attendance or school will be charged.
Minimum numbers are required for this workshop to proceed.

Participants are required to bring to this workshop:

• Digital Camera with charged battery (optional)
• USB camera cable suitable for transferring photos from the camera
• Headphone/microphone set (Ovann $10 Big W)
• Thumb drive (min. 2 GB memory) to save work

The Internet has evolved and now provides users with applications that facilitate globally connected, social interactions.  No longer are Internet users simply passive consumers of information as Web 2.0 applications like blogs, podcasts and wikis allow the active, simple creation and sharing of information.

Target Audience: All teachers K-12

Course Outline: Participants will learn how to…

• Create, subscribe, receive and post podcast episodes
• Create a wiki using an online editing application
• Create a blog site and publish posts
• Develop strategies for classroom integration

Details:

• Windows and Macintosh, A maximum of 13 participants.
• Morning tea and lunch are provided for this full day workshop.

Cost: $60 pp (incl GST) - Directly debited from school’s TPL account. Costs cover venue, catering and resources.

Please notify non-attendance or school will be charged.
Minimum numbers are required for this workshop to proceed.

Participants are required to bring to this workshop:

• Headphone/microphone set (Ovann $10 Big W)
• Thumb drive (min. 2 GB memory) to save work

Open source software is usually developed as a public collaboration and made freely available to the public to download.
Learn how to access and use a variety of these free, open source and Web 2.0 applications that can be easily integrated across all KLAs.

Target Audience: All teachers K-12

Course Outline: Participants will develop strategies for classroom integration and investigate applications including:

1. Terragen
2. Google applications

Details:

• Windows and Macintosh, A maximum of 13 participants.
• Morning tea and lunch are provided for this full day workshop.

Cost: $60 pp (incl GST) - Directly debited from school’s TPL account. Costs cover venue, catering and resources.

Please notify non-attendance or school will be charged.
Minimum numbers are required for this workshop to proceed.

Participants are required to bring to this workshop:

• Headphone/microphone set (Ovann $10 Big W)
• Thumb drive (min. 2 GB memory) to save work

NOTE: Participants will need to sign up for a Google Account and Google Mail (GMail) account prior to the workshop at home as the DET Portal blocks access to signing up. Failure to do this will result in some applications being unavailable to use.

The SONY range offers professional editing capabilities for all your video and soundtrack creation needs. With simple, easy, no fuss interfaces SONY Acid and Vegas will have your students composing and producing like pros from the very beginning. Mix multiple music tracks and sound effects with a few simple clicks. Learn how to create professional looking fades and transitions in an instant. Seamlessly integrate audio and visual into one project. These programs are ideal for a range of classroom ICT applications.

This workshop is brought to you by Roland Australia. Don’t miss out on a great ‘one-off’ opportunity to experience this software suite!

Target Audience: All teachers K-12

Details:

• Windows, A maximum of 13 participants.
• Morning tea and lunch are provided for this full day workshop.

Cost: $60 pp (incl GST) - Directly debited from school’s TPL account. Costs cover venue, catering and resources.

Please notify non-attendance or school will be charged.
Minimum numbers are required for this workshop to proceed.

Participants are required to bring to this workshop:

• Headphone/microphone set (Ovann $10 Big W)
• Thumb drive (min. 2 GB memory) to save work

Bring your creations to life! Stop motion is a generic general term for an animation technique that makes static objects appear to move.
We will use the animation software program Pivot Stick Figure and Movie Maker, both of which are included on all T4L Windows rollout computers, to create a stop motion animated movie using clay or other materials.

Target Audience: All teachers K-12

Course Outline: Participants will learn how to:

1. Develop a plot and storyboard ideas
2. Create a background scene using your character props
3. Manipulate images in Movie Maker
4. Add special effects, music, and narration
5. Apply simple digital animation techniques
6. Investigate Pivot Stick Figure animation

Details:

• Windows, A maximum of 13 participants.
• Morning tea and lunch are provided for this full day workshop.

Cost: $60 pp (incl GST) - Directly debited from school’s TPL account. Costs cover venue, catering and resources.

Please notify non-attendance or school will be charged.
Minimum numbers are required for this workshop to proceed.

Participants are required to bring to this workshop:

• Digital Camera or Digital Video Camera with tape
• USB camera cable suitable for transferring photos from the camera OR Firewire cable for transferring video
• Headphone/microphone set (Ovann $10 Big W)
• Thumb Drive (minimum capacity 2GB) to save work
• Scene props, modeling clay, Lego figures, boxes, tripod.

ICT is included in the outcomes and content of all syllabuses K-10 and a range of opportunities exists within the teaching and learning of mathematics to effectively utilise ICT to engage students.

Target Audience: All teachers K-12

Course Outline: Participants will learn how to:

1. Use available ICT software applications for teaching and learning mathematics
2. Access online resources
3. Explore free open source applications
4. Investigate suitable IWB resources
5. Design a lesson to implement in your classroom

Details:

• Windows and Macintosh, A maximum of 13 participants.
• Morning tea and lunch are provided for this full day workshop.

Cost: $60 pp (incl GST) - Directly debited from school’s TPL account. Costs cover venue, catering and resources.

Please notify non-attendance or school will be charged.
Minimum numbers are required for this workshop to proceed.

Participants are required to bring to this workshop:

• Thumb drive (min. 2 GB memory) to save work

Learn how to use IWB tools and online resources to create your own lessons aligned to Quality Teaching.

Target Audience: All teachers K-12

Course Outline: Participants will learn how to:

• Edit Flipchart files to suit your classroom needs
• Locate online resources
• Embed video, images, screen shots and sound files into flipcharts
• Locate and use a variety of templates and tools suitable for all KLAs
• Design a lesson to implement in your classroom
• Develop strategies for the interactive classroom

Details:

• Windows and Macintosh, A maximum of 13 participants.
• Morning tea and lunch are provided for this full day workshop.

Cost: $60 pp (incl GST) - Directly debited from school’s TPL account. Costs cover venue, catering and resources.

Please notify non-attendance or school will be charged.
Minimum numbers are required for this workshop to proceed.

Participants are required to bring to this workshop:

• Thumb drive (min. 2 GB memory) to save work