FDI Summer07 Track D


	History: FDI Home : FDI 2007 Spring/Summer : Track D

Summer 2007 FDI - Track D: New Strategies and Tools for Teaching with Technology

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		FDI Evaluations
Facilitator: Eddie Watson Presenters: Stephen Beatty Michael Dame Wayne Donald Amber Evans Gary Long Randy Marchany Nick Pachis Katie Pehowski Shannon Phillips Ed Schwartz Eddie Watson Joan Watson Stephanie White Colin Wiseley Marc Zaldivar		• Orientation, Introductions, Customization, and Track Goals • "Affords this art no greater miracle?" Technology as Vehicle for the Constructivist Classroom • Blogs and Wikis • Student Response Systems ("clickers") • AOLIM: Instant Messenging • Second Life • Podcasting and iTunes U • Social Networking and the 21st Century Student • Concept Mapping • Security and Your Computer • Using Laptops and Teaching Stations in VT's Recently Upgraded Classrooms • Scholar • Image Creation and Manipulation with Adobe Photoshop Elements • Creating PDFs and Scanning Text with Acrobat 8.0 • Tablet PCs in the Classroom • ePortfolio for Assessment, Student Learning, and Career Development • VT's New Content Management System • Universal Design and Accessibility • Making Web Pages with Dreamweaver 8 • Resources for Continued Exploration and Track Wrap up • What's New in Blackboard 7

Resources	Selected Handouts	Element K Tutorials for This Track (These links will require your VT PID/Password.)
• Accessibility Issues • FDI Instructional Portal • FDI Production Support • FDI Peer Mentoring • VT's Online Computer Security Course	Track D2 Workshop Schedule (PDF)	• Photoshop Elements Manipulating Photos • Acrobat 7.0 Level 1 Part 1, Part 2 • Dreamweaver 8 Developing a Website in Dreamweaver Enhancing a Website • Computer Security Security Awareness (Part 1) Security Awareness (Part 2) • Tablet PC Tablet PC Quick Reference

ElementK provides a series of web-based tutorials free to faculty, staff and students.

To browse their catalog, log on with your VT PID and Password through the
Software Skills Gateway,

OR

The links on the right will take you directly to sample tutorials that might prove useful to you. Click on the link, log in with your VT PID and Password, and you will be taken directly to the topic described.

General Technology Tutorials Available in Element K:

Outlook 2003 (Course: 1 2 3 4 5 6)
PowerPoint 2003 (Course: 1 2 3 4)
Excel 2003 (Course: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7)
Word 2003 (Course: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8)
Photoshop Elements 4.0 (Course: 1 2)
Dreamweaver 8 (Course: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8)