Digital Storytelling and Creating Dynamic Presentations with Digital Photos

Thursday April 17, 2008 at 2:30 or 4:00pm

Digital story telling is a powerful tool for students and educators to enhance their curriculum through student created video stories and digital photography. Using FREE software, teachers and students can create media rich presentations. Teachers participating in this session will be provided a follow-up opportunity with their students.

The Lorain County Distance Learning Consortium (LCDLC) and the Northern Ohio Research & Training Technology Hub (NORT²H) is offering technology professional development over videoconferencing. The Technology Toolbox offerings for March and April are listed below. If you would like to sign up one of your schools please contact Paul Hieronymus at Phiero@leeca.org. Sessions run a hour in length and cost $50.00 per site

Using Online Video as a Classroom Resource

April 10, 2008 2:30 or 4:00pm

Did you know that there are hundreds of online video files created by teachers for teachers available to you to use with your lessons for FREE? Join the NORT²H as we demonstrate Teacher Tube, Next Vista, C-Span and Video Podcasts from National Geographic, ABC News.

The Lorain County Distance Learning Consortium (LCDLC) and the Northern Ohio Research & Training Technology Hub (NORT²H) is offering technology professional development over videoconferencing. The Technology Toolbox offerings for March and April are listed below. If you would like to sign up one of your schools please contact Paul Hieronymus at Phiero@leeca.org. Sessions run a hour in length and cost $50.00 per site

SchoolRooms - How to Make Your Library Virtual in a Flash

April 3, 2008, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

INFOhio's SchoolRooms™ provides a single, student-friendly interface to high-quality content from school library catalogs, online databases, 3 million “Best of Web” teacher-selected Web pages as well as statewide digital resources. Content is presented in virtual rooms that help students discover information, provide educators with access to quality materials and enable parents to find appropriate resources for improving their children’s education. This introduction to SchoolRooms includes student, parent and teacher resources, as well as password information for you to share with your faculty, parent groups and students.


Melissa Higgs-Horwell
Curriculum Integration Coordinator
SCOCA
175 Beaver Creek Rd.
Piketon, OH 45661
800-634-8828
Cell: 740-352-6820
Fax: 740-289-2082
melissah@scoca-k12.org