The Next Big Thing: Google Wave!

February 23
The Next Big Thing: Google Wave!
Email is so 40 years ago. Pre-dating the Internet, email has several fundamental problems least of which is flooding your email account with unnecessary copies of emails. Google Wave hopes to solve this problem and others by maintaining a single real-time conversation that all participants can edit and add to. Wave is designed to provide a better way to send, receive, preserve, and grow shared communications. So what are you waiting for, get ready to ride the wave today!

$75 per session.


Each TeleTech is an hour long. Each session is offered three times: 1:30, 3:30, and 5:00.




Want to do a test call with SOITA? Dial 216.48.137.41


Questions?

Contact Bob Stricker

bob@soita.org

150 East Sixth Street

Franklin, Ohio 45005

800-964-8211

Free Online Video Creation with Animoto

February 16
Free Online Video Creation with Animoto
Are you looking for a new way to engage students? Then let Animoto help. Animoto is an online video creation tool that allows students to create feature-length films and slideshows to take control of their learning.

$75 per session.

Each TeleTech is an hour long. Each session is offered three times: 1:30, 3:30, and 5:00.



Want to do a test call with SOITA? Dial 216.48.137.41

Questions?
Contact Bob Stricker
bob@soita.org
150 East Sixth Street
Franklin, Ohio 45005
800-964-8211

Get the Data you want by Filtering with Excel

February 9

For intermediate to advanced Excel 2007 users. Filtering is a method of finding certain records in a spreadsheet based on any criteria you choose. This useful Excel tool will allow you to quickly find and work with a subset of your data. All Excel users will benefit from this time-saving feature.



$75 per session.

Each TeleTech is an hour long. Each session is offered three times: 1:30, 3:30, and 5:00.



Want to do a test call with SOITA? Dial 216.48.137.41

Questions?
Contact Bob Stricker
bob@soita.org
150 East Sixth Street
Franklin, Ohio 45005
800-964-8211

Don't Feed the Bully, Tips for teachers, educators, and others to help create a safe school

Brad Tassell's award winning novel for teens and preteens Don't Feed the Bully is read in hundreds of schools and helps students learn empathy, move the bully target, and instill a love of reading. Now, we upgrade our thinking to the instructor level to bring inventive and common sense teacher tips to helping stop bullying and create a classroom and school that deals with problems head on, uses compassion and tolerance, and gets everybody on board to bring about change.

Brad Tassell
llessat@aol.com
P.O Box 1437
Bowling Green, KY 47579
United States
Phone: (812) 660-0191

$11 per person

75-90 Minutes

Videoconference Coordinator Training

Supporting videoconferencing in your school is critical to the successful use of your videoconference system. Discover how to bring authors, experts, scientists, and global peers to the classroom to enhance student engagement. Learn about the resources available and tips for scheduling and managing the videoconferences. Strategies for encouraging teachers to use videoconferencing will be shared. Network with other VC coordinators and practice with the technology.

About the Presenter: Janine Lim has been coordinating videoconferencing for 22 school districts with 70 videoconference systems since 1999. This workshop shares the successful strategies of her school videoconference coordinators. Results and strategies from her recent research on videoconference coordinators in six countries are included in the session.

Provider: Berrien Regional Education Service Agency

$160

3-6 Hours

Janine Lim
janine.lim@berrienresa.org
711 St. Joseph Ave.
Berrien Springs, MI 49103
United States
Phone: (269) 471-7725 ext. 1101
Fax: (269) 471-1221