The Read/Write Web Series: This package includes three workshops meant to introduce teachers to powerful and easy to use read/write web tools. "Blog If You Love Learning" is an introduction to weblogs in education, including classroom applications and how to use them for your own professional development. "Wiki While You Work" is an introduction to wikis in education. Wikis are websites that visitors can edit, making them perfect for collaboration between students or colleagues. "Broadcasting for All" is an introduction to podcasting, which allows students and teachers to create and share their own online Radio or "tv" shows.

Additional read/write web topics can include RSS, social bookmarking, social networking, social microblogging,  and more.

The Digital Media Series: This package includes three workshops meant to introduce teachers to powerful and easy to use media creation tools. "You've Got To See It To Learn It" is an introduction to using iPhoto (Mac) or Picasa (Win) to organize, edit, and share images. Then "The Classroom Recording Studio" is an introduction to using GarageBand (Mac) or Audacity (Win) to record, edit, and mix audio, including music and the spoken word. Finally, "Lights, Cameras, Learning" is an introduction to using iMovie (Mac) or Movie Maker (Win) to create and edit video. All three workshops focus on using multi-media to differentiate instruction and to support project-based learning.

Additional digital media topics can include high end-video editing applications (such as Final Cut Pro), advanced podcasting, screencasting, streaming media, and more.

Equipment-Based Series: This package includes three workshops that follow the "learn it, take it, use it" model. Participants learn how to use a new piece of equipment in the workshop... and then take the equipment with them back to their schools to use it with their students. "Digital Camera Workshop" includes a new digital camera and introduces teachers to the camera, techniques for using it in the classroom, and software for organizing, editing, and sharing images. "iPad in Education" includes an iPad  and introduces ways the iPad can be used to access, manage, and even create academic content. "Google Earth, GPS, and Geocaching in the Classroom" includes a handheld GPS unit and introduces participants to ways that hyper-locality can enhance and extend students' learning experiences using technology such as Google Earth and activities such as Geocaching.

Additional equipment-based topics can include document camera, the projector workshop, and even the "hybrid" workshop, which includes a Macbook loaded with Mac OS X and Windows.

To schedule a CUEtoYOU professional development event, contact CUE's Professional Development Coordinator,(below) or complete the CUEtoYOU Request Form.

For more information, contact:
Danny Silva
Professional Development Coordinator
Computer Using Educators (CUE)
dsilva@cue.org
925.478.3458