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Mark Wagner, Ph.D. - Workshops

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Dr. Mark Wagner offers a wide variety of professional development workshops on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. In many cases below, the workshop title is linked to a wiki meant to support the workshop. Usually these include an outline of the agenda, complete with links to resources mentioned during the workshop. If you don't see what you're looking for, let us know what your needs are.


The Read/Write Web (The Two-Way Web, or Web 2.0)   

• Two-way Teaching: How the Read/Write Web Changes Education Create, Share, and Explore!
    
• Blog If You Love Learning: Best Practices for Educational Blogs If you can email, you can blog!
    
• Be An Edublogger: Tools and Tips for Joining A Global Learning Community Read, write, reflect, and respond!
    
• Wiki While You Work: Best Practices for Educational Wikis If you can word process, you can use a wiki!
    
• Broadcasting for All: Best Practices for Educational Podcasts Produce your own online radio or TV show!
    
• Blogs, Wikis, and Google Docs: Which one is right for your lesson? Clear up confusion and free creativity!
    
• It Really Is Really Simple: An Introduction to RSS for Educators Access, manage, and use more information than ever before!
    
• Twitter Me This: Join a Global Learning Community and Feel Good About It It's a blog, it's an IM... no it's Twitter - more efficient than email or RSS!
    
• With Power Comes Responsibility: Awareness, Ethics, and Safety for the Read/Write Web The benefits, concerns, and proactive strategies!
    
• Learning to Network & Networking to Learn: Beyond the Tools... It's more important to become part of an online learning network than to master any specific tool.
    
• Social, Global, and Green: Education in a Changing World Use social media for social change with students!

Other Online Resources

• Google More: An Introduction to Google Tools in Education
    
• Search, Learn, Share: Google Tools for Educators
    
• The Data-Driven Classroom: Online Surveys for Educators
    
• Tools for Teachers, Skills for Students: Free Online Resources for Educators

Video Games and Simulations  

• Power Up: Educating Through Video Games and Simulations
    
• Learning to Game and Gaming to Learn: Video Games and Simulations for Educators
    
• Massively Multiplayer Schools: Are MMORPGs The Future of Education? This is a presentation of a doctoral dissertation completed Spring 2008.

Multimedia   

• iLife for Windows? Introducing Picasa, PhotoStory, Audacity, and Movie Maker for Educators (All Free Downloads!) Schedule each of these as a separate in-depth workshop.
    
• Picasa (and Photostory) in Education
    
• Audacity in Education
    
• Movie Maker in Education
    
• iLife for Educators: iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, and Garageband Schedule each of these as a separate in-depth workshop.
    
• Example: iPhoto in Education
    
• Other Video Editing Software, including Premiere Elements and Pinnacle Studio.

Open Source Software   

• What More Could You Ask For? Introducing Open Source Software for Educators (All Free Downloads!) Including Firefox, OpenOffice, GIMP, and more! Schedule each of these as a separate in-depth workshop.
    
• Build a Better Browser: An Overview of Firefox Themes & Extensions for Educators

Productivity Software   

• Images, Impact, and Interaction: Presentations in Education
    
• Microsoft Office for Educators (Or learn OpenOffice, a free alternative!)
    
• Apple's iWork for Educators (Include the software!)
    
• Basic Teacher Technology Proficiency (Updated for Web 2.0)
    
• Netiquette for Education (Updated for Web 2.0)

Hardware 

• iPhone for Educators (NEW WORKSHOP)
    
• The Educators' Guide to the Tablet PC (Include the Tablet!)
    
• The Educators' Guide to Classroom Projectors (Include the Projector!)
    
• The Educators' Guide to Document Cameras (Include the Camera!)
    
• The Educators' Guide to iPod (Include the iPod!)
    
• The Educators' Guide to Handheld Computers (Include the handheld!)
    
• The Educators' Guide to Digital Cameras (Include the camera!)
    
• The Educators' Guide to Digital Camcorders (Include the camcorder!)

And more...

• Using Technology to Support Your Language Arts Adoption
    
• Using Technology to Support Your Professional Learning Community
    
• Teaching 21st Century Skills (Including Risk-Taking!)
    
• Other popular educational titles such as Kid Pix and Kidspiration!

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