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ETV Plays Host to Teachers From Over Half of SC School Districts for FREE Three-Day Technology Workshop

Sessions Held July 29-31

For Immediate Release
July 21, 2008

Columbia, SC...Over 280 educators will converge on ETV’s Columbia-based headquarters from July 29-31 for an intensive three days of free training on educational technology tools. Representing 52 of the Palmetto State’s 85 school districts, and 189 institutions of learning--including public and private schools, district instructional technology offices, colleges and universities, and more--attendees will be learning everything from creating their own podcasts and videos, to using powerful tools such as Google Earth, SMART Boards and various Web 2.0 technology.

Scheduled just prior to the beginning of the 2008-09 school year, the hands-on workshops, which teachers can cherry pick, will equip teachers with new skills that they can immediately put to use in their classrooms.

“Teachers are charged with the responsibility of reaching all students in their classroom, and technology is a key factor in accomplishing this goal. Our workshops provide valuable training to teachers to assist in motivating students to reach their potential,” said Dianne Gregory, technology education instructor for ITV Professional Development and ETV’s StreamlineSC.

Seventy-two classes will offer 24 different topics over the three-day period, providing not only a wide range of topics, but an array of experience levels as well. Sessions from “A Picture is Worth A 1000 Words” to "iPod-abilities 2.0," have all been designed to allow teachers to jump in at their ability-level and learn innovative ways to connect with their students.

What began three years ago as a workshop on how to use ETV’s StreamlineSC, an Internet-based video-on-demand service, has now become so popular that it consistently "sells out." This time, the workshop was full after just a week. “We usually open registration at 11 p.m., and within an hour teachers from around the state are already signing up! It’s like waiting in line to get concert tickets,” said an enthusiastic Debbie Jarrett, who helps coordinate ETV's technology workshops.

This is the sixth workshop hosted by ETV, which provides the free training as part of its mission to create new, inventive ways to improve learning in classrooms across South Carolina.

Additional Information:
Sessions are offered from 8:30-10 a.m., 10:15-11:45 a.m. and 1:15-2:45 p.m., allowing teachers to take up to nine different courses over the three day period.

Sessions include:

50 Ways to Use StreamlineSC – Explores the many exciting ways teachers can integrate StreamlineSC into their curricula

Streamline Basic-Videos and much, much, more! - Helps teachers address the variety of learning styles in the classroom with free access to over 5,000 videos, more than 39,000 video clips correlated to the SC Standards, as well as articles, songs, sound effects, historical speeches, an historical events calendar, quizzes, lesson plans, writing prompts, interactive atlas, and much more

StreamlineSC Builders Workshop - Learn how to create web-based quizzes, writing prompts, and Web quests using StreamlineSC’s Quiz Builder, Writing Prompt Builder and Assignment Builder

Knowitall.org - Participants learn about this exciting interactive Web portal that provides a fun way to learn about everything from art to music to Gullah culture

ETV Extras: One Place SC/Teacherline/PBS Teachers:
One Place SC – Explores this one-stop approach to statewide online resources, the programming guide for live and taped videos from ETV, ITV, and specific school districts and many professional development resources
PBS Teacherline - This premiere professional development resource delivers online courses for PreK-12 teachers. TeacherLine Southeast helps SC, NC and GA teachers renew their credentials and meet their professional development goals
PBS Teachers – Highlights the unique "Get Local" feature which allows teachers to receive information from ETV about education resources close to home http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
Teachers’ Domain – This multimedia resource for the classroom and professional development is a product of the WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.teachersdomain.org/

BLOGOSPHERE – Takes a look at what blogs are, where they are, and who is writing and reading them

Build a Blog: Starting an Education Blog in 45 Minutes – Blogging continues to be a great medium for communication between school and home. More importantly though, blogging enables students to write for a purpose and creates a sense of ownership in their writing. This workshop equips teachers with the tools needed to create a fully-functional education blog

South Carolina – Self Control: Addressing Bullying In Our Schools – Developed in collaboration with the State Department of Education’s Guidance Services, this series of seven instructional television programs was produced by ITV and ETV to provide schools with an effective way to address bullying in South Carolina schools. In this workshop, participants will learn how to use the techniques from the series in a classroom setting

Storytelling Using StreamlineSC Images and Audio in Photo Story 3 - In this digital storytelling class, teachers learn how to use copyright-free photos and images from StreamlineSC to create great instructional projects with Microsoft’s free program Photo Story 3

“A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words!” – Shows teachers how to easily combine digital photos, narration and theme music to create wonderful picture stories – from travel books, animal adventures/habitats, historical events, to poems, town histories, family trees, field trips, etc.

Exciting Writing with Cool Technology Tools – Learn how to motivate students to write using the latest and greatest technology tools such as: Promethean Boards, Movie Maker, iPods, Digital Video Cameras, and Intel Microscopes

Google Earth Basic - An introduction to this powerful and free tool

Google Earth Advanced - Participants will learn how to embed images, HTML links, and multimedia into Google Earth placemarks and projects

Google Lit Trips: A Journey Your Students Will Never Forget! - Learn about combining Google Earth with literature to take your students around the world!

iPod-abilities 2.0 – Learn how to create activities to load on iPods

Media Analysis + Media Production= Media Literacy: A Key 21st Century Skill – This hands-on session will explore media analysis ideas that can be implemented within the classroom, such as how to critically view ads and commercials in the media

Movie Maker - Free editing software that is already preloaded on most computers and can be used to create educational videos from StreamlineSC clips, pictures taken by students, and more

Introduction to Podcasting : Tips, Tricks and Techniques to Give Your Students a Voice on the Web! - This workshop takes participants through the beginning steps of podcasting and posting work on the web, covering vocabulary, free download software, the use of iTunes and various ways to post your creations

Using Gcast to Host Podcasting Files – Participants learn how to use a cell phone to record a podcast and then host the file using the free Web 2.0 Tool, Gcast

Let Power Point Power Up Your Presentation - This hands-on training session will demonstrate how to set up a presentation, embed a video clip and picture, create an interactive character, and prepare the presentation for hand-outs

Promethean’s Activclassroom - This award-winning software helps teachers prepare and deliver interactive digital lessons. Topics to be covered in this workshop include The Dashboard, Flipchart Builder, unique point-and-click actions, and integrated Activclassroom control

SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard Basics - Discover how easy it is to use SMART Board interactive whiteboards, from moving objects with a touch-sensitive interactive whiteboard to writing in any color

Extraordinary Made Simple: How to create dynamic lessons with the SMART Board interactive whiteboard Notebook software – Participants will learn how to use SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard the classrooms, with an emphasis on new features in Notebook v.10 that can be utilized to create dynamic and engaging lessons for any learner

Using Smart Technologies’ SENTEO system in your classroom - This hands-on professional development workshop gives participants the training needed to get the most out of the Classroom Response System (clickers), enabling teachers to collect, record, and analyze data from students

Web 2.Ohhhh - Web 2.0 refers to new Web-based tools that facilitate creativity, information sharing and, most notably, collaboration among users. This workshop introduces participants to many of these tools, including diigo, flickr, blogs, podcasts, voicethread, Google docs, blabberize, and bubbl

South Carolina ETV is the state's public educational broadcasting network with 11 television and eight radio transmitters, and a multi-media educational system in more than 2,500 schools, colleges, businesses and government agencies. Using television, radio and the web, SCETV's mission is to enrich lives by educating children, informing and connecting citizens, celebrating our culture and environment and instilling the joy of learning.

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For more information, contact Rob Schaller at (803) 737-6556 or rschaller@scetv.org.