Ongoing Professional Development

Jan 2010 - June 2011



Workshops I've Attended
- Smartboard / Smart Notebook training (Jan 2010)
- SMART Presentation; Tour of facility (Sep 2010)
- New FSL cart presentation (Sep 2010)
- Coaching Workshop with Marjorie Shore (Nov 2010)
- Coaching summit with Curriculum Services coaches (Dec 2010)
- Toon Boom Flip Boom animation software demo (Dec 2010)
- Garfield Gini-Newman conference (Feb/Mar 2011)
- Engaging 21st Century Learners event (Mar 2011)
- Mimio interactive board presentation (April 2011)
- Lead the Way to Creativity event: Margaret Wheatly (April 2011)

Workshops I Have Provided
- NTIP Smartboard presentation (May 2010)
- Crystal Bay PD: Smartboard support (May 2010)
- A. Lorne Cassidy staff meeting: SIP work (Nov 2010)
- A. Lorne Cassidy PD Day Smartboard session for staff (Nov 2010)
- Elmo & Slate use: PD day session @ Huntley Centennial (Nov 2010)
- Before and after school presentations to staff re: Online collaborative tools (Jan-Mar 2011)
- Clifford Bowey EA's PD day smartboard training (Jan 2011)
- Glen Cairn SIP session: Using Smartboard for Math (Jan 2011)
- Charles Hulse PS SIP session: Websites and software for Math problem solving (Feb 2011)
- OCETF PD Day Smartboard session @ Palais de Congres (Feb 2011)
- B&LT presentation to Principals (April 2011)
- B&LT presentation to Vice Principals (April 2011)
- OCEOTA PD sessions: Smartboard (April 2011)

Coaching Sessions I Have Provided

General
- SIP discussions with Principals/Vice Principals
- staff-needs discussions

Smartboard
- Hardware use: Smart Slate, Smart Board
- Smart Notebook software
- lesson building, planning

Computer lab
- Music class ideas, software
- Class websites: setup, management
- Blogs
- Wikispaces wikis
- Core French computer resources
- online animation tools
- BitStripsForSchools.com comics site
- Podcasts
- Voicethread
- SEA software (PDF Equalizer)
- Photostory
- Geometer's sketchpad
- Google docs
- Edmodo.com
- Wikispaces.com
- Microsoft Word
- KidBlog
- Newsletters (Microsoft Publisher)
- Photostory 3
- math websites (NLVM)
- Smart Ideas
- copying images
- online student portfolios

Video cameras
- Document cameras (Elmo, Ladibug)
- Projector use
- Video cameras
- video editing (Premiere Elements, MovieMaker, iMovie, FormatFactory, Zamzar)

Streaming video
- Discovery Streaming
- TFO
- Learn 360

Other
- Projector setup and repair
- Elmo / Ladibug document camera setup
- Media cart setup
- Videotaping students for Creativity conference
- Software installations (esp. Smart Notebook)
- Slate troubleshooting
- Smartboard troubleshooting and repairs
- updating computer lab software
- accessing student accounts
- installing scanners
- scanning on photocopier
- iPhone, iPad
- using USB memory sticks
- accessing student accounts
- BEAM help