TIPS - Training in the Ambrose Lab

*Date/Time/Credit*	*Class*	*Presenter*
Monday, March 4 -- 4:00-5:30 (1.5 hrs. PD credit)	Managing the Email Avalanche! -- Are you getting too much email? There are tools built into Outlook that help you sort, store, and prioritize your email, so your Inbox doesn't get clogged, and you don't miss that important note from a parent! Included in this session will also be hints on how to improve your outgoing email's effectiveness as well. [This is an intermediate Microsoft Outlook Class - not* for beginners.]*	Mark DiMascio
Tuesday, March 5 -- 4:00-6:00 (2 hrs. PD credit)	Creating A Classroom Web Page -- This hands-on workshop for beginners will take you through the process of designing and creating a classroom web page ready to post to your school's web server. A great way to communicate with students and parents: use MS FrontPage to create a classroom web page that brings the school and home together in a learning environment.	Maggie Wilson
Monday, March 11 -- 4:30-6:00 (1.5 hrs. PD credit)	*Make & Take Inspiration* Activities for the Classroom** -- Come with an empty disk, leave with a full one! Come needing classroom activities, leave with several. This make-and-take workshop will move beyond the basics of Inspiration. Specific classroom examples and templates will be shared with guided instruction on how to adapt them as well as create your own from scratch!	Anne Denny, LTMS, Cathy Brandt
Wednesday, March 13 -- 4:00-5:30 (1.5 hrs. PD credit) *This class has been canceled.*	*This class has been canceled.* Webmaster Forum: Cascading Style Sheets in FrontPage -- Making your website look consistent from page to page is the goal of every webmaster. You will learn to use Cascading Style Sheets to quickly and easily apply consistent formatting to your FrontPage website. You will discover the basics of controlling page background, margins, font styles, sizes, colors and more. Then with just a few quick changes to one style sheet, give your entire website a makeover! [This is an intermediate class - not* for beginners!]*	Pete Koutoulas
Thursday, March 14 -- 4:00-5:30 (1.5 hrs. PD credit)	Introduction to FCPS Literary Book Club -- This session will help teachers learn how to use this web-based resource to foster literacy. Students can now walk through the steps of creating and submitting book reviews online. Come learn how to use this exciting resource in your classroom.	Cathy Brandt
Monday, March 18 -- 4:00-5:30 (1.5 hrs. PD credit)	Introduction to TimeLiner 5.0 -- Learn to create, illustrate, and print time lines with ease. TimeLiner 5.0 has extensive graphics, web access, ability to import movies and sound, and can be converted to slide shows.	Paula Whitmer
Tuesday, March 19 -- 4:30-6:00 (1.5 hrs. PD credit)	*Make Classroom Module* work for you! -- What about me--the classroom teacher?** How can technology make life easier for me in the classroom? Make SSTS/Classroom Module work for you. Learn how to "tap" into the SSTS database to get the information you need to create form letters to parents, spreadsheets to record performance on various activities, and progress reports sent to parents via email.	Terry Carr, PL Dunbar
Thursday, March 21 -- 4:30-6:00 (1.5 hrs. PD credit)	Video Production using Pinnacle Systems Studio Products -- Pinnacle Systems provides an easy computer video-editing environment for digitizing, editing, recording, duping to tape, saving to web-postable file, even broadcasting video in your school! This hands-on workshop will give you an introduction to this package - if you wish, you can bring your own video for capture and editing. Curricular/classroom applications will be examined. *Both DC10+ and the all-digital StudioDV will be used*.	Jeffrey Jones
Monday, March 25 -- 4:00-5:30 (1.5 hrs. PD credit)	Instant Lesson Plans using Websites -- Let the Internet plan your class! In this session you'll be given a few websites with ready-to-go lessons you can use with your students, including worksheets or other required documents. In addition, you'll examine the process of quickly developing your own lesson using a website we'll help you find.	Jan Lane, Glendover Elementary
Thursday, March 28 -- 4:00-5:30 (1.5 hrs. PD credit)	Posting Student Grades and Assignments on your Classroom Website -- Your classroom website can be a complete information source for your students' parents. Assignments, worksheets - even anonymously-accessed student grades can be maintained there! All the software tools you need are available freely within your school - we'll just walk you through the process of getting them to talk to each other. [This is an intermediate class - not* for beginners!]*	Jennifer Humble, Bryan Station High School