• 2316 Aroline Seibert ... click here ... ASeibert
• 2317 Bob Rainwater ... click here ... rrainwater
• 2318 Brother Francis Crowley ... click here ... brotherfrancis
• 2319 Christa McDougall ... click here ... cmcdougall
• 2320 Clarence Chenoweth ... click here ... CChenoweth
• 2321 Edith Racine ... click here ... ERacine
• 2322 Father Paschal Scotti ... click here ... fatherpaschal
• 2323 Greg Kierstead ... click here ... GKierstead
• 2324 Henry Stevens ... click here ... HStevens
• 2325 John Perreira ... click here ... JPerreira
• 2326 John Platt ... click here ... JPlatt
• 2327 Nancy Brzys ... click here ... NBrzys
• 213 Robert Sahms (SC'87) ... click here ... RSahms
• 2328 Roberto Guerenabarrena ... click here ... RGuerena
• 2329 Shane McCarthy ... click here ... SMcCarthy
• 2330 Steve Pietraszek ... click here ... SPietraszek
• 2331 Suzanne Walsh ... click here ... SWalsh
• 2332 Tom Kennedy ... click here ... TKennedy

Carnival Groups

• Curriculum resources: Brother Francis, Christa, Nancy (3)
• Microsoft Word: Henry, Robert S (2)
• Powerpoint: John Perreira, John Platt, Suzanne (3)
• Excel: Father Paschal, Tom (2)
• Front Page and Building Web site: Bob, Clarence, Greg, Shane, Steven (5) ... sample from Clarence Wed night ... Running Raven Page enhanced ... the graphics do not show since the HTML file on Summercore.com is out of context from where the graphics reside
• Smartboard (use it before noon when we pack it up ... maybe make a video of it): Aroline, Roberto (2)

General Themes

• Plan B thinking (e.g. memory sticks if network connectivity is down, ethernet if wireless is down)
• Technology is messy and stressful (cables, procedures, minutia)
• Labelling and Identification minimizes the Mess and Stress (batteries, files you turn in)
• People as priority over machines (e.g. partners, relationships, collaboration, need your help re digital time)
• Onto the Web (the world's biggest blackboard)

Quotes from some of the participants before the workshop began

• I am hoping to learn ways to seamlessly bring technology into the classroom and give students access to this information outside of the classroom.
• I am mostly self-taught in whatever I do on a computer with a little help from my friends.
• I frequently use a laptop to show PPT presentations in my classroom through a projector.
• I would like ideas on how to better share computer knowledge with other faculty
• I would like to get a general overview of how to incorporate technology in teaching, and to hear about instances where people found technology useful and instances where people have found technology not to have helped.
• I would like to learn about the benefits and practical uses of the SmartBoard technology.
• I would like to learn more about the capabilities of using the Internet with my students for putting together a Web page.
• I would love to have a better handle on PowerPoint b/c I could construct interesting lesson plans for my students to give them a change from the regular blackboard teaching.
• I have never made a Web page. Anything to help in the classroom, as the students can do SO MUCH more than I can.
• My goals are to learn new skills and to improve upon the skills I already have in order to do my job well and efficiently.
• My goals for taking this course are to become better acquainted with the many ways in which technology can aid in the process of learning so that I can use technology to become a better teacher.
• Not as knowledgeable as I would like to be but I am interested in advancement
• Which of Tim Fish's 4 levels are you at? 5

Summary from Day 1, Monday, June 26

• First session involved introductions and computer vocbulary with the 33 questions ... click here for 9AM notes from Nancy
• Second session continued more answers to the 33 questions ... click here for 10AM notes from Christa
• Next session before lunch involved the WP exercises from the Summercore memory sticks ... we called this A1 for "Assignment 1" ... we need to return to these exercises!
• After lunch, third session involved Web tricks titled "5 Easy Pieces" ... click here for the notes from Suzanne ... click here for a sample from Christa and Clarence done on Inspiration ... we downloaded the 30 day trial from www.inspiration.com ... this was assignment 2 (A2) in which each group created an inspiration diagram based on the content of this "5 Easy Pieces" talk
• Last topic of the day involved HTML and making Web pages ... click here for the 4PM notes from Greg ... this assignment was called A3 ... below are a few of the Web pages made ... make sure you VIEW SOURCE CODE to see the actual commands
• Web pages by Edith and John | Brother Francis and Roberto | Henry and Father Paschal | Nancy and Bob | Sue and Christa | Shane and Greg | Clarence and Steve |

Some Notes re Day 2, Tuesday, June 27

• Homework last night was to go over the 33 questions and do associated reading in the red book
• Today, you will get a second book, the white book
• The Web site of www.atomiclearning.com has been set up for you for test mode this week with login of Summercore and password of c----n
• A demo SmartBoard will be arriving today in the morning ... as you will hear, your computer has to be boosted with SmartBoard software in order for it to work
• We will show you how to post your Web pages onto your Portsmouth Abbey Intranet and how to add links and graphics
• We will show you how to take snapshots on the PC and turn them into JPEG files, perhaps using PAINT or Photoshop Elements or another graphics program
• Here is the "attribution" information we use at The Chapin School
  • citing images
  • citing text
• We need to show you how to add links to a Web page
• We need to show you how to turn off SMART QUOTES on Microsoft Word when making a Web page
• HW for Wed is take ownership of ONE of the Chapters in the red book or white book except for Chapter 11
• Brother Francis yesterday showed me the VERITAS school logo ... one theme to share with you is that "virtually every aspect of technology usage has a VERITAS aspect to it."
• The school has an Intranet at abbey.pas.org which can be accessed ONLY from campus. Each person has a section of the Intranet that he or she "owns" and can post information. My space corresponds to my e-mail login of SBergen and you can see it from http://abbey.pas.org/SBergen ... using Dream Weaver, some people already access this space ... you can also access it with any FTP client such as commander from www.internet-soft.com

  You have requested download link at http://www.internet-soft.com ...

  Please download the latest version from the website location http://www.internet-soft.com/download4.htm?id=J9Zw4avgU5ZXiUgP5PZP

• Some of us had success yesterday with using the free FTP client from www.coffeecup.com that is called CoffeeCup Direct FTP ... the direct URL for reading about this and downloading the trial version is www.coffeecup.com/direct-ftp ... I have not investigated yet whether they will sell a site license or provide an educational discount ... Steve Bergen 6/28

Becoming more productive with Microsoft Word

• Turning off checkboxes under AutoCorrect
• Customizing toolbars
• Headers and Footersm
• Page breaks
• Views
• Working with Columns
• Tabs and Margin Markers
• Format Painter
• Track changes
• Graphics

Posting your password protected PA Web page

1. Create or enhance the TEXT file called index.htm on your own computer that way we did Monday at 4pm; you can test it by launching it on your computer to see that it does not contain any funky Microsoft Word characters
2. Using Internet Explorer not FireFox, FTP to the PA Intranet when on campus via ftp://abbey.pas.org
3. Use the same login and password that you use for e-mail, e.g. SBergen and 12756
4. Drag the file index.htm that you have created and/or improved from your computer to your private password protected folder

Interactive Technoquickies in the Afternoon

• Blogs
• www.atomiclearning.com
• Wikis
• Photoshop
• Our camera pictures from Tuesday
• Screen snapshots
• Webquests
• Finding a Papelbaum-like Curriculum Web page for yourself or a colleague

Carnival Groups

• Curriculum resources: Brother Francis, Christa, Nancy (3)
• Microsoft Word: Henry, Robert S (2)
• Powerpoint: John Perreira, John Platt, Suzanne (3)
• Excel: Father Paschal, Tom (2)
• Front Page and Building Web site: Bob, Clarence, Greg, Shane, Steven (5)
• Smartboard (use it before noon when we pack it up ... maybe make a video of it): Aroline, Roberto (2)