Google Apps! A Million Possibilities

Bring all of your computing content into a single space using iGoogle, or help students share their work using a Google document. The Google Applications are a great place to start looking into a possible future of how we use computer software. Take a look at the Crib Sheets on this webpage or read this article from Educause.

The Great Sir Ken Robinson Again!

Is creativity really more important than knowledge? Take a look here and see what you think. Sir Ken Robinson, a favorite thinker and dreamer, takes aim at not just reforming educational paradigms, but recreating them altogether.

There Are Great Things Out There! For Free!

Using websites like TED talks and Fora, web based newsletters like the eSchool News, Chronicle of Higher Education, or Education Week we can just keep up on current events or hear something that might make a positive change in our teach repertoire. The day when great ideas and relevent news can come streaming into your view is here!

Fall 2008 TELS Workshops

These brown bag events will be held monthly. Topics will range from classroom management, Photoshop for teachers to making tests in Blackboard. See our schedule below. To register, use the ITS Training Homepage and select "view all courses" or select "TELS." Mail any other questions to to todd_conaway@yc.edu. Seating is limited.

August in Prescott

• Blackboard for Beginners
  August 22, Friday @ 11 – 12pm
  TELS Office 3-107

• Blackboard Assignment Feature
  August 25, Monday @ 11 – 12pm
  TELS Office 3-107

• Course Mapping
  August 26, Tuesday @ 9 - 10am
  TELS Office 3-107

• Blackboard for Beginners
  August 26, Tuesday @ 1:30 - 2:30pm
  TELS Office 3-107

• Make Some Nice Video
  August 29, Friday @ 11 - 12pm
  TELS Media Studio 3–107

• The Computer is Your Phone: Skype 101
  August 29, Friday @ 1:30 - 2:30pm
  TELS office 3-107

August on the Verde Campus

• Blackboard for Beginners
  August 27th, Wednesday @ 12 - 1pm
  TELS Verde Office M-206

September in Prescott

• Blackboard for Beginners
  September 2, Tuesday, 10:30-11:30am
  TELS Office 3-107
  

• Creating a Profile in Blackboard
  September 3, Wednesday, @ 12 - 1pm
  TELS Office 3-107
  

• Covert Paper Docs to Text
  September 4, Thursday, 11:00-12:00am
  TELS Office 3-107
  

• Using Online Photo Sharing Services
  September 10, 11 to 12 & 1:30 to 2:30
  TELS Office 3-107
  

• Using Scribd: Embed Your PDFs
  September 19, Friday, @ 9 - 10am
  TELS Office 3-107
  

• Record Your Teaching: Tegrity Workshops
  EVERY Friday in September 1:30 to 2:30
  TELS Office 3-107

September on the Verde Campus

• Blackboard for Beginners
  September 12, Friday @ 9 - 10am
  Verde TELS Office M-206
  

• Google Documents and More
  September 18, Thursday @ 12 - 1pm
  Verde TELS Office M-206
  

• Video Resources for Blackboard
  September 24, Wednesday @ 1 - 2pm
  Verde TELS Office M-206
  

• Making a Mid-Semester Student Survey
  September 25, Thursday @ 4 - 5pm
  Verde TELS Office M-206
  

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
-Alvin Toffler