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=Millennium Project Training Opportunities Provided Through EASTCONN & the CT Writing Project= WMS teachers have the opportunity to attend training that is being co-sponsored by EASTCONN and the CT Writing Project. The Millennium Project grant will cover the cost of your registration. You will also receive a stipend for attending this training since it is taking place outside of your regular school hours. **Space is limited so please register as soon as possible. To register, scroll to the bottom of this screen and complete the survey. Be sure to choose YES or NO for each session. Then scroll to the end of the survey and click the Submit button.** Questions? E-mail Jane at jcook@windham.k12.ct.us or call her extension at 3156.

4 PM - 7 PM at EASTCONN's 3rd Floor Computer Lab
The “read only” Web has been replaced with the “read/write” Web and with it have come some amazing Web-based technology tools. Known as Web 2.0 tools, they provide educators with free or low cost instructional resources that open up a whole new world for teaching and learning. Spend three hours exploring such tools as Animoto to create online presentations, Delicious to create online bookmarks and share them with colleagues and students, Google Docs to create online forms, Picnik to edit photos online, Wordle to design beautiful word clouds, Wall Wisher to create a bulletin board for electronic post-it notes, and more. You’ll be amazed at the possibilities!

9 AM - 12 Noon at EASTCONN's 3rd Floor Computer Lab
SMART Boards have changed chalkboards into interactive white boards that provide students with digital manipulatives that promote collaboration and higher order thinking as well as transform teaching and learning. Teachers and students can write on the board with their “magic pens” and turn their writing into digital text. Teachers will explore the resources available on the Web and in the SMART Notebook software including lesson plans and galleries of learning tools. Bring your lesson planning ideas and learn how to create engaging lessons that integrate technology across the curriculum.

9 AM - 12 Noon at EASTCONN's 3rd Floor Computer Lab
”The word processor is the writer’s dishwasher: it liberates you from a chore that drains your energy” (William Zinsser, __On Writing Well__). MS Word, the world’s foremost word processor, is a powerful tool for communication and collaboration. Become a “power user” by learning how to use some of MS Word’s advanced features such as using Track Changes to comment on a student’s work, comparing documents side by side, running mail merges, creating a Table of Contents in a long document, inserting section breaks and changing page layouts throughout a document, as well as mastering bullets and numbered lists. Explore Google Docs, an online word processor, spreadsheet and presentation tool, which allows multiple users to collaborate on the same document simultaneously. Bring your ideas and materials for projects so you can spend your time creating instructional materials and resources for your students.

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