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=Welcome to the Eastside AzTEA Events & Workshops Page=

Eastside AzTEA Workshops:
Exceptional and Fun Professional Development Learn from the professionals through ISTE's Technology In Practice webinar series, facilitated by AzTEA professionals. (ISTE is the International Society for Technology in Education and AzTEA is the Arizona Technology in Education Association)

Earn re-certification hours

Tuesday, Nov. 2nd
4:30 – 6:00 PM

With the abundance of information today, it’s more important than ever to communicate effectively. And no doubt, when **your students** reach the workforce, they’ll be required to communicate through presentations. Join David Jakes as he shares strategies you can use to **help your students** develop compelling presentations for school and for their future careers. Come away with 10 practical strategies for helping students develop compelling presentation media. Gilliland Middle School 1025 South Beck Ave. Tempe

Nov. 30th 4:30 – 6:00 PM
 * __Impact Learning with Images__**

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so imagine what one can do when incorporated into a lesson. In this upcoming webinar, learn how to use powerful copyright-friendly images to enhance learning and engage students. Presenter Gail Lovely shares a number of resources to get you started: image sources, free image editing software, and image creation tools. You’ll be motivated to begin teaching with more images right away! Gilliland Middle School

January: Resources for Language Arts Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 4:30 -6 PM As the world we live and teach in evolves, the role of the educator is changing too. This presentation takes a look at some exciting digital story-telling tools, as well as some alternative search engines for students. We will explore some great ways to search for content as well as ways to help teachers integrate other web tools into their classroom learning. We will watch the archived copy of this ISTE webinar together. Then we will build on the items or tools introduced during the 30 minutes post-webinar time.
 * __Cool Tools for Schools__**

Location:
Cave Creek Unified School District



Won by Darlene Price!!!

Hands On workshop: Two sessions: Choose to learn either GarageBand (Mac iLife tool) or Audacity (free PC tool) Date: Tuesday, Jan. 25th Time: 4:30 - 6 PM Location: Tesseract School
 * Bing, Bang, Badda Boom: Using Sound Tools in Your Content Area **

February: Science Focus __**Movin' on Up in Science - Taking Integration to the Next Level**__ Date: Thursday, Feb. 17th Location: Paradise Valley Unified School District, 15002 N. 32nd St. (Greenway and SR 51) Map 4:30 -6 PM

Ben and Jared are back! And in this webinar, they show you how to effectively and seamlessly integrate technology into your science classroom. See how they use technology to help their students find information, collect and analyze data, and communicate about their learning. Discover how the NETS for Students can provide a roadmap for what your students should be able to do. Learn from best practices, handouts, and sample projects. Presenters Ben Smith and Jared Mader of Red Lion School District in Pennsylvania are well-known for how they integrate technology into the science curriculum.

E arn re-certification hours !

April : Cross-curricular with Handhelds

__**iPods and iPads: Hands On and Webinar**__

In this combination watching and hands on workshop, we will be sharing the best of two of ISTE's Technology in Practice Webinar series.
 * Teaching with the iPod Touch:** This thumbs-on workshop is designed for iPod Touch users to explore fun and productive apps and finally get that iPod doing all it's meant to do! Learn ways to customize your iPod Touch for personal efficiency; explore applications for communication, collaboration, and productivity; envision and plan a classroom-rollout for iPod Touches; explore an iPod website designed to provide an educator-friendly interface for using iPods.
 * iPad Program Implementation:** Discover the possibilities of learning in your classroom with the new iPad and turn your classroom into an engaging learning environment with media rich learning resources and interactive applications. Participants will learn about the many applications available across the curriculum and management strategies for their use in the classroom.

1025 South Beck AvenueTempe, AZ 85281 Cross streets: Priest and University, easy access from the 202, 143, or 60.
 * 4:30 - 5:30 Portions of each webinar will be viewed together.
 * 5:30 - 6:00 Hands on time to play with the devices. Q&A. Discussion.
 * Web resources are provided from each webinar.
 * We will have a set of iPads for you to try out and a few iPods. If you have your own of either device, please bring it with you, fully charged.
 * No registration required.
 * Professional Development credit provided.
 * Location:** Gililland Middle School [[image:http://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/transparent.png height="16"]]

Follow-up:
 * Thanks to Jannifer Wolfgramm for hosting and Randy Thomas for bringing extra iPads to the iPod/iPad training yesterday. It was a great success. I am not sure of the final count but I think it was about 15 people who were able to attend. Thanks to Cherie for bringing snacks and more importantly screening two different webinars and showing the best of each. We also had a great discussion before, during and after the webinar. There was great interest in having another training this summer. **

**May** Theme- Cross-curricular Mapping //Dr. Alice Christie sharing Google Treks// Wednesday, May 11, 2011 4:30-6:30 PM at Gilland Middle School, 1025 Beck Ave, Tempe, Az 85281

Please RSVP if you plan to attend by clicking on this link. RSVP or register on AzTEA Calendar page

Questions? Contact: Cherie Stafford, cheryl.stafford@mcesa.maricopa.gov 602-372-3684 wk or Day of event only: (480) 200-2345 or Julia Lott, alpteacher@gmail.com

Link to Sign In and Survey for re-certification hours.


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April : iPods and iPads: Hands On and Webinar ====** Thanks to Jannifer Wolfgramm for hosting and Randy Thomas for bringing extra iPads to the iPod/iPad training yesterday. It was a great success. I am not sure of the final count but I think it was about 15 people who were able to attend. Thanks to Cherie for bringing snacks and more importantly screening two different webinars and showing the best of each. We also had a great discussion before, during and after the webinar. There was great interest in having another training this summer. **====

** FAQs About Webinars **
What is a webinar? //It is a web-based seminar, accessed through a computer with Internet access.//

What if I have never participated in a webinar? //No problem! For these sessions, you will not even need a computer! We will watch the webinar together from one projected computer.//

What about the sharing, learning, and discussion that happens when teachers gather together face to face? //We are providing 30 minutes of time for you to do that. We will also show you how to access and watch webinars on your own, for future offerings.//

Can I watch from home? //No, not for this series. In the future we will have webinar offerings you will be able to view from wherever you like.//

For questions, contact Cherie Stafford cstaffordtips@gmail.com

AZTEA Westside Chapter and Yolink Education presented a series of 3- one hour webinars.

Title: Search It, Find It, Share It: Better Web Research
When: Monday, November 1 and 15th and Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Where: Elluminate-Participate from the comfort of your home on your computer What Time: 7:00-8:00 PM

Workshop presenter: Anne Kimbrel, yolink Evangelist

2008 Events
Saturday, October 4, 2008 ASU East Polytechnic Education Fair

Thursday, May 8th and Friday May 9th [|Classroom 2.0 LIVE Workshop ~ Phoenix Style] Wish you knew more about Web 2.0 and how it can be used in the classroom or your district? Join us in at our third Ed Tech Collaboration Workshop on Thursday, May 8 and Friday, May 9, 2008 in Paradise Valley 15002 N. 32nd St. (This is just south of Greenway. There is an exit off SR 51. For more information and to sign up click on the link above and add your name to the "I'm Attending Page".
 * Time:** 9:00 am - 4:00 pm each day
 * Location:** Paradise Valley Unified School District Office

3 M's; __**M**__icrosoft, **__M__**arco Polo & **__M__**ore in Maricopa
 * February 19, 2008 Maricopa**

Oct 24th, 2007 Wading Through Web 2.0 (Eastside AzTEA Kickoff Event @ Salt River High)

2006-2007 Events
May 11th, 2007 Final Ed Tech Collaboration Meeting

April 18, 2007 Real Time Projects and Problem Based Learning (Paradise Valley District Office)

February 28, 2007 Are your Kids Googlized? Guest Speakers, Google Engineers

February 1, 2007 Gizmos and Gadgets; Cool Technology Tools for Instructional Technologists (Mesa District Office)

January 10, 2007 Gizmos and Gadgets; Cool Technology Tools for Your Classroom (Mesa District Office) Guest speakers: CCS Presentation Systems, Julie Solomon

November 8, 2006 Technology You Want; Money You Need (Kick-off Event @ Gilbert Jr. High)  Guest Speaker: Tammy Hernandez, ASSET - Successful Grant Writing (Qwest/AzTEA Grants)