APPLE/MAC training for our APPLE CORE Principals and STCs continued in December with "Meet the MAC" training featuring a basic introduction to their new hardware features such as their "Dock" of tools, the "Dongle" to present videos from the video projector and a "Driver" which is their remote tool for moving their presentations from anywhere in the room.
This new community of learners has begun the process of transition from the PC to the new MACBOOK which is expected to empower principals and teachers to create more engaging presentations and learning experiences. New technology vocabulary was our initial challenge as we learned about Widgets, Safari, Firefox,Twittering, Blogging, Flip video, and Dongles. Then we built our own personal dashboards using widgets. This was just the beginning of our new vocabulary experience!
We also visited APPLE Interchange for online tutorial help and valuable information. Check it out at this link. http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali
The APPLE CORE STCs joined us for Tier 2 training! We saw the attached video about our Digital World, learned new student vocabulary such as L2M, POS and TAW! Ask a digital native if you don't know these new "words".
We also learned about APPLE/MAC features of:
voice over to read aloud to students, stickies as task lists, Mousepose'2 for highlighting text in presentations, and how to create a playlist and burn a DVD.
This new OS has been engaging and empowering as we learn to educate first ourselves and next our students. Stay tuned for an update of the progress being made at individual schools.
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Monday, December 10, 2007
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