CEM - Computer Classes

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June 2009 Pages - Apple's Answer to MS Word Platform: Macintosh Donna Huckenpoehler Monday, June 8th, 2009 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Holy Family School, Albany $25.00 Pages - Integration Ideas Now you know the basics, so let's put it to use. This class will explore ways of using pages for curriculum integration and enhancement. Come explore and get ideas for brochures, posters, books, notetaking, timelines, poems, stories and cards. Pages - Integration Ideas Platform: Macintosh Donna Huckenpoehler Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Holy Family School, Albany $25.00 Now you know the basics of Pages, so let's put it to use. This class will explore ways of using Pages for curriculum integration and enhancement. Come explore and get ideas for brochures, posters, books, note taking, timelines, poems, stories and cards. Keynote - Presentation Integration Ideas Platform: Macintosh Donna Huckenpoehler Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Holy Family School, Albany $25.00 This class will explore ways to use Keynote (Apple's answer to MS PowerPoint) for curriculum presentations and interactive stories, while learning the easy-to-use Keynote application! Claymation with iStopMotion Platform: Macintosh Scott Steffes Thursday, June 11th, 2009 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sacred Heart School, Sauk Rapids $25.00 Claymation in the Classroom! Come learn this fun way to integrate art and technology into your Curriculum. This is a great tool for Catechesis and Youth Ministry as well! Macintosh Tips and Tricks Platform: Macintosh Tim Welch Friday, June 12th, 2009 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cathedral High School, St. Cloud $25.00 If you have a Macintosh, you will want to attend this class to work more efficiently, and have more fun doing it! Youtube, Slideshare and SurveyMonkey in Catechesis and Youth Ministry Platform: Windows or Macintosh (but taught on Windows) Tim Welch Monday, June 15th, 2009 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cathedral High School, St. Cloud $25.00 We'll harvest videos from YouTube, and put them into our PowerPoint Presentations! And we'll explore Slideshare and SurveyMonkey as ways of integrating technology into our catechetical/youth ministry programs. Integrating Kid Pix into Curriculum Platform: Windows or Macintosh (but taught on Macintosh) Donna Huckenpoehler Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Holy Family School, Albany $25.00 This class will explore ways to integrate technology into your curriculum using Kid Pix. Introduction to FileMaker Pro Day 1 Platform: Windows or Macintosh (but taught on Windows) Tim Welch Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cathedral High School, St. Cloud $25.00 Learn FileMaker Pro, the award winning database, known for its ease of use given the power it provides! Three days will take you through the basics of creating databases and automating much of your work! These classes are appropriate for FileMaker Pro versions 7 through 10. Introduction to FileMaker Pro Day 2 Platform: Windows or Macintosh (but taught on Windows) Tim Welch Thursday, June 18th, 2009 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cathedral High School, St. Cloud $25.00 Learn FileMaker Pro, the award winning database, known for its ease of use given the power it provides! Three days will take you through the basics of creating databases and automating much of your work! These classes are appropriate for FileMaker Pro versions 7 through 10. Introduction to FileMaker Pro Day 3 Platform: Windows or Macintosh (but taught on Windows) Tim Welch Friday, June 19th, 2009 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cathedral High School, St. Cloud $25.00 Learn FileMaker Pro, the award winning database, known for its ease of use given the power it provides! Three days will take you through the basics of creating databases and automating much of your work! These classes are appropriate for FileMaker Pro versions 7 through 10. Microsoft Excel Day 1 Platform: Windows or Macintosh (but taught on Windows) S. Del Marie Rysavy Monday, June 22nd, 2009 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cathedral High School, St. Cloud $25.00 (The areas covered by these three Excel classes will be driven by the needs of the students... a short questionnaire will be emailed before class begins. So what follows is a tentative description.) What a spreadsheet looks like: cells, worksheets, etc.; navigating worksheets; entering text and numbers; writing simple formulas and functions; copying and pasting; borders and shading; absolute cell reference; formatting text and numbers; doing a simple chart Understanding Macintosh Accounts and Permissions This class has been cancelled. Microsoft Excel Day 2 Platform: Windows or Macintosh (but taught on Windows) S. Del Marie Rysavy Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cathedral High School, St. Cloud $25.00 (The areas covered by these three Excel classes will be driven by the needs of the students... a short questionnaire will be emailed before class begins. So what follows is a tentative description.) More functions, more on charts: types, complexity, making changes; working with ranges, lookup tables. Mac OS X Server: WorkGroup Manager and Server Admin Basics This class has been cancelled. Microsoft Excel Day 3 Platform: Windows or Macintosh (but taught on Windows) S. Del Marie Rysavy Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cathedral High School, St. Cloud $25.00 (The areas covered by these three Excel classes will be driven by the needs of the students... a short questionnaire will be emailed before class begins. So what follows is a tentative description.) Lists (sorting, searching, form); putting Excel spreadsheets/charts in Word; mail merging data with Word; using multiple worksheets; importing/exporting data. Microsoft PowerPoint Day 1 Platform: Windows or Macintosh (but taught on Windows) S. Del Marie Rysavy Thursday, June 25th, 2009 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cathedral High School, St. Cloud $25.00 Make a PowerPoint presentation in one day! Microsoft PowerPoint Day 2 This class has been cancelled.	August 2009 Microsoft Publisher Introduction Platform: Windows only Rebecca Kurowski and Becky Dingmann Monday, August 3rd, 2009 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cathedral High School, St. Cloud $25.00 This is an introduction to Microsoft Publisher for those new to this page layout program Digital Storytelling with iLife Day 1: iPhoto and iTunes Platform: Macintosh only Tim Welch Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cathedral High School, St. Cloud $25.00 Let’s do some activities with iPhoto, and then learn iTunes! With pictures and sound, we are set for story telling. We will also use iTunes to see what stories others are telling through podcasting. The point of all this? To learn storytelling and media skills for education and catechesis! Digital Storytelling with iLife Day 2: GarageBand and Podcasting Platform: Macintosh only Tim Welch Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cathedral High School, St. Cloud 25 iTunes is good for finding, importing and playing the music, sounds and speeches of others... but what if you want to record your own? This day is to tell a story via recorded audio. “BYOU” (if you have a ukulele, otherwise bring another instrument, or just yourself!). Perfect for music teachers and those who want their students to broadcast! Digital Storytelling with iLife Day 3: iMovie ‘06 (Notice 06, not 08) Platform: Macintosh only Ginny Thomas Thursday, August 6th, 2009 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cathedral High School, St. Cloud $25.00 How can we explore digital storytelling without video? This class explores the venerable... and powerful... iMovie ‘06. It has more editing capabilities than iMovie ‘08. The point of all this? To tell a story in education, using video! Wikis, Blogs and other Web 2.0 Tools for Education, Youth Ministry and Catechesis Platform: Windows or Macintosh (but taught on Macintosh) Mary Keifenheim Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cathedral High School, St. Cloud 25 Explore Web 2.0 Tools! Collaborate with a Wiki, Create a Blog, and explore other Web 2.0 tools like Twitter and Delicious!
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