Prerequisite Skills: Fundamentals of PC, Telecommunications – Email, Telecommunications – World Wide Web, and Word Processing

Course Objectives:

• Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
  • Plan, create, and edit images and graphic organizers using program toolbars and commands.
  • Add graphics, sound, animation, clip art, digital images, and special effects to design informational documents and original artwork.
  • Identify resources which can support and extend drawing-based applications.
  • Identify ways in which drawing-based applications can be used to meet professional and instructional needs.
• Participants will be evaluated on their ability to:
• Produce, edit, and customize a variety of presentation products.
• Design, assess, and share a Pixie product created to meet a curriculum indicator or professional need.

Resources:

Session 1

• Technology Skills Assessment for Pixie
• Fundamental Technology Skills Checklist
• Maryland Teacher Technology Standards
• Maryland Technology Literacy Standards for Students, Grades PreK-8, electronic (http://mdk12.org/mspp/vsc/index.html) and handout
• BCPS Technology Skills Continuum for Professional Development
• Pixie User Guide (Large 70.3MB File)
• Pixie Software Information v3
• Pixie Window
• Pixie What is a Community slide (Pixie File - Right Click and Choose Save Target As)

Session 2

• Community Helper (Pixie File - Right Click and Choose Save Target As)
• Curriculum Based Technology Integrated Activities (CBTIAs) located at http://www.bcps.org/apps/CBTIA/
• Pixie Scoring Tool for Session 2

Session 3

• What Can One Kid Do? Scoring Tool
• Life Cycle of a Butterfly Slide Show Tutorial for Pixie
• CBTIA template
• Pixie Scoring Tool for Session 3

Session 4

• CBTIA Template
• Levels of Cognitive Demand
• Learning Styles and Preferences
• Using the CBTIA database
• Examining CBTIAs

Session 5

• Voluntary State Curriculum (electronic at http://mdk12.org/mspp/vsc/index.html)
• Technology Skills Assessment for Pixie

View a complete listing of all technology integration inservice courses and register online at: https://www.bcps.org/apps/registration/.

Professional development for technology literacy and technology integration is provided by the Office of Instructional Technology, Baltimore County Public Schools.

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