Continuing Portable Professor™
Emerging Technologies Workshops for all Faculty!
Many Emerging Technologies were introduced in Portable Professor™
Summer 2008 Workshops. New workshops are being offered this
Fall semester allowing you to incorporate these tools in your
teaching. Many of these Emerging Technologies will be elaborated
upon in Portable Professor™ Fall 2008 Workshops.
We invite you to review the Workshops available below for the
Fall ’08 semester
Registering is Easy
Click on the title of the Workshop you want to attend.
After you review the workshop content, call the appropriate campus
and make an appointment. Mark your calendar and take
advantage of this opportunity to increase your teaching/learning
skills by using the technology tools that St. John’s offers all
faculty members.
Call the eStudio for the Queens sessions at (718) 990-6402
or email estudio@stjohns.edu. For
Staten Island sessions, call the Center for Technology Education at
(718) 390-4589 or email cte@stjohns.edu.
Teaching with
Wikis
- Overview of Wikis
- Creating a Wiki
- Wiki Lab Session
Teaching with
Blogs
- Overview of Blogs
- Creating a Blog
- Posting to a Blog
- Blog Lab Session
Email Management and
Spam Filtering
- Calculate mailbox size
- Manage Inbox
- Create folders
- Move and delete emails
- Archive your email
- Learn the features of Spam Digest
- Use the Rules and Alerts feature to manage spam email
Hold Virtual
Meetings using St. John’s Central
- Use Chat to communicate with your students in and out of the
classroom
- Use the Message Board to promote student participation
- Add links, announcements for your course
- Upload and retrieve files
- Email your entire roster
BlackBoard 1:
Basics
- Extensive Overview of BlackBoard features
- Backing up your Course
- Migrating course content
BlackBoard
II: Creating Quizzes, Tests and Surveys
- Create quizzes using BlackBoard
- Create various question types including multiple-choice,
true-false and matching
BlackBoard III:
Communication Tools
- Discover how teaching online compares with teaching within a
classroom
- Real time tools include Chat and Whiteboard
- Learn to use tools such as Mail, Discussions, Calendar,
Announcement, and Homepage Text blocks
Live @ edu 1:
Collaborating Tools
- Extensive Overview
- Using Sky Drive (a virtual hard drive)
- Collaborating with Office Live (document sharing)
- Create a Personalized Page
- Scheduling Events
STJ Collaboration
Gateway I: Basics
- Enhance your class by developing a wiki, a collaborative, web
based library in which a group comes together to create one
knowledge base.
- Connect with your students with a class blog or web log, a news
style journal.
- Document Collaboration brings Microsoft Office to life.
It allows for web based collaboration and editing of
documents.
- The Homework Drop Box is a secure way for students to submit
their assignments without clogging your email in-box.
Transitioning to
Office 2007
- Overview of how the new 2007 office design differs from the
Office 2003
- Learn new Office 2007 terms such as Microsoft Office
Button, the Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar Commands
Excel
2007 I: Basics
- Learn new features of Excel 2007 such as the Insert Function
dialog box to help with easy formula creation
- Add images to your spreadsheets to make them visually
appealing
- Apply new styles to make formatting your
worksheets easier
PowerPoint 2007
I: Basics
- Learn new features of PowerPoint 2007 such as
Office Online
- Create subsets of your slides for custom slide
shows
Word
2007 I: Basics
- Learn new features of Word 2007 such as converting a document
from an earlier version of Word, add effects and gain
practical skills in saving, retrieving, and printing documents
- Learn the Microsoft Office Button, Ribbon and Quick Access
Toolbar Commands
Live Classroom
Experience - Wimba I: Basics
- Extensive Overview of Wimba Live Classroom features
- Demo of Wimba Live Classroom Session
- Giving and Receiving Assignments
Wimba II:
Podcasting
- Create a Podcast in the Wimba Live Classroom Environment
- Learn the process of recording your own audio segment
- Save recordings as podcasts, and publish the
recordings for your students and colleagues to access at any time
they wish