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TECH FORUM 2009 This wikispace will be used by the presenters to add documents, links and notes concerning the forum. Participants are welcome to download any they require and to add to the site. NOTE: the Blog workshop will NOT be running as the presenter is unavailable.A new Page

PLEASE VIEW THE EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR EACH WORKSHOP

At the conclusion of each workshop time has been set aside for participants to discuss, investigate and plan how they will incorporate what they have learnt into their classroom activities, programming and curriculum.
 * Where?** Merimbula RSL Club / Cooma Public School
 * When?** Tuesday March 31st - Wednesday April 1st - 9:00 - 3:30 and Tuesday 7th April
 * Agenda:** Participants will have the opportunity to attend two 3 hour hands-on workshops of their choice (one each day) as well as be shown some of the new and exciting things that are happening in technology today.

> At the end of this 3 hour hands-on workshop you'll have a wikispace in place and ready to go!
 * Workshops:**
 * 1) **Interactive WhiteBoards** - these are rolling out into schools everywhere and offer a whole new world of teaching and learning. Join Tracey Butters, a experienced Promethian presenter, and she will walk you through the basics right up to the "you beaut" stuff getting you ready and raring to join this revolution.
 * 2) **Wikispaces** - many, many schools and teachers are using these wonderful tools to connect with their students, parents and community or to provide a collaborate sharepoint for their students to work on projects. They are even used very efficiently as digital portfolios. What are they? How do they work? How do I mange it? You'll be surprised at how easy they are to create and manage.
 * 1) **Podcasting** - of all the forms of communication on the web, podcasting and vodcasting are the two that have taken off like skyrockets! Learn how to create your own podcast/vodcast and embed it into your webpage, wikispace or Blog.
 * 2) **Multi-media workshop** - this very successful workshop has been presented to many individual small schools and we thought it was time to offer it to everyone at this forum. It involves hands-on experiences with digital photography: shooting, downloading, manipulating with Photoshop Elementsfollowed by a quick lesson in creating your own music and concluding by combining the two in a slide show (either Photostory or Garageband/iMovie). This is a fun workshop with some great educational outcomes and uses.