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The following computer workshops are offered in conjunction with the NBEA 2009 Annual Convention and are available to NBEA member registrants through advanced registration only. Registrations are handled on a first-come, first-served basis. Note: Computer Workshops 1A, 1B, 2A, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 6B, 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B, 9B, 10A, 10B, 11A, 11B, 13A, and 13B will accommodate 2 people per computer. Note: Computer Workshops 2B, 6A, 9A, and 12A will accommodate 1 person per computer.
1A
Google Tools:
Stuff You Didn’t
Know You Could Do with Google and Chrome (Beginner Level) Google is more than just a simple search engine!! This workshop is designed to bring great new tools from Google to your desktop and web page. In this workshop participants will learn basic skills in programs such as Blogger, Picasa, and Google’s new Chrome. Participants will also learn how to add weather, calendars, clocks, and other tools to your desktop or web page. Also, we’ll delve deeper into Google as the world’s favorite search engine and show participants how to get the most effective results.
Presenter:
Dennis Garner, Utah State University, Roosevelt, UT
Do you teach small business accounting software, such as Peachtree or QuickBooks? How about introducing students to accounting software that is used by mid-sized business? For more than 20 years, sports teams, chain stores, franchises, law firms, medical clinics, manufacturers, and accounting firms have used Dynamics GP (formerly Great Plains). Each participant receives Dynamics GP 10.0-Education software and a textbook.
Presenter: Carol Yacht, Computer Accounting Resources, Jerome, AZ Now that you have mastered the basics in the Word program, time to step up to the next level. In this workshop, students will begin using the more advanced features of Word including working with table calculations, merging, source citation referencing, customizing document themes, formatting illustrations and graphics, tracking changes, and customizing Word.
Presenter:
Susan Evans-Jennings, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX
Create a fully
functional instructional tutorial using Camtasia Studio. Camtasia Studio is a
full-featured movie-making tutorial development software program that allows
students to create professional quality video tutorials and demonstrations
quickly and easily. Come and discover for yourself how easy it is to plan,
create, and complete classroom demos and tutorials.
Presenter: Steven Mark, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC Explore YouTube for teaching and learning from a teacher’s perspective. Take advantage of the opportunity to gain hands-on experience into what YouTube has to offer for the business educator. Participants will explore professional YouTube sights appropriate for the business education classroom, upload a video from YouTube, and transport this video into PowerPoint. From business communication skills to marketing your program, participants will learn to enrich their classroom and enhance student learning with YouTube. Please bring your own jump drive. Presenters:
Diane Fisher and Sharon Rouse, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg,
MS Have you always wanted to start a blog but didn’t know how? This workshop will introduce you to the basics of blogging and how to use blogging as a learning and teaching tool. Topics covered include which blog sites to use for educational purposes, legal aspects to consider, and how to assess student created blogs.
Presenter:
Teresa Yohon, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Have you used PowerPoint for years? Do you think PowerPoint is only for boring presentations? If so, come join us! This hands-on workshop will introduce teachers to a wide variety of intermediate and advanced features of PowerPoint 2007, including creating dynamic master slides, creating custom backgrounds, using Smart-Art, and adding audio and video. Learn how to easily create posters and over-sized documents, and how to produce your own slideshows and “movies” using advanced timing and animation features. Come join us and see how to unleash the power of your old stand-by, PowerPoint. Presenter:
Christine L. Mark, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Tired of the common Office tasks that you know inside and out? Join us as we climb higher on the knowledge scale. Explore PivotTables and Pivot Charts in Excel 2007, create supplemental components and references using Word 2007, use the Expression Builder and create calculated fields in Access 2007, and customize masters and color schemes in PowerPoint 2007. Presenter: Cynthia Krebs, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT Google is more than just a simple search engine!! This workshop is designed to bring great new tools from Google to your desktop and web page. In this workshop participants will learn basic skills in programs such as Blogger, Picasa, and Google’s new Chrome. Participants will also learn how to add weather, calendars, clocks, and other tools to your desktop or web page. Also, we’ll delve deeper into Google as the world’s favorite search engine and show participants how to get the most effective results. Presenter: Dennis Garner, Utah
State University, Roosevelt, UT You may make the next famous music video! Learn how to create a music video with Movie Maker using videos, pictures, music, and sound. Presenter: Steven Mark, East
Carolina University, Greenville, NC Learn Dragon 9.0 beginning with user profile creation to production-style document preparation. Session will provide users with expertise via voice command to operate a computer, manipulate software, and create simple documents. *One person per computer Presenter:
Steven Mark, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC Attendees will be given hands-on instruction on creating a database from scratch, creating and using tables, queries, forms, and reports. Teaching tips will be included to help teachers use these news skills in their own classrooms. Attendees will be given handouts and a textbook to take with them.
Presenter: Iris C. Ellis, Valdosta, State University, Valdosta, GA Learn the business document approach to recording purchases, sales, cash receipts and payment of bills using the QuickBooks Pro Accounting Systems. Explore the features of this popular accounting system using examples from service and merchandising businesses.
Presenter: Susan
Reeves, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Experience the highs of creating charts and graphs that portray your message in an efficient and visually beautiful way! Integrate PowerPoint and Excel to professionally present your information. Explore common and advanced features while learning which charts are most appropriate for different information needs. Score high with charts and graphs!
Presenter: Cynthia Krebs, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT Participants will create and personalize publications for a fictitious volunteer agency. Using Microsoft Publisher 2007, you will import a Word document and enhance it using Publisher features. You will then learn how to merge an Excel address list with the Publisher email publication and how to merge an Access table with the Publisher catalog to market volunteering opportunities. You will also convert the Publisher catalog to a PDF format for easy distribution as an attachment.
Presenters: Mary Alice Eisch, Appleton, WI; Kathleen Krueger, Fox Valley
Technical College, Oshkosh, WI Adobe Acrobat is more than a document reader. Attend this session to explore the new features of the current version and to learn how to use Adobe Acrobat as you create course materials.
Presenter: Tamra Davis, University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK This workshop will introduce the latest version of DNS and focus on teaching tips, shortcuts and strategies for improving accuracy, troubleshooting and teaching this technology successfully. Intermediate skills will include utilizing the software with Office 2007 and other applications, customizing voice profiles, creating dictation shortcuts/voice notations, navigating/formatting by voice, and using the Dictation Box to dictate into non-standard windows. A resource CD with classroom activities/instructional strategies will be provided. *One person per computer
Presenter: Kim Larsh, Mesa Public Schools, Mesa, AZ Tired of the common Office tasks that you know inside and out? Join us as we climb higher on the knowledge scale. Explore PivotTables and Pivot Charts in Excel 2007, create supplemental components and references using Word 2007, use the Expression Builder and create calculated fields in Access 2007, and customize masters and color schemes in PowerPoint 2007.
Presenter: Cynthia Krebs, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT Explore YouTube for teaching and learning from a teacher’s perspective. Take advantage of the opportunity to gain hands-on experience into what YouTube has to offer for the business educator. Participants will explore professional YouTube sights appropriate for the business education classroom, upload a video from YouTube, and transport this video into PowerPoint. From business communication skills to marketing your program, participants will learn to enrich their classroom and enhance student learning with YouTube. Please bring your own jump drive. Presenters:
Diane Fisher and Sharon Rouse, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg,
MS You have a blog. Now you want to customized your blog and add some new features. This workshop will introduce how to embed pictures, videos, and podcasts into a blog. The use of RSS and RSS aggregators will also be introduced.
Presenter: Teresa Yohon, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Video editing is a breeze with Movie Maker. Learn how to import video, pictures, sounds, and music to make your videos look and sound great. Even better—you can easily add special effects, transitions, and titles. All of this on Windows Movie Maker, the program that is probably sitting on your computer just waiting for you to use it! Examples of student projects to use in your classroom will be included.
Presenter: Angela McCallie, Lonoke High School, Lonoke, AR Learn to communicate using Visio's tools and templates to create impressive business graphics, drawings, and diagrams. See how to integrate Visio with other MS Office products and explore the many areas in which Visio can be a useful tool for visual communication in business.
Presenter: Kathleen Richards, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT Learn to use Dragon as a productivity tool. Participants will create a user profile, review manipulation commands, then move swiftly into document preparation and assessment (users should already be comfortable using Dragon 9.0 or an earlier version). *One person per computer.
Presenter: Zinna L. Bland, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
Learn the basics
of Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional (Breeze) as you learn to: 1) Take part in
a web conference and interact with other participants through text chat and
whiteboard tools.
Presenter: Greg Wheeler, Utah State University, Roosevelt, UT
Calling all Word 2003/2002 users! Is the "look" of Word 2007 a bit confusing to you? Tips and tricks to e_a_s_e into Word 2007 and even enjoy the Microsoft Office "ride."
Presenter: Byrdeen Warwod, Bozeman Public Schools, Bozeman, MT | |||
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