Summer Term Workshops@Wan Chai and PFL Campuses
How to put the Technology into Learning
A series of refresher courses for staff who want to know more about to get
the best from the Technology at GSIS
Workshop Title
Workshop Outline
Back To Basics
Everything you wanted to know about Computers and
Systems at GSIS but were too embarrassed to ask! A refresher
course tailored to the group’s needs. Cover everything from
file management to email tips
Getting ReKnow how to customize the Active Inspire interface and use
acquainted with different profiles
your Interactive Understand how and when to use the key tools in Active
Whiteboard
Inspire
Create re-usable templates to display daily and weekly
planners and Topic Planners
Locate and install free resources from the Promethean Planet
website
Working with
If you regularly use videos then this workhop will show you
Videos in the
how to avoid problems, learn about different ways of
classroom
publishing videos, how to use the GSIS Vimeo Account, create
YouTube Playlists and use the YouTube video editor
Upgrade your
Learn how to get the best from the Google search engine,
Information
explore the affordances of other search engines, suitable for
Literacy Skills
primary students
Movie Making
This workshop will enable you to use iMovie or Moviemaker
for beginners
to:
Import, edit and publish movies
Add and edit images and soundtracks
Add text and title pages
Use some of the templates in iMovie
Work with Chroma Key or Green screen technology
Google Earth Lit
Trips
How to use
Photoshop and
edit images
Google Earth Lit trips is a great way to bring stories and
historical events to life. Learn how to illustrate events by
adding text, images and videos to locations. Very popular with
English and History teachers but could be applied to any
subject
Learn the basics of Photoshop to manage, edit and publish
your images and save yourself a lot of time.
Understand different image formats (jpeg, png, giff)
Resize and enhance your photo collection
Use the GSIS Flickr account to store and publish your photo
collection
Create and publish a photo gallery using a variety of tools (
Flickr, Animoto, Photostory)
Creating and
editing sound
files with
Audacity
eLearning with
LEO and other
Learning
Management
Solutions
iPad for
Beginners
How the iPad
can support
your
Professional
Practice
Introduction to
GSIS eLearning
Resources
Publishing
images and
videos
Enquiry
Learning with
Google Earth
Data Logging
Learn how to use Audacity to record, edit, mix and publish
multiple sound tracks
Broadcast your sound recordings on LEO or other website
Add sound effects and other ways of customizing your
recordings
An overview of how to set up a LEO to publish course
information and manage learning resources for your classes.
Learn how other eLearning solutions such as Edmodo, J2E to
allow you to create more personalized and engaging
eLearning environments
An introduction to managing Apps and other resources with
iTunes; managing email accounts; organizing photos and
video and how to share/ publish content
Introduction to the GSIS recommended Apps for teachers;
different ways of connecting iPad to a projector – Apple TV
and Reflector; sound recording and video editing and other
top tips
GSIS subscribes to many eLearning solutions such as Junior
Infant Tool Kit, Purplemash, 2Create a SuperStory, 2DIY to
make games and puzzles, 2Animate etc. Learn how you can
integrate these into your existing schemes of work
Learn how to share and publish images and videos easily and
safely using the GSIS Flickr, Animoto and Vimeo accounts
Google Earth and Google Maps offer many new ways of
learning in General Studies, Literacy and Maths. See examples
of how other teachers have integrated these tools into their
schemes of work
Find out how to put Enquiry Skills into your Science teaching.
Data Harvest have developed some excellent loggers for
Primary to measure temperature, sound, speed, heart rate,
voltage etc.