Join us for an exciting monthly series that focuses on the sciences, from earth science to biology to scientific visualization to chemistry and more! Explore the world of science through hands-on tools and activities developed at the San Diego Supercomputer Center. Learn new ways to enhance your curriculum.
TeacherTECH Summer Science Workshops
NASA Wants You on a Mission!
Monday- Tuesday, July 6-7, 2009- 9:30am-3:30pm
Space captures the attention and imagination of students, two critical components of success in academia. This two-day workshop will take you through a NASA portal on a journey of discovery.
YOUR mission during the workshop is to put the astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) to work for
you with the ISS EarthKAM. ISS EarthKAM (Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students) is a NASA
education program which enables students, teachers of all academic disciplines, and the public to learn about
Earth from the unique perspective of space.
Presented by Maria Catalina, The Astronaut Teacher Alliance Enrollment Closed
Modeling the Molecular World Through the National SMART Team Program
Monday- Friday, July 20-24, 2009- 9:00am-4:00pm
The San Diego-based SMART Team program is a new Howard Hughes Medical Institute-supported pre-college science outreach program aimed at introducing high school students to basic concepts of protein structure and function. The program aims to involve students in a series of innovative activities focused on protein structure in which students work with research labs to design and build a physical model of the protein being investigated in a local research lab.
Presented by Rebecca Bowers-Gentry, San Diego Miramar College and Tim Herman, Milwaukee School of Engineering
Course stipend is $200. Participants will also receive a complete classroom set of protein models.
Download More Information and an Application Form
Conference of New Teachers in Genomics
Monday- Friday, July 27-31, 2000- 8:30am- 4:00pm
This introductory hands-on five-day workshop is a must for any educator who wants to explore genomics through the use of biotechnology and genomics activities for the classroom. Industry scientists and academic researchers will provide training on the basics of DNA structure and function. The laboratory sessions will include preparation of and procedures for DNA extraction and expression. Computer laboratory sessions will include data analysis with clustering, as well as other bioinformatics tools.
Faciliated by Judi Heitz, Grossmont Unified School District, Susan Moerder, Francis Pakrer School and researchers from The Scripps Research Institute and UC San Diego Enrollment Closed
Around Town and the Country- Training Opportunities for Teachers
BioEASI K-12 Science Art Challenge
Have you ever wondered why all of the original scientists, Leonardo, Galileo, DaVinci, and even Darwin, were also artists? Science and the arts are necessarily interconnected since both disciplines seek a means to observe, understand and explain the world; yet, because the subjects are now taught separately, their similarities are difficult to recognize. Think of the lost creative input to the sciences! Inspire your students to discover new ways to look at science and the world by encouraging them to make a piece for the "Science Art Challenge" contest.
K-12 Professional Development Offered by the San Diego County Office of Education
Are you up for a little professional learning to sharpen your skills? Data Intensive Science, Environmental Education, Robotics, Science Fair, Family Science, High School Science Forums and more are all offered to interested teachers by the San Diego County Office of Education, Science Department!. Log on today and enroll in an opportunity for youand/or your students! For additional information, please contact Nancy Taylor, K-12 Science Coordinator, ntaylor@sdcoe.net.
Beginning Podcasting for Educators (Mac) Saturday, July 11, 2009- 9:00am -3:30pm
Podcasting is an emerging technology that is being utilized in education to give students, teachers, administrators, and school districts an authentic voice and to provide them with a wide audience to share their work. We will discuss how podcasting is being used in education with the focus on incorporating podcasting into curriculum to benefit teaching and learning, as a showcasing tool for school sites and districts, and to deliver training materials. We will provide hands on instruction on how to download, listen, and create podcasts using both GarageBand™ and iMovie™ software and how to publish your podcast on the Internet. Copyright will also be discussed as needed throughout the sessions.
Presented by Mike Senise, San Diego Unified School District
Course fee: $45.00 Download Complete Workshop Information and an Application Form
Moodle I: Beginning Moodle for Educators Saturday, July 18, 2009- 9:00am -3:30pm
Moodle is an open source learning management system (LMS) used to augment traditional face-to-face
courses and also deliver content in online courses. Moodle is a web-based, software package designed using sound pedagogical principles to help educators create effective online, constructivist, learning communities. Moodle is currently used by more than 1,000 teachers and thousands of students in San Diego area schools. In this beginning course, you will begin to build and add content to your Moodle course by creating resources such as web pages, links to files and web sites, and organizing files into folders accessible in Moodle.
Presented by Mike Senise, San Diego Unified School District
Course fee: $45.00 Download Complete Workshop Information and an Application Form
Moodle II: Intermediate Moodle for Educators Saturday, July 25, 2009- 9:00am -3:30pm
Participants should be familiar with the basics of Moodle, including how to add activities and files, and how to navigate a Moodle course. This course will teach you strategies on how to implement online collaboration and interaction in Moodle. Covered in this course will be glossaries and online assignments, online discussion and collaboration, data driven decision making, construction of online self-graded quizzes and collection of data to help drive your instruction.
Presented by Mike Senise, San Diego Unified School District
Course fee: $45.00 Download Complete Workshop Information and an Application Form
Moodle III: Advanced Moodle for Educators Saturday, August 1, 2009- 9:00am -3:30pm
This training session is designed to extend and enhance the skills of a Moodle course creator with a focus on peer assessment, online content delivery and collaboration. Included will be discussions of key instructional design principles as they apply to the elements of your Moodle course.
Presented by Mike Senise, San Diego Unified School District
Course fee: $45.00 Download Complete Workshop Information and an Application Form
Beginning SMART™ Interactive White Board for Educators Monday, August 3, 2009- 9:00am -3:00pm
This is a beginning workshop for teachers who are starting to use or who are interested in
using a SMART™ Interactive Whiteboard. This workshop will introduce you to SMART™ Board hardware and software. You will learn how to create engaging interactive lessons to meet the needs of your students, as well as
find lessons and templates that correlate to the standards. This workshop, appropriate for teachers of all grade levels, will give practical ways on how to keep students focused and engaged while learning key components of the curriculum.
Presented by Kelly Smith, SMART™ Exemplary Educator, The Nativity School
Course fee: $45.00 Download Complete Workshop Information and an Application Form
Intermediate/Advanced SMART Interactive White Board for Educators Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 9:00am -3:00pm
This SMART™ workshop is intended for teachers who want to master the advanced features of the SMART™ software and hardware. By the end of the day you will have learned how to incorporate the SMART™ Board into your existing curriculum while having the time to prepare and share lessons or units to be used in your classroom.
Presented by Kelly Smith, SMART™ Exemplary Educator, The Nativity School
Course fee: $45.00 Download Complete Workshop Information and an Application Form
Digital Storytelling Using Apple iLife Wednesday, August 5, 2009 - 9:00am -3:00pm
Invigorate your curriculum with dynamic digital storytelling! Apple’s iLife Suite helps you weave images, video, sound, and voice into a multimedia masterpiece. This hands-on session will be spent learning the basics of Garageband, iMovie, and iPhoto and how they can add depth and enthusiasm into any content area. Discover the exciting possibilities that can turn your students into enthusiastic producers, directors and editors of their very own creative productions. Participants will walk away with sensational collaborative projects and creative ideas to utilize on the very first day of school.
Presented by Kelly Smith, The Nativity School
Course fee: $45.00 Download Complete Workshop Information and an Application Form
Beginning Podcasting for Educators (Windows) Saturday, August 8, 2009- 9:00am -3:30pm
Podcasting is an emerging technology that is being utilized in education to give students, teachers, administrators, and school districts an authentic voice and to provide them with a wide audience to share their work. We will discuss how podcasting is being used in education with the focus on incorporating podcasting into curriculum to benefit teaching and learning, as a showcasing tool for school sites and districts, and to deliver training materials. We will provide hands on instruction on how to download, listen, and create podcasts using both Audacity™ and Movie Maker™ software and how to publish your podcast on the Internet. Copyright will also be discussed as needed throughout the sessions.
Presented by Mike Senise, San Diego Unified School District
Course fee: $45.00 Download Complete Workshop Information and an Application Form
StudentTECH Summer Science and Technology Workshops
Structures in Action!
Friday, July 10, 2009 - 9:00am -3:30pm
Join engineers from the Department of Structural Engineering and learn about basic concepts of structural design! Students will design a simple truss bridge, solve for the forces in the bridge mathematically, build a model of their structure and then test their bridge in a competition to see how closely they can predict when the bridge will fail. The seminar objectives are to encourage students to continue their education in science and engineering through understanding the importance and challenges of engineering, and how basic science and mathematics can be used to solve real-life problems.
Presented by Dr. Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego Course fee: $50.00 Download Complete Workshop Information and an Application Form
2D-3D Insani-D! Clarification: Middle School Students Are Being Accepted For This Workshop
Monday- Wednesday, July 13-15, 2009 - 8:30am -3:00pm
In this fun, exciting three-day hands-on workshop, students will learn to build cool 2D and 3D interactive animations. On the first day, you'll learn how to use Flash, the powerful 2D animation tool and the most popular tool on the Internet. On the second day you'll learn Blender, the free 3D animation and rendering tool used by many game developers. On the third day, students will get some real hands-on game development experience using Gamemaker and Popfly. Students will each get their own account on the StudentTECH course site where they can upload and share their games and animations with others. Students will be provided with all of the source files used in this workshop, too!
Presented by Jeff Sale, San Diego Supercomputer Center Enrollment Closed
Introduction to Creative Applications in Multimedia Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 8:30am -3:00pm
Come and join us for an innovative day of hands-on multimedia exploration where you will be introduced to a range of creative applications for the computer – all using free, open source software. You are invited to bring your own drawings, sketches, photographs – anything you would like to “capture” into the computer. Then you can use your captured material with the workshop software to create images, animations and games. Go behind the scenes to you can explore your own creative ideas and see the results! All participants will receive a USB drive so you can store your work and continue working on your projects at home or wherever you can plug in the USB drive!
Presented by Scott Flanders, Long Beach State University Enrollment Closed
Creative Concepts in Digital Art & Design: Character/Creature Design!
Friday, July 17, 2009 - 8:30am -3:00pm
Do you want to create your own characters and worlds? Do you dream of being a part of a team of creative professionals working on creating the next generation of amazing films and video games? If so, then this workshop is for you! Students will be exposed to many of the basic techniques and common approaches to development and conceptual art, including the familiar skills of drawing, painting and composition as synthesized through the digital medium, but also silhouette/contour design, using abstraction in development, and using photographic reference and the basics of image sampling. At the end of this exciting, intensive workshop, students can expect to have generated their very own original character/creature design and will be well on their way to developing their skills as a contemporary illustrator with an above average working knowledge of digital art creation software
Presented by Scott Flanders, Long Beach State University Enrollment Closed
TeacherTECH on the Road Technology Tools Web Workshops
TeacherTECH on the Road in collaboration with ReadyTalk™ will begin providing a web seminar of each of our popular technology tools workshops held at SDSC. Unable to join us in person? No problem! Join us from the comfort of your home or school computer. All you need is a phone and an internet connection and you will be able to hear the workshop presenter and see the presenter’s computer screen as you are guided step by step in learning each new software we present.
Look for Exciting New Workshops Coming This Fall!
If you are interested in virtually participating in this workshop, please let us know.
