DCEC COURSES For Winter/Spring 2008
The deadline for registering is Wednesday, January 16th.
We are pleased to offer the following courses for Winter/Spring 2008. The courses total 5 hours each and are held from 3:30-4:45, unless otherwise indicated. Teachers will receive a certificate for 5 professional development hours upon completion of the course.
Publisher (Tuesdays & Thursdays)
Instructor: Terry Rodier
Location: DIS Computer Lab
Dates: 1/22,1/24,1/29,1/31
The objective of this hands-on course is to provide participants with the basic understanding of how to create newsletters, professionally looking tests, notices, and graphic organizers that are customized for their class. You will leave the course with a solid understanding of the program, as well as several completed projects that you can use in the classroom.
Participants are asked to bring materials (tests, notices, organizers, etc.) to be used during class.
Excel I (Tuesdays & Thursdays)
Instructor: Terry Rodier
Location: DIS Computer Lab
Dates: 2/19,2/21,2/26,2/28
This course is designed for the beginner student. Step-by-step instruction will take place. Students will learn to create and customize spreadsheets that could be used to efficiently and professionally maintain accurate and detailed records of: grades, attendance, classroom behavior, parent correspondence, etc.
Topics included: adding and renaming worksheets, rows, and columns, customizing menus, moving and copying cells, freezing panes, adding comments, formulas, auto sum, sorts, and page breaks.
Students are asked to bring a class list and grade book with them.
Taking Command of the Operating System (Mondays & Wednesdays)
Instructor: Wade Smith
Location: DeLTA Center
Dates: 2/4,2/6,2/11,2/13
Did you know you can download a virus or spyware into your machine by clicking on a pop-up? Have you ever wondered how to get rid of those annoying pop-ups without clicking on them? How does one recover from a system freeze up, using the keyboard? We will be covering these issues and more in the above professional development class, which could also be called "Keyboarding Tips and Techniques".
Please bring your "How do I do that?" questions with you to the first class, in order to channel specifics.
