Staff Development Classes
Harold Olejarz, Artist and Educator
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Staff Development Classes by Harold Olejarz Ridgewood Institute For Professional Development and Fairleigh Dickinson University, courses developed and taught: January, 1998 The Digital Classroom III - Computer Assisted Instruction Explore multi-media as a tool and for Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) and learn how to use multi-media in the classroom. Participants will use HyperStudio to develop multi-media programs and explore CD-ROMs and educational World Wide Web sites. The elements of multi-media, graphics, animation, text, QuickTime movies and sounds will be reviewed. Students will work individually or in groups to develop multi-media HyperStudio stacks that enhance instruction. September, 1997 The Digital Classroom II - The Computer as a Presentation Tool This course focuses on the use of the computer as a presentation tool. Hands-on experiences with Macintosh computers will include CD-ROMs, photo CDs, QuickTime movies, paint, draw and image processing programs, clip art, image scanning, and the World Wide Web as a resource for developing classroom presentations with a Macintosh computer. Participants will use ClarisWorks to create computer presentations for the classroom that integrate text and graphics culled from CDs and the World Wide Web. The Digital Classroom I - An Introduction to Technology in the Classroom This class will introduce the novice computer user to the Macintosh computer operating system, software applications, creating documents, hardware setup, printers, scanners, the World Wide Web and basic troubleshooting. The class will focus on ClarisWorks, an integrated word processing, spreadsheet, database, drawing and painting program for the Macintosh. Educators will learn how to create documents with graphics for use in their classroom. Databases and spreadsheets will be presented and their use in instruction and classroom management will be demonstrated and discussed. Web Page Workshop This workshop is for AENJ (Art Educators of New Jersey) members who would like to create and post web pages on the Internet. Participants will develop web pages about their art programs and/or their own art. The completed web pages will be posted on the Internet as part of the AENJ web site. Participants are encouraged to bring text and image files that they would like to use for their web page(s). Three-dimensional art work should be videotaped and still frames from the video will be digitized during the workshop. Slides or color photos may be brought to a photo processor and transferred to a photo-CD or diskette prior to the workshop. A scanner will be available to scan flat art work during the workshop. Participants will learn how to: Create a web page. Prepare images for web pages. Scan flat art work for web pages. Digitize video images for web pages. Work with images on photo-CDs. Promote their art program on the internet. January, 1996 The Digital Classroom