M.E. Jones, Ph.D.M.E. Jones, Ph.D.

Northwest Nazarene Northwest Nazarene UniversityUniversity

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=448&title=Pay_Attention

Know how to energize student Know how to energize student learning with empowerment learning with empowerment activities?activities?

To be able to assess the effectiveness To be able to assess the effectiveness of their instruction? of their instruction?

To empower students to grow in faith To empower students to grow in faith and become individuals who can and become individuals who can empower and help transform entire empower and help transform entire communitiescommunities

To improve student test scores?To improve student test scores?

Learning Teams Learning Teams – Use Web – Use Web applications like Google Groups to applications like Google Groups to facilitate the objectives and to facilitate the objectives and to document their findings.document their findings.

In-service offerings In-service offerings – Find out your – Find out your team’s strengths, then use them to team’s strengths, then use them to teach, mentor, and empower others.teach, mentor, and empower others.

Help them growHelp them grow. . Allow them to use Allow them to use school resources to come together school resources to come together and see free Webinars or collaborate and see free Webinars or collaborate to watch a video (provide popcorn!)to watch a video (provide popcorn!)

PBS Teachers LIVE! - www. PBS.org - From - www. PBS.org - From STEM Curriculum experts to Copyright STEM Curriculum experts to Copyright information – information – Free WebinarsFree Webinars

Educational Impact – Educational Impact – www.educationalimpact.com - Free - Free Instructional Content you can use, pause, Instructional Content you can use, pause, and add your own school objectivesand add your own school objectives

ISTE International Society for Technology in ISTE International Society for Technology in Education – Education – Free Webinars (but a fee to join Free Webinars (but a fee to join org)org)www.iste.org

Open education resources - Open education resources - Wikieducator.org

1. Google Applications for Educators and Studentshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJT3pagjd8s

2.2. Open Office: Open Office: Openoffice.org (open source Microsoft (open source Microsoft Word program with its own version of Word, Excel, Word program with its own version of Word, Excel, etc.)etc.)

3. Sumatra PDF (open source PDF viewer) (open source PDF viewer) *Ed Tools: *Ed Tools: www.schoolforge.net – Admin. Decisions: – Admin. Decisions: www.netc.org/openoptions

4.4. Moodle:Moodle: ((Moodle Open Source Learning Mgt Open Source Learning Mgt System)System)

5.5. Wikis, WikipediaWikis, Wikipedia, Wikispaces, , Wikispaces, Wikieducator.org 6.6. AudacityAudacity (open source audio editor and recorder ) (open source audio editor and recorder )7.7. AvidemuxAvidemux (open source video editor) (open source video editor)8.8. Jing: Jing: (( Jing will record screen and audio activity on will record screen and audio activity on

your computer – free; and create AVI video files your computer – free; and create AVI video files using its built-in SWF producer for a small fee)using its built-in SWF producer for a small fee)

9.9. DropBox (DropBox (www.dropbox.com ) )10.10. Toobla – (File sharing site – www.toobla.com)Toobla – (File sharing site – www.toobla.com)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

Summarize school resourcesSummarize school resourcesDedicated Dedicated (full-time) (full-time) personnel & personnel &

resourcesresourcesPart-time & volunteer resourcesPart-time & volunteer resources If school goals are constrained by If school goals are constrained by

lack of resourceslack of resources——suggest suggest alternativesalternatives

Understand that parents and Understand that parents and community leaders may want to be community leaders may want to be assured that all possible resources are assured that all possible resources are being used, but in such a way that being used, but in such a way that costs will be properly managedcosts will be properly managed

PBS/US DEPT OF EDPBS/US DEPT OF ED:: http://pbskids.org/designsquad/http://pbskids.org/designsquad/

parentseducators/workshop/process.htmlparentseducators/workshop/process.html Your PBS – Public TV Station – Digital Your PBS – Public TV Station – Digital

Nation:Nation: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digi

talnation/ Google Books: a 137 year archive to Popular Google Books: a 137 year archive to Popular

Science Magazine online:Science Magazine online: http://books.google.com/books/serial/ISSN:0

1617370?rview=1&source=gbs_navlinks_s

Applets are small programs Applets are small programs which allow users to do a which allow users to do a specific assignment. Here is specific assignment. Here is one example from MathTools one example from MathTools online:online:Chameleon Graphic Java Applet Chameleon Graphic Java Applet (not all are free and some (not all are free and some organizations may want you to organizations may want you to sign up for their site)sign up for their site)

ACSI.org offers resources on School ACSI.org offers resources on School Leadership, blogs, forums, Leadership, blogs, forums,

FREE NEWSLETTERS FREE NEWSLETTERS (www.edweek.org)(www.edweek.org)

Fundraising Opportunities Fundraising Opportunities (http://k12grants.org/fund_raise.htm (http://k12grants.org/fund_raise.htm ))

Survey your community members, Survey your community members, staff, parents, or church members staff, parents, or church members free – (www.surveymonkey.com )free – (www.surveymonkey.com )

Capacity building Toolkits for Faith-Based Capacity building Toolkits for Faith-Based and Community Organizations:and Community Organizations: Best PracticesBest Practices

Good questions for organizations to ask for Good questions for organizations to ask for strategic planningstrategic planning

Grant Acquisition and ManagementGrant Acquisition and Management Learn how other organizations request and Learn how other organizations request and

manage grant fundingmanage grant funding Christian Community Development Christian Community Development

AssociationAssociation

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