LINC-FastTech Classes Oct. 23-28

Please pass this information along to anyone who might be interested:

Who/what is ALICE? Come to the KCI on Oct. 28 and Nov 4 to find out. Alice is (http://www.alice.org/) is a free, downloadable Alice 3D Authoring system that provides the best possible first exposure to programming for students ranging from middle schoolers to college students. If this sounds interesting to you that you'll want to register for:

Alice Programming for Educators LINC 299.01
Want to get your students interested in programming and make it fun at the same time? And better yet, the software is FREE. Alice Programming for Educators will teach you to program a computer, but uses a completely different and more enjoyable approach which allows students to drag-and-drop words in a direct manipulation interface rather than having to correctly type commands according to obscure rules of syntax. In addition, Alice reifies object-based programming by providing animated, on-screen 3D objects. Class Dates: Saturdays, October 28 & November 4 Units: 1 unit Time: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Class location: Room 4002 (Mac lab) Krause Center for Innovation, Foothill College 12345 El Monte Rd. Los Altos Hills, Ca. For map and driving directions please access http://www.foothill.edu/news/maps.html. Instructor: Fred Triefenbach _____________________________________________________

Are you interested in Global Warming?

Bob Cormia is hosting another free Saturday Showcase at the KCI this Saturday from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. in room 4008. The week's topic is GLOBAL WARMING. Free "Saturday Show Case" Global Warming (no credit) Class Dates: Saturday October 28 Units: Free, no-credit Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Class location: Room 4008 (PC lab) Krause Center for Innovation, Foothill College 12345 El Monte Rd. Los Altos Hills, Ca. For map and driving directions please access http://www.foothill.edu/news/maps.html. Instructor: Bob Cormia - Click on the instructors name to see a short biography. Please note: Saturday Science Showcase workshops are free, no-credit introductory classes open to the public. Feel free to bring food to share with the class during the workshop if you feel guilty about learning so much without having to pay.

If this is a topic of interest to you, you might also be interested in the following information from Global Schoolnet:

Global Greetings! If you've been looking for new ways to engage your students in collaborative problem solving, here's a unique opportunity to do just that. Starting today, we're inviting educators to join us in new initiative called the Global Warming Student Speakout, online at http://www.google.com/educators/globalwarming.html. The project, co-presented with Google Education, gives students a chance to collectively brainstorm strategies for fighting global warming -- and have their ideas published in a full-page ad in The Washington Post. We hope this project, which should take 1-2 days to complete, helps you test the waters with software for online collaboration - and helps your students learn about the environment and civic participation. It works like this: 1) Sign up - and start brainstorming. Over the next week, you can sign up for a Google Docs & Spreadsheets account at http://docs.google.com, then initiate a classroom brainstorming session. You'll be able to create a Google document to "share" with your students - allowing each student to add new ideas at any time, from any computer. To confirm your participation, you'll need to add Google to your list of collaborators by November 2nd 2006. 2) Share your ideas with us. Once you sign up for an account and follow the instructions for becoming a participant in the project, you'll receive an email with a link to a Google spreadsheet where you can enter the very best ideas your students have brainstormed. Your spreadsheet must be filled out by November 3rd 2006. 3) See the best ideas appear online and in The Washington Post. Here's where we come in. After reviewing the spreadsheets, Global SchoolNet will choose the top 50 ideas, and Google will publish the list in an ad that will appear online and in a November issue of The Washington Post (we'll send participants the date as soon as we have it). We'll also include the name of every school that participates, so regardless of whether their ideas are published, your students will be credited for their work. Ready to join the project? Visit the Global Warming Student Speakout site and instructions page for further details: Global Warming Student Speakout: http://www.google.com/educators/globalwarming.html Instructions page: http://docs.google.com/View?docid=ajdmjhxsmnzv_10dkqwh9&revision=_latest On behalf of Global SchoolNet and Google Education -- Good luck -- and have fun! Yvonne Marie Andres Global SchoolNet, Co-Founder 760-635-0001 If you have any questions about this project, please don't hesitate to email us at globalwarming@globalschoolnet.org
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LINC-FastTech classes are just $17/unit plus a one time per quarter registration fee of $12. Register online at http://www.foothill.edu/cgi/lincclass-db.cgi or fill out and fax the attached registration materials to 650-949-7774. For more information please contact Art Turmelle at: 650-949-7498 or LINC@foothill.edu

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Finally, This Monday and Wednesday we have a Photoshop 2 class in room 4006 from 4-7 p.m:

Photoshop II LINC 230T.01
So, you've learned the basics of Photoshop and now you're ready for more. Come to this intermediate class and learn what else can be done with this wonderful, creative image editing program. There will be a quick review of basic functions followed by time to dive more deeply into the powerful tools PhotoShop provides for editing images. Class Dates: Monday & Wednesday, October 23 & 25 Units: 1/2 unit Time: 4 - 7 p.m. Class location: Room 4006 (Mac & PC laptops) Krause Center for Innovation, Foothill College 12345 El Monte Rd. Los Altos Hills, Ca. For map and driving directions please access http://www.foothill.edu/news/maps.html. Parking is $2.00. Please park in lot 4 and bring 8 quarters for parking. Instructor: Laura Silberstein

Please note: All Adobe Teach-the-Teacher class registrations are processed by RAFT. To pre-register, go to http://www.raft.net and click on the Adobe Teach the Teacher link. You may also email raft@raft.net. or call 408-451-1420. Adobe Teach-the-Teacher workshops are free for K-12 educators. You will be required to complete Foothill College LINC registration forms at the first class meeting.

Please note: Parking is $2.00. Please park in lot 4 and bring 8 quarters for parking.