March LINC-FastTech Classes and EWYL Applications

Just a quick reminder that anyone planning to apply for our Earn While You Learn (EWYL) Institute MUST have taken 2 units of LINC classes between Jan 1, 2005 and March 31 2006. The EWYL application is currently ONLINE at: http://linc.ca.campusgrid.net. It is DUE MARCH 17, 2006 by 5 p.m.

Register for LINC classes at: http://www.foothill.edu/cfi/linc/preregister.html.

There is still room in the following LINC classes on Saturday March 11.

1.  LINC 226S.01 Creating Interactive Projects with Excel (Saturday March 11)

This is a really exciting new class! There are some great things you can do with Excel in the classroom! Take a look at these web sites to get your ideas going: http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110054/ and http://teacherlink.org/content/math/activities/ex-randomevents/guide.html.

Course Description: Looking for ways to use Excel in ways other than spreadsheets? This class will introduce the basic features, provide practice, and give ideas on creating interactive learning activities using Excel. They can be used for practice of basic skills, alternative assessment strategies, and a creative way to integrate technology across the curriculum.

The projects created can be used as templates to design your own Excel based learning activities that meet the specific needs of your students. Resources for creating other classroom activities using Excel will be explored. No knowledge of Excel is needed, but previous experience with the application would be helpful.

Units: 1/2 unit
Time: 10 am - 4 pm
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: Michael Allen
Parking is $2.00. Please park in lot 4 and bring 8 quarters for parking.
Registration forms are attached. Please fax them back to me at 650-949-7774. The cost is $8.50 for the 1/2 unit (CA Residents) plus a one time per quarter registration fee of $11 if you'd not already taken a Winter Quarter class here at Foothill.
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2. Introduction to Premiere Elements (Saturdays March 11 & 18)
--This class is free for teachers (Tuition is paid by Adobe)

Adobe's new, less expensive video editing software, Premiere Elements (http://www.adobe.com/products/premiereel/main.html), is the perfect digital video application for teachers and students who want to create high quality videos for CD or Web publication. In this course you will learn to import video and photos into Premiere Elements and edit them to create short digital videos. Add sound (narration and music) to your video, add transitions, and learn how to pan across a photograph to make it come alive in your video.

Class Dates: Saturdays March 11 & 18

Units: 1 unit
Time: 10 am - 4 pm
Class location: Room 4006 (PC & Mac laptop 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: Laura Silberstein Please note: To 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
Parking is $2.00 per day. Please park in lot 4 and bring 8 quarters or 2 dollar bills for parking.
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Additionally, the following classes are coming up in the next couple of weeks.

LINC 206S.01 Building Connections (Saturday March 18)

As a teacher you should seek to build projects that connect students in meaningful ways to the world around them.

Overview
This class will cover the types of connections teachers can create in their own classrooms.
*-Real Time Visits - Classes visit cities and other locations via web cams
*-Virtual Tours - More in-depth tours of places around the world
*-Books2Life - Help students make connections from reading to real life
*-Class2Class Connections - Connect with another classroom establish ePals and class to class projects
*-Global Projects - Connections projects with multiple classrooms

Class Dates: Saturday March 18

Units: 1/2 unit
Time: 10 am - 4 pm
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: Kelly Hudson
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LINC 292B.01 iPods & Podcasting (Saturday March 25)

iPod handheld devices now work on both the PC and Mac platforms. Learn all about Apple's iPods and how and why to use them in the classroom. Learn to set up a simple podcast. Apple representatives will be here to assist.

Class Dates: Saturday March 25

Units: 1/2 unit
Time: 10 am - 4 pm
Class location: Room 4006
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LINC 238S.01Fun with Flash for Teachers (Saturday March 25)

This fun Flash class is geared towards elementary and secondary teachers. If you need to learn Flash to stay ahead of your students, or to help them with their web designs, this is the class for you! Topics discussed will include:

Basic Flash (Interface, tools, symbols, timeline, layers)
Frame by frame animation
Shape tweening
Motion tweening
Motion Guides
Action Script to make games or quizzes
Flash activities across the curriculum

Grade Level: Grades 4 and up

Class Dates: Saturday March 25

Units: 1/2 unit
Time: 10 am - 4 pm
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 accesshttp://www.foothill.edu/news/maps.html
Instructor: Janet Davis
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LINC 270S.01Writing Powerfully: Word & the Writing process (Saturday March 25)

WORD, when used with the writing process, can be a strong tool to help learners to become better writers. The more time I spend in WORD the more I learn about how to support the writing process in my classroom!

Overview
This class will show you how to use WORD to help learners plan, edit, revise, and publish writing pieces.

Class Dates: Saturday March 25

Units: 1/2 unit
Time: 10 am - 4 pm
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: Kelly Hudson
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Photoshop Elements (Saturday March 25)

To register for Photoshop Elements (Free for teachers--Adobe will pay tuition) , 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 Photoshop Elements, the #1 selling consumer photo-editing software, allows you to easily edit your digital images and includes most of the popular features of its big brother, Photoshop. This class focuses on Photoshop Elements' most commonly used features. You will learn how to resize, crop, edit, work with layers, use selection tools and techniques, fix basic color correction and other image problems, add text to an image, retouch an image, and combine images.

Class Dates: Saturday March 25

Units: 1/2
Time: 10:00 a m - 4:00 p.m.
Class location: Room 4006 (PC and Mac laptop 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. Parking is $2.00. Please park in lot 4 and bring 8 quarters for parking.
Instructor: Kathy Fransham -