The College of Education offers a variety of software workshops for students, faculty, and staff throughout the year. All workshops are offered free of charge in DeGarmo 307 and emphasize "hands-on" activities.
Concepts and techniques related to the creation of a basic Web page. Participants design a simple Web page containing passive text, hypertext links, lists, tables, and images. No prior authoring experience is required.
View the Web Page Authoring Workshop schedule | Register for the Web Page Authoring Workshop | Get workshop handouts and videos
Students are introduced to database development in an educational context by first formulating a purpose statement that is intended to address a particular educational need. They then determine what data are required, and create a properly formatted table that will contain the textual, numeric, date/time, and/or monetary information needed to address the stated purpose. Students develop a form to more easily interact with the data and learn how to efficiently search, sort, and filter the information they have gathered. Finally, several queries are devised that will answer one or more questions pertaining to the stated purpose of the database, and reports are generated that will present the results of these queries in an easy-to-read format. No previous database experience is assumed.
View the Database Development Workshop schedule | Register for the Database Development Workshop
The powerful computational, graphical, and organizational aspects of spreadsheets are highlighted in this introductory workshop. To help illustrate these useful features, students construct a spreadsheet-based reading list using both traditional and form-based data entry methods. They then learn how to perform searches, simple and complex sorts, and filtering on the data they have inputted. In the process of learning how to perform calculations using formulas and functions, participants are introduced to the concepts of relative and absolute addressing. The workshop concludes with a graphing exercise where students use the chart wizard to create graphs that will enable them to discern patterns from their data and draw useful conclusions.
View the Spreadsheet Creation Workshop schedule | Register for the Spreadsheet Creation Workshop
(This workshop fulfills Gateway I Requirement. Students who have met this requirement are strongly encouraged to attend to learn the new interface and tools they will be using.)
This session provides an introduction to the ePortfolio tool, LiveText. The focus of this session is to familiarize students with the tools and functions of the ePortfolio and assessment system. In this workshop students will create their teacher education portfolio; learn how to share, submit their assignments and artifacts; review comments and assessments made to their portfolio’s and learn how to use the discussion board and announcements.
In order to participate in these workshops, students must have purchased the LiveText packet at the ISU TechZone in the Bone Student Center (or registered online) and completed the LiveText membership activation process on the LiveText Web site. It is essential that participants know their LiveText username and password when they arrive at the LiveText workshop.
View the LiveText Workshop schedule | Register for the LiveText student workshop
This session provides an introduction to the New Generation of LiveText. The session's focus will be on exploring the new LiveText tools and looks. Participants will download their program portfolio; practice creating assignments and announcements; learn how to add resources, references and shared documents for access by students. Participants will be introduced to the new and much improved review and assessment process.
Faculty training workshops have been set up to meet the unique needs of all Teacher Education faculty, staff and graduate assistants working with LiveText.
You are encouraged to attend with other members of your department or program; each user must register individually to ensure there are enough work stations to accommodate all attendees. Anyone who has not created a LiveText account must do so prior to registering for the workshop. Please
to obtain your key code.
View the LiveText Workshop schedule | Register for the LiveText faculty workshop
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