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Introduction to computers.
Scribus for Educators
- Teacher: Aaron Woehler
Scribus for Educators is a self-paced course designed introduce teachers to ways of using Scribus in the classroom, this includes both teacher and student activities. Scribus is an free, open source desktop publishing program that works on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. A desktop publishing program allows you a lot more flexibility when creating documents such as newsletters, posters, and fliers.
To get the most out of the skills that you learn here you should also consider taking the Inkscape for Educators and Gimp for Educators courses.
Integrating Technology and Education is a 4 week course designed to help teachers use technology more effectively in their classroom.
For every 5 people that sign up for this course there will be a price given away. So if 16 people sign up there will be three prize given away. Prizes will be items that we use in this course that you learned how to use effectively in your classroom. Everyone will receive a free gift DVD set containing the free and demo software that was used in this course. To be eligable for the prize you must complete all assignments in the course within the enrollment period.
A foundational philosophy in this course is that technology should improve education. If a piece of technology doesn't improve student learning don't use it.
Course Requirements:
- At least 1 year of classroom teaching experience.
- Computer requirements: 2Ghz CPU, 2GB Ram, 10GB free hard drive space.
- High speed internet connection
- Adobe Flash player
- Microphone and headphones.
The source begins July 1 and ends July 28.Gimp for the Educators
- Teacher: Aaron Woehler
This is a brief course that introduces teachers to the basic features of Gimp (www.gimp.org) that are useful when preparing images for the classroom. This course covers the following topics:
- Introduction to the tools
Learn what tools are available to give you a foundation to explore from. - Cropping images
Took a picture but didn't quite frame it right? You'll learn how to fix that. - Using the selection tools
There are many different selection tools that can make it easier to manipulate the image to look the way you want it too. Have you ever found an image and put it in your powerpoint only to have a square corner make it unuseable. I'll teach you how to fix that. - Copying
Learn how to manipulate an image by copying and pasting portions of the image. - Saving
Learn about the different file types and how to make your files download faster if you post them on your website. - Fun extras
Presentation is through links to tutorials and custom video clips.
This is an asynchronous course meaning that you work through the activities at your own pace. You have 2 months or 61 days to finish the course.
The Crucified Walk
- Coordinator: Aaron Woehler
- Coordinator: Jennifer Woehler
A study of the cross of Christ and how it affects our lives. This study was developed by Jordan Peck & Donovan Kack.
The lessons are freely available at http://thecrucifiedwalk.com or you may interact with the lessons online and study together with the instructors of this course.
This is a free course that will help you increase your Bible knowledge.
- This course contains activities to help you succeed in your chemistry course.
6th Grade Math
- Teacher: Aaron Woehler
- Sign up for this class if are interested in a custom Moodle site. A moodle server will be created for you at [name].moodle.aschool.us with a redirect alias of aschool.us/[name] for quick access to your site. You will retain full control of the moodle site. Enter as a guest if you just want to check it out and see what we have to offer.
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