2008 Professional Development - Topic Templates

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The following are suggestions for 2008 Professional Development topics related to information technology. If you are interested in scheduling one or more of these topics for your district or region, please coordinate with the designated lead specialist.

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Title:Computer and IT Security
Description: How to use new hardware tools, security tools, passwords, and common sense to maintain a secure computing environment for TCE County Offices and TAMU Research and Extension Centers
Delivery method: Instructor Lead
Estimate workshop time: F2F - 2 hours
Target Audience: TCE & TAES Personnel, Agents, Support Staff
Minimum number of participants: 8
Maximum number of participants: N/A
Lead Specialist: Weldon Floyd

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Title: Advanced PowerPoint 2003/2007
Description: This workshop will present advanced topics and tools for use with PowerPoint 2003/2007. The goal is to help agents and support staff become more efficient and more comfortable with PowerPoint. With these new tools and skills, agents and staff will produce better educational programs.
Delivery method: Instructor Lead but could be combined with Centra
Estimate workshop time: F2F- 6 hours
Target Audience: Any Extension faculty or staff
Minimum number of participants: 8 for instructor lead
Maximum number of participants: 20 for instructor lead
Lead Specialist: Jeffrey SoRelle
Supporting Web Site

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Title: Beyond the Basic Centra Session: Incorporating Guest Speakers & Active Learning in Centra
Description: A complete "How To" on using Centra to involve a guest speaker(i.e. an Extension Specialist)during a live meeting as well as how to incorporate active learning elements in your Centra sessions. The training includes:

• how to setup the meeting room - including tips learned by other agents about connecting your notebook, projector, speakers, microphone, and camera
• how to create a Centra event
• how to import items into Agenda Builder
• how to lead an event
• how to encourage interaction and participation by using the tools available in Centra (e.g. whiteboard, web safari, ap share)

In a F2F environment, attendees are divided into groups and work on a event from start to finish (one person acts as the event leader). This provides an opportunity for attendees to get a better understanding of how Centra is used from creation to delivery of an event. Attendees also get "hands on" practice with creating and leading events. In a Centra environment, "hands on" practice would be done via the Application Share (AppShare) tool in Centra. Attendees would still have an opportunity to practice using these tools, but in a more limited scope.
Delivery method: Could be Instructor Lead or via Centra
Estimate workshop time: F2F- 6 hours (to allow for hands on and practice), Centra - 1.5 hours sessions (series of 3)
Target Audience: The primary audience is Extension Agents. A secondardy audience would be Specialists.
Minimum number of participants: 6 for instructor lead, 4 for Centra
Maximum number of participants: 20 for instructor lead, 12 for Centra
Lead Specialist: Jill Hughson
Active Learning Curriculum

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Title: Microsoft Publisher 2003/2007
Description: This workshop will present topics and tools for using with Publisher 2003/2007. The goal is to help agents and support staff become more efficient and more comfortable with Publisher. With these new tools and skills, agents and staff will produce better educational programs such as newsletters, html based email and flyers.
Delivery method: Instructor Lead but could be combined with Centra
Estimate workshop time: F2F- 6 hours
Target Audience: Any Extension faculty or staff
Minimum number of participants: 8 for instructor lead
Maximum number of participants: 20 for instructor lead
Lead Specialist: Jeffrey SoRelle

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Title: Getting the most from those Digital Photos!
Description: How to best use and reuse digital photos. Most cameras now take very high quality photos which is good, but the files they make are very large and can be frustrating and difficult to manage. This session covers how to use a photo editor to resize, crop and cleanup the images. To add some pizzaz we will look at how to apply special effects, titles and do easy slide shows.
Delivery method: Best done Instructor Lead but could be done in a series via Centra
Estimate workshop time: F2F- 3.5 hours (to allow for software installation and exercises), Centra - 3 1 hours sessions.
Target Audience: Any Extension faculty or staff
Minimum number of participants: 8 for instructor lead, 6 for Centra
Maximum number of participants: 15 for instructor lead, 10 for Centra
Lead Specialist: Jim Segers

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Title: Instructional Design and How to Deliver On Demand Educational Programs
Description: To improve our agents’ and specialists’ skills to convert existing Face to Face Educational programs to online on-demand educational programs.
Delivery Method: Face to Face instruction
Estimate time: 6 Hours
Target Audience- Agents and Specialist
Minimum number: 8
Lead Specialist: Pete Flores
Supporting Web Site

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Alternative Workshops Topics for 07-08

Title: Learn MS Access Via Online Hands-on Method
Description: Learn Database Management Using MS Access
Delivery Method: Centra and Hands-On
Estimated time: One Hour Per Week for Four Weeks
Target Audience- Agents, Specialist and Professional Staff
Maximum Number: 15
Lead Specialist: Pete Flores
Microsoft Access Basics

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Title: Getting Acquainted with Microsoft Vista
Description: Introduction of the new OS
Delivery method: Centra or Instructor Lead
Estimate workshop time: 2 hours
Target Audience: Any Extension Faculty or Staff
Minimum number of participants: N/A
Maximum number of participants: N/A
Lead Specialist: Aimee Sandifeer

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Title: Exploring Microsoft Vista
Description: Hands-On training to teach participates how to use the OS
Delivery method: Instructor Lead
Estimate workshop time: F2F - 2 hours
Target Audience: Any Extension Faculty or Staff
Minimum number of participants: 8
Maximum number of participants: 20
Lead Specialist: Aimee Sandifeer