1.++Presentation+to+Staff

====One of the tasks that participants in Cohort II are to do is to present information to fellow educators with technology and 21st Century Skills.====

====I've provided a few inservice presentations for art staff as we are preparing for a new curriculum. The first inservice (Aug. 13th) was at the beginning of the year by request from our fine arts supervisor. The goal was to get our art staff up to speed and comfortable with basic digital imaging as we are hoping to have students create digital portfolios across the curriculum.====

====The group was quite large and quite diverse in skills. There was well over 45 people in a computer lab with 30 computers! It was difficult to get everyone a hands on experience when not everyone had a computer, and some staff needed help just learning how to upload images from a computer and others were very skilled and wanted to learn new tricks.====

====We narrowed down the participants the next inservice (Oct. 13th) and I spent about 2.5 hours working with art staff so they would feel comfortable with digital imaging and working basic tasks in Photoshop. Having a smaller group with very specific needs worked MUCH better and I felt that the staff there felt more at ease using a digital camera, working in layers in Photoshop, resizing and uploading Photos.====

====In each workshop, I did present the information on a Wiki -- which did also result in more staff creating their own wiki and wanting to join my wikis on our Sioux Falls Instructional Resources Wiki Site. I also shared some of my students own online digital portfolios and reflections which the staff were interested in.====

====The content from the presentation is [|located here]. I've left this open for art staff to use as a resource, and will continue to tweak this site so that my students can use this information / content as a reference. With the videos and step by step online instructions, it's my hope to create more independence and comfort for staff and students.====