Multimedia+Workshop+Overview

Multimedia Workshop

__ Topic: __ Introduction to using the Promethean Screen Recorder and Sharing the Recordings on youtube.com

__ ‍ ____ Population: __ This workshop is designed for all teachers that desire to create and share their classroom lectures using the Promethean software. This workshop is also designed to expose teachers to a new tool that all students could use to help them become more engaged in their learning.

‍ __ Outcomes __ : At the conclusion of this workshop all participants will gain the knowledge of how to record their lecture notes using the Promethean screen reorder tool. They will also be able to upload their recording to youtube.com in order to provide their students and parents access to classroom lectures. At the conclusion of the workshop teacher should also be equipped with the confidence and tools necessary to allow their students to create recordings and upload them onto wikis or youtube.com. This will help the students to become more engaged with their learning and more creative and able to analyze, create, and evaluate content that is being taught.

__ ‍ ____ Gaps: __ All participants are should be familiar with the basic tools and functions of the Promethean software. The participants will learn how to record their lectures and/or activities for the purpose of sharing them with all students and parents. Participant may have some gaps in understanding how to upload a video to youtube.com. The School district of Henrico County has a 1:1 student/teacher laptop ratio-with the Promethean’s software downloaded on all devices. Teachers visited from other locations may not have this available at their schools-however the software may be purchased and downloaded to computer that they may have in a computer lab.

__ Technology and Equipment Needed __ Laptop Promethean’s ActivInspire Software Portable or Built in Mircophone Youtube.com Account