INFOhio Train the Trainer Workshops, Fall 2006

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INFOhio Train the Trainer Workshops
Fall 2006

INFOhio is pleased to offer these free train the trainer workshops for anyone who provides training at the school, district or regional level on INFOhio's Core Collection of Electronic Resources. These are hands-on sessions and seating is limited. Register early, and please e-mail Tony Marshalek to remove your registration if you can’t attend, so others on the wait list can have your seat. You should have some experience with the resource prior to attending these workshops. Refreshments will be provided. This does not include lunch.

Each site's computer lab will remain available for participants until 2 p.m. for additional hands-on practice. An INFOhio staff person will be available to assist and answer questions for anyone who wishes to practice what was covered in the morning session or review any INFOhio resource.

Online registration for all sessions

INFOhio – SIRS Discoverer Train the Trainer Workshop
October 23, 2006, 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Location: MEC, Columbus

You are invited to a hands-on INFOhio train-the-trainer workshop on SIRS Discoverer, an information and learning resource for elementary and middle school teachers and students. Come join us for an informative workshop which focuses on integrating SIRS Discoverer in math, science, language arts and social studies curriculum. SIRS Discoverer is an award-winning resource for students that makes learning fun and intuitive. It helps students in grades 1-9 develop their writing, language, research and computer skills. SIRS Discoverer provides schools with compelling, multidisciplinary learning resources for extending and reinforcing student achievement at all levels.

This workshop will explore SIRS Discoverer's content and features, as well as methods for differentiating instruction using SIRS Discoverer resources. Special focus will be given to development of information literacy skills.

The workshop will be taught by Sally B. Fell, Manager of the K12 Account Development group within ProQuest. She has a Master's degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Michigan and a Management Information Decision Systems certification from the Weatherhead School of Business at Case Western Reserve University. She has over 20 years experience working in academic, public and corporate libraries and specializes in working with ProQuest's elementary and secondary school databases.

INFOhio – Encyclopaedia Britannica Train the Trainer Workshop
October 31, 2006, 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
AND November 1, 2006, 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Location: MEC, Columbus

You are invited to a special hands-on training workshop for those who conduct Britannica training sessions for local area schools. This workshop will cover the finer points of conducting training on the following Britannica databases provided by INFOhio:

	Britannica Online School Edition, a K-12 resources that includes research tools, learning materials, Ohio’s Academic Content Standards and other features
	Enciclopedia Universal en Español, Britannica’s Spanish-language reference source
	Annals of American History, for historical and literary studies
	World Data Analyst, for analysis and comparisons of countries around the world

This workshop will also focus on recently added new features such as:

	Expansion of Ohio Academic Content Standards alignment
	New multimedia resources and the new download feature for making PowerPoint^® presentations
	New interactive spotlights such as Women’s History, Black History and Hispanic Heritage
	New Enciclopedia Juvenil database, coming in October
	INFOhio’s training video tutorials launched in January and available for teachers, librarians and students to use for training

Please take time to review these online resources prior to the workshop, if you are not already familiar with them. This session will be a great opportunity to answer any questions about the Britannica materials.

The workshop will provide training tips, suggested examples, answers to frequently asked questions, troubleshooting tips for technical issues and other resources, so that it is easy to share INFOhio’s Britannica resources with elementary and secondary educators.

This session will be conducted by Hilit Kravitz, Britannica’s Director of Professional Development, who provides professional development for teachers, library media specialists and master trainers.