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Staff from the various projects are available to provide inservice training, workshops or conference presentations for travel expenses and honoraria. Training is available to early childhood personnel and families upon request. Awareness and hands-on workshops are conducted over a one or two day period in Macomb or at the requesting agency's site on topics which include but are not limited to the following areas.
Technology Integration Workshops
- Adaptive Peripherals
- Computer + Kids = Positive Social Interactions
- Equalizing Play Through Technology
- Exploring Early Math and Science Concepts with Technology
- Selecting and Evaluating Children's Software
- Technology for Tots
- There's a Mouse in My Classroom
- Touch to Learn: Technology Curriculum Applications for Young Children
- Using Technology as a Tool for Communication
Expressive Arts Workshops
- Celebrate Children's Learning Through the Expressive Arts
- Draw A Story, Dance a Poem: Integrate Expressive Arts Through Technology
- Expressive Arts Foster Emergent Literacy
- Family Fun: It's in The Bag--You're Invited to an Art Party
- I Can Do It--You Can Too! Making the Arts Accessible for All Children
- Reading Children's Drawings: Portfolio Assessment
- Technology: Creative Software Can Extend Children's Expressiveness
Technology Assessment Workshops
- Child Positioning and Equipment Placement: Creating the Optimum Environment for Technology
- Determining a Suitable Input Method for a Child
- Levels of Switch Progression
- Making Recommendations from Observational Data: Factors to Consider
- Preparing Assessment Materials: Customizing Overlays to Meet Individual Needs
- Technology Team Assessment Process
- Writing Technology into a Child's IEP/IFSP
Technology Literacy Workshops
- Emergent Reading, Writing and Technology
- HyperStudio: Creating Software Unique to Your Classroom
- Once Upon a Computer: Storymaking Activities for Young Children
- Technology and Early Literacy Development
Technology as a Tool Workshops
- Creative Printer Activities
- iMovies
- Move over Photocopier, Scissors, and Glue--Here Comes the Digital World
- Plug'n Play Peripherals
- Say "Cheese" for the Scanner
- Switch Construction and Application
- Unlocking the Secrets of Your Mac
For more information, contact The Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood at
L-Robinson1@wiu.edu
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