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The Summer Institutes are no cost, professional development courses offered for technology high school teachers and college faculty in Massachusetts. Courses will be offered at Bristol Community College, Bunker Hill Community College, Quinsigamond Community College and the University of Massachusetts Boston.
WAIT LIST INFORMATION: Please send an email to katie.mcgeary@umb.edu to be placed on a waitlist for any of these classes should registration be full. Kindly note in your email which dates, location and course you are asking to be placed on the waitlist for.
Registration closes two business days prior to class start date or when class limits have been met, whichever comes first.
Week of July 4 – July 9, 2011
Introduction to New Media Design with Adobe CS5 CANCELED – new class date of July 12 and 13
Thursday through Friday (7/7 and 7/8) 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. -qualifies for PD points*
Quinsigamond Community College, Room 372AA
This introductory course examines new media and specific software to create vector illustration images and utilizing page layout techniques (Illustrator and In Design). The educators will learn to use essential tools in the software programs while learning design concepts and vector drawing with Wacom tablet using Photoshop templates. Color theory and compositional principles will also be discussed through hands on exercises. Topics include vector and raster file formats, creating and drawing images, using typographic techniques, layout and preparing images for placement. PDF and E publication will also be addressed. Class time is divided between lecture, discussions, demos and studio periods.
Week of July 11 – July 16, 2011
Using Social Media and LinkedIn for Business REGISTER
Monday (7/11) 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. -counts towards PD points**
University of Massachusetts Boston, Healey Library – Upper Level – Room 0042
Joyce LaTulippe
Social networking is growing rapidly. This session will help you to understand that power of social media, learn how to better develop online resumes, and create professional profiles. The main focus of this session will be LinkedIn and how it can be used to develop industry connections in the form of mentoring relationships, internships, virtual company or corporate visits and other exciting opportunities for students to gain knowledge and skills about the workforce. During this hands-on session you will explore and design activities for student job seekers, interns, entrepreneurs and small business owners. Learn how to harness the power of this networking tool.
Introduction to Photoshop REGISTER
Monday and Thursday (7/11 and 7/14) 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – qualifies for PD points*
Bristol Community College, Room K104
Paula Mailloux
In this two day session participants learn the basics of Adobe Photoshop in this hands-on workshop. A guided in-class project introduces them to Photoshop tools that help them develop the basic skills to touch up photographs and manipulate images that can be incorporated into print and web projects.
Google Applications for Business CANCELED – new class date of August 9
Tuesday (7/12) 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. -counts towards PD points**
University of Massachusetts Boston, Healey Library – Upper Level – Room 0042
Joyce LaTulippe
Bootstrapping new ideas in business requires more than the seed of something great and innovative; today, entrepreneurs and small business owners alike need low-cost technology tools to help them to scale their ideas, products and services quickly. Google Apps offer free, easy-to-use tools: Google Sites with keywords linked to Google’s powerful search engine (Google Boost) — because 97% of consumers search for local businesses online. Google Places helps to connect a business to customers. And there are many more productivity tools used to take bright ideas into the marketplace: Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Groups, Google Cloud –and now there’s even a Google Video Channel. Explore the possibilities in this hands-on session.
Introduction to New Media Design with Adobe CS5 REGISTER
Tuesday through Wednesday (7/12 and 7/13) 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. -qualifies for PD points*
Quinsigamond Community College, Room 372AA
Mary Newman
This introductory course examines new media and specific software to create vector illustration images and utilizing page layout techniques (Illustrator and In Design). The educators will learn to use essential tools in the software programs while learning design concepts and vector drawing with Wacom tablet using Photoshop templates. Color theory and compositional principles will also be discussed through hands on exercises. Topics include vector and raster file formats, creating and drawing images, using typographic techniques, layout and preparing images for placement. PDF and E publication will also be addressed. Class time is divided between lecture, discussions, demos and studio periods.
Algorithms for Novices REGISTER
Wednesday and Thursday (7/13 and 14) 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. – qualifies for PD points*
University of Massachusetts Boston, Healey Library – Upper Level – Room 0042
Robert Cohen
Algorithmic Thinking is at the core of Computational Thinking, yet algorithm design and analysis is typically part of an upper level computer science course. In this seminar, we will explore how to introduce algorithm selection, analysis, and testing in an introductory computing course. Topics will include efficiency, correctness, sorting and searching, and recursion. We will present exercises and labs in BYOB, a variant of Scratch. No computer science experience is required for this seminar.
Introduction to Illustrator REGISTER
Friday (7/15) 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – counts towards PD points**
Bristol Community College, Room K104
Paula Mailoux
This workshop offers an introduction to basics of Adobe Illustrator. A step-by-step hands on project takes educators through the basic tools for drawing and photo and text manipulation to create simple shapes, illustrations and logos to incorporate into print and web projects.
Working with Microsoft Office 2010 REGISTER
Friday (7/15) 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – counts towards PD points**
Bristol Community College, Room K101
Craig Watson
This seminar is designed to introduce participants to the new features in Office 2010. It will focus on access and use as well as new features.
Social Media in the Classroom REGISTER
Saturday (7/16) 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – counts towards PD points**
Bristol Community College, Room K101
Sue Malomo
This course will cover Twitter and Facebook for education and integrating Facebook and Twitter into your web site.
Week of July 18 – July 23, 2011
Computer Forensics REGISTER
Monday through Thursday (7/18 throug 7/21) 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. -qualifies for PD points*
Bunker Hill Community College, Room D121B
Gary Kessler
A four-day lecture-lab course intended to provide participants with exposure to computer forensics, including a session in mobile forensics. The course will teach computer forensics topics both from the perspective of a practitioner and instructor, with the end goal of assisting new teachers to prepare to learn more about, and instruct, this material. The engagement will be highly interactive, so as to address the issues of most importance to the attendees. Prerequisites: Strong familiarity with computers and some exposure to networks, and at least passing familiarity with computer forensics.
IT Essentials: PC Hardware and Software REGISTER
Monday through Friday (7/18 through 7/22) 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. -qualifies for PD points*
Bunker Hill Community College, Room D116
Leo Carey
The IT Essentials: PC Hardware and Software curriculum provides an introduction to the computer hardware and software skills needed to help meet the growing demand for entry-level information and communication technology (ICT) professionals. The curriculum covers the fundamentals of PC technology, networking, and security, and also provides an introduction to advanced concepts.
Computer Forensics CANCELED
Monday and Wednesday (7/18 – 7/20) 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – qualifies for PD points*
Bristol Community College, Room K118
In this two day class, participants will be introduced to computer forensics and the exciting exploration you can build when trying to solve problems.
Getting Started with iPhone Apps REGISTER
Tuesday (7/19) 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. -counts towards PD points**
Bunker Hill Community College, Room TBD in the VMAC
This class will introduce you to building your first app in the iPhone SDK. We will cover topics such as, basics of iPhone UI elements, setting up your development environment, a tour of basic app structure, and general overview of the iPhone ecosystem. The outcome of this class will allow you to create your first basic app. Prerequisites: Object oriented programming experience, basic UI design experience, does not require previous knowledge of Objective C
Windows 7 Mobile Apps REGISTER
Wednesday 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. -counts towards PD points**
Bunker Hill Community College, Room D121A
Jesse Liberty
This class will walk through the fundamentals of Windows Phone Programming with Windows Phone 7.1 – Mango (currently in Beta2). Topics covered will include the Mobile Phone market, Visual Studio, Expression Blend, input and output, customizing controls, programming in C#, Isolated storage, Navigation and more.
Getting Started with Android Apps REGISTER
Thursday (7/21) 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. -counts towards PD points**
Bunker Hill Community College, Room TBD in the VMAC
This class will introduce you to building your first app in the Android SDK. We will cover topics such as, basics of Android UI elements, setting up your development environment, a tour of basic app structure, and general overview of the Android ecosystem. The outcome of this class will allow you to create your first basic app. Prerequisites: Familiarity with Java/Eclipse recommended, basic UI design experience, does not require previous knowledge of Java
Advanced Microsoft Office 2010 REGISTER
Friday (7/22) 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – counts towards PD points**
Bristol Community College, Room K101
Craig Watson
This seminar will continue where the Working with Microsoft Office 2010 seminar left off and will cover more advanced feathers in Office.
Introduction to InDesign REGISTER
Friday (7/22) 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – counts towards PD points**
Bristol Community College, Room K104
Paula Mailloux
This seminar offers a hands-on workshop introducing the basics of this popular page-layout program. An in-class guided design project will include topics of importing and creating text and images, page layout and color management to offer the participant a fun, hands on experience.
Week of July 25 – July 30, 2011
Cisco Exploration: Intro to Networks REGISTER
Monday through Friday (7/25 through 7/29) 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. -qualifies for PD points*
Bunker Hill Community College, Room D116
Leo Carey
The Cisco CCNA Exploration curriculum provides an integrated and comprehensive coverage of networking topics, from fundamentals to advanced applications and services, while providing opportunities for hands-on practical experience and soft-skills development. CCNA Exploration is designed for students with advanced problem solving and analytical skills. The curriculum offers a comprehensive and theoretical learning experience for analytical students, and uses language that aligns well with engineering concepts. Exploration can be delivered as an independent curriculum or integrated into a broader course of study, such as degree programs in IT, engineering, math, or science.
Introduction to Dreamweaver REGISTER
Thursday and Friday (7/28 and 7/29) 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – qualifies for PD points*
Bristol Community College, Room K104
Paula Mailloux
In this two day session participants learn the basics of Dreamweaver in this hand-on workshop. A guided in-class project introduces them to Dreamweaver tools that help them develop the basic skills to work with the Dreamweaver application.
Mobile Apps REGISTER
Saturday (7/30) 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – counts towards PD points**
Bristol Community College, Room K101
Sue Malomo
This course will show hot to use HTML5/CSS3 and Jquery to make mobile-friendly apps that are not platform specific.
Week of August 1 – August 6, 2011
VMware REGISTER
Monday through Wednesday (8/1 through 8/3 plus online orientation prior to) 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. -qualifies for PD points*
Bunker Hill Community College, Room D121B
This hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware vSphereTM, which consists of ESX/ESXi and vCenter Server. The course is based on ESX/ESXi 4.1 and vCenter Server 4.1. Completion of this course satisfies as a prerequisite to take the VMware Certified Professional 4 exam. This training is a blended course. There is a mandatory orientation and capstone session. Each session will be delivered virtually via webex. You will also receive a webex invitation one day prior to the orientation and capstone sessions. The ORIENTATION SESSION is Friday, July 29 from 10 – noon. Should you be unable to attend the orientation please contact us right away to see if there is another session you may attend. In-person classes are August 1st, 2nd & 3rd. The CAPSTONE SESSION is Friday, August 12th from 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
PLEASE NOTE: Although there is no cost for the workshop, there will be a no-show fee of $500 billed directly to your institution for each registered individual who fails to cancel their registration a minimum of 5 business days prior to the first session of this course.
Introduction to Certified Ethical Hacking CLOSED
Thursday and Friday (8/4 and 8/5) 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. -qualifies for PDP points*
Bunker Hill Community College, Room D121B
This course is a hands-on, intensive, two-day workshop immersing participants in the methodologies and application of ethical hacking concepts, techniques, and tools. The ethical hacking methodology used in this class includes: footprinting, scanning, enumeration, exploitation, and post-exploitation. Countermeasures to mitigate the various hacking techniques are emphasized. When students complete the class they will have hands-on experience applying the best of breed security tools in the context of an ethical hacking methodology, using various ethical hacking concepts and techniques. Topics addressed include; Ethics and Legal Issues, Footprinting, Scanning, Enumeration, System Hacking, Trojans and Backdoors, Sniffers, Denial of Service, Social Engineering, Session Hijacking, Hacking Web Servers, Web Application Vulnerabilities, Web Based Password Cracking Techniques, SQL Injection, Hacking Wireless Networks, Virus and Worms, Physical Security, Hacking Linux, IDS, Firewalls and Honeypots, Buffer Overflows, Cryptography, Penetration Testing Methodologies.
PLEASE NOTE: Although there is no cost for the workshop, there will be a no-show fee of $500 billed directly to your institution for each registered individual who fails to cancel their registration a minimum of 5 business days prior to the first session of this course.
Advanced Photoshop REGISTER
Thursday and Friday (8/4 and 8/5) 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – qualifies for PD points*
Bristol Community College, Room K104
Paula Mailloux
This two day seminar is for teachers who either took the introduction to Photoshop or are familiar with it and want to learn advanced features.
Artbotics CANCELED
Friday (8/5 and 8/12) 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – qualifies for PD points*
Bristol Community College, Room K101
Rose Ferro
This double Friday class in Artbotics will demonstrate the integration of art and robotics and how this can be used in a classroom setting to teach computing concepts. Participants will work hand-on and develop a project.
Week of August 8 – August 13, 2011
Intro to Digital Arts and Photoshop CS5 REGISTER
Tuesday through Wednesday (8/9 and 8/10) 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. -qualifies for PD points*
Quinsigamond Community College, Room 372AA
Roshanak Bigonah
This course introduces the concepts and techniques necessary to create and manipulate images using Adobe Photoshop CS5. Through hours of hands-on experience and workshops, the educators will learn to use Photoshop tools such as brushes, layers, blend modes, and filters to create artistic works and collages with the effective composition. Topics such as image file formats, adjusting images (levels, contrast, and lightings), preparing images for Web, as well as creating GIF animations will be discussed. Class time is divided between discussions, demos and studio periods.
Google Applications for Business REGISTER
Tuesday (8/11) 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. -counts towards PD points**
University of Massachusetts Boston, Healey Library – Upper Level – Room 0042
Joyce LaTulippe
Bootstrapping new ideas in business requires more than the seed of something great and innovative; today, entrepreneurs and small business owners alike need low-cost technology tools to help them to scale their ideas, products and services quickly. Google Apps offer free, easy-to-use tools: Google Sites with keywords linked to Google’s powerful search engine (Google Boost) — because 97% of consumers search for local businesses online. Google Places helps to connect a business to customers. And there are many more productivity tools used to take bright ideas into the marketplace: Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Groups, Google Cloud –and now there’s even a Google Video Channel. Explore the possibilities in this hands-on session
Embrace Technology and Transform Online Courses with Collaborative Learning Experiences REGISTER
Wednesday (8/10) 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. – counts towards PD points**
University of Massachusetts Boston, Healey Library – Upper Level – Room 0042
Lori Weir
Are you interested in fostering student engagement, promoting social learning and building your students capacity to participate in the 21st Century workforce? This interactive, hands-on session provides instructors with tools for making online courses more fun, interactive and engaging. We will investigate how easy it is to integrate videoconferencing (using a free web-based application, Skype™) and web-based collaborative writing tools (such as Google Docs) to create collaborative learning experiences and ultimately build students’ capacity to participate in virtual teams. We will look at how Twitter can promote social learning and connect students not only to coursework but also their own personal learning networks. This session offers practical solutions for creating team- and project-/problem-solving approaches necessary for the world of work in the 21st century. Instructional design principles will be discussed and examples of activities will be shared.
Introduction to iJava: Student Success in Introductory Programing REGISTER by July 29
Wednesday (8/10) 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (PDP not offered through BATEC)
University of Massachusetts Amherst
iJava is a web-based interactive textbook for elementary Java instruction. It is suitable for beginners with no previous programming experience. When you learn using iJava, you type real code at the text, and the text tells you – immediately – if your code is correct. This makes iJava a superb learning-by-doing educational tool.
Advanced Dreamweaver CANCELED
Thursday and Friday (8/11 amd 8/12) 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – qualifies for PD points*
Bristol Community College, Room K104
Paula Mailloux
This two day seminar is for teachers who either took the introduction to Dreamweaver or are familiar with it and want to learn advanced features.
Week of August 22 – August 27, 2011
HTML5/CSS3 REGISTER
Saturday (8/27) 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – counts towards PD points**
Bristol Community College, Room K101
Sue Malomo
This course is an introduction to the latest web design concepts in HTML5 and CSS3. This course will also touch on Jquery. Those that enroll in this course should have a basic understanding of HTML and CSS.
*qualifies for PD points: This class is a minimum of 10 hours and is eligible for a BATEC Certificate of Completion. Attendance is mandatory and will be reported every day. The name you register under will be the exact name that appears on your certificate.
**counts towards PD points: This class is under the minimum of 10 hours but can be combined with another BATEC Summer Institute class to be eligible for a BATEC Certificate of Completion. Attendance is mandatory and will reported at the end of class. The name you register under will be the exact name that appears on your certificate.
