Technology Teacher Training
Fractus Learning is focused on the next generation of technology tools for use in education. Social media, web apps and mobile devices are forming a huge part of future learning and it is essential that educators are in a position to use and teach with these amazing new tools. Fractus Learning Technology Teacher Training provides educators with everything they need to advance their skills in technology, web and social media.
All courses are hosted using our online learning platform so you can learn when is convenient for you. Tailored specifically for education and use in schools, our easy-to-follow video tutorials focus on the latest (and coolest) tools to keep teachers on the cutting edge.
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Introduction To Social Media In Education
Social networks have changed the way we communicate with friends, family, colleagues and students. This four hour introductory course will take you through everything you need to get up to speed on the major social networks. Each module is designed specifically to focus on features and practices that work in education.
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Course Summary
- Why social networks are essential to learning
- Basics, setup and privacy
- Profile and timeline
- Feeds, subscriptions and sharing
- Polls, events and lists
- Creating pages and using apps
- Ideas for the classroom and school
- Basics, setup and privacy
- Followers, following and lists
- Hashtags, mentions and interactions
- Third party tools and mobile
- Ideas for the classroom and school
- Basics, setup and privacy
- Circles, +1’s and sharing media
- Hangouts and Google service integration
- Creating a brand page
- Ideas for the classroom and school
- Basics, setup and privacy
- Searching, asking and answering questions
- Following people and topics
- Creating boards and linking accounts
- Ideas for the classroom and school
Introduction To Social Media In Education - Technology Teacher Training
Overview
Google+
Quora
Further Learning
Introduction To Social Bookmarks and Discovery
Social bookmarking presents a massive change in how we store, manage and discover great content. This four hour introductory course will teach you the principles behind social bookmarks as well as help you get familiar with the best tools available. Once you have started using social bookmarks, you will wonder how you ever lived without them.
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Course Summary
- What is social bookmarking and how can it help me?
- Basics, setup and privacy
- Your library, tags and searching
- Sharing, annotation and discovery
- Mobile apps and plugins
- Ideas for the classroom and school
- Basics, setup and privacy
- Saving links and making stacks
- Following, Inbox and My Feed
- Delicious integration
- Ideas for the classroom and school
- Basics, setup and privacy
- Saving text, pages, snapshots and more
- Searching with Evernote
- Mobile apps and plugins
- Ideas for the classroom and school
- Basics, setup and privacy
- Stumbling and following
- Refining and sharing content
- Ideas for the classroom and school
Introduction To Social Bookmarks and Discovery - Technology Teacher Training
Overview
Diigo
Delicious
Evernote
Stumbleupon
Further Learning
Introduction To Presenting And Sharing Online
Presentations have always meant slide after slide of non-engaging, flat content. The new generation of web presentation tools are changing all that and providing a great way to present material in exciting and fun ways. This four hour introductory course will teach you to get the most out of online presenting as well as cover web conferencing and screen sharing tools.
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Course Summary
- Say goodbye to PowerPoint forever
- Basics, setup and privacy
- Navigating the Prezi canvas
- Media, templates and design techniques
- Collaboration, presenting and sharing
- Ideas for the classroom and school
- Basics, setup and privacy
- Layout, templates and options
- Effects, transitions, bells and whistles
- Collaboration, presenting and sharing
- Ideas for the classroom and school
- Basics, setup and privacy
- Importing documents, PDFs and videos
- Sharing and making contacts
- Integrating SlideShare
- Ideas for the classroom and school
- Running a web conference
- Screen sharing with Skype
- Enterprise options
- Ideas for the classroom and school
Introduction To Presenting And Sharing Online - Technology Teacher Training
Overview
Prezi
SlideRocket
SlideShare
Web conferencing
Further Learning
Introduction To Online Video And Screencasting
The phenomenon of video online has meant that this is the first generation to watch less television than their parents. Online video is a critical resource that can add to every aspect of your teaching and professional career. With so much amazing video content available, this four hour introductory course will teach you how to access, organize and discover video online as well as create your own.
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Course Summary
- Creating, hosting and sharing great online video
- Basics, setup and privacy
- Searching, channels and subscriptions
- Uploading video and editing
- Sharing, embedding and parameters
- Ideas for the classroom and school
- Basics, setup and privacy
- Searching, channels and subscriptions
- Uploading video and editing
- Sharing, embedding and special options
- Ideas for the classroom and school
- Basics, setup and privacy
- Selecting styles and collecting media
- Storyboarding, music and video creation
- Advanced options and features
- Ideas for the classroom and school
- Setting up, equipment and tips
- Free options
- Enterprise options
- Ideas for the classroom and school
Introduction To Online Video And Screencasting - Technology Teacher Training
Overview
YouTube
Vimeo
Animoto
Screencasting
Further Learning
Introduction To Content Management Systems For Schools
Building fantastic websites is a lot easier than it used to be thanks to the vast number of open source tools and software now available. This twelve hour course will guide you through the best content management systems available, helping you create enterprise level sites in minutes. Whether creating a simple site for your class or an administrative system for managing lessons, CMS’s take away all the hard work.
Course Summary
- How you can use a CMS to make a difference
- Installation and administration
- Users, tools and settings
- Themes and appearance
- Pages and menus
- Posting and media
- Plugins
- Ideas for the classroom and school
- Further learning
- Installation and administration
- Accounts, roles and permissions
- Appearance and reports
- Managing Moodle courses
- Files, repositories and portfolios
- Moodle for mobile
- Ideas for the classroom and school
- Further learning
- Installation and administration
- Managing users and content
- Content types, blocks and menus
- Media, search and social networking
- Modules
- Drupal theming
- Ideas for the classroom and school
- Further learning
- Installation and administration
- User and access management
- Articles and categories
- Media and templates
- Modules and components
- Plugins
- Ideas for the classroom and school
- Further learning
- Basics, setup and privacy
- Themes and media
- Posting and sharing
- Social integration
- Mobile and apps
- Ideas for the classroom and school
Introduction To Content Management Systems For Schools - Technology Teacher Training
Overview
WordPress
Moodle
Drupal
Joomla
Tumblr
Twitter For Use In Schools and The Classroom
Twitter has completely revolutionized the media world, and with the service growing every day, its impact and applications are growing too. Twitter is being used more and more in education for communication, research, news and real-time updates. This four hour course will focus on building Twitter communities, as well as the advanced settings and third-party applications you can use to become a master of the Twitterverse.
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Course Summary
- Profile your personality
- School or institution profiles
- Integrating other social networks
- Optimizing your profile page
- Who to follow?
- Growing your followers
- Using lists effectively
- Tracking your community
- Perfect tweet composition
- Mentions, replies and direct messages
- Advanced use of hashtags
- Trends, activity and categories
- Aggregation tools
- Social magazines
- Visualizations
- Mobile and apps
Twitter For Use In Schools and The Classroom - Technology Teacher Training
Creating an engaging profile
Building your Twitter community
Interactions and discovery
Third party tools
Analytics
Privacy and Security
Ideas for the classroom and school
Prezi For Use In Schools and The Classroom
Make your presentations zoom with Prezi and you will never bore an audience again. Prezi is one of the hottest online presentation tools going around, making PowerPoint slides look clunky and out-dated. This four hour course will cover everything you need to create engaging and exciting Prezis as well as share and collaborate with colleagues and students.
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Course Summary
- Creating a Prezi account
- Education accounts
- Privacy and settings
- Templates
- The Zebra
- Colors and fonts
- Shapes and drawings
- Images, links and video
- Frames
- Paths
- Grouping
- Layers
- Sharing and social media
- Presenting offline
- Collaborative Prezi creation
- Prezi Meeting
- Importing PowerPoint slides
- Importing Keynote slides
- Creating handouts
- Re-use of public content
- Tips to wow your audience
Prezi For Use In Schools and The Classroom - Technology Teacher Training
Getting started
Elements and Media
Controlling your Prezi
Sharing and Collaboration
Importing slides to Prezi
Tips and Tricks
Ideas for the classroom and school
WordPress For Use In Schools and The Classroom
WordPress is used by some of the biggest names online – CNN, Wall Street Journal and Yahoo! to name just a few. The quickest, easiest and most customizable way to create a quality blog online, WordPress is a remarkable tool for anyone looking to post content online. This twelve hour course covers everything you need to set up, create and administer with the number one blogging platform online.
Course Summary
- Setting up your system
- Hosting
- 5-Minute install
- User setup
- General settings
- Media settings
- Permalinks
- Privacy
- Creating posts
- Creating pages
- Working with media
- Links
- Categories and tags
- Commenting
- Pingbacks
- Moderating
- Comment spam
- Themes
- Menus
- Widgets
- Installing plugins
- Upgrading plugins
- Recommended plugins
- Importing
- Exporting
- Backing up
- Upgrading WordPress
WordPress For Use In Schools and The Classroom - Technology Teacher Training
Installation
Settings and basic administration
Creating content
Comments and pings
Design and appearance
Plugins
System administration
Ideas for the classroom and school
Users who purchase our Technology Teacher Training courses have thirty (30) days after their purchase to cancel and receive a full refund.
All courses are pay as you go so there is no on-going subscription or hidden costs.
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