District Trainer: Mark Howard

Educational Background:

I teach grades 9-12 at Tonopah High school.  I teach computer literacy, computer programming, German.

 

How I Integrate Technology Into the Classroom:

I teach NovaNet (Distance Learning)

 

Email Mark: mhoward9@hotmail.com

 


 

Mark's Workshops:

 

PowerGrade and PowerSchool - One-on-One Trainings

 

Mark Howard

June 1st, 2005 @ 9:10 - 9:40 a.m.

June 2nd, 2005 @ 3:15 - 3:30 p.m.

June 2nd, 2005 @ 3:30 - 3:45 p.m.

June 7th, 2005 @ 1:15 - 1:45 p.m.

June 7th, 2005 @ 2:30 - 3:00 p.m.

June 8th, 2005 @ 1:00 - 1:15 p.m.

June 8th, 2005 @ 2:00 - 2:30 p.m.

June 9th, 2005 @ 10:00 - 10:30 a.m.

June 9th, 2005 @ 1:00 - 1:45 p.m.

June 9th, 2005 @ 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Tonopah High School
1 Tennant Drive
Tonopah, NV 89049
Phone: (775) 482-3698

Description of Workshop: Covered issues in PowerSchool and PowerGrade such as creating assignments, organizing assignments, entering grades, changing preferences and display options, and manually overriding grades

Graphics Formats - One-on-One Training

 

Mark Howard

May 27th, 2005 @ 1:30 - 2:00 p.m.

Tonopah High School
1 Tennant Drive
Tonopah, NV 89049
Phone: (775) 482-3698

Description of Workshop: Brief description of .bmp, .jpg and .gif formats and differences between them. Showed teacher how to locate files and change an image from one format to another.

HTML and WWW

 

Mark Howard

April 9th, 2005 @ 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

April 11th, 2005 @ 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Tonopah High School
1 Tennant Drive
Tonopah, NV 89049
Phone: (775) 482-3698

Description of Workshop: Introduction to the Internet. What do the acronyms stand for, file types, browsing and HTML. Creating simple web pages with a text editor, using tags and images.

PowerGrade and Excel - One-on-One Training

 

Mark Howard

April 5th, 2005 @ 9:45 - 10:15 a.m.

Tonopah High School
1 Tennant Drive
Tonopah, NV 89049
Phone: (775) 482-3698

Description of Workshop: Discussed PowerGrade preferences and display options. Also worked with Excel and used formulas and selected ranges.

Excel

 

Mark Howard

March 25th, 2005 @ 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Tonopah High School
1 Tennant Drive
Tonopah, NV 89049
Phone: (775) 482-3698

Description of Workshop: Introduction to spreadsheets and types of data. How to enter data, use formulas, use the toolbar, select data and format spreadsheets.

PowerGrade - One-on-One Training

 

Mark Howard

February 22nd, 2005 @ 9:15 - 9:30 a.m.

February 23rd, 2005 @ 3:00 - 3:15 p.m.

February 24th, 2005 @ 9:10 - 9:40 a.m.

February 24th, 2005 @ 3:00 - 3:15 p.m.

Tonopah High School
1 Tennant Drive
Tonopah, NV 89049
Phone: (775) 482-3698

Description of Workshop: Showed participant how to create assignments using PowerSchool and reorder assignments. Created categories for assignments, created assignments, and ordered assignments.

Basic Computer Skills - One-on-One Training

 

Mark Howard

February 2nd, 2005 @ 3:15 - 3:45 p.m.

Tonopah High School
1 Tennant Drive
Tonopah, NV 89049
Phone: (775) 482-3698

Description of Workshop: Taught teacher how to navigate on the desktop, exit programs properly and use PowerSchool.

Excel for Elementary Teachers

 

Mark Howard

January 13th, 2005 @ 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Tonopah High School
1 Tennant Drive
Tonopah, NV 89049
Phone: (775) 482-3698

Description of Workshop: Introduction to spreadsheets and types of data. How to enter data, use formulas, use the toolbar, select data and format spreadsheets.

PowerGrade - One-on-One Training

 

Mark Howard

January 6th, 2005 @ 10:15 - 10:45 a.m.

Tonopah High School
1 Tennant Drive
Tonopah, NV 89049
Phone: (775) 482-3698

Description of Workshop: Set up categories for assignments and added assignments. Final grades were also set up.

Technology in the Classroom

 

Mark Howard
November 18th, 2004
3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Tonopah High School
1 Tennant Drive
Tonopah, NV 89049
Phone: (775) 482-3698
Description of Workshop: Participants learned how to use TV Gold, computer labs and library resources. Were also given an overview of Internet use and responsibilities. Participants developed lesson plans using technology.

Basic Word

 

Mark Howard
October 21st, 2004
3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Tonopah High School
1 Tennant Drive
Tonopah, NV 89049
Phone: (775) 482-3698
Description of Workshop: Participants learned the basic uses of Microsoft Word, including file creation and file saving, formatting, inserting multimedia, creating templates.

Basic Computer Training

 

Mark Howard
October 14th, 2004
3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Tonopah High School
1 Tennant Drive
Tonopah, NV 89049
Phone: (775) 482-3698
Description of Workshop: Brief history of computers and operating systems, familiarizaiton with terminology, starting and shutting down a computer, basic operations, using various applications.


Trackstar, Rubicstar and Quizstar

 

Mark Howard and Judi Boni
March 29th, 2004 @6:00-8:00 p.m.
April 1, 2004 @3:00-5:00 p.m.
April 5th, 2004 @6:00-8:00 p.m.

Tonopah High School
1 Tennant Drive
Tonopah, NV 89049
Phone: (775) 482-3698
Description of Workshop: Introduction to these free internet based programs. Teachers will build a resource to use in their classes.

Basic Computer Knowledge

 

Mark Howard and Judi Boni
March 31st , 2004 @3:00-7:00 p.m.

Tonopah High School
1 Tennant Drive
Tonopah, NV 89049
Phone: (775) 482-3698
Description of Workshop: Windows, Word, Power Point and more about basic computer knowledge.

PowerPoint

 

Mark Howard and Judi Boni
February 28th, 2004 @9:00a.m.-1:00 p.m.
February 23rd, 2004 @6:00-8:00 p.m.
March 1st, 2004 @6:00-8:00 p.m.

Tonopah High School
1 Tennant Drive
Tonopah, NV 89049
Phone: (775) 482-3698
Description of Workshop: Basic Microsoft Power Point. You will be able to create multi media presentation for your classroom.

Technology in the Classroom

 

Mark Howard and Judi Boni
November 8th, 2003@ 6:30-8:30 p.m.
November 11th, 2003@ 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Tonopah High School
1 Tennant Drive
Tonopah, NV 89049
Phone: (775) 482-3698
Description of Workshop: Multimedia, Internet, and classrom resources, surfing the net, classroom management, searching the internet, educational web sites, TV Gold, WebQuest ideas.

Basic Computer Training

 

Mark Howard and Judi Boni on
October 20th, 2003 @6:30-8:30 p.m.
October 25th, 2003@9-11:00 a.m.

Tonopah High School
1 Tennant Drive
Tonopah, NV 89049
Phone: (775) 482-3698
Description of Workshop: Introduce teachers to basic computer technology. Brief history of the computer, operating systems, myths commonly taught concerning computer systems and industry. Maintaince and introduction to Windows and the basic Microsoft office suite.


Introduction to Webquests

 

Judi Boni and Mark Howard
April 16,2003 @1:50-3:00 p.m.

Tonopah High School
1 Tennant Drive
Tonopah, NV 89049
Phone: (775) 482-3698
Description of Workshop: Introduction to what a WebQuest is. Also how TV Gold can help a one computer classroom. 9 teachers attended.

 



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