EdTherapy | Creating Inspired Students

Bay Area Workshops

All workshops $117.00

Inspired Students

Is learning Inspiration on your "To Do" list? Come see why the readers of
George Lucas Education Foundation's Edutopia Magazine
voted Inspiration "Best Education Software" in both 2006 and 2007!

What participants are saying:

"I thought you did a superb job introducing us to this amazing tool! For the first time I can see how to use it skillfully with students. As I mentioned, I had seen it used in a very confusing way in the past.” A.B., Marin County

"I loved the workshop. Thank you so much! I especially loved the discussion at the end about different templates to use for thinking skills and the metacognitive piece.” C.B., San Francisco

Who should participate?

This seminar is designed for adults. Parents and professionals will learn to use Inspiration to help students:

Plan and manage complex assignments

Organize and keep track of information

Integrate Inspiration and Microsoft Word to structure the writing process

Create custom "templates" that structure and break down tasks into chunks

This seminar is designed for participants whose computer skills are reasonably solid. It is requested that participants are fluent with basic commands, including creating/saving documents, creating folders, cutting/pasting, right/left mouse clicking, etc.... Participants provide their own laptops.

Investment: $117.00 per attendee
· Registration fee includes seminar materials. Limited to 7 participants.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 10:00am to 12:30 pm.

Seminar location: 2787 California Street (@ Divisidero)

"Open Houses" on Tuesday, October 14 from 1:30pm-3:00pm and Tuesday, October 21 from 4:30pm-6:00pm: participants from any of EdTherapy's Inspiration seminars are welcome to drop in for additional support.

"Dan, it is I who thank you for your excellent class.
I also appreciate the contact we had before the session.
It gave me confidence that you really were going to focus
on being very practical in learning how to use the program. "
-R.F., San Francisco

"(Dan) broke down my essay assignment in a way that would help
my students understand it. What that did was actually get me to look
critically at my assignment, and better understand what exactly I was
looking for, and how I expected the students to meet my goals. I
walked away with a very clear graphic organizer which I can share
with my students to help make their learning easier. "
-K.R., San Francisco

Tech Tools 101:

This guided tour through each stage of the research process demonstrates a variety of free and off-the-shelf technologies that streamline and organize the entire process. The goals of the workshop include:

Pairing tools and features with each step of the process: gathering information, reading, taking notes, organizing information, writing drafts

Clarifying which tools are appropriate for which tasks and demonstraing various features

Distinguishing bells & whistles from effective features

Providing a broad survey of the products available and a fremework for understanding how they can help your child.

Investment: $117.00 per attendee
· Registration fee includes seminar materials. Limited to 7 participants.

Sunday October 19, 2008 - 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Seminar location: 2787 California Street (@ Divisidero)

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 1:45pm to 3:45 pm.

Seminar location: 2787 California Street (@ Divisidero)

Inspiration for Beginners

This seminar combines a detailed overview of Inspiration with some basic computing instruction as needed. This slow-paced seminar is geared towards parents and professionals who want to learn all about it and get some hands-on instruction.

Participants provide their own laptops.

Investment: $117.00 per attendee
· Registration fee includes seminar materials. Limited to 7 participants.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 10:00am to 12:30 pm.

Seminar location: 2787 California Street (@ Divisidero)

Phone: 415.407.0234
Dan@EdTherapy.com