2. MATH AND CONTENT BUILDER WEBINAR 2/16/11, 2/23/11, and 3/2/11; 4 – 6 pm Please call: 866-285-7780 Access Code: 5842181

3. WHO ARE WE? Jennifer Bradford and Sara Meadows, Chemistry & Physics Teachers, Fresno USD Michelle Parker, Mathematics Teacher, San Bernardino City USD David Andrews, Biology Professor, Fresno State Jaime Arvizu, Assoc. Director, SMEC, Fresno State Davida Fischman, Mathematics Professor, CSU San Bernardino

4. PRODUCT AND STIPENDS Product: A functional website, either for your teaching portfolio or for your students Stipend: $150 after completing the three webinars and the website

5. AGENDA -2/16/11 Introductions Overview of MERLOT and MERLOT Content Builder (PowerPoint) Examples of websites Basic Navigations of Content Builder How to start new pages (selecting templates) How to edit pages Basic formatting Uploading documents Creating links MERLOT voices community conversation Post your link

6. MERLOT MULTIMEDIA EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE FOR LEARNING AND ONLINE TEACHING Digital library designed specifically for the needs of today’s educators. Available free to any educator regardless of grade level or subject matter.

7. MERLOT- DIGITAL LIBRARY Houses peer reviewed online teaching resources

8. MERLOT- DIGITAL LIBRARY Easy to search based on subject matter, topic, and type of material

9. MERLOT- DIGITAL LIBRARY Contribute materials for others to use and review

10. MERLOT- CONTENT BUILDER Provides a user-friendly application to build and maintain various types of digital portfolios through users’ MERLOT portal.

11. MERLOT- CONTENT BUILDER Can be used to store and share curriculum.

12. MERLOT- CONTENT BUILDER Can be used as a online resume or teaching portfolio.

13. MERLOT- CONTENT BUILDER Can be used as a page for students to access materials for the class.

14. MERLOT- CONTENT BUILDER Content builder materials can be easily contributed to MERLOT’s digital library

15. MERLOT- VOICES A professional social networking site for educators. A great tool for collaboration and sharing ideas

16. MERLOT- VOICES Allows groups and discussion strands to be made and managed easily

17. MERLOT- VOICES Can create a profile with links and message board.

18. MERLOT- VOICES Can live chat with others through Voices Chat

19. WHAT SHOULD I HAVE COMPLETED FOR THE NEXT WORKSHOP? Have a welcome page with teaching philosophy and biography uploaded. Have a purpose for you website Do you want it to be a professional portfolio, a student accessible website or something else? Think about the layout of your website.

20. CONTACT INFORMATION Jennifer Bradford jbskit3214@sbcglobal.netjbskit3214@sbcglobal.net Sara Meadows bandiscool@mail.fresnostate.edubandiscool@mail.fresnostate.edu Michelle Parker parker.o.michelle@gmail.comparker.o.michelle@gmail.com Davida Fischman fischman@csusb.edufischman@csusb.edu Jaime Arvizu jaimea@csufresno.edujaimea@csufresno.edu David Andrews davidan@csufresno.edudavidan@csufresno.edu Thank you!