Workshops & Institutes

If you need to learn more about some of today's most exciting and useful educational technology applications and equipment, have we got programs for you! The Lei Aloha team organizes workshops and institutes specially related to our evolving industry. Please refer to the list below for the latest offerings. For details call us at 956-3934, or email us at coetech@hawaii.edu.

The University of Hawaii offers numerous workshops throught the year. If you do not find what you are looking for here, please check out programs at the Digital Media Center or the Center for Instructional Support.

PowerPoint-ing your Work! with PowerPoint
Have you gone to conferences or attended classes where the presenter used a presentation tool called PowerPoint to supplement his or her presentation, and thought, “Wow! I wish I could do that?” In this workshop, you will be able to create effective PowerPoint presentations. This workshop will include visual design and graphic elements tips, basic PowerPoint features – like inserting graphics, creating text boxes, and inserting new slides, and some advanced features like custom animations and sounds to help you create an effective PowerPoint presentation.

Smile! You’re on iMovie!
Using video in the classroom is as simple as removing the videotape from its jacket and inserting it into the VCR. This workshop will introduce you to educational and technical issues associated with video, as well as introduce you to various digital video cameras. In the hands-on session of the workshop, you will have an opportunity to import video footage from camera to computer, edit the video clips using iMovie 2, and finally view the finished product both on video tape and as a computer file that can be used in most software packages.

Web Design: Dreamweaver, Word, HomePage, Composer:
Need an introduction to basic web design and software? This workshop will take you from conceptualizing a web site (file organization, file collection, etc.) to the actual creation of the web site in a web design software.

Building an Electronic Portfolio:
Have you ever heard of an Electronic Portfolio? This workshop defines what an Electronic Portfolio is and why you would want to create one. In the hands-on portion of this workshop, you start thinking about the types of artifacts for your electronic portfolio, and begin the skeletal structure of your portfolio.

Use Digital Resources:
Let’s Stream! – An Introduction to Streaming Video:
This workshop gives a basic overview of streaming video and its uses on the Internet. Topics covered include a brief overview of how video can be used in instruction, Tools and tips for streaming video, and how to use iMovie 2 to get computer files that can be uploaded for streaming. (This workshop can be used before a “Smile! You’re on iMovie” workshop.)
Powerpoint (WARNING: This presentation was created in Microsoft PowerPoint XP and may contain some animations not viewable on lower versions of PowerPoint.)
Tutorials: See “Smile! You’re on iMovie”