Multimedia+Workshop+Overview

=Workshop Title: Essential Firefox Tools for Educators=

Topic:
The Mozilla Firefox browser add-on capabilities can extend the functionality of the browser to support improved student academic performance and increase the instructor's productivity.

Population:
The workshop presentation will be educational administrators, faculty, and staff.

Outcomes: The learner will:

 * have knowledge of the Firefox browser components, specifically add-ons and personas with the ultimate goal of using them to improve student academic success and increase productivity;
 * be able to install and manipulate the browser components to easily use them to support goals;
 * locate, install, use, and compile Firefox add-on tools and personas; and
 * share the compilation with peers.

Learning Goals:

 * The learner will be able to find and install new personas in the Firefox browser.
 * The learner will be able to find an install productivity tools and add-ons in the Firefox browser.
 * The learner will be able to predict how the personas and add-ons will positively improve student academic performance.
 * The learner will be able to predict how the personas and add-ons will positively improve their productivity.
 * The learner will be able to find Firefox add-on collections to support their academic and productivity goals.
 * The learner will be able to create and share a Firefox add-on collection that supports academic and productivity goals.
 * Given a specific topic or task, the learners will be able to create a collection of Firefox add-ons that will support students academically and/or support productivity goals.

Gap:
The participants are likely to know that a browser is used to navigate the Internet. Most of them will have either used or heard of Mozilla Firefox. In a group of approximately 200, two or three of them will have used add-ons and/or personas. Of those who have used them, it is unlikely that they will have integrated the tools so that they have fully benefit from their use.

After the workshop, the learners, given a specific topic or task, will be able to create and share with peers a collection of Firefox add-ons that will support students academically and/or support productivity goals.

The gap exists because learners are not aware of this browser's capabilities, do not know how to implement them effectively, and do not appreciate the ability to share resources specific to an outcome using these tools.

Tentative Agenda (5-hour workshop):
PowerPoint || PowerPoint || Wallwisher Reflection || 1:50pm ||= Create Collections ||= Firefox ||
 * = Time ||= Activity ||= Tools Used ||
 * = 9:00am-9:15am ||= Introduction ||= Powerpoint ||
 * = 9:15am-9:45am ||= Finding, Installing, & Integrating Personas ||= Firefox,
 * = 9:45am-10:00am || Break ||= Displayed Timer ||=  ||
 * = 10:00am-11:00amm ||= Finding, Installing, & Integrating Add-Ons ||= Firefox,
 * = 11:00am- 11:15pm ||= Wallwisher Morning Reflection ||= Displayed Timer,
 * = 11:15pm-12:15pm || Lunch Break ||= Displayed Timer (Last 10 minutes) ||=  ||
 * = 12:15pm-12:45pm ||= Finding, Using, and Creating Collections ||= Firefox ||
 * = 12:45pm-
 * = 1:50pm-2:00pm ||= Wallwisher Afternoon Reflection ||= Wallwisher, Displayed Timer ||