What's new at Atomic Learning?

27 Mar

See What's Hot at Atomic Learning

Posted by Amy Schoenrock in Atomic Learning, PD, new, teachers, tech integration

Atomic Learning strives to bring you the most up-to-date training resources on the hottest topics. Our new "What's Hot" page shows our latest releases, popular favorites and other new and noteworthy items.

Visit this page often for regular updates on the latest training and resources from Atomic Learning.  In addition, you'll find AL's Favorites, a sample of some of our popular and recommended training and resources. Check out What's Hot now!

19 Mar

New Content Alert: Advanced Photoshop CS5, and more!

Posted by Amy Schoenrock in new, training, tutorials

Atomic Learning has recently added new content to its training library. Included in this release are Advanced Photoshop CS5 for Mac users as well as a few specific tutorials on Word 2010 features.

Check out all of the new training outlined below.

Desire2Learn 9.4 – Student Training (Both)
http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/d2l94_stu

Photoshop CS5 – Advanced Training (Mac)
http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/pscs5adv_mac

Photoshop CS5 – Tips & Tricks for the Web Training (PC)
http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/pscs5_tipsweb

15 Mar

Don't Miss Your Chance to Win! Training Contest Ends Today!

Posted by Amy Schoenrock in certificates, completion, new, training, tutorials

Atomic Learning subscribers! Have you entered this contest yet? There's still time, but not much!

For each full series of Atomic Learning online training tutorials you view, you earn a Certificate of Completion. Between February 15, 2012 and March 15, 2012, each earned Certificate of Completion automatically enters you into a drawing to win a $500 Gift Card to Amazon.com.

Ready to get started? Simply log in at www.AtomicLearning.com (or your institution's custom login portal), enter your unique username and password, and begin!

14 Mar

New to Atomic Learning? This Training is for You!

Posted by Amy Schoenrock in Atomic Learning, new, training

Atomic Learning customers are invited to this free online training session to learn more about the key features of Atomic Learning for professional development, how-to training, and classroom tech integration.

This session will cover:

-  How to access just in time training
-  An overview of professional development tools
-  Resources to integrate today’s technology into your curriculum with one easy search

Several training options available. Register now.

02 Mar

Learn From Your Peers: Start an Atomic Learning Newsletter

Posted by Amy Schoenrock in Spotlight, new, tech integration, tutorials

Are you wondering why your staff isn't using your Atomic Learning access? Or are you a teacher with access to Atomic Learning but you don't know how to where to start? Learn from your peers, start a monthly or quarterly newsletter to share with your team highlighting all the new features of Atomic Learning along with tips for using technology in the classroom. You can even include usage stats to show how you and your peers are utilizing your technology resource!

Need more inspiration? Take a look at what our friends at Fort Bend ISD in Texas are using to get the word out to their team here!

01 Mar

Coming Soon: Citation & Bibliography Training - Word 2010 (PC)

Posted by Amy Schoenrock in microsoft word, new, training, tutorials

Check out this sneak peek of what's coming soon to Atomic Learning's training library.

14 Feb

Introducing Certificates of Completion - Win a $500 Amazon.com Gift Card!

Posted by Amy Schoenrock in Project, certificates, competion, new, series, training, tutorials, workshop

Atomic Learning now offers Certificates of Completion for individuals completing a full tutorial series or training assignment.

Each certificate provides a summary of the time an individual has dedicated to self-improvement and is a great tool to:

  • Track Professional Development Hours
  • Build a Skills Portfolio
  • Create an Evidence of Learning Repository
  • Earn Recognition Among Peers

Learn more about Certificates of Completion in this overview video.  And, don't miss your chance to win a $500 Amazon.com gift card! Check out the details of this exciting contest for certificates earned between February 15 - March 15, 2012 on this flyer.

02 Feb

New Content Alert: Fireworks CS5 and more!

Posted by Amy Schoenrock in Atomic Learning, new, technology, training, tutorials

Atomic Learning has expanded its training collection to include Camtasia 1.2 training as well as advanced training series for Illustrator CS5 and PowerPoint 2011, among others including several updates to existing content.

Camtasia 1.2
Empower your training by easily creating effective videos using Camtasia 1.2. In this online training series, you'll learn how to precisely edit screencasts by cutting, splicing, adding transitions, and captions. Also learn how to record PowerPoint® presentations, Web sites, Web cams, and software demos. Learn how to produce your video in many formats to share on video hosting sites such as YouTube™.

01 Feb

Watch for New Training: Excel 2011 Advanced (Mac)

Posted by Amy Schoenrock in Atomic Learning, Mac, new, tutorials

Atomic Learning's PowerPoint 2011 advanced online training series will demonstrate more in-depth options for working with tables, customizing charts, adding hyperlinks, manipulating photos, adding audio and movies to your slides, working with animations and transitions, understanding slide masters, and creating speaker notes or support materials for your audiences. Watch for the new training series coming soon!</p> <p></p>

31 Jan

Coming Soon: Updated iOS 5 Tutorials

Posted by Amy Schoenrock in Atomic Learning, Mac, new, tutorials

Atomic Learning's iOS 5 tutorials for iPad provide short and easy-to-follow instructions for using the functions and apps included with version 5 of the iPad’s operating system. iOS 5 introduced a number of new features on the iPad that are pretty exciting, this video outlines a few we especially like.  

 

Watch for updates in the following sections: Calendar, Multitasking, Contacts, Safari coming soon in the iOS 5 training series.