August 09, 2001

XEMMI LIVE!

IMMEX on the Web now offers a live chat feature which allows users to get real time answers to all their IMMEX questions. Meet Xemmi, the chat-room operator who knows everything there is to know about IMMEX and who can help you get quick and easy solutions to both curriculum and technology based questions. To access Xemmi, click on the "Questions?" button on the IMMEX homepage, type your question in the chat bar, hit "send" and wait for Xemmi’s response to appear in the chat history box.  With Xemmi LIVE, IMMEX on the Web now makes integrating technology into the classroom even easier.
 

Summer Workshop Workbooks Now Online

An electronic .pdf version of the IMMEX summer workshop workbook is now available online at http://www.immex.ucla.edu/ProfMainFrame.htm. These files contain the entire curriculum for the IMMEX 2001-2002 general technology summer institutes. The workbook contains comprehensive guides to:

• Navigating and updating the CTAP survey / profile

• File Management for the PC

• Microsoft Powerpoint

• The Internet for Educators

• The IMMEX Project

• Microsoft Excel

• Advanced Microsoft Word

• Grade Machine

• Basic Web Page Design

To download be sure to have Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download, get it here). Look for an interactive version of the workbook August 20th.

If you are interested in attending any of the remaining institutes, check out the schedule and contact Joycelin Palacio-Cayetano or Stephanie Schmier (see Contact IMMEX for telephone numbers.)