We are going to spend a good portion of today looking at a variety of web resources designed to help us integrate technology into the curriculum and increase teacher productivity. Here are some of the websites we will look at:
Technology Toolkit Class
Education World
- Basics of Computer Hardware- Internal Components
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Sites for Teachers
- Sites For Teachers rates educational Websites by popularity with teachers.
- The Educator's Reference Desk: Resource Guides
- The WebQuest Page at San Diego State University
- The WebQuest Page includes freely available training materials and examples of the WebQuest lesson format.
- WebQuest Resources from Education World
- The netTrekker suite of award-winning products
- i-SAFE Inc.
- Dogpile Web Search Home Page
- Dogpile.com makes searching the Web easy, because it has all the best search engines piled into one. So you get better results from more of the web. More engines. Better Answers. One Click. Dogpile Web Search Official Home Page.
- Software Tutorials - Atomic Learning, Inc.
- Online narrated QuickTime screen movie software training and tutorials for school, home, and business. Tutorials on all major applications.
- Microsoft Office Home Page
- Office Online offers how-to articles, downloads, templates, clip art, and more for your Office programs.
- SurveyMonkey
- SurveyMonkey.com is a revolutionary new tool to create and publish custom surveys in minutes, and then view results graphically and in real time.
- Google Products
- Fair Use Guidelines 1
- Fair Use Guidelines 2
- Fair Use Guidelines MJSD
- DPI Copyright Links
- This page is an annotated bibliography of links to copyright resources for schools and libraries.
- ERIC - Education Resources Information Center
There are also several activities planned for today including the following:
DAY TWO ACTIVITIES
Activity 2-1: Install Picasa and iTunes software on the computer
Activity 2-2: Take stock photos or digital camera pictures and use Picasa2 to edit them and reduce their size
Activity 2-3: Create a Powerpoint with 6 slides. Add appropriate design, transitions, animations, and embed appropriately sized photographs and clip art.
Activity 2-4: Create a concept map of a topic/subject that you teach using Inspiration
Activity 2-5: Find a lesson plan idea using MarcoPolo or Wikkipedia
Activity 2-6: Set up your own Blog site on Blogger.com
Activity 2-7: Use your Blog site to create a webquest for your students
Activity 2-8: Complete Reflective Journal Day Two Activity
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