Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Welcome to Day two of TTK!

Welcome back for day two of the Technology Toolkit class!

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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