Welcome Tech Toolkit II Class

Here is the link to your survey

CLICK HERE

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

Welcome Technology Toolkit Class!

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome my technology toolkit class to my blog site. Blogging is an overused term that is basically a "web log". In other words it is a webpage or webpages with someones ideas and thoughts on them. In this case mine!

In some blogs you can respond and in others you can not. But in the end they are essentially websites generated using WYSIWYG tools. (WYSIWIG = What You See Is What You Get). We will post a variety of links and materials on this site for you to use in class. Good luck and have fun!

The first thing we wil be doing is getting a sense of where everyone is with their technology and the needs they have for this course. Please go to the following website to take the technology toolkit survey:

CLICK HERE FOR THE TECH TOOLKIT SURVEY

I have also put together a syllabus that you can view by simply clicking on the link below!

CLICK HERE FOR A SYLLABUS

Bentley Returns Home

It was a sad day on Tuesday as we made a decision to return Bentley to his former owners. Unfortunately there were some allergy issues as well as problems with marking in the home. While we would have been able to resolve the marking problem, the allergy problems would not have gone away with time.

Bentley's owners are still looking for a loving home for him so if you know if one please email us. He is PERFECT temperment and a loving dog. He is great with kids and rarely, if ever, barks. We actually only heard him bark twice.

Hopefully Bentley will find a home deserving of such a good dog!

Day Two for Bentley!

Well, Bentley had a busy day today. We took him for a bath at the local animal grooming place and he was a VERY good boy. We did have to do some extra drying when we got home as you can see. I think Marcie is starting to get attached, don't you think??

New Addition to the Gundlach Family?

Well it looks like we are inching every closer to gettting a dog!

We recently brought home "Bentley" a two year old Cocker Spaniel. Bentley was visiting the Stollfus family for a few days before coming to visit us. He is a very cute boy (as you can clearly see above) who is very well behaved. He loves walks and will gladly fetch his leash and present it to you whenever you ask.

His first night in our home was uneventful and he seemed to be very comfortable with everyone. He will return home after the Christmas weekend and we will need to decide if we want to keep him permanently. Let us know what you think of him.

Gundlach Christmas Card

May you and your family have a truly Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Marcie, Dave, Matthew, and always Adam

Welcome to Gundlachblog!

Welcome!

I just want to take this opportunity to welcome everyone to the Gundlach Family's first blog site!

Stay tuned for family information and our online Christmas Card.