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Welcome Teachers:
Twice a month on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday,I will offer Tech help to keep you abreast of new skills and topics that pertain to Technology integration. I encourage you to attend one of these each month at a time that is convenient for you. The schedule and links will be posted here. Come and share some ideas and Learn Something New!!!!! (2nd Tues is for individual help/ 4th is a Tech Breakfast) November 09
1.This month we will look at some websites that have teaching ideas as well as blogs and newletters to subscribe to.
2. We will also talk about online shopping basics as we go into the Christmas season
Sites for Teaching Ideas:
Read Write Think
Technology and Learning
Eduhound
Filamentality
Watch Know Videos Online Shopping Basics:
Know if you are on a secure site:
1. Closed padlock on the screen
2. https appears in the address bar
Always shop with a credit card not a debit card
Try to use only one card for online purchases if you have more than one
Don't give out more information than necessary...usually a starred line
Read before you agree....check their privacy policy
October, 2009
Web 2.0 Applications
Come and learn about free online programs that are the current and future trend of productivity software. We will look at Google as well as several others that are the leaders in this growing trend. Google Docs
This is a great application for Word Processing, Excel and PowerPoint. You can creat on the site and save your work to their server. This enables you to bring up the work from any computer...no flash drive necessary Google Calendar
This calendar can be shared with whoever you want.....great way to keep a family calendar,. or a calendar for a club that everyone you choose can access and edit. Open Office
OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.
Time Magazine's Best of the Web September 8 and 22, 2009
7:15 in the Computer Lab Digital Photos and Video
Our first topic for the year will be digital photos and videos...how to create, edit and use them. We will discuss camera use; options for photo storage and appropriate video storage as well. We will also discuss ways to use this media in your classroom. Remember statistics show that 70% of what we learn, we learn visually. New article on digital photography 1. Try setting up a Picassa account and webpage to share class event pictures. Put this link on your St. Jude's class page and parents and students will be able to keep up with your class events. You will never have to change the link on your page, and can publish as many pictures as you want. 2. This Picassa account will also let you publish video that you take of student activites whether academic or for fun. Use the small digital video camera in the lab and transfer the video from the SD card to your picture folder. Then, upload the video to the Picassa site the same as you would a picture. Another website for uploading video is Fliggo.com. You can set up a free account and store up to 23 min of video. Some classroom ideas might be oral reading, poetry or students giving directions....a unique communication tool also for parents. It gives students a sense for what they look like to others. Here's a sample from the computer class site: http://computerclasssjs01.fliggo.com/video/VZSFZnUD Digital Photo Story...family oral history I Witness to History Outside My Window 3. Your class page also gives you the ability to add photos. Simply click on Add Photos at the top...you can give the photo gallery a name if you choose. Go down the page to enter new photo file and click browse. Choose the location of your pictures and click on the photo you want. Save your changes. At the bottom of the page is a place where you can add a photo to the heading of your class page....photos only no video. 4. Picture Policy: If possible try to keep at least 3 students in the picture and never use last names. 5. Picassa is also a great way to edit your pictures...the download is free from Google. There are several other good ones including Snapfish.com; Kodak Gallery; Flickr.com and Photobucket. 6. Photo Essays can be creative and interesting projects for students. Photo Story 3 is a free program from Microsoft which lets students combine photos and minimal text to create a photo essay. Cleaning up Files: Go to the Start button and then My Computer: You will see 3 drives that are part of the Network: H....O and S The H Drive should show your name Double click on the O drive and look through all the folders to see if you have any work saved in here Double click on the S drive and look through all the folders to see if you have any work saved in here In the S drive also check to make sure you have a folder to copy and paste your work into If you need to create a folder do the following: right click in an empty space and go to new and then folder erase the new folder name and type in your name If you found work of yours in the S or O drives simply right click and go to copy...then go back to the folder you created in the S drive and right click on top of it and go to paste. The file will now be in your folder ( and still on the S or O drives as well) The proper way to save a file you are working on is: file save as ( from here you can choose the location and the name of the file) click save If you save to a file on the desktop your work will not be saved on the network only on your classroom computer. If you save to the My Documents your file will be backed up to the network. It is better to do the file and save as so you can choose where the file goes. I am hoping to have you clean up all your files by teacher convention. Come down to the computer lab during a planning pd. or with your class if you need help with this. November, 2009
Professional Development Websites
There are so many online resources available for you to explore. There are great sites for curriculum enhancement, professional development and sites to help you find information that will help to motivate your students to learn something new; in a new way. December, 2009
Learn to use Windows Movie Maker...incorporates pictures, narration, music and video into one unique presentation.
Computer Class
St. Jude the Apostle School
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