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~ TEACHERS ~
Check here for inservice and professional
development ideas and resources
~ TEACHERS ~
Check here for inservice and professional
development ideas and resources
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Teacher Inservice -- 2.15.2008
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GOAL: To gather and develop resources for continuing personal growth, learning, and professional development.
REASONS:
- To model the important 21st century skill of being a life-long learner for our students
- To put together an intentional plan for professional development
- To gather resources that will encourage learning in an area of personal interest or aptitude
- To develop specific plans for building 21st century skills with our students within the classroom curriculum
STEPS:
1. Learn about RSS -- Go to Dave's Pageflakes Page and watch the video introduction to RSS. Think about the advantages of RSS once some feeds are set up.
2. Think about what kinds of resources you would like for your own ongoing professional development. Is it information on a particular subject area? Ideas for practical educational activities? The ability to monitor current events? What would help you learn and grow the most?
2. Look at Pageflakes as a tool for gathering and organizing information for you in one place. Perhaps you will want to set up an account with this site and set up "flakes", which are content modules where you can add information to various pages.
3. Look at Dave's public Pageflakes pages for ideas on how information might be collected.
4. Look over past professional development resources on this page, including the TechShort demonstrations using Google Notebook and del.icio.us (Dave's links here).
5. Experiment with the Scratch program found on the computer desktop. This program may be used to created animations, simulations, and games while teaching basic programming thought and techniques at the same time.
GOAL: To gather and develop resources for continuing personal growth, learning, and professional development.
REASONS:
- To model the important 21st century skill of being a life-long learner for our students
- To put together an intentional plan for professional development
- To gather resources that will encourage learning in an area of personal interest or aptitude
- To develop specific plans for building 21st century skills with our students within the classroom curriculum
STEPS:
1. Learn about RSS -- Go to Dave's Pageflakes Page and watch the video introduction to RSS. Think about the advantages of RSS once some feeds are set up.
2. Think about what kinds of resources you would like for your own ongoing professional development. Is it information on a particular subject area? Ideas for practical educational activities? The ability to monitor current events? What would help you learn and grow the most?
2. Look at Pageflakes as a tool for gathering and organizing information for you in one place. Perhaps you will want to set up an account with this site and set up "flakes", which are content modules where you can add information to various pages.
3. Look at Dave's public Pageflakes pages for ideas on how information might be collected.
4. Look over past professional development resources on this page, including the TechShort demonstrations using Google Notebook and del.icio.us (Dave's links here).
5. Experiment with the Scratch program found on the computer desktop. This program may be used to created animations, simulations, and games while teaching basic programming thought and techniques at the same time.
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del.icio.us might be an odd name for a website, but it is a site that has a great deal of value for educators. This site allows registered users (free registration!) to save bookmarks of websites online. The advantage of saving links on a site such as this is that now your bookmarks are able to be viewed on any computer where there is an Internet connection.
However, del.icio.us adds two other features that have even greater utility. First, tags may be applied to links. These tags are descriptor words which will assist in searching for links in the future. For instance, if I find an excellent site on the Battle of Antietam, I might add tags such as "civilwar", "antietam", and "ushistory" to the link. Then I can search all my links based on particular tags. A second feature is that users are allowed to make their link lists public. Any teacher may view the links I'm finding and adding by going to http://del.icio.us/dawblack. If you know of someone that you trust and respect that posts links using this site, you may easily follow what they are finding. Similarly, users may search ALL of the del.icio.us posts by using tags as search terms.
ACTIVITIES:
- Visit http://del.icio.us/dawblack. What links are Dave finding right now?
- Identify the tags that Dave uses on his links. Which tags might have interest for you?
- Use the del.icio.us search tool to search for additional links based on one or more tags. Did you find any other useful links for your work as a teacher?
- If you find links of interest, look at the user ID of the person who posted that link. Click on that ID to view that person's links. Is this person someone you would like to follow? Why or why not?
- If you are so inclined, sign up for a del.icio.us account and start saving links yourself. Let Dave know your user ID so he can follow what you are finding of value.
- Note that if you register you will have the chance to add toolbar buttons to your Internet browser so you can add your links directly from the Internet.
del.icio.us might be an odd name for a website, but it is a site that has a great deal of value for educators. This site allows registered users (free registration!) to save bookmarks of websites online. The advantage of saving links on a site such as this is that now your bookmarks are able to be viewed on any computer where there is an Internet connection.
However, del.icio.us adds two other features that have even greater utility. First, tags may be applied to links. These tags are descriptor words which will assist in searching for links in the future. For instance, if I find an excellent site on the Battle of Antietam, I might add tags such as "civilwar", "antietam", and "ushistory" to the link. Then I can search all my links based on particular tags. A second feature is that users are allowed to make their link lists public. Any teacher may view the links I'm finding and adding by going to http://del.icio.us/dawblack. If you know of someone that you trust and respect that posts links using this site, you may easily follow what they are finding. Similarly, users may search ALL of the del.icio.us posts by using tags as search terms.
ACTIVITIES:
- Visit http://del.icio.us/dawblack. What links are Dave finding right now?
- Identify the tags that Dave uses on his links. Which tags might have interest for you?
- Use the del.icio.us search tool to search for additional links based on one or more tags. Did you find any other useful links for your work as a teacher?
- If you find links of interest, look at the user ID of the person who posted that link. Click on that ID to view that person's links. Is this person someone you would like to follow? Why or why not?
- If you are so inclined, sign up for a del.icio.us account and start saving links yourself. Let Dave know your user ID so he can follow what you are finding of value.
- Note that if you register you will have the chance to add toolbar buttons to your Internet browser so you can add your links directly from the Internet.
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Google Notebook is a service which allows users to save clips of text, images, tables, and video that are found on Internet pages for future reference. Clips may be saved in notebooks -- virtual organizing files of information that may be created by the user on just about any topic. Here are some simple steps which will get you started using Google Notebook:
- Go to the Google Notebook page and register for a free account.
- Go to http://www.google.com/notebook/download and download the software extention that connects with the Internet browser you use. This extension will allow you to easily save web content in your notebooks from your browser.
- When you find content you would like to save, click on the "Open Notebook" words now found at the bottom of your Internet browser.
- Highlight the content you would like to save and drag them into the Notebook window that has now been opened at the bottom of your browser. Note that you are able to create new notebooks and organize your information through this window as well.
The advantage of using this service is that you will have access to your web clippings on any computer that has Internet access. It is also easier to review the exact information you want from a page. Saving a page as a bookmark saves a link to the entire page, whereas Google Notebook lets you save only the page content that is useful to you.
Google Notebook is a service which allows users to save clips of text, images, tables, and video that are found on Internet pages for future reference. Clips may be saved in notebooks -- virtual organizing files of information that may be created by the user on just about any topic. Here are some simple steps which will get you started using Google Notebook:
- Go to the Google Notebook page and register for a free account.
- Go to http://www.google.com/notebook/download and download the software extention that connects with the Internet browser you use. This extension will allow you to easily save web content in your notebooks from your browser.
- When you find content you would like to save, click on the "Open Notebook" words now found at the bottom of your Internet browser.
- Highlight the content you would like to save and drag them into the Notebook window that has now been opened at the bottom of your browser. Note that you are able to create new notebooks and organize your information through this window as well.
The advantage of using this service is that you will have access to your web clippings on any computer that has Internet access. It is also easier to review the exact information you want from a page. Saving a page as a bookmark saves a link to the entire page, whereas Google Notebook lets you save only the page content that is useful to you.
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November 2007 Faculty Technology Inservice
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I) FOR FUN: PowerPoint: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLpjrHzgSR
II) DID YOU KNOW and MICROSOFT SURFACE
a) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2
b) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9j_tYP-kzc
i) Did You Know was first created by Karl Fisch from ArapahoeHigh School (http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com)
ii) What was one element that most surprised you from these presentations?
iii) List several of the implications of these facts for education and educators.
iv) Based on what you know about the changing nature of our society, what are some things that we should be doing the same as a school?
v) What are some things that we should be doing differently?
vi) What would we need to be doing some of these things differently?
III) 21st CENTURY SKILLS for STUDENTS
a) There is a growing body of research and evidence that identifies several skills which will be needed by our students to be productive in the 21st century.
b) These skills are discussed in The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman, and in an article on The Workforce Readiness Crisis
c) 21st Century Skills:
i) Ability to critically analyze information and sources for accuracy and relevancy
ii) Ability to effectively communicate through the spoken word
iii) Ability to effectively communicate through the written word
iv) Ability to collaborate effectively with others – even with those whom you may not personally know
v) Ability to create, innovate, and problem solve independently and collaboratively
vi) Ability to be self-motivated to be a life-long learner
d) Questions for us:
i) Do we agree that these skills are important for our students?
ii) If not, why not?
iii) If so, what are we doing to build those skills? Are those steps enough, or could/should we be doing more?
IV) 21st CENTURY SKILLS FOR TEACHERS
a) Model life-long learning (“The computer will not replace the teacher, but those teachers who don’t adapt to technology will be replaced.”)
b) Build new lessons, units, and projects which directly address 21st century student skills within the school curriculum
c) Engage in conversations with others to better understand the nature of all the changes in our world and how educators can best prepare students for THEIR future (not our past). Ways this can be done:
i) Face-to-face
ii) Using online and collaborative Internet tools. Examples:
(1) http://techls.ning.com/
(2) http://www.lutherantech.com
(3) http://dgrice.blogspot.com/
(4) http://speedofcreativity.org/
(5) http://www.classroom20wiki.com/
(6) http://k12onlineconference.org/
d) Contribute! Each educator has unique lesson plans, interests and aptitudes, etc., which may add value to other educators If they are shared. The collective wisdom is better than that which is kept solitary (Break down those silos!). Here some ways in which educator may contribute:
i) Sharing lessons through the Lutheran School Portal (http://www.lsportal.net)
ii) Allowing Dave to publish one of your lessons in Computer File (available through the Lutheran School Portal)
iii) Contributing to conversations in some of the forums listed above
iv) Building your own online presence to engage other educators in conversations of interest to you. (Ask Dave how!)
v) Sharing links you have found useful and helpful. View Dave’s online links at http://del.icio.us/dawblack
vi) Other……?
V) CHALLENGES
a) Contribute one idea or resource to a larger audience of educators
b) Build one new lesson, project, or activity which integrates technology into the classroom curriculum, and at the same time helps to build a 21st century skill in students
c) Model life-long learning yourself in some way, and discuss this intentionally with your students.
VI) NEXT STEPS
a) Ideas for February technology inservice
b) Training that is needed/desired
I) FOR FUN: PowerPoint: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLpjrHzgSR
II) DID YOU KNOW and MICROSOFT SURFACE
a) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2
b) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9j_tYP-kzc
i) Did You Know was first created by Karl Fisch from ArapahoeHigh School (http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com)
ii) What was one element that most surprised you from these presentations?
iii) List several of the implications of these facts for education and educators.
iv) Based on what you know about the changing nature of our society, what are some things that we should be doing the same as a school?
v) What are some things that we should be doing differently?
vi) What would we need to be doing some of these things differently?
III) 21st CENTURY SKILLS for STUDENTS
a) There is a growing body of research and evidence that identifies several skills which will be needed by our students to be productive in the 21st century.
b) These skills are discussed in The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman, and in an article on The Workforce Readiness Crisis
c) 21st Century Skills:
i) Ability to critically analyze information and sources for accuracy and relevancy
ii) Ability to effectively communicate through the spoken word
iii) Ability to effectively communicate through the written word
iv) Ability to collaborate effectively with others – even with those whom you may not personally know
v) Ability to create, innovate, and problem solve independently and collaboratively
vi) Ability to be self-motivated to be a life-long learner
d) Questions for us:
i) Do we agree that these skills are important for our students?
ii) If not, why not?
iii) If so, what are we doing to build those skills? Are those steps enough, or could/should we be doing more?
IV) 21st CENTURY SKILLS FOR TEACHERS
a) Model life-long learning (“The computer will not replace the teacher, but those teachers who don’t adapt to technology will be replaced.”)
b) Build new lessons, units, and projects which directly address 21st century student skills within the school curriculum
c) Engage in conversations with others to better understand the nature of all the changes in our world and how educators can best prepare students for THEIR future (not our past). Ways this can be done:
i) Face-to-face
ii) Using online and collaborative Internet tools. Examples:
(1) http://techls.ning.com/
(2) http://www.lutherantech.com
(3) http://dgrice.blogspot.com/
(4) http://speedofcreativity.org/
(5) http://www.classroom20wiki.com/
(6) http://k12onlineconference.org/
d) Contribute! Each educator has unique lesson plans, interests and aptitudes, etc., which may add value to other educators If they are shared. The collective wisdom is better than that which is kept solitary (Break down those silos!). Here some ways in which educator may contribute:
i) Sharing lessons through the Lutheran School Portal (http://www.lsportal.net)
ii) Allowing Dave to publish one of your lessons in Computer File (available through the Lutheran School Portal)
iii) Contributing to conversations in some of the forums listed above
iv) Building your own online presence to engage other educators in conversations of interest to you. (Ask Dave how!)
v) Sharing links you have found useful and helpful. View Dave’s online links at http://del.icio.us/dawblack
vi) Other……?
V) CHALLENGES
a) Contribute one idea or resource to a larger audience of educators
b) Build one new lesson, project, or activity which integrates technology into the classroom curriculum, and at the same time helps to build a 21st century skill in students
c) Model life-long learning yourself in some way, and discuss this intentionally with your students.
VI) NEXT STEPS
a) Ideas for February technology inservice
b) Training that is needed/desired
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February 2007 Faculty Technology Inservice
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United Streaming Video (http://www.unitedstreaming.com)
- Owned by the Discovery Channel
- Thousands of educational video clips
- Lesson plan library, quiz builder, writing prompt builder, interactive maps
- Show an entire film or just a small clip
- Registered users may download clips to the computer (recommended) or show the clip as a video stream with an Internet connection.
- Free 30-day trials for educators
- Use with a computer and a projector
Wikispaces (http://www.wikispaces.com)
- Free tool used to create collaborative content
- Educators may request having the advertising turned off
- Check out our 8th grades history space at http://8thsoth.wikispaces.com
- May be used in a variety of subjects – Christian learning, science, literature, social studies, etc.
- Available for others to view
- Could be part of a multi-classroom or multi-school project
WebQuests
- Inquiry-oriented activities where information is drawn from the Internet and shared utilizing technology tools.
- Available for all grades and subject levels
- Webquest links:
PowerPoint
- Popular presentation software from Microsoft
- Able to share outlines, images, video, and Internet links to a class
- Used with a computer and a projector
- Most important features for creating presentations:
- From the Format menu; Slide Layout (pre-designed backgrounds and text sizes and fonts for slides), Slide Design (inserts pre-designed slides where certain types of content, such as pictures, charts, or bullet point text, may be easily added), and Background (which provides tools for all sorts of different slide backgrounds, including using a digital image as a background)
- From the Slide Show menu: Animation Schemes (which control how the different elements on a slide appear one at a time), Slide Transition (which controls how one slide disappears and another appears)
- HINT: Build your slide text using the outline view on the left-hand side of your screen first. When you have settled on your content, then add backgrounds, animations, images, transitions, etc.
- Need help? Talk to Dave and ask for the tutorial he has created for PowerPoint.
Kid Pix Extensions
- This is a very versatile graphics program that may be used for a variety of academic activities
- Used most effectively with lower grade students, although there are some appropriate applications with this software for students across the curriculum.
- Here are some sample activities to view as examples of what is possible using Kid Pix:
· Kid Pix Classroom Applications (http://www.lttechno.com/links/kidpix.html)
· Making a Diagram (http://www.joannegoodwin.com/technology/kinder/plants/index.html)
· Labeling Flower Parts (http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/littlekids/archive/KPtemp_labeling_flower.htm)
· Creating Pictographs (http://www.joannegoodwin.com/technology/1st/picgraph.html)
· Food Pyramid (http://www.joannegoodwin.com/technology/1st/food/index.html)
· Story Map Example (http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/KingsParkES/technology/lessons/storymap.htm)
Google Earth
- Free program available for downloading at http://earth.google.com that provides satellite images, maps, terrain graphics, and 3D tools for the study of geography.
- Must have a newer computer with lots of memory – can run on our lab computers, but there are times it slows down.
- Used in conjunction with an Internet connection.
- I haven’t used this program as much in teaching since it takes a lot of exploring to put together meaningful lessons for this, but look at http://www.juicygeography.co.uk/googleearth.htm for some ideas on how it might be used.
- Other ideas: Show the geography of a particular site from the air; use the terrain tools to show the topography of a particular battle site; use the program in building map skills; create a geography scavenger hunt; build practical search techniques in seeking hotels, restaurants, parks, and other points of interest in cities using the various overlays available with the program.
Inspiration
- This is a content mapping program which we use with students from grades 1-8
- Helps students organize ideas as both a graphic map and as an outline
- Very easy to manipulate content to add and delete details and to rearrange them in outline form
- Can export content to both Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint – a VERY handy feature. For example, 4th grade creates their PowerPoint outlines in Inspiration and then export them to PowerPoint, only working in PowerPoint once their content is effectively created
- A great tool for those students with learning and organization needs since the program is so versatile.
- Here are a number of sites which share ideas of how Inspiration may be used as a part of a larger lesson or project:
Portal Resources
- Don’t forget to use resources found on the Lutheran School Portal (http://www.lsportal.net) to build lessons and ideas for utilizing technology in new ways as a part of the classroom curriculum, especially since our school already subscribes to this service.
- Once logged in, go to the Resources tab.
- From the Resources tab, the sections Website Categories and For Teachers will have the most interesting content.
Don’t forget to try the search tool on the Resources page if you are seeking something specific.
United Streaming Video (http://www.unitedstreaming.com)
- Owned by the Discovery Channel
- Thousands of educational video clips
- Lesson plan library, quiz builder, writing prompt builder, interactive maps
- Show an entire film or just a small clip
- Registered users may download clips to the computer (recommended) or show the clip as a video stream with an Internet connection.
- Free 30-day trials for educators
- Use with a computer and a projector
Wikispaces (http://www.wikispaces.com)
- Free tool used to create collaborative content
- Educators may request having the advertising turned off
- Check out our 8th grades history space at http://8thsoth.wikispaces.com
- May be used in a variety of subjects – Christian learning, science, literature, social studies, etc.
- Available for others to view
- Could be part of a multi-classroom or multi-school project
WebQuests
- Inquiry-oriented activities where information is drawn from the Internet and shared utilizing technology tools.
- Available for all grades and subject levels
- Webquest links:
PowerPoint
- Popular presentation software from Microsoft
- Able to share outlines, images, video, and Internet links to a class
- Used with a computer and a projector
- Most important features for creating presentations:
- From the Format menu; Slide Layout (pre-designed backgrounds and text sizes and fonts for slides), Slide Design (inserts pre-designed slides where certain types of content, such as pictures, charts, or bullet point text, may be easily added), and Background (which provides tools for all sorts of different slide backgrounds, including using a digital image as a background)
- From the Slide Show menu: Animation Schemes (which control how the different elements on a slide appear one at a time), Slide Transition (which controls how one slide disappears and another appears)
- HINT: Build your slide text using the outline view on the left-hand side of your screen first. When you have settled on your content, then add backgrounds, animations, images, transitions, etc.
- Need help? Talk to Dave and ask for the tutorial he has created for PowerPoint.
Kid Pix Extensions
- This is a very versatile graphics program that may be used for a variety of academic activities
- Used most effectively with lower grade students, although there are some appropriate applications with this software for students across the curriculum.
- Here are some sample activities to view as examples of what is possible using Kid Pix:
· Kid Pix Classroom Applications (http://www.lttechno.com/links/kidpix.html)
· Making a Diagram (http://www.joannegoodwin.com/technology/kinder/plants/index.html)
· Labeling Flower Parts (http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/littlekids/archive/KPtemp_labeling_flower.htm)
· Creating Pictographs (http://www.joannegoodwin.com/technology/1st/picgraph.html)
· Food Pyramid (http://www.joannegoodwin.com/technology/1st/food/index.html)
· Story Map Example (http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/KingsParkES/technology/lessons/storymap.htm)
Google Earth
- Free program available for downloading at http://earth.google.com that provides satellite images, maps, terrain graphics, and 3D tools for the study of geography.
- Must have a newer computer with lots of memory – can run on our lab computers, but there are times it slows down.
- Used in conjunction with an Internet connection.
- I haven’t used this program as much in teaching since it takes a lot of exploring to put together meaningful lessons for this, but look at http://www.juicygeography.co.uk/googleearth.htm for some ideas on how it might be used.
- Other ideas: Show the geography of a particular site from the air; use the terrain tools to show the topography of a particular battle site; use the program in building map skills; create a geography scavenger hunt; build practical search techniques in seeking hotels, restaurants, parks, and other points of interest in cities using the various overlays available with the program.
Inspiration
- This is a content mapping program which we use with students from grades 1-8
- Helps students organize ideas as both a graphic map and as an outline
- Very easy to manipulate content to add and delete details and to rearrange them in outline form
- Can export content to both Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint – a VERY handy feature. For example, 4th grade creates their PowerPoint outlines in Inspiration and then export them to PowerPoint, only working in PowerPoint once their content is effectively created
- A great tool for those students with learning and organization needs since the program is so versatile.
- Here are a number of sites which share ideas of how Inspiration may be used as a part of a larger lesson or project:
Portal Resources
- Don’t forget to use resources found on the Lutheran School Portal (http://www.lsportal.net) to build lessons and ideas for utilizing technology in new ways as a part of the classroom curriculum, especially since our school already subscribes to this service.
- Once logged in, go to the Resources tab.
- From the Resources tab, the sections Website Categories and For Teachers will have the most interesting content.
Don’t forget to try the search tool on the Resources page if you are seeking something specific.
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