November+17,+2006

Notes from Tech Integration Group Friday, Nov. 17


 * Lisa Cundiff - Haysville - Staff Development:

www.usd261.com http://www.usd261.org:8080/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-292

3 Tiers - Access - Use - Impact

Teacher Survey - Basic Computer Operations & Concepts - Microsoft Office Applications - Internet / Email - Responsible Use

"When the going gets tough, the tough get virtual"

Walkthroughs - snapshot assessment to see how / if technology is being used in classrooms

Discussion of ideas of staff development: - virtual - screen captured videos with audio - Camtasia / SnapzPro - work with colleges to provide credit - tech bucks - teachers earn tech bucks for tech staff development attendance and then can "buy" equipment - pdc points for attendance - double points for application - triple points for impact - it all boils down to how much support you have from administration!

- topics are chosen based on survey - quick training during teacher planning times - model lessons to students - lunch-time training at "Cafe Lisa" with food

- student tech teams to help with just-in-time training

Dyane - LoTi Training - training at Renwick - St. Marks - 2 days in April - 1 day in May - $650 - train the trainer component - if interested, email jana@altec.org

Book Announcement - Tammy "Successful Solutions for Technology Professional Development" by Janet Corder & Joan Gore Brewer Publishing**

GoStar info meeting at Halstead Dec. 14 at 9:00 am


 * T + L Report - Rita Betts & Dyane Smoke

- Good sessions on podcasting

- BrainPop Junior - Great for K-3 teachers - Free for now! - http://www.brainpopjr.com/ - BrainPop - Now a spanish version - http://es.brainpop.com/ - NetSmartz Kids - Internet Safety - http://www.netsmartzkids.org/indexFL.htm good for 3rd through 6th grades - NetSmartz Teens - Internet Safety - http://www.netsmartz.org/netteens.htm middle school / high school - CyberSmart - Internet Safety - http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/home/ free lesson plans and activity sheets - KanEd Desktop - http://login.learningstation.com/kportal/ - NetTrekker d.i. - -> 42 cents extra per students - IMAGE SEARCH similar to Google Images!!! Timeline - cool resource (within NetTrekker)

Visual Thesaurus - 11 cents per student

Atomic Learning - videos now run in flash -- New resources - Atomic Learning / Resources / Lesson accellerators can get some of these free at http://www.atomiclearning.com/atomiccurriculum**

TRC Day Nov. 29 - 1:30 - 3:00 - Walton Elementary - Walton, KS email to rsvp -- rbetts@newton.k12.ks.us

Enriching Instruction and Addressing State Standards with United Streaming - at ESSDACK by Dean Mantz**
 * Dec. 5

PowerMedia Plus vs. United Streaming

Cosmeo Homework Helper http://www.cosmeo.com free trial: userID = mantzd password = discovery


 * Workers losing jobs because of what they had posted on MySpace accounts**

http://www.ehd.org Endowment for Human Development

Sharing Time

Interactive Whiteboard links: http://www.ettcnsc.org/Instructional_resources/other/interactive_whiteboard_links.htm

Questia - Amazing resource for high school students doing research papers! -- $20 per student per year Provides resources and builds bibliography http://questia.com/

Goldmine for Elementary Education LINKS Learning - free - illstrated lessons / animations / videos for education- animated stories http://www.linkslearning.org/Home/_index.html

Interactive Websites for the Primary Grades http://www.suelebeau.com/primary.htm

Great Resources for Teachers & students http://www.suelebeau.com/

Free CAD Program to Download Can also download video tutorials http://www.graphisoft.com/community/education/

Imagination Cubed - GE website Shared drawing page - can email or IM freinds to join

http://www.imaginationcubed.com/LaunchPage

Brainquest Interactive version of popular game http://www.brainquest.com/

Walk the Plank Game http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/walk/

Fling the teacher http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/fling/

Game Content Generator - Fling the teacher is free! http://www.contentgenerator.net/

Tux Paint open source alternative to Kid Pix http://www.tuxpaint.org/

Presenters University Free PowerPoint Backgrounds http://www.presentersuniversity.com/downloads_registration.php

Free PDF Converter http://pdfonline.com/

Math Dictionary http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/

Thanksgiving Games for primary http://www.usd267.com/TL%20Student%20Pages/K1studentlinks/K1holidaylinks.html

Noggin Doodlepad http://www.noggin.com/games/doodlepad/

kitZu free kits of m http://www.kitzu.org/

Laura Candler's File Cabinet [|http://home.att.net/~teaching/filecab.htm]

Grandma George http://www.grandmageorge.com/



Ideas for future sessions:

Camtasia / Snapz Pro

Handhelds / iPods / Neos

Digital Photography

Inspire Data Demo

What's New in Inspiration 8

New Version of Office / Vista

Shared Spreadsheets & Writing Apps

Assistive Technology

Geocaching extensions