Tech+Tuesdays

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= = =TUESDAYs at Caley - Spring 2008 =

Please join me on Tuesdays from 3:45-5:00 to explore a variety of tech topics, applications and project/lesson ideas. This is a voluntary group so while there is no pay or flex involved, you can receive ACT 48 hours for these sessions if you’d like that option. NetTrekker D.I – a quick tour of this powerful tool || Atomic Learning – getting quick, efficient tech tutoring on the web ||
 * Date || Topic ||
 * 2/19 || Getting Digitally Organized – using folders and files effectively and efficiently ||
 * 2/26 || Atomic Learning – get quick, efficient tech tutoring on the web
 * 3/4 || Smart NoteBook (SNB) Lessons - Locating, saving and personalizing/editing lessons for the Smart Board ||
 * 3/11 || Conferences ||
 * 3/18 || Spring Break ||
 * 3/25 || Podcasting with Garage Band ||
 * 4/1 || Del.icio.us – bookmarking, organizing and sharing your favorite websites ||
 * 4/8 || NetTrekker D.I – a quick tour of this powerful tool
 * 4/15 || SNB Lessons – using SNB tools to deign your own lessons ||
 * 4/22 || SNB tools ||

//http://del.icio.us/// Del.icio.us is a Web2.0 site ([|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0)] that allows you to store your favorite websites then access them from any computer as well as allow your students to access tagged websites that you have screened.//
 * ==** Del.icio.us – bookmarking, organizing and sharing your favorite websites**== ||
 * go to del.icio.us.com
 * register for an account
 * Firefox or Flock: drag both of the icons to your bookmarks toolbar so that you can quickly tag websites and access your Del.icio.us account. IE: install buttons (since you may not be on your own computer, you can complete this step another time)
 * you are now ready to start finding and "tagging" your favorites - a tag is a descriptor/category that will allow you to group your sites (sort of like a folder)
 * when you find a site you like, just press the "tag" button in the bookmark toolbar; this will open up a window that will allow you to save this website under as many tags/categories as you'd like
 * don't worry if you in a few days or weeks that you want to rename a tag; that can be done under the "tag Options" tool bar on your Del.icio.us home page
 * click settings to change your password, e-mail account, rename or delete tags, integrate Del.icio.us with your facebook account, etc.

//Once you are happy and comfortable with del.icio.us, try DIIGO! www.diigo.com//

= = =Getting Digitally Organized:=

Getting organized is a series of personal choices like anything else in life. Do you organize your closet by color, type of clothing or randomly? At dinner, do you eat the veggies first then the meat or do you work around your plate having a bit of each? Organizing your H drive to get ready for the move to your new Macbook will involve similar choices. Think about how you'd like to organize your resources before you start making folders. Do you wnat your files organized by the months of the school year? By curricular area? By the type of files you are saving? When you have a scheme in mind, start making folders to organize the file you already have:

Making folders: //**right click** on the desktop once you have made a few new folders** start moving your files into the folders you created by dragging slected files from wherever you have stored them (desktop, G drive, H drive, etc) to the new folder
 * select** new folder
 * name it
 * when you have finished** move your new folders to your H drive

Of course, you can open up your H drive from// **my computer and make the new folders right there.//** That is another personal choice you'll have to make.

If you need further information or help in getting digitally organized chenck out: http://movies.atomiclearning.com/movie/k12/2632/play

=**atomic learning: [|www.atomiclearning.com]**=

You can access atomic learning from the district to view short videos on a variety of tech topics from coloring in a page on Smart Notebook to showing the grid lines on an Excel document and almost everything in between! At this time, you cannot log-in from home.

Nettrekker: http://school.nettrekker.com/frontdoor/
Nettrekker is a very powerful search engine for students and teachers alike. You can log-in from school or at home and access articles, lesson plans, videos and much much more to enhance your curriculum. One of the amazing features of Nettrekker is the "read aloud" feature. This feature enables you or your students to highlight and text and one of three voices will read it aloud at any speed you choose.

As a member of UMASD school district, you not only have access through the sudent log-in but you can apply for a teacher log-in which will allow you to personalize the site including setting up folders to save your searches. Contact me or your school librarian for student log-in information and/or information on how to appy for your own teacher log-in.

=Smart Notebook Software: http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/=

The Smart Tech site is the perfect place to start you search for ready-to-use SNB lessons. As a member of an accredited institution, you are allowed to download and modify these lessons for use in your classroom.

open the drive:** where you stored the file and open it
 * log into:** http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/
 * click on:** notebook software lessons in the left nav bar
 * click on:** subject and grade level under United States
 * from the pull-down menus**: select your subject and grade level
 * click:** on the name of the file
 * explore:** the infomation on the page including clicking on "view a larger image"
 * click:** on download to save the SNB file to your H-drive (be sure to navigate to where you want to save it so that you can easily find it again!)
 * minimize the window
 * Now you are ready:** to modify or personalize it