“Moving Up” Your Technology

Vocabulary Interactive Instruction Sites for:

•Teachers
Vocabulary, Free Word Puzzles and Activities to Print
edHelper Vocabulary Worksheet Lessons to Print
Vocabulary A-Z ($20-30 per year subscription)

•All Students
Pioneer Library where you would find Visual Thesaurus and World Book
Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online
Vocabulary Hangman
Word of the Day at Dictionary.com

•Elementary Students
Learning Vocabulary Can be Fun
Mad Libs Junior
Wacky Web Tales
Enchanted Learning Little Explorers Online Picture Dictionary
Fake Out Word Definitions

•Secondary Students
Wiktionary
SAT Preparation
Education 4 Kids Online Vocabulary

8:30 – 9:15
Technology Integration Grappling Grid
http://www.bjpconsulting.com/spectrum.html

Classroom Performance System Units (clickers)
eInstruction Area Vendor http://www.glenisgroup.com/

9:15 – 9:50
Quick overview of Jordan School District Online Report Card and PowerGradeBook
http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/teacher_resources/powergrade/index.html

UTIPS JSD Technology Assessment Online
http://kamiller.utips.org/

9:50 – 10:00
Break

10:00 – 10:45
Introduction to Blogging and The JSD Specialists Blog

Educator's Guide to RSS
Educator's Guide to Blogging
Guide to del.icio.us

11:00 – 12:00 Breakout sessions on Technology Integration Ideas

•Webpage Management and Creation (John, rm 255)
Enhancing School Webpages
http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/technology_planning/csip/CSIP_05_06/webpages.html

• Using Word Processing Templates and Creating PDF Documents (Margo, rm. 207)

T4 Applework Templates
http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/teacher_resources/project_templates/index.html
Templates for Microsoft Office
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT061993301033.aspx
Pages in iWork
http://www.apple.com/education/iwork/pages.html

•Using Timeliner and Neighborhood Map Machine in Your Core Curriculum
(Kathy and Bonnie, computer lab)
Timeliner
http://www.tomsnyder.com/products/product.asp?SKU=TIMV50

Neighborhood Map Machine
http://www.tomsnyder.com/products/product.asp?SKU=NEIV20

•Blogging and Beyond to Social Software (Kelly, auditorium)
Educator's Guide to RSS
Educator's Guide to Blogging
Guide to del.icio.us

Links from the Presentation

Blog Examples
Teach42
Weblogg-ed
Exactly 2 Cents Worth
Room 208
Mabry Middle School
Lewis Elementary School

Wiki Examples
Wikipedia
David Warlick's Wiki
Constructivism Wiki
T4 Wiki

del.icio.us
Kelly's del.icio.us page

Podcasts
The Savvy Technologist–Ed Tech Coast to Coast
Connect Learning
Teach42
Room 208

Course Management Software
Moodle
Mambo
Drupal

12:00 – 12:45
Lunch

12:45 – 1:45
Webquests / Bernie Dodge online WebQuest Template: QuestGarden
http://webquest.org/questgarden/author
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/

Taskonomy of Tasks
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/taskonomy.html

WebQuest Search (Look through hundreds of existing WebQuests)
http://webquest.org/ - (click on Find WebQuests)

1:45 – 2:45
Telling Your Digital Story
http://www.digitales.us/

Sharing your story that needs to be told . . . . .
1. Why did I become a teacher?
2. What are the gifts I bring to my work?
3. What is my best success story with a student?
4. What do I want my legacy to be?
5. Other stories to be told?

Examples of other Student and Teacher Stories:
Lessons at Apple Learning Interchange
http://ali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/ilife.html
Foundation For a Better Life
http://www.forbetterlife.org/main.asp?section=tvspots&language=eng

2:45- 3:15
Time for reflection. Create a plan for Integrating Technology in Your Core Curriculum and then post ideas to the JSD Specialist Blog.