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Task: Your Pre-K-Eighth grade building has been asked to pilot a new school on a deserted island. In addition to your computer with internet access and a projector, you can pack five technologies.

Top 5 Technologies Hardware/EquipmentSoftwareWebsite or Web 2.0 Smartboard Document Camera Microsoft Office Suite Atomic Learning Gaggle. net

Smartboard Document Camera

Microsoft Office Suite

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Smartboard OR … “All across the country, chalkboards are being ditched in favor of interactive, computer-driven whiteboards that allow students and teachers to share assignments, surf the web and edit video using their fingers as pens.”

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Document Camera OR… “In the simplest terms, a document camera or visual presenter is the next-generation, digital replacement of an overhead projector. However, a document camera goes far beyond the simple functions of an overhead by allowing users to display not only transparencies, but documents, 3-D objects, microscopic images, moving objects, x-rays, slides, and more. With the ability to connect to a multimedia projector, monitor or TV, a document camera is able to display the presenter’s thoughts, ideas, lessons and examples on a large screen format, live in vivid color and detail.”

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Microsoft Office Suite “The Microsoft Suite, in the end, I think is the most useful. Although basic, Word and Excel really encompass a lot of the tools that students really need.” (L. Mlade, personal communication, December 12, 2011). OR…

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Atomic Learning “Atomic Learning’s online training resources teach you “how do I do that” through a library of thousands of short, easy-to-understand tutorial movies and “how do I apply that” training that can be used as an integral part of a professional development program and a valuable curriculum supplement. Atomic Learning makes it easy to learn new technology and encourage technology integration in the classroom.” Try me! OR…

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Gaggle.net OR… “Prior to Gaggle there was no simple way for teachers to communicate with parents. Newsletters, websites, mailing lists; there were seemingly an endless number of resources parents had to reference in order to get all the information they needed. Gaggle allows for a single point of reference for both the student and the parent. With Gaggle, all of a student's class news, information, upcoming events and assignments are available in a single location.”

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