Marriott Chicago Schaumburg – Schaumburg, IL IEA Professional Development Center – Springfield, IL Easy Ways to Bring Technology to your Classroom! Resources to Implement into your Classroom and Curriculum

Easy Ways to Bring Technology Into your Classroom

 Technology is everywhere!  Creates high-interest lessons your students will love  Prepares students (and you!) for the future while staying up-to-date Why Incorporate Technology?

 Trackstar  Wordle  Image Chef  WordPress  PowerPoint  Lab Time Today’s Session

  Trackstar # for all of today’s websites  Ideal for:  Research  Projects  WebQuests  Quick Links List  Practice/Review Trackstar

  Ideal for  Introduction to a Unit  Summaries  Inferencing  Predicting Wordle

  Ideal for:  Group Responses  Reactions  Teacher Website  Region/Local Website WordPress

 Part of the Microsoft Office Package  Ideal for…A LOT!!!  Overview  Book Reports  Research Projects  Presentations  Review Games  NEW! Mouse Mischief Microsoft PowerPoint

 Free Software Download from Microsoft  Link available on Trackstar Link  Allows multiple “mice” to be used during a PowerPoint presentation. Great for interactive lessons! Mouse Mischief

Example of a Mouse Mischief Slide: What’s your favorite piece of technology that you learned today? Wordle Image Chef WordPress PowerPoint

 Choose your own adventure  “Kentucky Derby”  “Jeopardy” (template available)  “Are you Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” (template available)  “Who wants to be a Millionaire?” (template available)  “Show Me”  “Take Off, Touch Down” Additional Ways to Use PowerPoint

 Link text to websites or files:  Highlight part of your text  Select the “Insert” tab  Select “hyperlink”  Type in Web address or select file/program you would like to open Operations within PowerPoint

 Link to another slide (ideal for choose your own adventure research projects)  Highlight text or a photo  Click “insert” tab  Select “Place in this Document”  Select the slide you want to “leap” to Operations within PowerPoint

 Insert Image Chef image or Clip Art  Select the “Insert” tab  Select “Picture” if from a file or “Clip Art”  Adjust the Picture using the “Picture Tools” red tab (must click on the picture to edit it) Operations within PowerPoint

 Try one…or more!  Trackstar and Wordpress require you to register a username. Hands On Session

 Any questions, feel free to me at  Good luck! Thank you for Coming!