1. Information Technology Best Practices
Susan Jorgensen

2. Pick The Lessons That You Are The Most Excited About.
If you are excited they will be too!
Don’t try to teach everything!
Be flexible with the time recommendations. For you something may go faster or slower go with the flow.
Create new curriculum to keep it fresh!
Teach the correct number of days.
Cover the State Strands and Standards

3. Choosing The Order You Teach Things
For me it came down to a few items. 1 - Keep like things together to provides continuity. 2 – I pick the items that takes less lecture time at the beginning so that I can have students engaged and working from the get go. I also use this time to talk to students by ”helping them” to get to know them. 3- Before midterm / PTC and at the end of the quarter I pick activities that are student favorites so that I get student and parents more positive.

4. Help is Available code.org Teacher’s in your district or school
Ashley Higgs – State Office of Education

5. code.org Create a teacher’s account to monitor student progress.
You can create accounts for your students with pictures as their password or you can have them use their school address.

6. Create a separate class for each section you teach.

7. I have students make their username their last name, first name so that it matches my roll book.

8. You can see there progress and grade quickly from this screen or see who needs your help.

9. My Crowd Pleasers code.org / Sphero
Photo Manipulation / Button Creation
Problem Based Learning

10. Quarter Example
Section C Quarter Example Career Development Application – College and Career Planning (3 to 5 days depending on quarter) Information Technology (17 days required) I choose to use some of my flex days in this area. Information Technology Software Development (7days) How a Coder Does It –Instructions_How a Coder Does It6IT_Worksheet How a Coder Does It continued Introduce Robotics unit as a back ground activity. Robotic Programming with Sphero Course Robot Programmer Robot Programmer Sphero Programming Tips Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) Creator – 7IT_ Instructions_Computer Generated Imagery Creator – 7IT_Worksheet Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) Creator Is There a Short Way to Do It Over and Over? –8IT_Instructions_Over and Over– 8IT_Worksheet Online Gaming – Instructions Online Gaming Online Gaming continued

11. Support and Networks (3 days) Big Data. What do they know about me
Support and Networks (3 days) Big Data! What do they know about me? Open the Worksheet first and save in your M: drive. Follow Instructions for Big Data Big Data! continued / Start Map My World Map My World Map My World Instructions Digital Media (6 days) 3D Modeler 2IT_Student Instructions_SketchUP Chair Builder– 2IT_Res3DStudentWorksheet Cartoon Animator – Pixar Cartoon Animation Instructions Cartoon Animator – continued Photo Manipulation Photoshop Button Maker Instructions doc – Worksheet Photo Manipulation continued Photo Manipulation continued

12. Technology and Engineering (2 days) Communication Technologies Communication Consumer Review Communication Technologies continued Rich Media Project (3 days) Rich Media Project Instructions or use MIT App Inventor Instructions–Worksheet Rich Media Project continued / Robotic Programmer competitions Rich Media Project continued / Robotic Programmer competitions If you like these assignments think about taking Exploring Computer Programing in 9th grade.

13. Agriculture (7 days) Technology in Agriculture – Technology in Agriculture Instructions   Open  Gearing Up  Video questions then save into your M: drive. Technology in Agriculture continued Open Where in the World worksheet and follow the direction, then save into your M: drive. Serious Cereal Science Open Serious Cereal Science Instructions Serious Cereal Science continued Serious Cereal Science continued PowerPoint: Grains of the World AgVenture! Open AgVenture Instructions AgVenture! continued
Work Based Learning (6 required we do 1 guest speaker each quarter and then 2nd and 4th quarter we do an online career presentation) Work Based Learning Guest Speaker

14. Health Science (3 days) Medical Forensics Open Crime Scene Presentation with finger print help Complete these questions FORENSIC PATHOLOGY worksheet Medical Forensics continued  Finish viewing the PowerPoint  Take your partners finger prints FingerprintLabSheet and finish Fingerprints Activity questions Radiology Technician X-Rays
Problem Based Learning (5-6 days) Problem Based Learning – Energy Bar Energy Bar Exploration Instructions Problem Based Learning – Energy Bar continued Problem Based Learning – Energy Bar continued Problem Based Learning – Energy Bar continued Problem Based Learning – Energy Bar continued Problem Based Learning – Energy Bar Presentations