1. Technology Woes?

2. Just don’t know where to begin?
Decide how you want to use technology in your classroom.
Set realistic goals.
Look at time restraints.
Keep it simple.
Enhance a presentation or project you’ve already done!
Get help!

3. You’ve heard it all before. Students Who Use Technology…
Can better identify and solve complex problems in real-world contexts.
Effectively access, evaluate, process and synthesize information from a variety of sources.
Use communication tools to reach out to the world beyond the classroom and communicate ideas in powerful ways.

4. Use the applications that are available on our network… Inspiration
MS PowerPoint, Excel, Word
MS Photo Story 3
MS Movie Maker
Start off the year using an application you haven’t used before.

5. Media Aids Enhance Learning Through Different Modalities
Auditory
Visual

6. Growing Up Digital Students are growing up digital.
Their view of the world is very different from that of adults, thanks to unprecedented access to information, people, and ideas across highly interactive media.
Living in Real-time
Webbed Interactivity
MySpace
YouTube
Distance Learning

7. Sample Projects & Templates
Inspiration (Graphic Organizers)
An application that incorporates a combination of visual learning and technology, students in grades K-12 learn to clarify thoughts, organize and analyze information, integrate new knowledge and think critically.

8. Inspiration Template 1
Cause and Effect Pattern. This text structure links reasons with results. It is characterized by an interaction between at least two ideas or events, one taking an action and another resulting from that action.

9. Inspiration Template 2 Concept Word Map –
This graphic organizer is a vocabulary activity.

10. The text is written where the author asks the question and immediately answers.

11. What is Digital Storytelling?
Combining the longstanding art of telling stories with any of a variety of available multimedia tools, including graphics, audio, video, animation, and Web publishing.

12. Photo Story 3

13. Photo Story

14. Movie Maker

15. Wrap It Up!
Did you know?
A decade ago, access to technology was limited. Today, virtually every school with access to computers has Internet access (99%), compared to only 35% of schools in 1994 (National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 2005.

16. What types of technology can be used to enhance learning?
Many types of technology can be used.
Word Processing and promote communication skills.
Database and spreadsheet programs promote organizational skills
Modeling software promotes the understanding of science and math concepts.
The list is endless!