1. Survivor: The Classroom Outwit Outplay Outlast

2. 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.

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

4. Smartboard Document Camera

5. Microsoft Office Suite

6. Atomic Learning Gaggle. net

7. 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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9. 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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11. 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…

12. Exile Island Technologies Openoffice.org iWork Back

13. 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…

14. Exile Island Technologies Video On Demand YouTube for Schools Back

15. 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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17. Resources: Atomic Learning Logo Image. Retrieved 12/12 11 from http://www.atomiclearning.com/http://www.atomiclearning.com/ Avermedia. (2007). How can a document camera help in my classroom? Best Practices in School Technology. Retrieved from http://techplan.susd.org/attachments/documentcameracasestudy.pdf http://techplan.susd.org/attachments/documentcameracasestudy.pdf Bremen City Schools Technology Department. Why Gaggle? Communication with parents. Retrieved 12/12/11 from http://www.bremencs.com/bcstt/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20: whygaggle&catid=25:articles&Itemid=83 Cohn, D. (2005). Boards get brains, chalk vanishes. Wired. Retrieved from http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2005/06/67710 Document Camera Image. Retrieved 12/12/11 from http://www.visualedtech.com/What%20is%20a%20document_camera.htm http://www.visualedtech.com/What%20is%20a%20document_camera.htm Gaggle Logo Image. Retrieved 12/12/11 from https://www.gaggle.net/https://www.gaggle.net/ Gottwat, K. (2011, September 12). Research shows technology needs professional development [Msg 12]. Message posted tohttp://blogs.atomiclearning.com/tags/21st- century-teachinghttp://blogs.atomiclearning.com/tags/21st- century-teaching Price, A. (2006). Ten ways to get smart with SMARTboard. Tech & Learning. Retrieved from http://www.techlearning.com/article/ten-ways-to-get-smart-with-smartboard/43707