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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
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Easy Ways to Bring Technology Into your Classroom
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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?
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Trackstar Wordle Image Chef WordPress PowerPoint Lab Time Today’s Session
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http://trackstar.4teachers.org http://trackstar.4teachers.org Trackstar # 432009 for all of today’s websites Ideal for: Research Projects WebQuests Quick Links List Practice/Review Trackstar
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http://wordle.net/create http://wordle.net/create Ideal for Introduction to a Unit Summaries Inferencing Predicting Wordle
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http://wordpress.com http://wordpress.com Ideal for: Group Responses Reactions Teacher Website Region/Local Website WordPress
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Part of the Microsoft Office Package Ideal for…A LOT!!! Overview Book Reports Research Projects Presentations Review Games NEW! Mouse Mischief Microsoft PowerPoint
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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
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Example of a Mouse Mischief Slide: What’s your favorite piece of technology that you learned today? Wordle Image Chef WordPress PowerPoint
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Try one…or more! Trackstar and Wordpress require you to register a username. Hands On Session
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Any questions, feel free to e-mail me at c.golebiewski@gmail.com c.golebiewski@gmail.com Good luck! Thank you for Coming!
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