1. Instructional Technology In The Classroom Beverly E. Horner August 12, 13, and 14

2. This Is Why We Teach Compliments of the Virginia Education Association VEA Teaching, Learning, Leading

3. CREATING A PORTAPORTAL  Go to www.portaportal.com www.portaportal.com  To view my Portaportal: type bvhorner, bhorner, or bhorner2 in guest access  This is the page to create your own portaportal that allows you to save and categorize your favorite web sites.

4. PortaPortal  If you want to find what other PortaPortal users are bookmarking, do a quick Google search with a search something like this: “music + portaportals”

5. SITES TO VIEW AND SAVE  http://www.ideastations.org/ http://www.ideastations.org/  e-KLIPS  Video clips for educators and students  Log In is preferred but not required  Search by SOL, keyword, or phrase  Can only be streamed, not downloaded

6. MORE GREAT SITES  http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/resources/solt echintegration.htm http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/resources/solt echintegration.htm http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/resources/solt echintegration.htm Rockingham County Public Schools http://206.113.131.136/ITRT/ Fauquier County Technology Matrix http://www.ttaconline.org/staff/sol/sol.asp? SOL lesson plans

7. FREE MUSIC AND CLIP ART  http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/ http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/  http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.co m/ http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.co m/ http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.co m/  http://pics4learning.com/ http://pics4learning.com/

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9. FREE CHATS  http://twitter.com/ http://twitter.com/  http://edublogs.org/ http://edublogs.org/  http://jottit.com/ http://jottit.com/  http://skype- guide.blogspot.com/2008/04/establishing-who- can-call-or-chat-with.html http://skype- guide.blogspot.com/2008/04/establishing-who- can-call-or-chat-with.html http://skype- guide.blogspot.com/2008/04/establishing-who- can-call-or-chat-with.html

10. Rubistar  http://4teachers.org/ http://4teachers.org/ RubiStar is a free tool to help teachers create quality rubrics.

11. INSPIRATION, KIDSPIRATION & INSPIREDATA  Introduce InspireData and show templates  Review templates in your content area  Create Surveys to use with students and parents that are online

12. Hot Potatoes  The Hot Potatoes suite is a set of six authoring tools, created by the Research and Development team at the University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre. They enable you to create interactive Web-based exercises of several basic types. Humanities Computing and Media CentreHumanities Computing and Media Centre  Create and upload to Edline

13. Qwizdom How To:  After opening Qwizdom, click on New Activity  Name it  Click on New Set  Use drop down to change type of test and choices  Click where it prompts you to Click to Add Question

14. Qwizdom Continued  Create an answer slide  To add a pic—click on the camera and double click on the image you want  To add equations—click the square root symbol, click on the screen where you want the equation, pick the equation and fill in the numbers

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16. Good Guys In, Bad Guys Out  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJSg8T S8cmg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJSg8T S8cmg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJSg8T S8cmg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoj5Scm7 HaY&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoj5Scm7 HaY&feature=related

17. Photo Story  This is a free download

18. Windows MovieMaker List ways to use with classroom instruction 1. Making commercials 2. Documenting events 3. Showing timelines 4. Recording information learned

19. Examples of Instruction  Smoking Commercials

20. WEBTOOLS4U2USE  http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/We btools4U2Use http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/We btools4U2Use http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/We btools4U2Use  Web 2.0 sites allow one to read AND write!  Web 2.0 sites offer the opportunity to share and/or collaborate on the work.  Web 2.0 tools provide digital equity.  Handout

21. Essential Conditions for Technology Integration  Handout  Conduct survey  View results  Discuss The TPACK Game  Handout

22. Smart Boards  In order to use this software, you must have the Smart Notebook installed on your computer

23. Recommended Search Engines Search Engine AddressRemarks Ask www.ask.com Exalead www.exalead.com From France; Use for Link Checking KartOO www.kartoo.com From France; Visual Results Display Yahoo www.yahoo.com Use for Link Checking Windows Live www.live.com Microsoft

24. INTERNET SAFETY  https://www.edline.net/GroupHome.page https://www.edline.net/GroupHome.page Go to your content area of instruction and review the Internet Safety lessons. Pick one you would like to teach and decide how and when you would implement the lesson.

25. Maintaining Your Computer  First delete items in your recycle bin  Then, go to start, all programs, accessories, system tools, disk clean up— let your computer work  Then do the same thing, only go to disk defragmenter instead of disk clean up— and again give your computer time to work

26. Online Sites Use at home and school  Study Islandwww.studyisland.com www.studyisland.com  Username- first initial and last name.cbes  Password- first name  Big Chalk/Proquest elibrary http://www.proquestk12.com http://www.proquestk12.com  User name-45-1331  Password-bigchalk

27. More Sites  Encyclopedia Britannica:  http://school.eb.com http://school.eb.com  User name- colonialbeach  Password- student

28. Sites Continued  Gale Virtual Resources (Thomson Gale)  http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/va_s_202_ 0021 http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/va_s_202_ 0021 http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/va_s_202_ 0021  Password- schools