TWTW Teaching with the Web	The Instructional Technology Journal of Greenwood School District 50 Volume 1, Number 5 June 15, 2006
New Email Addresses for All Teachers, Administrators, and Staff 6/15/06 Beginning June 15, 2006, email addresses for teachers and staff in Greenwood School District 50 will change. But don’t worry about having to rush to let all your family and friends know – at least not just yet. Your old/existing district email address will automatically come into your new email address at least until December 31, 2006. You can begin notifying your email buddies about the change. They can continue to use the old address or they can begin to use the new address – all email will be delivered, regardless of the address used. Your new email address will have the same user name to the left of the “@” sign; to the right of the “@” sign, your new address will say simply “gwd50.org” – not the old “mail.gwd50.k12.sc.us.” For example, a teacher named John Smith will have a new email address of smithj@gwd50.org. Simpler. Shorter. Easier.	Important Teacher Notes · We hope you are using your laptop to find exciting and engaging resources for use in your classroom when school starts again. Remember that evaluations and observations will include some measure of how you use the laptop for planning and delivering instruction – not just for taking attendance and giving grades. · Please do not allow family members to install personal software on the laptop. The laptop is a tool for your work and should be treated as such at all times. That software will show up on our network inventory through ZENworks when you come back to school. · We’ve already had one laptop returned this summer after it was dropped and the screen shattered. Please take care to keep your laptop in a safe place. · A reminder: Do not leave the laptop in your car – in the passenger compartment or in the trunk. The summer heat will cause electronic components to fail and can cause the screen to malfunction. · When using your laptop, be sure there is sufficient air flow under the laptop to allow the cooling fans to work properly.
Sample Teacher Web Pages – to Get You Started with Yours The following links are to teacher web or group web pages on District 50 school websites: · Laurie Thompson, Art http://www.gwd50.k12.sc.us/pin-web/ART/artmain.htm · Amy Poole, K-4 http://www.gwd50.k12.sc.us/hod-web/Poolea/poolehome.htm · Michelle Spires, World Geography http://www.gwd50.k12.sc.us/GHS-Web/Michelle's%20Webfolder/Michelle's%20Webpage.htm · Diane Parnell, Business Education http://www.gwd50.k12.sc.us/GCCC-Web/parnell/parnellhome.htm · Cluster 73, Northside Middle School http://www.gwd50.k12.sc.us/NSD-Web/SparrowClusterMain.htm · Sandy Doolittle, Grade 2 http://www.gwd50.k12.sc.us/oak-web/DoolittleS/doolittlesdynamos.htm · Grade 3, Oakland Elementary School http://www.gwd50.k12.sc.us/oak-web/thirdgradeontheweb.htm · Beth Duffie, Grade 1 http://www.gwd50.k12.sc.us/SPR-Web/DuffieWeb/DuffieWEB.htm	Site Survey: Websites that Educate, Enlighten, Entertain, and Engage · Number 2 – Pencil, That Is http://www.number2.com/ Students can sign up for free SAT and ACT tutorials, practice sessions, and vocabulary drills. They can also request that email tips and strategies be sent once a week. Requires a basic registration process (free, too). · Music Lessons http://www.musictheory.net/ This interactive site includes lessons in all areas of music. It also includes “trainers” – designed to help students hear and see the notes, keys, chords, etc. used in music instruction – for voice and instruments. · Language Arts from EduHound http://www.eduhound.com/cat.cfm?subj=Language%20Arts THE Journal and EduHound provide a list of language arts resources, including critical thinking, grammar, poetry, reference, writing, and others. · Newseum: Today’s Front Pages http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/ This interactive site includes lessons in all areas of music. It also includes “trainers” – designed to help students hear and see the notes, keys, chords, etc. used in music instruction – for voice and instruments. · Fractals http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/frac/?CFID=15928682&CFTOKEN=88538706 Fractals are geometric figures. This site is for kids, to help them understand what the weird figures are all about – that it’s math and it’s fun.
	The Laptop-and-Projector Project Website Tech Project: http://www.gwd50.k12.sc.us/TechPlans/TechPlan2006.htm Instr. Resources: http://www.gwd50.k12.sc.us/TechPlans/StaffDevResources.htm Previous TWTW Issues: http://www.gwd50.k12.sc.us/techplans/TWTW-Index.htm