Teaching with the Web	The Instructional Technology Journal of Greenwood School District 50 http://www2.gwd50.org Volume 02, Number 19 April 1, 2007
Keeping Viruses Off Your Laptop During Spring Break 04/01/07 Normally, your laptop automatically gets virus definition updates from your school's server. During spring break, when your laptop will not be connected to our network, you must keep your antivirus program up-to-date via the "LiveUpdate" function. 1. Be sure you are connected to the Internet and have changed the proxy setting in Internet Explorer. 2. Click Start/Programs. Choose "Symantec Client Security," then "Symantec Antivirus." 3. Click the "LiveUpdate" button. 4. In the LiveUpdate window, click the "Next" button to find and download updates. You may need to click “Next” several times and the updates may take a few minutes, especially if you are on a slow Internet connection. 5. When the updates are completed, there will be a "Finish" button that you should click. This will return you to the "Symantec Antivirus" window. Close this window. 6. Complete this process before you return to school. If you want to make sure, you can re-open the "Symantec Antivirus" window and check the date for your Virus definitions. Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love! Sitting Bull	Important Teacher Notes FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence http://www.free.ed.gov/ “FREE makes it easier to find teaching and learning resources from the federal government. More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources are included from dozens of federal agencies. New sites are added regularly.” Because this is an excellent resource across curriculum and grade levels, some of the newest additions are listed below to pique readers’ interest: · Guide to Harlem Renaissance Materials http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1872 Included in this site is music, art, and writing from Harlem during the 1920s and 1930s. Learn about Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Robert Blackburn, and others. See photos of jazz greats and other creative Americans. Hear clips from a 1939 recording trip through the South. (Library of Congress) · InterMath http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1874 Designed to help middle school teachers deepen their understanding of math concepts, more than 200 "recommended investigations" are offered for teachers to solve and then modify for use with students. They're presented in 13 units: patterns, functions and equations, graphing (algebra); circles, quadrilaterals, triangles, polygons, 3-D objects (geometry); fractions and decimals, integers, ratio and percent (number concept); statistics and probability (data analysis). (University of Georgia, National Science Foundation) · Life Sciences http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1858 At this site, activities, animations, and lessons on cells, diversity of life, ecology, evolution, heredity and genetics, and the human body can be found. Topics include cell division, embryos, energy, genes and traits of life, muscles, eyes, optical illusions, depth perception, mutant fruit flies, frogs, extremophiles, bacterial terrarium, mold, yeast, and more. (Exploratorium, National Science Foundation)
Technology Integration for Spring! Here’s a sampling of activities for all grades: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall - You Will Find Me in the Mall This WebQuest is about the weather of the four seasons of the year and the appropriate clothing for each season. K-2 Celebrating Cinco de Mayo This WebQuest focuses on the Cinco de Mayo celebration. 3-5 Seasonal Idea Box K-2 Pysanky – Ukrainian Easter Eggs K-12 Wilstar’s Holiday World: Holiday history, traditions, customs, and games. K-12 Recording the Changing Seasons in Ancient Times 6-8 Seasons: Why it’s Essential 9-12 Rabbits and Hares K-8 (eduScapes) Eggs K-8 (eduScapes)	Site Survey: Websites that Educate, Enlighten, Entertain, and Engage · Online Conversions http://www.onlineconversion.com/ Convert just about anything to anything else. Over 5,000 units and 50,000 conversions. · Howtoons http://www.instructables.com/group/howtoons/ “Howtoons are cartoons showing kids of all ages "How To" build things. Each illustrated episode is a stand-alone fun adventure accessible to all.” · Invention at Play http://www.inventionatplay.org/ “Explore the playful side of invention and the inventive side of play in Invention at Play, a national traveling exhibit. Learn how play – the ordinary and everyday “work of childhood” – connects to the creative impulse of both historic and contemporary inventors.”
	The Laptop-and-Projector Project Website Tech Project: http://www2.gwd50.org/TechPlans/TechPlan2006.htm Instr. Resources: http://www2.gwd50.org/TechPlans/StaffDevResources.htm Previous TWTW Issues: http://www2.gwd50.org/techplans/TWTW-Index.htm Instructional Technology Specialist: http://www2.gwd50.org/hughesc/hughes1.htm