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The Instructional Technology Journal of Greenwood School District
50 Volume 3, Number 1 August 1,
2007 |
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Back to School 8/1/07
Many teachers have already visited their classroom to get a head start on
back-to-school preparations. Not only do
teachers need to prepare their rooms, they also need to prepare their
laptops! Please take care of the
following to begin the year smoothly: ü
Before
returning for the first day of school, PLEASE remember to update virus
definitions and run a full scan on your computer. ü
When
you run the full virus scan on your computer, be sure to plug in your flash
drive so it will be scanned too. ü
When
you return to school, please remember to take your laptop immediately to the
media center so it can be scanned back into the school inventory; then, check
it out again for the school year. ü
In
most cases, you will have your old desktop to use as a student computer; be
sure to plan some lessons and activities that will let students have the
opportunity to use that computer. In
some schools, the classroom desktops have been moved to create multi-purpose
labs for classes to use; be sure to plan activities that will take your
students to those labs. ü
Please
plan strategies in your grade level and department meetings for compiling
resources that can be used by all teachers. ü
See
the links on the right for access to instructional resources and planning
strategies. |
Important Teacher Notes ·
Important Discus Information: ·
Technology and Classroom
Management ·
Atomic Learning ·
Out on a Limb: A Guide to Getting Along Planning
a book report the first 9 weeks? ·
Book Report Now! ·
Book Report Rubric |
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Microscope Imaging Station In 2004, the Exploratorium launched the most ambitious microscope facility
ever created for use by the general public, the Microscope Imaging Station.
The project gives museum visitors the ability to view living specimens, as
well as control the microscopes themselves to change the magnification,
focus, and even the lighting. The project’s companion web site reflects the
diversity of topics and specimens that users might see on a typical visit;
its goal is to recreate some of the excitement and wonder that the earliest
biological researchers found as they discovered another world all around
them. Through images, text, and video, visitors to the site can learn about
blood cells, stem cells, what happens when the immune system goes awry, how
the zebrafish is helping biomedical researchers understand how our hearts
function, and how the sea urchin helps scientists understand such topics as
genes, reproduction, and cancer. http://www.exploratorium.edu/imaging_station/index.php |
Site Survey: Websites that Educate,
Enlighten, Entertain, and Engage ·
MapMachine Student Edition ·
Coral Reefs ·
The new |
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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 |
