Tech+Tools

Use this list for technological inspiration or as a guide for what to ask about in our afterschool PD trainings:
Walk in Tech Help: Come with questions, leave with answers. All sessions are for both Mac and PC. This Cell Something missing from this list? [|Fill in this form and let us know what else you would like training on.]
 * Mondays: ES Room 113
 * Thursdays: Mac Lab in ML


 * **Name of Tool****/Topic** || **Great for:** || **Learn More:** ||
 * [|PantherNet]
 * [|PantherNet]

|| * sharing resources with other teachers or with students
 * forum discussions
 * online activities
 * quizes
 * teacher feedback || media type="youtube" key="_o1fMQsfzoQ" height="344" width="425" ||
 * [|PowerSchool]

|| * grading
 * reporting to parents
 * tracking student behavior ||  ||
 * **SmartBoard/Notebook**

|| * interactive activities || * managing your time || * making the most out of your Mac Flip cameras, digital cameras, USB recorders, USB microscopes, iPods, || * recording DRA Great for Social Studies, but Great for So Much More!
 * animated features in presentations || media type="youtube" key="DjdNPMZJbLs" height="344" width="425" ||
 * **Document Cameras** || * sharing physical (not digital) resources visually
 * time lapse video
 * science experiments || media type="youtube" key="TGKhlDcmZsc" height="344" width="425" ||
 * **[|Email Efficiency]**
 * confirming appointments
 * booking laptop carts
 * organizing your e-mail || media type="youtube" key="9y6mDPTjZPQ" height="344" width="425" ||
 * **Maximize Your Mac**
 * keyboard shorcuts
 * useful embedded tools (PhotoBooth, GarageBand) ||  ||
 * **Connecting to Remote Access Server** || * working from home ||  ||
 * **Gadgets**
 * demonstrating oral language fluency
 * recording presentations
 * digital storytelling
 * practicing for IB orals || media type="youtube" key="6BWtbGnH27U" height="340" width="560" ||
 * **Google Earth**:

|| * Interactive globes || * recording student voices || * telling a story with pictures
 * maps
 * 3D building
 * satalite imagry
 * measuring distance
 * longitute and latitude
 * landforms
 * historic maps
 * embed YouTube videos
 * bring literature to life
 * quick & easy virtual tours || media type="youtube" key="vp9hX6OQ8z4" height="344" width="425" ||
 * **Audacity & Garage Band**
 * practicing for IB orals
 * create original music
 * creating audiobooks
 * assessments
 * sub plans || media type="youtube" key="lrPGMjZORCM" height="344" width="425" ||
 * **PhotoStory 3, Garage Band, [|VoiceThread]**
 * make ringtones for your phone
 * record your kids first words
 * document/demonstrate oral fluency
 * oral reflections
 * ePortfolio entries

Job Aids to walk you through the basics of working with these tools: || * commercials
 * [|Creating a new VoiceThread]
 * [|Using Creative Commons Images] || media type="youtube" key="MuZC4Fkl9xc" height="344" width="425" ||
 * **Movie Maker & iMovie**
 * video projects
 * skits

Job Aids to walk you through the basics of working with these tools:

|| * blogs as eportfolios
 * [|How to download a YouTube Video] ||  ||
 * [|Inside ISB: Blogging]
 * parent communication
 * reflection
 * stimulating classroom discussion
 * connecting with other classes around the world

Job Aids to walk you through the basics of working with WordPress:
 * [|Create a Student Blog]
 * [|Personalize Your Blog]
 * [|Adding Blog Categories]
 * [|Importing an Existing Blog to Inside.ISB or Blogs.ISB]
 * [|Add Blog Categories]
 * [|Add Links to Blogs]
 * [|Change Discussion Settings]
 * [|Change Display Nicknames] || media type="youtube" key="4qPcm6sauk0" height="340" width="560" ||
 * [|Wikis]

|| * collaborative knowledge building
 * connecting students in multiple sections of one class
 * wikis as e-portfolios
 * class website || media type="custom" key="4257359" ||
 * [|Glogster]

|| * virtual posters
 * combining multiple media in one finished project
 * front page for an e-portfolio || media type="custom" key="4257355" ||
 * [|Google Apps]

|| * collaborating on documents in real time
 * registering for new web resources
 * communicating via e-mail

Job Aides to help walk you through the use of Google Apps with your students: Creating Unit Bibliographies & Electronic Resources Lists
 * [|Logging in to Student Email]
 * [|Forwarding Gmail to ISB Mail.pdf] ||  ||
 * Destiny [|Online Catalog] (Main Library) || Finding resources in Main Library, including;
 * Main Library Books
 * ebooks (ebrary)
 * Resource Lists ||  ||