easy ways to bring technology to your classroom!

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Easy Ways to Bring Technology to your Classroom!

Resources to Implement into your Classroom and Curriculum

Easy Ways to Bring Technology Into your Classroom

Technology is everywhere! Creates high-interest lessons your

students will love Prepares students (and you!) for the

future while staying up-to-date

Why Incorporate Technology?

Trackstar Wordle Image Chef WordPress PowerPoint Lab Time

Today’s Session

http://trackstar.4teachers.org Trackstar # 432009 for all of today’s websites

Ideal for: Research Projects WebQuests Quick Links List Practice/Review

Trackstar

http://wordle.net/create Ideal for

Introduction to a Unit Summaries Inferencing Predicting

Wordle

http://wordpress.com Ideal for:

Group Responses Reactions Teacher Website Region/Local Website

WordPress

Part of the Microsoft Office Package Ideal for…A LOT!!!

Overview Book Reports Research Projects Presentations Review Games NEW! Mouse Mischief

Microsoft PowerPoint

Free Software Download from Microsoft Link available on Trackstar Allows multiple “mice” to be used during a

PowerPoint presentation. Great for interactive lessons!

Mouse Mischief

Example of a Mouse Mischief Slide: What’s your favorite piece of technology that you learned today?

Wordle

Image Chef

WordPress

PowerPoint

Choose your own adventure “Kentucky Derby” “Jeopardy” (template available) “Are you Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?”

(template available) “Who wants to be a Millionaire?” (template

available) “Show Me” “Take Off, Touch Down”

Additional Ways to Use PowerPoint

Link text to websites or files: Highlight part of

your text Select the “Insert”

tab Select “hyperlink” Type in Web address

or select file/program you would like to open

Operations within PowerPoint

Link to another slide (ideal for choose your own adventure research projects) Highlight text or a

photo Click “insert” tab Select “Place in this

Document” Select the slide you

want to “leap” to

Operations within PowerPoint

Insert Image Chef image or Clip Art Select the “Insert” tab Select “Picture” if from a file

or “Clip Art” Adjust the Picture using the

“Picture Tools” red tab (must click on the picture to edit it)

Operations within PowerPoint

Try one…or more! Trackstar and Wordpress require you to

register a username.

Hands On Session

Any questions, feel free to e-mail me at c.golebiewski@gmail.com

Good luck!

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