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Elementary TechnologyRegina DOrio-Roosevelt Science and Technology Teacher

Keith Harrison-Vernon Technology Teacher

Think DifferentApple Commercial 1997

There were 19 famous people in that commercial. Name as many as possible!2-3 minutesYour Challenge!

The one-minute commercial featured black and white video footage of significant historical people of the past, including (in order) Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Martin Luther King, Jr., Richard Branson, John Lennon (with Yoko Ono), R. Buckminster Fuller, Thomas Edison, Muhammad Ali, Ted Turner, Maria Callas, Mahatma Gandhi, Amelia Earhart, Alfred Hitchcock, Martha Graham, Jim Henson (with Kermit the Frog), Frank Lloyd Wright and Pablo Picasso. The commercial ends with an image of a young girl, Shaan Sahota, opening her closed eyes, as if to see the possibilities before her. Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_DifferentWe need to prepare kids for their future, not our past.

~Daniel Pink~

Computer, Smartboard and document camera in every teaching spaceComputer Labs, 13-26 PCsiPadsLaptop CartsDigital Probes (Vernon)ScannersDigital CamerasVideoconferencing

Hardware

See all students in all gradesSpecial Area Six day rotation-40 minute periodAvailable during some open lab timeProfessional DevelopmentFix tech related issues throughout buildingLiaison to help deskSchedule & Responsibilities

1. Creativity and Innovation

2. Communication and Collaboration

3. Research and Information Fluency

4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making

5. Digital Citizenship

6. Technology Operations and ConceptsK-12 Technology GuidelinesNETS (National Educational Technology Standards)Word ExcelPowerPointPublisherMicrosoft Office 2010Specialized Roosevelt Toolbar for our youngest users.

We are giving our children the keys to the information superhighway without drivers education.Internet Safety and Cyberbullying

Interactive, educational program from the National Center for Missing and Exploited ChildrenAge-appropriate resources to help teach children ages 5-17 how to be safer onlineFebruary 11th is Safer Internet Day! Use this site to talk to your kids about internet safety and using good netiquette!Netsmartzkids.org

Get email updates and infoOur students are not only researchers digging through a mind boggling amount of information, but they are also the creators and contributors of this information. The Tree Octopus

All 25 students fell for the Internet hoax; All but one of the 25 rated the site as very credible; Most struggled when asked to produce proof or even clues that the web site was false, even after the UConn researchers told them it was; and Some of the students still insisted vehemently that the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus really exists.http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/02/05/21st-century-skills-and-the-tree-octopus-problem/ The Mountain WalrusSafe and Effective SearchingSafe Sites for Kid-Friendly Searchinghttp://www.kidrex.orghttp://us.search.kol.com/http://www.cantufind.com/http://www.kidsclick.org/http://www.whyzz.com/http://searchypants.com/

We rate, educate, and advocate for kids, families, and schools.

MoviesGamesAppsWebsitesTVBooksMusicCommon Sense Media

Introduced to all gradesK-2: Learning function of specific keys, intro to keyboard3-6: Each grade introduced to age appropriate online resource

Resources on our websitesDance Mat TypingGlencoes Online KeyboardingPeters Online Typing CourseFind the Letter GameKeyboarding

CreativityCollaborationCommunicationCritical Thinking

K-2: Tied to Science Curriculum

Blogging (KidBlog)Animation (Stykz)Programming

4 Cs

Thanks for your participation in the Hour of Code!

K-2: Artbot Action, SNAP3-6: Scratch, SNAP, Tynker

Finch Robots are coming!Thank you Janna Ostroff K-12 Supervisor of Science and Technology for Instruction

Programming

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www.trscienceandtech.comwww.harrisontechspot.comAny questions?

You can also always email us at:

rdorio@obenschools.org

kharrison@obenschools.org

Thank You!