| Monday | |
| Learning Activity |
Resources |
| Where Are You On the Nevada Computer Content Standards? Fill out this self-assessment. (.5 hr.) |
Nevada Grades 1-8:
http://www.doe.nv.gov/sca/standards/standardsfiles/comp/index.html Nevada Grades 9-14: http://www.doe.nv.gov/octae/standards/itskillstandards1.htm ISTE National Standards for Students |
| How This Class Will Operate (.5 hr.) Guided Instruction: --expectations of you --choices --schedule for the week **2/2/1/1 for 3 of the 5 days (order will vary): 2 hours of Excel (with 10 min. break & 10 min. reflection) 2 hours of Word (with 10 min. break & 10 min. reflection) 1 hour of "something different" 1 hour to apply what you've learned **1 day is almost all about databases **Friday is wrap-up/ presentations/ evaluation |
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| Guided
Instruction in Word (2 hr.) Reflect |
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| Lunch (1 hr.) |
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| Guided
Instruction in Excel (2 hr.) Reflect |
Mathematicians
Are Good At.... |
| Apply
What You've Learned (1 hr.) |
| Tuesday | |
| Learning Activity |
Resources |
| Guided
Instruction in Excel (2 hr.) Excel Assessment--"Assessment Twister" Reflect |
Nevada Performance Standards |
| Intro
to Database (1 hr.) Reflect Database Homework Assignment: Decide on a database you'd like to build, bring the information you need to do that Download and install FileMake Pro trial version on your laptop |
Nevada Performance Standards |
| Lunch (1 hr.) |
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| Guided
Instruction in Word (2 hr.) Reflect |
Nevada Performance Standards |
| Apply
What You've Learned (1 hr.) |
| Wednesday | |
| Learning Activity |
Resources |
| Database
Day! (3 hr.) |
Download free 30 day trial
version of FileMaker Pro 7 |
| Lunch (1 hr.) |
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| More Database (1 hr.) Reflect |
Resources
for Integrating Databases into the Curriculum Nevada Performance Standards |
| Time out for Palm (1
hr.) |
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| Apply
What You've Learned (1 hr.) |
| Thursday |
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| Learning Activity |
Resources |
| Guided
Instruction in Word (2 hr.) Reflect |
Nevada
Performance Standards |
| Guided
Instruction in Excel (1 hr.) |
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| Lunch |
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| Guided
Instruction in Excel (other 1 hr.) Reflect |
Nevada
Performance Standards |
| Web Easy (1 hr.) Reflect on making web pages (may reflect after "Apply Your Learning" if doing more work on Web Easy) |
Nevada
Performance Standards |
| Apply
What You've Learned (1 hr.) |
| Friday | |
| Learning Activity |
Resources |
| Finish Up (1 hr.) |
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| Share (1.5 hr.) |
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| Evaluation & Clean Up & Pack Up (.5 hr. |
| Choices During Guided
Instruction |
Resources |
| "To Teach is to Learn Twice"--help someone else learn something you already know...you'll learn how to teach, they'll learn the skill you're teaching, and you'll probably learn something new along the way (or at least reinforce what you already know). | How
to Help Someone Use a Computer: http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/how-to-help.html "Sage on the Stage" vs. "Guide on the Side" |
| Practice your newly acquired skills. Can you
find another way to do it (keyboard shortcut, right click, . . . )? Try some of the tutorials as a means of practicing your new skill. Which one did you like or not like? Why? Figure out what can go wrong when using this feature so you can help troubleshoot when your students are using it. |
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| Try out the lesson plans associated with the given topic(s) and see if they really work. What did you learn from them? How would you modify them for your grade level, your teaching style, your unit plan? | |
| Search for other lesson plans that teach the given topic(s). Share your good findings with the group. | Lesson Plans that Integrate Technology into the Curriculum |
| Create your own lesson plan from scratch or document the new lesson plan you would create that is modified from an existing lesson plan (be sure to give credit to the source). | From University of North Texas: downloadable
Word documents of 4
different lesson plan formats that provide some frameworks for planning
for different kinds of instruction http://www.coe.unt.edu/TeacherTools/lesson_plan_formats.htm Lesson plan template in .html, WordPerfect or Word formats for you to fill in http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LessonTemplate.htm North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium (NCRTEC), a subdivision of North Central Regional Educational Library (NCREL) has a fill-in-the-blank online lesson plan creation tool that allows you to save your final plan to disk http://www.ncrtec.org/tl/lp/ |
| Create your own lesson plan template or find other lesson plan templates besides those listed above and use them. |
| Options During "Apply What
You've Learned" |
Resources |
| Go back to anything we did during the day that
you want to finish or explore further, including "choices during guided
instruction". |
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| Go back to anything we did on prior days that
you want to finish or explore further. |
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| Work on pieces of your unit plan (the one from
last week or the one from this week, if you started a new one). Work on
your brochure, rubric, unit plan documentation, and/or PowerPoint that
are in the unit. Create new student support materials or teacher
support materials. |
Intel book Module 5: Creating Student Support
Materials Intel book Module 7: Creating Teacher Support Materials |
| Jazz up your unit plan. Are your
curriculum-framing questions (both essential and unit) really
fascinating, and captivating? Look through other unit plans for ideas.
Look through the PowerPoint on curriculum-framing questions for more
information, ideas, and tips. |
CD in the Intel book |
| Look for Palm software that goes with your unit
(or just look for Palm software that interests you...more personal use
of your Palm makes you a better Palm user which is good for your use of
Palm in the classroom). |
My favorite Palm resources http://courseweb.tac.unt.edu/overall/palm/ |
| Learn more about PowerPoint. Jazz up your
PowerPoint about your unit, create PowerPoints that you can use to
support your unit (ones that you would use to present material to your
students) or that are samples of what you would want your students to
create as part of the unit. |
Integrating
PowerPoint in the Curriculum |
| Play with Inspiration some more. Ask questions,
try it out, design student or teacher support materials using
Inspiration to support your unit. |
See Kidspiration or Inspiration for Palm OS;
explore curriculum integration ideas using Inspiration http://www.inspiration.com |
| Work on your webpage to support your unit. |
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| Find a webquest (or additional webquest(s)) to
support your unit(s). |
WebQuest
General Information & Resources WebQuest.org |
| Learn advanced "stuff" in Excel and Word that
won't be covered during this week. |
--How-to manuals in the front of the room --Tutorials in the Intel book (look in the index for a specific skill under "Word", "PowerPoint", "Publisher", or "Excel" |
| Spend time with Theresa going over the details
of your unit plan(s). You must meet with her at least once during the
week. |
Portfolio
Rubric |