Summary:
Are you nervous about computers? Unsure how to incorporate technology into your classroom? Need some review or beginning instruction on effectively using the Internet and online resources with your students? If the answer to these questions is yes, then this class is right for you. This two-day workshop is for beginning level technology users with limited experience or confidence who wish to incorporate multimedia presentations and online tools into their teaching. Participants use several of the “smart tools” provided by UEN and learn to incorporate PowerPoint presentations, digital cameras and the Internet into existing lesson plans. Engage in lively discussions about the effectiveness and importance of technology in school as well as how to teach to the multiple intelligences of modern students.

Materials:

Attachments

• 6_Compelling_Reasons.pdf
  Handout based upon Rick Gaisford's "6 Compelling Reasons to Use the Internet"
• Web_Resources.pdf
  More Internet resources
• my_uenNEW.pdf
  Overview of my.uen webpage creation
• Activities_tool.pdf
  Overview of Activities Tool
• Digital_Camera_Scavenger_Hunt.pdf
  List of concepts you have to take pictures of
• Powerpoint_photo_album08.pdf
  How to create a PowerPoint photo album
• Lesson_Plan_Tool.pdf
  Steps to using the Lesson Plan Tool
• Rubric_Tool.pdf
  Overview of the Rubric Tool
• Tech_to_teach_final_assignment.pdf
  Final assignment for Use Technology to Teach

Web Sites

• Technology for All
  Article about using technology in the classroom

Author:
Robert Bentley
Professional Development

Created Date :
Apr 18 2008 11:07 AM