Google - Search Engines

Quick look at assignments for refrigerator.

Assignment #2- Personal Assessment

• Sample of a few responses.
• Level Competencies - The Standards-

Assignment #4 - Search for educational sites

• Confused? Google Tips on Searching - Great place to start, not too much to read!
• Search Engines VS Directories -What is the difference?
• Search Engines - Take your pick
• Search Tips
  • Yahoo
  • Google
• NoodleTools - Tips on which engine to use for the best results
• Sample of description of search strategies

Assignment #5 - Design a Rubric

• Generic Rubric Sample - Lots of sample criteria from students
• Creating Rubrics
• Rubric Role Play

Assignment #6 - Evaluate Lessons

• Ask Eric
• Kent School District Technology Lesson Plans
• Technology for Special Needs students
• Lesson Plans from University of Tennessee

• Example of assigment - Evaluating lessons
• Example of assignment - great evaluation

Assignment #7 - Adaptive/Assistive Devices with pictures

• What are assisitive devices?
• Sample of completed assignment
• Inserting Graphics in Word - Quick Tutorial

Assignment #8 - Gradebook using Excel

• Sample of completed assignment
• Excel basic concepts and tutorial

Assignment #9 Newsletter

• Creating a Newsletter Tutorial
• Sample of newsletter on solar system (tweaked a bit in the conversion to a web page)

Assignment #10 - Newsletter Lesson (These were created by students like you...)

• Lesson Planning Tips - Read before you start
• This link gives examples of the level of detail required for the Procedure/Activity.

• 5th Grade American Revolution
• Kindergarten Newsletter on Plants
• Kindergarten - Shape, Size and Color
• 1st Grade- Integrating a newsletter on animals
• 2nd Grade- Integrating poetry into a newsletter
• 2nd Grade Famous People
• James and the Giant Peach - Good procedure
• 5th Grade - Anasazi Native Americans
• 6th Grade Math
• 7th Grade Aztecs

• 10 Steps To Developing A Quality Lesson Plan This guide is not meant to be the one and only way to develop a lessonplan. It is a general overview that highlights the key points of creating a lesson plan.

Assignment #11 - PowerPoint

• PowerPoint Basics - PC (Downloads a Word file)
• PowerPoint Basics - PC- XP (Downloads a Word file)
• PowerPoint Basics - Mac 2001 (Downloads a Word file)
• Water Cycle PPT
• Download the PPT on Water Cycle

Assignment #12 - PowerPoint (Multimedia) Lesson (These were created by students like you...)

• Kindergarten Animals
• 3rd Grade Native American Hoop Dance
• 3rd Grade Rainforest and Writing
• 4th Grade Wagons HO!
• 4th Grade Butterflies
• 4th Grade Missions

The Electronic Portfolio - 330B - The next step..

• Final Discussion Topic
  • Read what Seymor Papert says, think about it, respond in the discussion board.
  • If you like this stuff read on here: 10/29/01 The Classroom of the Future

Online Tutorials

PowerPoint

• PowerPoint - University of Rhode Island
• PowerPoint in the Classroom

Vocabulary - Those wonderful 3 letter acronyms...

• Techweb Encyclopedia - Excellent source - easy to read
• Webopedia
• Acronyms
  • Do You Speak Geek? Lots of three letter words...