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TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION SUPPORT

A site intended to support Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District teachers to effectively integrate technology into the curriculum.

 

Why integrate?

Why integrate technology into the curriculum?

Links to the Research

* Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology

* North Central Regional Educational Laboratory

Recent Articles:

*Tech Encourages Students' Social Skills

*Gaming Helps Students Hone 21st Century Skills

Recommended Reading by:

* Tim Magner, director of the office of educational technology for the U.S. Department of Education

* International Society for Technology in Education

 

Live Support

Tammy Morris

Technology Staff Development Coordinator

morrist(at)kgbsd.org

254-4344

Contact Tammy for advice or to schedule an appointment for training:

* 1:1

* small group

* large group

* with your class of students

Suggest your own ideas or ask for suggestions.

 

Tammy is also available to work with classroom teachers during implementation of technology projects.

 

A page of bookmarks for Interesting Websites for Teachers

Here you will find several categories of Websites to enrich your curriculum.  The categories include links

to sites which will provide you with technology projects for your class, tips and tutorials for computer

use, lesson plans, and information on a variety of topics such as copyright use, Internet safety, and research.

 

A page of bookmarks for Interesting Websites for Students

Here you will find several categories of Websites to enrich your curriculum.  Some of the sites students

can get to from this page include Homework Help, information about copyright issues, Research, Internet Safety, and activities in content areas.  You may want your students to use them in class or at home. 

You may want to lead your students to this page as a useful way to spend online time.

 

Atomic Learning

Our current subscription to Atomic Learning ends 7/31/08.

The following links will take you to the Atomic Learning Website.  Be sure to log in with your school password (at the top of the page the link takes you to) before you try to access the training videos.  If you don't know your username or password, ask your Building Tech Rep or Tammy.

Atomic Learning has many more series than those listed here.  These are tutorials for software our district has purchased, though not everyone may have access to each piece of software.

Contribute 4 (Mac)

Entourage 2004 (Mac)

Excel 2004 - Intro (Mac)

Excel 2004 - Intermediate (Mac)

Excel 2004 - Advanced (Mac)

GarageBand (Mac)

GarageBand 2 (Mac)

GarageBand 3 - What's New (Mac)

Google Docs & Spreadsheets - Docs

iCal - OSX (Mac)

iDVD 1

iDVD 3 and 4

iDVD 5

iDVD 6

iMovie 2

iMovie 3 and 4

iMovie HD

iMovie HD 6

Inspiration 8 - Intro

Inspiration 8 - Advanced

iPhoto 2 and 4

iPhoto 5

iPhoto 6 - What's New

iTunes 2

iTunes 4

iTunes 6

iWeb

Kidspiration 2

Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) - Orientation

Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Tips & Tricks

Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)Universal Access

PowerGrade

PowerPoint 2004 - Intro

PowerPoint 2004 - Advanced

Word 2004 - Intro

Word 2004 - Intermediate

Word 2004 - Advanced

 

Atomic Learning Series that are not software specific:

Searching the Web - Intro

Searching the Web - Advanced

 

Atomic Learning Workshops:

Web 2.0

Blogging

PBwiki - Wiki Workshop

Podcasting Introduction

Podcasting & Vodcasting - iLife '06

 

Lesson Accelerators teach essential software skills while using tutorial movies to demonstrate, step-by-step, how to create curriculum-based technology projects.  Lesson Accelerators can be used in the classroom with students or by teachers as a professional development tool.

Lesson Accelerators

 

WebQuest for Professional Development

Jumping Into Internet Projects

 

How To . . .

Back Up Your Files to the Server

Change Your File Download Preferences

E-mail Photos

Change Appleworks files to Word docs

CompassLearning Odyssey

Print Student Usernames and Passwords

Create Focused Math Groups

Sharing Your Assignments

Entourage 2004

Clear List of Recently Used Addresses

Create E-mail Groups

Back Up and Restore Information

Create An Out-of-Office Reply

Set Up An Account

Transfer Folders from POP

Email Replies

Firefox

Sharing On A Public Computer

File Download Preferences

Google

Create a Google Account

Activate a Google Calendar Invitation

Google Alert

Google Earth & Atomic Learning

iPhoto

Setting Desktop Pictures

E-mailing Photos

Photo Exposure

Microsoft Word 2004

Zoom Feature

RenPlace

Add Quiz Record

Clearing Student Locks

Generating AR Quiz Lists

Select Marking Periods

Student Information Report

TOPS Report Printing Preferences

Accidental STAR tests

Delete or Edit AR Quiz Records

 

 

A History of Tech Tips

Techi Network Talk (3-8-07)

RSS in the Classroom (4-23-07)

A Brief Lesson on IP Addresses (4-27-07)

Improve Printing (4-30-07)

E-mail Etiquette

Checking E-mail From Home (5-7-07)

Laptop Batteries (5-8-07)

Evaluating Website Information (5-9-07)

WikiPedia - Authoritative? (5-11-07)

Wireless Network Info (5-15-07)

Planning For Wireless

Stronger Passwords

Password Security

Shrinkwrapped vs Downloaded Software (10-16)

Tips for Protecting Children at Home (10-17-07)

Converting Appleworks Documents to Word

Speak Up (11-1-07)

Auto Re-route Email Messages (11-9-07)

iLife and iWork (12-12-07)

Up-to-Date Webpages (1-16-08)

Photo Exposure (2-12-08)

Using the Computer Lab (2-20-08)

Inserting Date in Word (3-3-08)

Junk E-mails That Aren't Junk (3-5-08)

Health and Fitness Links (3-7-08)

Social Bookmarking (3-21-08)

Online Encyclopedia Subscriptions (4-14-08)

E-Books (4-16-08)

Saving Ink & Other Print Options (4-21-08)

Prounounce Author Names (4-25-08)

Google Alert (5-5-08)

Google Earth & Atomic Learning (5-9-08)

Last updated: 5/12/08

©Tamara Morris 2007