Union County Schools Tech Lab

Add comment Posted in Uncategorized August 19, 2011

Meeting 4 – 2010-2011 School Year

Discussion:

1. Web page progress

2. Back up, Back up, Back up

3. Flubaroo (Teacher’s Use of Google’s “Forms”

4. Grant Info

6. Get ready for “Learning Village” (Click here for help if you don’t have a password to the georgiastandards.org page – .pdf help sheet – click on “download”)

7. LDS – Longitudinal Data System – Access through PowerTeacher

Posted in 10-11 Onsite Classes March 22, 2011

10 Great Teacher Web Resources

Check out these websites.

1. http://academicearth.org/

Academic Earth offers video lectures from elite universities, and it allows viewers to grade the professors. Academic Earth also offers a “Playlists” feature based around themes such as “Laws of Nature,” “Wars Throughout History,” or “You Are What You Eat.”

2. http://www.curriki.com/

Curriki helps connect educators, parents, and students in the development of curriculum and other educational materials. With its open-source curriculum format, Curriki allows anyone to post their teaching ideas for others to view, download, use, reformat, and reshare.

3. http://free.ed.gov/

Free or Federal Resources for Educational Excellence, is a U.S. Department of Education website that compiles free teacher resources available from dozens of federal agencies. Educators can sign up for the FREE RSS feed, which notifies users when new resources are added. Otherwise, they can browse by topic, from music history to life sciences.

4. http://www.loc.gov/teachers/

The Library of Congress’ Teachers page highlights ready-to-use classroom materials that are aligned with state standards and take advantage of the Library’s primary sources. It includes access to primary source sets around topics such as U.S. presidents; short facts or activities for class starters, such as “Today in History” and everyday science mysteries; themed lesson plans for dozens of topics; and even professional development curriculum.

5. http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/index.html

The NASA for Educators page includes featured articles with information about NASA’s various missions; image galleries on a wide variety of topics; information about NASA careers, internships, fellowships, and scholarships; NASA-produced multimedia materials; and more. An Education Materials Finder will help teachers locate NASA resources that can be used in the classroom; users can search by keywords, grade level, product type, and subject. With hundreds of publications and websites indexed, the finder is the best way to locate NASA educational resources, the agency say

6. http://www.nsdl.org/

The National Science Digital Library is the nation’s online library for education and research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It provides free math lessons and activities aligned with the Math Common Core Standards, as well as STEM related blogs and other free teacher resources and lesson plan ideas. Targeted for K-12 teachers, higher-education professionals, and librarians, NSDL also provides science literary maps and iTunes multimedia files.

7. http://www.pbs.org/teachers/

Online professional development, TV programming and multimedia web content, lesson plan ideas, and ways to connect with other educators are all things featured on the PBS Teachers page. The website also features news and and webinars for teachers to view

8. http://www.teachersdomain.or

Teachers’ Domain offers free digital media from public TV broadcasters for educational use. Users can search for materials via individual state standards, Common Core State Standards, or national standards from different organizations. Website users can create online profiles in order to share the resources they have learned for a particular lesson with others.

9. http://www.teach-nology.com/

For over a decade, Teachnology has been providing free and easy-to-use resources for teachers, including “Teacher Timesavers” to help educators better organize. The site also features 42,000-plus lesson plans, 9,000 free printable worksheets, rubrics, teaching tips, web quests, and other free teacher resources.

10. http://www.thinkfinity.org/

Thinkfinity is a free digital learning platform from the Verizon Foundation that offers comprehensive teaching and learning resources created by content partners such as the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the International Reading Association, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, the National Geographic Society, and more. Its content includes interactive student games, lesson plans focused on various themes, education blogs and online discussions, and much more.

1 comment Posted in 10-11 Onsite Classes February 23, 2011

Meeting #3

1. Discussion of Title IID grant. 1/3 million dollars for netbooks for all students in K-8. Involves integration of technology standards (NETS-S) in to the curriculum.

2. LDS – Longitudinal Data System can be viewed in PowerSchool Teacher and from the Admin side.

Add comment Posted in 10-11 Onsite Classes January 25, 2011

Meeting #2

We will be one step closer to building your “presence” on the web.
Consider:
1. The purpose of your site, blog, etc.
2. The platform (edublogs, iweb, free hosting sites)
3. Appearance
4. Maintenance

Another easy, free web authoring website is www.webs.com

Add comment Posted in 10-11 Onsite Classes October 27, 2010

2010-2011 School Year – Meeting 1

1. Tech Request
Use email/powerschool username & password

2. PowerSchool Parent

3. Filemaker SIS
* Test scores, pick-up list, etc.

4. Teachers who did not bring in computer for maintenance

5. Zimbra meeting request

6. Web site / Blog
* iweb (application on your computer)
* one possibility is Edublogs (www.edublogs.org)
* another is Educator Pages (www.educatorpages.com)

2 comments Posted in 10-11 Onsite Classes September 28, 2010

Technology Article for Educators

This is an interesting article that every educator should read about technology skills.

http://thejournal.com/articles/2005/06/01/20-technology-skills-every-educator-should-have.aspx

Add comment Posted in Misc May 17, 2010

High School Comment Here

Option 1 – What has been the most helpful technology tip/class/technique that you have gleaned from the onsite classes this school year? Give details.

Option 2 – If we are able to offer the same type classes (onsite technology) next year, specifically, what would you like to see included in the class? Give details.

11 comments Posted in 09-10 Onsite Classes March 30, 2010

UCMS Comment Here

Option 1 – What has been the most helpful technology tip/class/technique that you have gleaned from the onsite classes this school year? Give details.

Option 2 – If we are able to offer the same type classes (onsite technology) next year, specifically, what would you like to see included in the class? Give details.

20 comments Posted in 09-10 Onsite Classes March 23, 2010

Elementary School Comment Here

Option 1 – What has been the most helpful technology tip/class/technique that you have gleaned from the onsite classes this school year? Give details.

Option 2 – If we are able to offer the same type classes (onsite technology) next year, specifically, what would you like to see included in the class? Give details.

16 comments Posted in 09-10 Onsite Classes March 17, 2010

Primary School Comment Here

Option 1 – What has been the most helpful technology tip/class/technique that you have gleaned from the onsite classes this school year? Give details.

Option 2 – If we are able to offer the same type classes (onsite technology) next year, specifically, what would you like to see included in the class? Give details.

6 comments Posted in 09-10 Onsite Classes March 16, 2010

Spring Fever – Class #6

1. Grammar Comics

2. Mrs. Dash Recipes

3. Added information to FileMaker Personnel

4. Tons of info at DOE website – http://www.georgiastandards.org

5. Teacher Tools for Integrating Technology Into The Classroom

6. Back up, Back up, Back up – (burn cd’s, pin drive, external drive)

7. Google Search Preferences

8. PLU requirement – Comment in appropriate post above by the last day of school.

3 comments Posted in 09-10 Onsite Classes March 9, 2010

Brrrr February

Class 5

1. You MUST have the “FileMaker Main” Shortcut installed.

2. Student Information System (SIS) – Pickup info added.

3. Letter of Intent for 2010/2011 School Year – Digital Version – Due 2/26/10

To view a tutorial on this procedure, sign into the UC Portal and click on the link to view the “how to tutorial”.

4. Twitter on UCS Home Page

5. Olympic Resources

6. Doodle For Google Info

5. Internet Public Library Project (IPL2)

6. Reference Desk

7. Google Squared

8. Digital Library of Georgia

1 comment Posted in 09-10 Onsite Classes February 17, 2010

Happy New Year

Class 4

Contact Your Government Officials

Click here for contact info.

Paperless Post-It Notes

Applications>>>Stickies

Remove Your Name From Electronic Junk Mail (Never 100% successful)

DirectMail.com – Helps remove your name from commercial mailing lists. Click on left “National do not mail list”.

OptOutPrescreen.com – Helps avoid pre-approved credit cards and insurance offers.

YellowPagesGoesGreen.org – Helps avoid unwanted phone book mailings.

EcologicalMail.org – Helps employers eliminate mailings to former employees.

LOTS of Educational/Teacher/Student Resources – Click Here

GA DOE Public View – Click Here

Get a GA DOE Password for resources listed below. – Click Here

GA DOE Resources

Thinkfinity

Discuss PowerTeacher Category Descriptions

Add comment Posted in 09-10 Onsite Classes ,Misc January 7, 2010

United Streaming / MediaCast

Class 3

http://www.unitedstreaming.com

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/

http://mediacast.ucschools.org

We now “house” all the United Streaming videos our our servers. This should result in seamless viewing enjoyment for you and your students.

First Time Users Access Code – Use to Set up Your Own Account

PS Access Code = 82C0 – 8777

ES Access Code = 15BE – 995F

MS Access Code = 48F8-E2F0

HS Access Code = F373 – 0CE6

Add comment Posted in 09-10 Onsite Classes November 17, 2009

Surf Like A Pro

Class 2

Part 1 Your Mission

You live in San Francisco. Your dog, Rascal, has been depressed ever since his playmate, a beagle named Patches, moved away. You’ve tried all the tricks to cheer him up, everything from ordering his favorite pizza to romps at his favorite beach, all with no luck. He’s still moping around, making frequent trips to stare out the kitchen window at Patches’ former backyard. You’ve decided to seek professional help and want to locate a good dog psychologist.
rascal patches