infusionbasics

=Infusion Basics=  By its very nature, infusion is curriculum based and focused on using technology in the classroom to support curriculum. Here are some basic ideas we strive to do when infusing:

**//* This is not a complete list but merely a starting point to help teachers for planning infusing technology lessons for their classrooms. Feel free to add to this!//**


 *  Writers’ Workshop
 *  Typing and editing sentences, and paragraphs
 *  Utilize the appropriate toolbar features to enhance word processing
 *  Use Inspiration, Kidspiration, Freemind, Webspiration, spreadsheet, publishing, and presentation software
 *  Insert text, graphs, and tables
 *  Design a document incorporating advanced word processing techniques, including headers, footers, margins, columns, table of contents, bibliography and index
 *  Correctly entering URL addresses into an internet browser
 *  Creating:
 *  Letters
 *  Book reports
 *  Research papers
 *  Résumés
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Newsletters
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Newspapers
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Websites
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Blogs
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Email messages
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> E-book production
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> story authored by student
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">illustrations (hand made and scanned)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> applied text
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> sound applied to each page
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> simplified format

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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Design a survey, conduct it and then communicate results
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Create spreadsheets that incorporate sum, quotient, average
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Graph the weather data
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Graph population statistics
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Use scientific calculators
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Manage course marks
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Create line graphs, pie graphs and bar graphs
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Complete totals and tallies
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Create bills of sale
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sort data
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Use Inspiration, Kidspiration, Freemind, spreadsheet and database
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Complete accounting tasks
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Create:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> concepts maps or graphic organizers.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> lab reports
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">graphs and charts
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">create timelines, organize chronological sequences.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> simulations of math concepts using animation software such as scratch, etoy etc.


 * • <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Insert word-art in a word processing document
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ClipArt in a word processing document
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • Estimation in math using digital pictures in Presentation Software
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • Oral book reports using presentation software/story construction
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • Speaking and displaying
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • Attention to audience
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • Creating:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mini-books in Presentation software
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Holiday banners/posters/cards
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Persuasive presentations in Presentation software
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Students as candidates in elections
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Don’t do drugs campaigns
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> a documentary style presentation in Presentation software
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> a commercial
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> an advertisement
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> a game show
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> a news broadcast
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> a movie that interprets a poem/story/ joke
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> a photo essay
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> screen cast how to's and presentations.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> video blog style explanations with static objects, narration and text. (stationary video camera)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Students will navigate and create on-line content. **

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Navigating hyperlinked pages
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Webquests
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Create hotlists
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Accessing links from a web page
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Creating web pages
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Linked internally only
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Linked internally and externally
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Using Boolean search techniques
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Using search refinement techniques
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Using online databases
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Infotrac ([])*
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Worldbook online / Britannica online ( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [])*
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Assessing/evaluating the validity of web sites
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Considering the point of view/bias contained in a website
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Citing online resources
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Asking permission to use content from a website
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Using appropriate orientation/navigation terminology

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Students will use communication technology to interact with others. **
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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Sending/receiving email
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Sending/receiving messages through LAN
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Participating in grade-alike/subject-alike discussions
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Using //Breeze, Elluminate etc.//
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Video
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Audio
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Text
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Participating in threaded discussions
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Emailing for responses
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Emailing attachments
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Photo/Video/Audio
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Uploading/downloading content
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Using video-conferencing systems
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Accessing and posting information to online course management systems
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Epals and gaggle.net
 * Access is only available through CommunityNet for Saskatchewan Schools.