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Agenda (Learning Technology Portion!):

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9:00-9:15 Finding the time and windup
Ii is not easy keeping up with everything ... think big and start small! Presenting UberShare!

9:15-9:50 Learning Portals
//Discovery Streaming - What is it?//

An online Film Library for all Grades/Subjects. It includes some teacher tools, guides and lesson ideas. Login at [] (video repository requires a username and password)

Things to do:
 * 1) Make sure your account works!
 * 2) Download a video to you common folder and invite a colleague to view it (bandwidth!)
 * 3) Add a video to your own favorites list.
 * 4) Choose a lesson/topic you are planning to teach in the near future and select a video segment that you can use. If at all possible try to use Discovery Education at least twice before the year end!

//Atomic Learning - What is it?//

An online collection of tutorials for building new media literacy skills in a broad gambit of software applications. Atomic learning also has a collection of **lesson accelerators** designed to kickstart learning technology use within your subjects. These are more project based and support infusion! Login at [] (tutorial repository requires a username and password)


 * 1) Make sure you account works!
 * 2) Look at the software skills tutorials available. Smartboard teachers might consider taking a look at the smartboard notebook 10 and others might like to look at the Kidspiration 2!
 * 3) Under resources check out the lesson accelerators. These curriculum based technology projects are a quick start to using technology in a given lesson and subject.

//Riverdeep/ Destination Success - What is it?//

Web-based programs or courseware that can be accessed from school or home. Currently, courses are available in Math for PreK-8, Reading for PreK-8, and Science, Social Studies, and Music for PreK-2 grade level abilities. Students and teachers can access Destination and Edmark House Series courseware by going to [|destinations.hzsd.ca]


 * READING SOLUTIONS
 * Bailey's Book House (Pre-K - 2)
 * Destination Reading Course I - Emergent Literacy and Phonemic Awareness (K-1)
 * Destination Reading Course II - Building Fluency, Comprehension and Vocabulary (2-3)
 * Destination Reading Course III - Intermediate Reading and Comprehension (4-6)
 * Destination Reading Course IV - Advanced Vocabulary & Comprehension Skills and Strategies (6-8)


 * MATH SOLUTIONS - All //Destination Math// courses are also available in Spanish
 * Millie's Math House (Pre-K - 2)
 * Destination Math Course I - Pre-Primary Mathematics (K-1)
 * Destination Math Course II - Primary Mathematics (2-3)
 * Destination Math Course III - Intermediate Mathematics (4-6)
 * Destination Math Course IV - Basic Math (6-8)
 * Destination Math Course V - Pre-Algebra (6-9)
 * //Destination Math - Mastering Algebra I, Course 1 (7-12) - not yet purchased//
 * //Destination Math - Mastering Algebra I, Course 2 (7-12) - not yet purchased//


 * SCIENCE SOLUTIONS
 * Sammy's Science House (PreK-2)


 * SOCIAL STUDIES SOLUTIONS
 * Trudy's Time and Place House (PreK- 2)


 * //There is also a music series - not yet purchased.//

My fav! Wikispaces.com!

What is a wiki? What are the parts of a wiki? []
 * 1) Creating a wikispace account.
 * 2) Joining a wiki. Ubershare.wikispaces.com.
 * 3) Creating a wiki! Requesting is to be a educational wiki and getting better service.
 * 4) Adding pages. (* handy tip - jot down pages as you make them so you remember how to link them!)
 * 5) Making links and editing navigation!
 * 6) Embeding widgets.

How to spice up a wiki!
 * 1) Creating page logos. []
 * 2) Creating a logo for main page. (to get a dandy some knowledge of an image editor such as paint.net is very handy!)

Now that you have seen how a wiki works ...

Go to google and see how teachers are using wikis in their classrooms and then go the the "discussion" for this page and answer the following question.


 * the neatest thing is that wikis can be left open. Think of them as grafiti walls ... typically noone harms them but the teacher has the ability to whitewash (revert changes) if needed! It is simply a low featured online writing space.


 * How could you use a wiki as a teacher to support learning?**

Fun wiki ideas ... have the students add entries into wikipedia! More to read .. here is a good article ... []

Other real good wikis are wetpaint.com, wikiwiki.com, wikidot.com and mediawiki.com.

1:00 - 2:00 The Comic's Life - Lee Bells in Person
The YES project - US - Youth and Educators Succeeding Initiative - []

What is Comic Life?

Comic life is a comic book creator. Its creative format allows students to express themselves in a fun and memorable way. You can drag and drop scanned photos, still pictures and screen and video captures into comic page templates. You then can add dialogue to complete a story line. There are many templates, bendable wordart forms, dialoque bubbles, image filters and styles to choose from when making your projects. The projects can be easily printed, turned into a pdf ebook, published to the web, saved as images, and produced as a movie with voice over!

The Logical Process:
 * Storyboarding - determing the storyline, pictures needed.
 * Image Collection - scan, take digital stills, screen captures
 * Create the Comic - using templates, filters and bubbles create your project.
 * Publish the Comic - pdf (lulu.com), print, web publish, movie etc.
 * Share - share share share ... let the comics be read ... post them to a wiki!


 * Ideas Bank** - Looking for Ideas? Check it out here!


 * Tutorial and lesson accelerators**

[|Atomic Learning] provides tutorials online through "Lesson Accelerator" project launchers on topics such as:


 * Character Comics
 * Fat? Or Fit?
 * Internet Safety - Be Aware
 * Picture Perfect Alphabet
 * Who Am I?
 * Color Web Book

Here's a link to the "Fat or Fit?" Project Launcher from AtomicLearning: []

A great comic life wiki - http://comic-life.wikispaces.com/ - really like the samples and the guides here!


 * Writing Ideas for comic life**

read write think - [] cross grade/subject- [] comics in the classroom - []

Comic Examples

Comic Life Gallery - [] simple k-5 Writing Examples - [] Lifeskills - How to get welfare, SIN# etc. []

Add ons ... Comic Life Charaters Pack - [] (windows) [] (mac)

Flipping comic book - use wix. Matt wants a magazine template.

Thank you and have a great rest of the day!

2:15-2:45 Atomic Learning (self guided with assistance)
This is your time to look at atomic learning and determine how it can help you and your students gain those media literacy skills that support infusion.

2:45 - 3:00 First Class Tips and tricks.

 * 1) Signatures
 * 2) Preferences - reply with quote.
 * 3) Drag and dropping files and links.