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 Here is our technology agenda. Please add items that you would like to talk about when I meet with your team. What's on your mind? Coney's student needs help with C.Tech. Check to see if the program is down.

1/2 Day Tech Training.......

1. "If you see the domain RRISD is not available"...... Take the cord out of the teacher computer and put into the back of the laptop. Username: getprinter Password: print3

2. Cleaning laptops: spray regular rubbing alcohol onto papertowel and wipe computer. 3. Promethean Board: sign up for prometheanplanet.com, explore and figure out new things you can do with it.

-right click on the pen tool and chose what type of line you want to use for whatever purpose. -"little egg symbol" on the bottom right of the icons. - press the answer with the remote -you can graph the answers -if you want to use a PDF or word document where kids choose answers from a,b,c,d....... press the egg button, anonymous mode, ndemo mode will only have 6 devices.....named mode is if you had a permanent set in your classroom, and "johnny" would only be using A1 "egg".

3. Take Promethean planet online class. Will show you how to make flip books.

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Remotes take 3 triple A batts. Use permethean Activestudio open the doc

you can open either first hit right button first row and then egg

can also check out tablet for use in classroom

4. Connected Tech Identity. Go to http://tech.classroom.com account code is ctc36842562

username......131doej456 password: 123456

=Agenda for 1/2 Day Training: 05/04/09 = 1/2. How to fix the laptop when it gets this message: **" System can not log you on now because the domain RRISD is not available."** You can do magic!

1. Promethean Activotes How to use them. Sign up here to get them.

2. How are the blogs coming along?

3. Create a spreadsheet with lessons that match our timeline.

4. TAKScopes--do you know how to create a student logon?

5. TMSDS Refresher

6. Refresher on anything else?

7. Laptop cart plan--see attachment and discuss. Do you need to tweak the chart?

8. Wikis in first grade: Emma Ching had her class writing their wiki story today. You can see if you click history how each one of them wrote. (They are "Chinglets.") http://chinge.wikispaces.com/The+Rainy+Day

9. Accomplishments: What have you done this year that has integrated technology into your curriculum. Let's start a list:

Would you like to try out a Reader's Theater with the Broadcast? Would you like to do a Broadcast just for your class?

Let me know---I'm willing to try it.

What's New?
PicLit

Wow, I just found something fun. The site is called PicLits. Here’s the link: http://www.piclits.com/viewpoem.aspx?PoemId=4799

There are various photographs to choose from, then you choose some words that are descriptive–or different parts of speach. The re is a word bank or you can write Freestyle. I love this. I am definitely going to send the link to my teachers. I do have a couple of questions, though.

1. Would all the pictures be appropriate for Elementary students? I’ll have to check this to see for sure. 2. I noticed that to sign up, you need an email address. Not all of our students have email. This may be a problem unless I show them how they can make a bogus email address. Which that in itself is not right. Hmmm.

PicLit from PicLits.com

I love this little ditty. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpcgRlXe40k Basically, the participants are coloring in the cells to create thier image. Each participant has a color and, I imagine, a plan in mind. Add music and speed up the images and voila! Art with spreadsheets! Enjoy.

How to get help using Video instructions-- https://rrisd-teacherguides.wikispaces.com/

ARRC questions: How do I LOG IN to the ARRC to get the "private" documents that go along with it that are only available to us in the district?

==4th Grade Tech Training AgendaIn 4th Grade We Embrace Our Inner Dorkiness!!I Love Sheldon!! ==

Technology Applications TEKS--Help! Heather is so rockin the keyboard! Mad Skills I say! FINE I GET IT NOW!!! Color?? its your turn

**.....I don't get it! **
Karen Jackson is da bomb! She ROCKS the technology!

http://rrisd-its.wikispaces.com/TechApps Continuum K-8

Spreadsheets and Photostory

Education Appreciation newsletter

Using Excel to teach writing, or at east editing.... I want to know about this.

Pearson Envision Codes are on the Shared Drive How to Build a Class [| EnVisionBuildClass.pdf]

Adding student resources for grades other than yours [| How to Add Student Access to Pearson Envision for Other Grade Levels.pdf]

7. How to Change the screen resolution on this webpage [| How to change the Screen Resolution.pdf]

TAKScopes--use, questions and application

What is a wiki anyway? Make sure everybody can log in. Use the Notify Me tab.


 * Do you have suggestions you'd like to share with your team?**

http://www.geography4kids.com/ Geography Site--very cool

A little bit about each teacher.... Lara likes plain, oltimers. Heather likes skylines of major cities, is a big UT fan. She LOVES Texas and is writing a thesis? Tasha likes Mary Engelbreit, and is going to meet her future husband in Africa this summer. Tracy likes Stitch, and UT and Tales of Deaperaux. She is a movie diva. Adrianne is AWESOME!!!!! We ARE 4th GrADE. Karen likes Sheldon.
 * 4th Grade Facts:**
 * We are a cool team; we have mad teacher skills. We also embrace our inner dorkiness at all times. Please understand that we do not care if we are dorks; we live for it. This is why we are such good teachers and friends. Fourth Grade Fab Tigers will be singing "Fa lalalala, la, la, la, la xmas carols soon. Listen for our voices harmonizing throughout the school.

NOTES from 12-4-08 Remember to install the document camera on all 4th grade computers. Thank you! **