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Easy Ways to Bring Technology to your Classroom!
Resources to Implement into your Classroom and Curriculum
Easy Ways to Bring Technology Into your Classroom
Technology is everywhere! Creates high-interest lessons your
students will love Prepares students (and you!) for the
future while staying up-to-date
Why Incorporate Technology?
Trackstar Wordle Image Chef WordPress PowerPoint Lab Time
Today’s Session
http://trackstar.4teachers.org Trackstar # 432009 for all of today’s websites
Ideal for: Research Projects WebQuests Quick Links List Practice/Review
Trackstar
http://wordle.net/create Ideal for
Introduction to a Unit Summaries Inferencing Predicting
Wordle
http://wordpress.com Ideal for:
Group Responses Reactions Teacher Website Region/Local Website
WordPress
Part of the Microsoft Office Package Ideal for…A LOT!!!
Overview Book Reports Research Projects Presentations Review Games NEW! Mouse Mischief
Microsoft PowerPoint
Free Software Download from Microsoft Link available on Trackstar Allows multiple “mice” to be used during a
PowerPoint presentation. Great for interactive lessons!
Mouse Mischief
Example of a Mouse Mischief Slide: What’s your favorite piece of technology that you learned today?
Wordle
Image Chef
WordPress
PowerPoint
Choose your own adventure “Kentucky Derby” “Jeopardy” (template available) “Are you Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?”
(template available) “Who wants to be a Millionaire?” (template
available) “Show Me” “Take Off, Touch Down”
Additional Ways to Use PowerPoint
Link text to websites or files: Highlight part of
your text Select the “Insert”
tab Select “hyperlink” Type in Web
address or select file/program you would like to open
Operations within PowerPoint
Link to another slide (ideal for choose your own adventure research projects) Highlight text or a
photo Click “insert” tab Select “Place in this
Document” Select the slide you
want to “leap” to
Operations within PowerPoint
Insert Image Chef image or Clip Art Select the “Insert” tab Select “Picture” if from a file
or “Clip Art” Adjust the Picture using the
“Picture Tools” red tab (must click on the picture to edit it)
Operations within PowerPoint
Try one…or more! Trackstar and Wordpress require you to
register a username.
Hands On Session