Windows 8 and Office 2013 Changes

Windows 8 Changes:
CNet's get started guide

60 Tips and Tricks Article

How to upgrade to Windows 8 for only $39.99 from 7, XP, or Vista

Windows 8 Apps

Office 2013 Changes:

Word

PowerPoint and Lync

Excel

ELA Materials

Materials from fellow trainer, Holly Olszewski, ELA

RAFTS
Formats, Strong Verbs:  http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/file/view/RAFTS+3.pdf

OPI Appendices:
Appendix A (p. 4--text complexity triangle), (p. 8--old and new Lexile ranges)

Common Core Sites:
Read Tennessee - http://www.readtennessee.org/

Reciprocal Teaching:
Worksheet Guide

Smarter Balanced Rubrics
For Teachers:

• Grades 3-5 Informative/Expository Writing Rubric
• Grades 3-5 Narrative Writing Rubric
• Grades 3-5 Opinion Writing Rubric
• Grades 6-11 Informative/Expository Rubric
• Grades 6-11 Argument Writing Rubric

For Students:

• Grades 3-5 All Writing Types
• Grades 6-8 All Writing Types
• Grades 9-11 All Writing Types

Other Useful Documents:
Mickey Mouse Research Unit
A Guide to Creating Text Dependent Questions
The Research Essentials for Literacy

Robotics

Student Assessment (Pre-Post)

Workshop Powerpoint
Useful Links:
Articles about need for Math/Science/Tech Degrees:
- USA Today Article
- Salaries Comparison
- Forbes top majors
Purchasing supplies:
- Robomatter
- Robotshop
- Lego Kits
Competitions/Challenges:
- First Tech Challenge (Grades 9-12)
- First LEGO League (Grades 4-8)
- RobotC challenges
History:
- Robotic History
Trial version of RobotC for LEGO:
RobotC through Sept 2010

Non-Apple/Android Apps for Education

Criteria for choosing technology tools:
- are you teaching the right content (standards/objectives)?
- does the technology help students learn the content in a way they could not have learned it before?
- does the technology increase the efficiency with which students can learn/work with the content?
- technology should not just present the same content in a different mode--be more selective of technology

Recommendations for app integration:
The device:
- student-owned? after installing app, ask them to put into airplane mode (no calls or internet) if possible
- purchasing? try Amazon.com or TigerDirect.com - SquareTrade Warranty is very easy and provides complete coverage
    - consider cases, keyboards
- OK to mix devices, apple, Kindle, Droid, etc. if not requiring a specific app, but just a particular function

The apps:
- Try "test-driving" at Amazon:  Amazon.com, Apps for Android, Test-drive
   - narrow searches by using checkboxes on left
   - install the AmazonApp Store app on device and you can install directly from your computer as you search and test-drive
- Try the Google store at play.google.com

App search ideas...there are sooooo many apps:
-common core
-content topic (fractions, grammar, addition, calculus, graphing calculator, classify minerals, historical documents, newspaper, etc.)
- search on Google: top education apps once in awhile
- allow apps up to $20--get rid of ads


-syncing and eReader apps...

Geogebra for Geometry and Algebra

Follow these links to get great information about this useful Mathematics tool
- Download Geogebra
- Tutorials:
Geogebra GeoGebra Book with step by step practice
Geogebra Book
Drawing v. Construction
Shorter version of quick examples GeoGebra Quick Start Guide

- Introductory Lessons: Locating the triangle's centroid, constructing a rectangle, Triangles-Incircles-Circumcircles, Triangle side and angle properties, Triangle congruence, and much more.
- Youtube and Teachertube videos--search Theo Jansen kinetic sculptures
- Theo Jensen inspired Geogebra Standbeest

Computer Basics (Mon. June 17, 1-5 PM) MIET

Here is the agenda for today. Please click the link and save file. We will open it in MS Word and take notes on it today.

Agenda