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Monday, Oct 22nd 2007

9:33 AM

NEW BLOG

Here is my new work blog.

Friday, Oct 12th 2007

8:14 AM

Umatilla October 12

Printable worksheets to use in One Note

Cool Timer

 

Wednesday, Jul 18th 2007

11:46 AM

Malheur Summer Institute

Podcasting

Agenda (Word)  (PDF)

Handouts

Resources

 

More with PowerPoint

Agenda

Handouts

Resources

Monday, Jun 11th 2007

10:59 AM

IMEF Agenda

Introduction
Get To Know You Activity  - K-2 Cohort
Pattern Block Reflections K-2 Cohort
  • As a group, create a pattern block reflection using the document camera
  • Recreate the design using these online manipulatives

Stapeless Books and Presentation - 3-5

Geoboard - 3-5 Cohort

  • As a group, explore a Geoboard using the document camera
  • Introduce the virtual manipulatives and explore individually

Give One Get One - Technology Links

Extra Activities
Tux Paint Glyph
Stapleless Book
Fact Flipper Instructions from Vicki Blackwell, 5 Question Template, 8 Question Template

Wednesday, Jun 6th 2007

1:00 PM

PowerPointless to PowerPointful

"PowerPoint is a tool for creating presentations. Nothing more. It is only a TOOL. And a tool is only as powerful as what we do with it."
~Tammy Worchester

Watch and Share
As a group, watch Stacy's About Me.  In your table groups, the person with the coolest shoes is the note-taker.  Go around the table and share one thing that you remember from the presentation and one way you or your students could present information in this format.  Post a comment on this blog recording your discussion (the password is imef).

Explore these presentations:
Discuss
  • Which presentations were effective
  • What made them effective
  • How can these techniques be applied for you?
Review of Key Findings
  • Narration with pictures (visuals) is better than narration alone.
  • People learn better when words are presented as narration rather than text.
  • People learn better from narration & graphics rather than narration, graphics, & text.
  • People learn better when extraneous visual material is excluded.
Practical Implications for better PowerPoint Presentations
  • Presentations must be both verbal & visual.
  • Too much slide information overloads people’s cognitive systems.
  • Can your visuals be understood in 3 seconds? If not, redesign them to support your talk.
  • Slide design & delivery must help people organize, integrate information.
Create
Be mindful of all the points discussed with your peers and create a presentation about you, an author, a book, a poem, or another idea of your choice.  Here are some sources for images:
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Monday, May 7th 2007

11:04 AM

Pendleton Kidpix

KidPix is a painting and drawing program that combines sounds, graphics, and special effects to make multimedia projects. Sample the following Internet sites to learn more about using KidPix in classroom activities.

Workshop Activity: Create a Bookworm Glyph by following the instructions on the second page of the handout.  Share with other participants to interpret your answers to the questions.

Great KidPix Ideas

Wednesday, Apr 18th 2007

10:02 AM

Eastern Oregon University Podcasting

A podcast is an audio recording, which could be anything from a 10-sec sound to a 30-min radio show, stored as an MP3 file that anybody can download.

The word podcast is also used to mean a podcast channel, i.e., a channel that listeners can "subscribe" to and receive future audio posts, or podcast entries, all for FREE. (For technical readers, a podcast channel is an RSS feed, and each audio post is an enclosure embedded in the RSS feed.)

The result is a new way of sharing audio via the Internet. Imagine having a radio with millions of channels, and being able to have your favorite channels automatically saved for future listening on your PC or iPod. Each channel could range from professionally-produced radio programs to short voice messages recorded by phone. (Gcast Podcasting 101)

4 steps to Podcast Production:

  1. Plan: Storyboard and Write
  2. Produce: Record the pieces
  3. Chop: Edit the pieces
  4. Publish: Share your creation

Explore

Create - this is an activity for the workshop.  We already have Audacity installed on the comptuers.  You can also use any audio-editing software.

Publish - This can be accomplished through posting to a Blog or through an online Podcast provider.

Subscribe - there are multiple ways to subscribe to RSS feeds and to listen to Podcasts.  You can listen on a phone, computer, PDA, or iPod.  To subscribe to podcasts online use services such as Google Reader (handout), Google IG (handout), or Bloglines.  To download and listen to podcasts on a MP3 player or PDA use an application such as iTunes (handout).

Check out this other great resource from SAISD, and their ideas for podcasting with students.

Monday, Apr 16th 2007

3:01 PM

Pendleton - Microsoft Templates

Are you spending your evenings writing welcome letters to parents, carefully ruling seating charts, designing award certificates, and creating learning center signs? Why reinvent the wheel? There are several resources available for finding modifiable templates for teacher and student use. 

Microsoft's Template Gallery is always an excellent place to start. 

Microsoft also has a template collection specifically for education.  These templates are downloaded from the Download Center and installed directly onto your computer.  Once they are downloaded you access them through the Start Menu.

Other templates are avialable from a variety of sources.  Here are just a few:

Hints:

  • When searching for templates for specific projects always include the application (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and the word Template in your search criteria.
  • When using the templates from Microsoft's Download center you may have to lower the security level for your macros. 
    • Open the application.
    • Click Tools, Macros, Security
    • Click Low

 

Tuesday, Apr 10th 2007

11:24 AM

Multi-Media in the Classroom

Multimedia in the Classroom = the integration of text, graphics, animation, sound, and/or video with the purpose of engaging students as they construct and convey knowledge.

Multimedia projects can be created using many commonly used types of software:

  • Word processing software (Word)
  • Presentation Software (PowerPoint and Movie Maker)
  • Web Page Authoring (Dreamweaver, Frontpage)

Students can use multimedia to construct various types of projects:

  • Electronic portfolios
  • Multimedia slideshows
  • Slideshows for reviews and drills
  • Tutorials
  • Reseach presentations
  • Interactive stories
  • Virtual Tours

Resources

Project for workshop:

  1. Use online Haiku Maker tp generate a Haiku.
  2. Download the Haiku Worksheet and type or write in your Haiku
  3. Go to United Streaming and search for audio, video, and images that will fit with your haiku.
  4. Download and save the files into a folder.
  5. Do one of the following:
    1. Make a movie with Windows Movie Maker (video, audio, images)
    2. Make a slide show with PowerPoint (video, audio, images)
    3. Make a Mini-Book with PowerPoint (only still images)

Wednesday, Feb 28th 2007

12:28 PM

3 Steps to Downloading and Converting Videos

  1. Find a video
  2. Download as a .flv file.  NOTE:  Don't forget to type in the .flv file extension.
  3. Cconvert the downloaded file to an .avi file.