Curriculum+Integration



Click here for [|Ameritech Academy] || [|Internet4Classrooms] [|TechnologyTrainingteam] [|Tech4learning] (fee based) [|Teach for Tomorrow] (It takes 24 hours to register log on, great resource. May be able to type in Remc/Remc for demo purposes.) [|Atomic Learning] (Click on Goodies, Free Demos, Free Demo page. Great ideas! :) ) || [|www.sonystyle.com/digitalimaging/mavica.htm] The Mavica digital camera saves to floppy disk and more. It also takes great close-ups, creates MPEG movies, and instant slide shows. The new models support memory sticks for more storage. (Ideas: get a cable to back of VCR, can record onto video. Use auto focus in video=great for visual in projector/TV) What to do with the pictures? PhotoAlbum is a free add-in program making it easy and fast to get pictures from your hjard disk drive, scanner, or digital camera into a Microsoft PowerPOint presentation. iPhoto lets you import our pictures from your digital camera, organize them, edit and improve them, and share them in a number of different ways. Both can be downloaded for free. Can order book online for $25.00. Great Christmas gift. Kodack.com can do this as well. Follow any of these to get this cool idea activated! [|office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/album.aspx] [|www.apple.com/iphoto/] [|www.office.microsoft.com/downloads] || [|www.palm.com] [|www.handspring.com] [|www.sonystyle.com/micros/clie/] [|www.elmousa.com] || [|www.tech4learning.com] Idea: Have students create a storyboard, and then put the pictures together. Possibly, put them into PPT with automatic timing to get a movie affect. ||
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 * =Goal setting sheet for staff to fill out. This is for Professional Development.= || Personal Questions applications:
 * =Learning about the Digital Still Camera= || [|Digital Camera]
 * =Learn how to run the scanner.= || [[file:///C:/Documents and Settings/Angie Vandewarker/Desktop/icons/0506/Curr/scanner.htm|How do I run the scanner?]] || [|Marilyn Western's Web Page] (She, too, is a teacher. Click Just for fun, Window Washer, pop up stopper, to eliminate pop up windows. Wouldn't this be a great resource for your students and their parents?) ||
 * =How can you use Excel in the classroom?= || [|SchoolKiT Enactz] is a collection of quality learning modules that help make integrating technology across your curriculum fun and meaningful. (For example: In PowerPoint scramble the order of a process, then have students assemble. In Excel, turn off row/column, grids, and activate the comment option so that they may appear as "hot spots." Great for labeling objects! Viewers can download this application FREE! ||
 * =How can Palms be used in the classroom?= || Would you like to know more about PalmPilots? Palm, HandSpring &Sony based computers are electronic planners and more. A document camera replaces an overhead, attaches directly to a projector/TV, to project documents or objects (such as a Palm.) PDAs and document cameras available at remc pricing at: [|remc.org/avbid/project.html]
 * =Would you like a hands on means of integration? Maybe clay is your answer!= || Working with clay models, camera, and computer - students bring their stories to life in the form of an animated movie. Clay animation kid: software, materials, and manual: $65
 * =Creating Curriculum Materials:= || [|nicenet.org]-easy to create, can manage more than one class, students enroll themselves, email, discussion groups ||
 * [|Discoveryschool.com]-free lesson plans || [|wizard.hprtec.org/]-Web Worksheet Wizard ||
 * [|puzzlemaker.school.disvoery.com-]Puzzlemaker || [|products.hprtec.org/poster]-The Student Project Page ||
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 * [|www.kidbibs.com/awards.htm-ALA] Award Maker || [|Teacherweb.com] ||
 * [|www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials-teacher] resources for teaching technology || [|http://www.pics4learning.com]/ -great resource for lessons that are Technology based ||
 * =Creating Student Activities:= ||
 * [|www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/-Filamentality] ||
 * [|www.filamentatlity.com/wired/fil-A] Tour in Process ||
 * =Professional Development Resources= ||
 * [|www.glef.org] Great for classrooms, educators, and communities! ||
 * [|www.ali.apple.com/] Gives state standards for every lesson ||
 * [|www.fno.org]: Assessment, Curriculum, information literacy, Internet Policy, and much more ||
 * [|www.pcteachit.com] Neat magazine with teaching resources-right on the computer! ||
 * =Sharing Pictures:= || [|Tech4learning.com-]pictures available for download (great for reports!) ||
 * [|www.photoworks.com]-place to upload and share photos || [|www.ofoto.com]-place to upload and share photos ||

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 * =Using Digital Cameras Across The Curriculum= ||
 * **Science** ||
 * Catch a Constellation – Sample Project from Ruth Grillo’s Teaching with Digital Cameras book.
 * Plant Growth **-** Students will create a clay animation which demonstrates the stages of a plant’s growth from seed to maturity.
 * **Math** ||
 * Fun with Fractions - Students will learn about fractions by manipulating images to represent mathematical concepts.
 * Living Fractions - Students will create a clay animation which demonstrates the concept of fractions and how these are written in mathematical terms.
 * **Language Arts** ||
 * Personification Poetry - Students write a poem which personifies something. They will then create a clay animation to explain or enhance their poem and present this "performance" piece to the rest of the class.
 * **Social Studies** ||
 * Persuasive and Presidential Writing - Students will write a persuasive piece of writing about who, if possible, would be a suitable president to carve into Mt. Rushmore.
 * Rainforest Conservation Cards and Comics - Students will create postcards with persuasive text and images on the importance of conserving natural resources.
 * =Using WWW Resources= ||
 * [|www.trackstar.hprtec.org/] Develop a track, or borrow someone else's. ||
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 * =Multimedia in the Regular Classroom (Enhancers!)= ||
 * Pics4Learning lessons – All of these lessons use digital camera and/or digital images in unique and engaging ways. You will find lessons for math, science, language arts, and social studies.
 * Pics4Learning lessons – All of these lessons use digital camera and/or digital images in unique and engaging ways. You will find lessons for math, science, language arts, and social studies.

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 * Clay Animation lessons – All of these lessons use clay animation to enhance student in unique and engaging ways. You will find lessons for math, science, language arts, and social studies. [] ||