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Power Center Academy
August 4-5, 2008
Clif Mims


Warm-Up
Browse through our bookmarks for teachers.
  1. Please put your Gmail address on a strip of paper and give it to Clif so that you can be emailed an "invitation" to one of our later activities.
  2. Clif Mims' Diigo Bookmarks
  3. Michael M. Grant's Jumptags


Ideas for Class Web Presence
  • Keep students and parents (and self) informed
  • Assessment and enrichment
  • Communication
  • Unit calendar (assignments, quizzes, links and resources)
  • Downloadable handouts, notes, presentations, etc.
  • Student created news (podcast, e-newspaper)
  • Submit student work
  • Essential question/Quote/Problem/Word of the day
  • Trip through time
  • Collaborative space for students at a variety of locations




Collaborating with Online Productivity Tools

Introduction
  1. Read and watch this introduction to online word processing. Consider how these kinds of technologies could be integrated with teaching and learning. **
  2. Online productivity tools (word processing, spreadsheets, presentations/slideshows) allow you to easily: **
    • Create or Import files.
    • Edit these files in your Internet browser (Firefox).
    • Collaborate with others in real time.

Getting Started
  1. Google Docs video tutorials for teachers
  2. Google Docs Template Gallery

Sample Group Activity
  1. Watch We the People from Schoolhouse Rock **
  2. Work in groups to complete your Picture the Preamble table (pages 74-81 in handbook) **
    • Check your Gmail for an invitation to collaborate on your group's word processing file.

Real Examples
  1. Tom Barrett has written a series of posts describing the ways that he and his students have used Google Docs in the classroom. Browse through the information and note the abundance of strategies. **
  2. "Alan November says, "You don't need everyone taking the same notes. Use Google Docs and have note-taking experts collaborate there." " -- Dave Warlick
  3. Look through these videos of examples of word processing being integrated with teaching and learning. **
  4. Jeff Ertzberger's Microsoft Office Games - Cool resources but note that they do not always encourage higher order thinking skills (HOTS)
    • Video overviews - Coming VERY soon. Check back here later this week.

Ongoing ConversationNotes, resources, ideas, activities, etc., related to this topic can be posted here by anyone in an effort to continue the conversation.
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