Online Class:
Digital Presentation Skills for the Classroom
Spring 2008
ISTE National Educational Techology Standards (NETS) and Performance Indicators for Teachers which are met by completing this course:
V. PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.
Teachers use technology to enhance their productivity and professional practice. Teachers:
a. use technology resources to engage in ongoing professional development and lifelong learning.
b. continually evaluate and reflect on professional practice to make informed decisions regarding the use of technology in support of student learning.
c. apply technology to increase productivity.
d. use technology to communicate and collaborate with peers, parents, and the larger community in order to nurture student learning.
Lessons and Activities
Open your Web Browser (Safari, Firefox)
View these tutorial video clips from Atomic Learning, then complete the assignment below each section.
All assignments have due dates listed, but may be turned in before the due date. Send your assignment to the TECH TIF Digital Presentation Skills conference.
Directions for putting the TECH TIF Digital Presentation Skills Conference on the desktop of your ConnectMe
(This is the conference to which you will send your completed assignments)
1. Open ConnectMe
2. Find the Sites conference on the desktop of ConnectMe
3. Open the Sites conference, find the Departments conference
4. Open Departments, find Technology conference
5. Open Technology conference find TECH TIF conference
6. Open TECH TIF conference, find TECH TIF Online Classes conference
7. Open TECH TIF Online Classes conference find the TECH TIF Digital Presentation Skills conference
8. Hold down the Control key (ctrl) on your keyboard and click on this conference
9. Release the Control key
10 Select "Add to Desktop" by clicking on it
Jump To:
United Streaming
Then select United Streaming Video from the Curriculum, Instruction, Professional Development page.
If you need help getting to United Streaming, click here to download the directions.
Did you know that you could enhance your lessons
with 40,000 video clips—right now?
ASSET and the AZ State Department of Education are proud to provide teachers of Arizona with
unitedstreamingTM— a web-based digital video delivery system from Discovery Education. unitedstreaming is the
largest and most current library of K-12 digital video/video clips available today. From core-curriculum subjects to
health and guidance—there’s something for everyone—and all videos are correlated to Arizona state
standards!
Discover unitedstreaming:
• unitedstreaming’sTM high-quality content is from award-winning producers such as Discovery Education, Discovery
School, The Shoah Foundation, Standard Deviants, Weston Woods, Sunburst Technology, ASCD and more.
• Video titles are constantly added throughout the year!
• unitedstreamingTM is an evaluated resource. A recent scientific evaluation showed an increase in Math, Science,
and Social Studies test scores by students who were instructed using unitedstreaming.
Additional Features for AZ Educators:
• Search hundreds of video titles from educational programming.
• Access a calendar of historical events directly linked to video clips.
• Access encyclopedia articles
• Review blackline masters that are associated with video programs.
• Create your own ‘Playlists’ to bookmark video clips for quick and easy use in lesson planning or in the classroom.
Atomic Learning Key # 14973 - 14989
* Tip: Have two Internet browser windows open, one in Atomic Learning and one in Nettrekker, so you can practice each skill as it is presented in the tutorials.
Assignment: Save at least 5 videos or video clips to your My Content. Take a screen shot (apple+Shift+3) of your My Content page. It will save to your desktop as a picture. Drag the screen shot "picture" into an email message and send to TECH TIF Digital Presentation Skills conference with Subject: United Streaming.
Due Jan. 30, 2008
Inspiration (version 7)
Inspiration provides tools to create a picture of ideas or concepts in the form of a diagram. It has integrated outlining to help develop ideas into a written document.
Inspiration deepens understanding of concepts, increases memory retention, develops organizational skills, and taps creativity.
Open Inspiration on your computer by going to the Hard Drive, select the Applications folder and double clicking on Inspiration icon. If you do not have Inspiration, contact instructor.
Atomic Learning Tutorials: Key # 3237 - 3299
Assignment:
Create a diagram with a main topic, at least 3 sub-topics, and at least 2 supporting ideas to go with these sub-topics. All of this should be related to your curriculum. You should also have some symbols from the symbol library in your diagram. Use color in your sub-topics for visual cues. Save this as and send to the TECH TIF Digital Presentation Skills conference as an attachment, with Inspiration in the Subject line.
Due Feb. 4th
Powerpoint
Version X
Atomic Learning Tutorials: Key # 4141 - 4189
~A. Creating a Basic Slideshow~
~B. Adding Objects~
~C. Managing Slide Behavior~
~D. Working with Text~
~E. Formatting and Presenting~
~F. Output Options~
~G. Additional Options~
Additional tutorials:
Office version X manual:
The Office v. X manual, Getting Started with Microsoft Office X, is installed on your computer automatically. Available in portable document format (.pdf), the manual explains how to perform common tasks by using each of the Office v. X programs.
To open the manual
1. Open the Microsoft Office X folder on your hard disk.To open the folder, switch to the Finder, and then click Applications on the Go menu. Double-click the Microsoft Office X folder.
2. Double-click the Getting Started Book.pdf file.
It will download to your desktop.
Click Here if you have another version of PowerPoint (2000 or 2004)
Assignment:
After viewing video clips, complete a NEW presentation using YOU as the subject.
Slide 1: Title slide, your name, date show created in Subtitle box, choose a design template
Slide 2: Birth: where, when, use 2 column slide layout change font to Garamond, 24 pt, Green
Slide 3: Family (growing up), use organization chart layout, animate title
Slide 4: Childhood, activities, special remembrances, use Title only slide layout, put each phrase in an AutoShape, animate Auto Shapes
Slide 5: Schooling: Insert Word Art for title, give details in bulleted list, animate Word Art
Slide 6: Job(s): use Title only slide layout, insert text boxes for information, animate
Slide 7: Hobbies/Interests: use Text and Media clip layout, insert movie clip
Slide 8: Family (current): Bulleted list layout or Text and photo, change bullet type, insert photo from Pics 4 Learning (see below)
Slide 9: Favorite vacation: Use Text and Clip Art layout, insert clip art, animate
Slide 10: Whatever you want on this slide, then create transitions for the show. Set show to run on mouse click.
You may insert additional photos if you want.
Save this and send to the TECH TIF Digital Presentation Skills conference as an attachment, with PowerPoint in the Subject line.
Due Feb. 19th
Atomic Learning Teacher2Teacher Lessons
Access Teacher2Teacher in Atomic Learning. Teacher2Teacher offers technology training developed for teachers by teachers, designed to dissolve barriers to use technology easily and effectively. Teacher2Teacher activities illustrate how to incorporate software into existing curriculum. Each activity provides:
ÿ detailed instructions
ÿ sample projects
ÿ student planning sheets
Use the classroom activities with your students or use them as a "getting started" resource for lesson plans you create.
Log in to Atomic Learning. Click on the Resources tab.
Go to Teacher2Teacher link in the right hand column.
Then select either Inspiration Lesson Plans I or II or Microsoft PowerPoint Lesson Plans.
Browse through these lessons.
Choose one, which can be adapted for you to use as a presentation for a whole group, from your laptop with the multimedia cart, in a lesson.
Make necessary changes to the template provided in the file.
Explain your changes/adaptations in your email message and attach the PowerPoint or Inspiration file with changes.
Email to the TECH TIF Digital Presentation Skills conference with Teacher2Teacher adaptation in the subject line.
Due Feb. 29th
pics 4 learning
On the IDEAL web site, there are some simple tutorials under Recipes For Success resource on the Curriculum, Instruction, Professional Development tab. See directions above under "If you need help getting to United Streaming, click here to download the directions."
Once you are in the Recipes for Success page, you can read these simple step by step instructions on how to get the photos from the web site to your computer. (Note: wherever it says "right click", those with an iBook should hold down the Control button and click.)
Start with Snack #7, then #9. Following those two, proceed through all the remaining "snacks"
Important Dates
Drop In Lab Date
This is optional. The Drop In Lab is available for you to receive help with any of the lessons.
Feb. 19th
3:00 - 5:30, Professional Development Center Training Room (PDCTR)
*Final Class Presentation Night: Class Date
Mar. 13th, 3:45 - 5:45, PDCTR
*Mandatory attendance.
Optional: Bring your VGA adapter (dongle)