Technology Tools Youth Are Using Today

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Technology Tools Youth Are Using Today
Jeanne Wiebke Iowa State University
Extension jwiebke_at_iastate.edu Presented at 2009
CYFAR Conference, Baltimore MD
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Overview

• Focus on upper elementary middle school
• School home educational software
• Play with a couple technologies
• View some school technologies
• Subjects Literacy, Music, Math, etc.

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TeenBiz3000 - School program

• Literacy (and more) program used at schools
  nationwide
• TeenBiz focused on grades 6-8
• KidBiz for grades 2-5
• Pricing is based on of students E-Rate
  discount for free reduced lunch program
• More information at www.achieve3000.com

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TeenBiz3000 Highlights

• Teacher sets up accounts for students
• Kids login take initial assessment for grade
  level reading
• Teacher compares online assessment with school
  data and assigns reading level for TeenBiz3000
• TeenBiz3000 sends email to students daily

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Using TeenBiz3000
Select Mailbox
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TeenBiz3000 Mailbox
Todays Article is shown (as well as any previous
articles that you havent read)
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TeenBiz3000 Article

• Individual article
• Read article
• Activity
• Thought Question
• Poll
• Math exercise
• Print
• Map
• Many News Departments to choose from

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TeenBiz3000 Article level

• Dictionary list
• Bottom of article
• can read or listen
• Related Links Area

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TeenBiz3000 Activities
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TeenBiz3000 Activities
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TeenBiz3000 Results Screen
Results for 1st try go to teacher
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TeenBiz3000 Activities - Poll
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TeenBiz3000 Activities - Math
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TeenBiz3000 Activities Thought Question
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TeenBiz3000 - Search Feature
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TeenBiz3000 - Summary

• Change from just reading a book
• Current events
• Levels can be assigned
• Related Articles are cool
• Other options
• Stock - Read about companies and invest
• Games contests

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Surveys with Google Docs

• Kids create surveys in Google Docs
• Various ways for survey to be completed
• Results into Google spreadsheet
• Spreadsheet downloaded to Excel
• Charts and analysis from Excel file

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Creating a Google Form

• Go to www.google.com
• Select more ?

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Hands-On Learning with Google Docs
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Google Docs Apps for Kids

• Pros
• Easy way to create a survey
• Enter results or embed in blog or website for
  automated entry
• Chart results
• Its cool!

• Cons
• Each child needs Google account
• Once account is established other areas are
  also available (unsupervised).

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Smart Music

• Online music program used by schools
• Allows students to see missed notes tempo
• Allows recording and playback
• Thousands of songs for individual instruments
• 30 year (plus onetime microphone)
• Download software

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Smart Music
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Smart Music Find Music
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Smart Music - demo
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Impove Yr Tpying

• FreeTypingGame.net
• Use to improve typing skills
• Beginner, Intermediate Advanced levels
• Select level row on the keyboard
• Free and Fun!
• Lets go to www.freetypinggame.net

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Math (Home School)

• WiSWeb.com - http//www.fi.uu.nl/wisweb/en/
• Monster Math (elementary) http//solarindustrial.c
  om/Classroom/games/monster_math.htm
• A Math http//www.aplusmath.com/
• Coolmath4kids.com Coolmath.com
• Zoo or Roller Coaster Tycoon
• Commercial (20 each)
• Teaches money management
• Ages (rated E for everyone)

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Other programs

• Arty the Part-time Astronaut http//www.artyastro.
  com/
• Architecture www.architectstudio3d.org/AS3d/home
  .html
• GPS
• Google Earth

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Other sites (not so technical)

• National Hurricane Center (tracking charts)
  http//www.nhc.noaa.gov/tracking_charts.shtml
• TOPP (Tagging of Pacific Predators)
  http//las.pfeg.noaa.gov/TOPP/TOPP_tracks180.html?
  species4zone10 or http//www.topp.org/
• www.eschoolnews.com (for educators)

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Digital Equipment

• Microscope
• Binoculars
• Video movie makers (iMovie or Windows Movie
  Maker)

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After School/Summer programs

• Lego League (Mindstorms)
• Destination Imagination
• Odyssey of the Mind
• 4-H Afterschool Programs
• Summer programs through school camps

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Other Sessions to Attend

• Online Video Create Display (Tuesday 1030)
• GIS Spatial Technology for Everyone (Tuesday
  130)
• Robotics 101 Starting a Robotics Program
  (Tuesday 130)
• 4-H 4-REEL (Tuesday 130)
• Fun with 3D games Animation (going on now)
• Exergames (going on now)

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More Sessions

• 4-H Tech Wizards Web Tools (Wednesday 1030)
• Teens Technology (Wed 1030)
• Are you UP for the Challenge? Web Resources to
  teach nutrition physical activity (Thurs 830)
• Developing Online Games Animation in Your
  Out-of-School Program (Thursday 830)
• And more..

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My thanks to .

• Jim Kahler
• Jeremie Knutson
• Andrew Wiebke
• Jacob Wiebke

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Thanks for attendingHave a great conference!