Referendum Computer Lab

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Referendum Computer Lab

• Your Great High School

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What is Technology Integration?

• The use of computer or other electronic media
  resources to motivate student learning.
• Technology Integration supports the curriculum,
  not drive or be the curriculum.
• Technology Integration is aligned with the
  National Educational Technology Standards, the
  Sunshine State Standards, and the Essential
  Learnings for Pinellas County.

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Student Outcomes

• Motivates learning by providing hands on
  experiences for students.
• Encourages responsibility for students own
  learning by providing students the tools to face
  real world problems.
• Encourages responsibility for the care and
  maintenance of personal property.

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Classroom Laptop Expectations and Management
Procedures
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Student care of equipment

• Handling Rule use both hands, when moving around
  the classroom.
• Students are expected to stay in their seats and
  not carry the laptops around the room. Set
  expectations if they move about the room.
• Printing delivered to the desk by teacher or
  student helper to reduce movement in the room.
• Inspect equipment at check in is a must.

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Management Procedures

• When introducing a program, give students time
  for exploration.
• Hold laptop with two hands.
• Assign the same laptop to the same student each
  time.
• Put lids down at a 45 degree angle when
  instructing.
• Have a system to check out and check in laptops
  from cart. Check for damage or missing keys.
• Develop a procedure for helping students when
  things go wrong. Example C3B4Me, raise your
  hand.

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Management Procedures cont.

• Save work to personal folders on the desktop and
  then to server at the end of day.
• Naming conventions- give students a standard
  format to save assigned work.
• Student buddy check- students check each others
  work before turning in.
• Fonts, color and size restrictions. 12 or 14 size
  exceptions for special projects.

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Management Procedures cont.

• Printing print only with permission, print 1
  copy only.
• Maintain a website list for students to add to
  for sharing with others or when they have
  completed their assignments.
• Set a policy for restricting the downloading of
  games, music and video during class.
• Set a zero tolerance policy for surfing the web,
  instant messaging and chat rooms.

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Software/Application Programs

• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Internet Access
• FCAT Explorer
• Adobe Reader
• FCAT Simulator

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Lesson Plan ComparisonUsing Technology

• See Handout

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Student Check Out and Check In

• Teacher
• Date
• Block
• Computer Number
• Student NameName
• Check IN

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Computer Use Agreement Form

• All students must have an agreement form turned
  in and an active account before use the
  computers.
• Check on SASI to see if they have agreements
  turned in.
• Do Not share user names or passwords.

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Student Log-In

• Students Log-In name is their student ID
• 52XXXXXXXXXXX
• Student passwords, the first time they log on it
  is password. They will be prompted to change
  their passwords.
• Log In name is student.
• Password is student.

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Teacher Class Sign-up

• Post a calendar for all to see. Send an email
  with the dates you would like to use the lab.
• The lab will need to be picked up and returned
  each day. Have a process to store over night in
  your classroom.
• Lesson plan needs to be developed or submitted
  prior to using the lab.
• If the projector is needed have a process for
  moving it from room to room.

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Lab Setup

• Think about room arrangement. Turn desks into
  rows facing back of room. Teacher monitors what
  all students are doing.
• Small groups. arrange chairs head to head, side
  by side.
• Circle
• Semi- circles

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Start small
Small ideas FCAT Explorer Word Processing- Write
a story A Day In My Life Research a character
in a novel using the internet. Webquests or
Treasure Hunts
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Big Ideas.

• Curriculum Powerpoint to compare and contrast a
  concept.
• Grabbing photos from internet and creating movies
  or presentations.
• Pick a math concept and produce a video how this
  concept is used in a real life situation.

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Really Big Ideas !

• Use sensory probes, microscopes and spreadsheets
  to examine the effects of water temperature on
  the production of algae.
• Use the internet to view satellite places in
  novels. Visit the Chamber of Comerce to
  understand the social dynamics of the community
  and therfore, the context of the novel. Google
  Earth.
• Use a spreadsheet to record times of travel
  between cities, figuring in travel, speeds,
  weather conditions and distances.
• Video the jumpshot in basketball to observe the
  techniques to improve performance.

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Who can you call ?
Pat Lusher 588-6447 lusherp_at_pcsb.org