Diana Creasy

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TRACKSTAR

• Presented by
• Diana Creasy
• Karen Jackson

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Online Instructional Tool for Teachers

• Developed and Provided
• By
• SCRTEC

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Preplanning Your Track
URL
Description
Title

• Planning Track content
• Checking Tracks that are already online
• Choosing a descriptive title
• Writing a useful description of your Track

Content
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Preplanning Your Track

• Searching for useful links
• Use links from KATE Web Page or resource list
• Use search engines
• Organizing your links
• Cut and paste into a Word document
• Give URLs a title
• Arrange links in the order you wish them to
  appear

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Preplanning Your Track

• Creating annotations for your links
• What to look for or accomplish
• Variety of questions (Blooms)
• Clear, concise directions

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Lets Start Your Track(on Word)

• Planning Track content
• Checking Tracks that are already online
• Choosing a descriptive title
• Writing a useful description of your Track
• Use Words Spell Checker
• You will cut and paste later

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• Searching for useful links (3-5 links)
• Use links from KATE Web Page
• Use search engines
• Organizing your links
• Cut and paste into a Word document
• Give URLs a title
• Arrange links in the order you wish them to
  appear

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Spell Check Your Document!

• Save Your Document!

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Lets Make Your Track

• Launch Your Browser
• Go to the SCRTEC Homepage
• http//scrtec.org

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• You must include a valid e-mail address.
• Shall I make my e-mail address public?
• If yes, check box, Print my e-mail address on my
  track.

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• We are not creating Demos.
• Revise button is used to edit your own track.
• Modify button is used to make changes to an
  already existing track.

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Passwords

• You must enter a valid password.
• Write it down.
• Keep it in a safe place.
• You cannot edit your Track without your password.
• You should check your Track regularly for broken
  links.

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Create Your Track
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Common Problems

• Use contact us link, include
• Name
• E-mail address
• Description of problem
• Title of Track
• Number of Track (see url of track)

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Common Problems

• Do not use Back button to revise track.
• Check for two http// in URl's.

Source Trackstar at http//www.sciertec.org
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