25 Ways to Use Technology in Your Classroom

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25 Ways to Use Technology in Your Classroom
Making a Difference One Student at a Time
Pam Krambeck Papillion-La Vista
Schools pkrambeck_at_paplv.esu3.org Web site
plv.ishareinfo.org/pkrambeck (handout, docs
presentation under documents)
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Gathering Internet Resources Information With
Students
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• Jamie McKenzie Idea (http//www.fno.org) that was
  adapted
• When students are doing research on the web, I
  always let the students copy as much as they want
  from the web with these guidelines
• 1. Text copied from the net is in black ink
• 2. The web page location is copied and pasted in
  red ink
• 3. For every paragraph of text copied from a web
  page, the student must type one sentence in
  green ink.
• Green stands for new growth and anything in
  green is the students writing and can be used in
  their project. Any of the red writing should
  appear in the students resources cited section.
  I have tried this with students of all ages and
  once you train them to copy and paste into a
  document, it works very well.
• EXAMPLE

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Starfall
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• If you are a primary teacher (K-2) and you have
  not yet discovered the Starfall web site you are
  in for a treat. http//www.starfall.com
• The activities and
• links on this page
• are written at the
• students level and
• students love the
• activities and clips.

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I-photo (for Mac users)
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• If you are not using I-photo on your computer you
  should be. This program allows you to create
  very quick and simple slide shows and student
  books for sharing. You can export/share a group
  of pictures as a Quicktime Movie which can be
  used stand alone or imported into I-movie.

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Creative Use of a Database
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• Using a database for books, genre, summary, etc.
  Students can keep their own database, or you can
  keep a classroom database of the books and
  genres that students are reading. This provides
  a great resource for students and teachers in the
  classroom.
• Example Book DB in Appleworks

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Video Creation
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• A great first step for creating a video project
  is to use still pictures and movies to create a
  documentary on a curricular topic. Moviemaker
  on the windows platform and I-movie on the mac
  platform provide solutions for student
  productions no matter what platform of computers
  your school district is providing.

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Trackstar
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• http//trackstar.4teachers.org/ This web site
  allows you to view/use tracks that other
  teachers have created on a variety of topics, or
  you can create your own track from scratch. The
  tracks put together web sites and teacher
  instructions to guide a students voyage on the
  net.

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Rubistar
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• http//rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php Need to
  create a rubric or checksheet for any type of
  curricular project? This web site allows you to
  create a rubric either from scratch or from a
  list of indicators on a variety of topics. I
  havent created a rubric from scratch since
  someone showed me this web site.

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My Scrabble Tiles
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• Using a word processing program (I have used both
  Word and Appleworks) you can either create
  scrabble tiles, or use the ones Ill provide for
  a simple activity with primary students.
  Students can work on the computer to drag the
  tiles around to make words or sentences and then
  they can total up the numbers for a math
  activity.
• http//www.geocities.com/rosella/scrabble/tiles.h
  tml
• Scrabble Tile Example

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Video Clips in Powerpoint
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• Use Moviemaker (Windows) or I-Movie (Mac) to
  create a short video clip and save it as
  QuickTime. Once you have the movie clip saved as
  a Quicktime movie you can insert the movie into
  Powerpoint by simply using INSERT--gt Movie --gt
  From File

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Word Art for 6-Trait Writing
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• Many teachers in our district are using the
  6-trait model for assessing student writing. Use
  Word Art in MS Word, to create some common
  comments that you are making on student writing,
  and save those to a document you can label as
  comments. Open up this document as you are
  looking at the students electronic work (yes,
  this only works electronically) and simply
  drag the comments from one document to the
  other.
• Example

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Book Review with Amazon
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• Use the Amazon web site for viewing book review
  and have students write their own review
  (http//www.amazon.com/)
• You must have an Amazon Account set-up to
  complete an on-line review.

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Creating a 10 X 10 image
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• (or 5 x 5) of images that tell a story. Older
  students could Hyperlink the images to web sites
  or other pages of information. This can be used
  for a closure activity, a sharing activity, an
  introductory activity, etc. For picture sizing
  72 pixels 1 inch (mac)
• http//www.tenbyten.org/10x10.html

Example of 5 x 5 image in MS Word
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IHMC CmapTools
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• Free concept mapping software that is available
  at this web site http//cmap.ihmc.us/
  (available for both mac and windows)

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Comments in MS Word
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• Use the track changes and comments in MS Word
  for peer editing on writing projects or for
  working on group projects to track the changes
  and comments that students add to a project. In
  the main menubar Tools--gt Track Changes --gt
  Highlight Changes
• Sample Document

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Pics4Learning Web Site
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• http//www.pics4learning.com
• This is a great web site for students looking for
  pictures for use in their projects. The site not
  only offers pictures that are categorized by
  subject, but also has the citation information
  that can be copied and pasted into the
  bibliography. Students/teachers may also
  contribute pictures to this site.

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Lintor Publishing
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• This is a great option for publishing student
  books/writing. If you havent seen this product
  in the past, it is worth a look. The company
  will send you a sample coverset to try at this
  web address
• http//www.lintorpublishing.com/main.html

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Use templates/stationery
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• If you have a starter page that you want
  students to use and add information why not use
  a stationery/template document that can either be
  put on a machine or server. This feature is
  available in Appleworks and MS Wordstudents open
  that document and it appears as an untitled
  document which they must name and then add their
  information.

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Popular Topics/Hobbies
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• Take advantage of topics/hobbies that students
  are interested in. Examples Baseball cards,
  scrapbooking, geocaching, etc. Using a baseball
  card-like template, students can create trading
  cards on explorers, geometric shapes, states,
  famous Nebraskans, etc. Use Powerpoint to create
  a scrapbook like page where students
  scrapbook the learnings for a unit, the year,
  etc.

http//www.thedigitalscoop.com/lessons/5th_scrapbo
ok/scrapbook.html
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Encourage the Use of Digital Pictures
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• If you have access to a digital camera, show
  students how to capture pictures. Once the
  pictures are taken (rememberyou can take
  pictures of student artwork, writing, drawings,
  show and share items, etc) put the pictures on
  your classroom computer or a server for the
  students to use in their projects. Teach the
  students categorization, sorting, and
  organization in organizing student pictures for
  the year.
• Sample 1
• Sample 2
• Sample 3

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Lifetouch
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• Does Lifetouch take your school pictures? If you
  use the Lifetouch labs (most schools do), did you
  know that for a small charge they can give you a
  cd with all of the student pictures on it? This
  saves a great deal of time scanning in pictures
  or taking student pictures to use for portfolio
  work, or student of the week/month etc.

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Creative Book Reviews/Book Talks
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• Create a template on the computer (this can
  either be a database or a word processing
  document) that is the size of a bookmark (you
  can put multiples on one page) and have the
  students type their book reviews/book talks on
  the bookmark. Once the bookmark template is
  filled with the students writing, you can print
  the bookmark on card stock or bulkier paper and
  cut the pieces apart for the students to give the
  media specialist for sharing with other
  students.

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MS Tables Make Great Bingo Cards
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• Use the MS Word Table Feature to create a Bingo
  Card. You can create these, or simply give the
  students a word bank (I usually write the words
  on the board or overhead) and then create a 5
  row, 5 column table. You can decide the set
  column and row width. Make sure the students use
  a free space. You can use this as a review item
  with the parts of speech, Greek mythology, etc.
• Example of Bingo Card

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Postcards From School/Letters From School
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• This works great in an upper elementary or middle
  school setting. In an English, typing, or
  writing classhave the students invite their
  parents to P-T Conferences by writing them either
  a short letter or post card of invitation. This
  not only increases attendance, but also gives you
  a springboard for discussion. (I usually give
  some extra credit points as enticement for
  bringing the card with them and this helps me
  keep track of the parents I see)

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Utilize On-Line Tutorials
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• Many on-line tutorials are available for students
  and teachersuse them! My favorite is Atomic
  Learning http//www.atomiclearning.com where you
  can go through the first few lessons at no charge
  (this is a pay per use site), along with the ones
  offered as Microsoft (http//www.microsoft.com/edu
  cation) click on the tutorials link. With most
  of the hardware and software we purchase I have
  found that if you go to the web site of the
  company, you can usually find either a written or
  on-line tutorial.

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Create a Magazine Cover
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• Have the students use a word processing or
  painting program to create a Magazine Cover on a
  topic that you have just studied. Make sure you
  have requirements about what should be included
  number of pictures, captions that hint at the
  topic that was studied, what is happening in the
  area of study, etc. Students will have a fun
  time with this and it is a great way to get them
  to think about and summarize a topic they have
  studied.

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Tux Paint

• A free painting program for both Mac and Windows.
  This program is pretty intuitive and students
  will have an easy time learning how to use this
  very simple paint program. It may not be as
  powerful as Kid Pix Studio or other paint
  programs but you cant beat the cost!
• http//www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/download/

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Numb3rs Math Activites

• Texas Instruments CBS have teamed up to offer
  math activities and lessons plans that utilize
  the popular show Numb3rs. The lessons vary
  from middle school to high school--advanced to
  very basic.
• http//www.cbs.com/primetime/numb3rs/ti/activities
  .shtml

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Create a Blog for Writing

• Free Blog Site http//www.blogger.com
• Three steps and you are blogging
• Here is an example I created in 3 minutes
  http//pkrambeck.blogspot.com

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Jeopardy PowerPoint Games

• http//www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_techn/countyjeopar
  dygames.htm
• This web site contains downloadable PowerPoint
  Jeopardy games on a variety of topics and grade
  levels.

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