02-18-09+OLF


 * Pat - .3 days

SIGN UP FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE BLOCKS OF TIME IF YOU FEEL 20 MINUTES IS NOT ENOUGH.** or Lab?** || **Grade** || **What do you want help with and what is the educational objective you are addressing?** ||
 * **Time** || **Name** || **Your Room
 * 8:30 - 8:55 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 9:10 - 9:45 || BradBoyd || Lab || 2-8 || He wanted to create multiple pages, with links to parent pages that were already created. First, we needed to reset his password so we could have access to his blog. After we reset the password, we changed it to a password he could remember. Next, we created 3 new pages for the classes he works with, and linked them to the homework parent page. Finally, I showed him how to create links to sites he believed would help the students learn. Next time we will work on adding pictures and other media to the different pages and posts he is going to work on. ||
 * 9:45 - 10:10 || Bobbie Tortella || lab || 3 || First, she wanted to know how to insert pictures into a Powerpoint presentation. After I showed her that she could use insert to add many different things including pictures, she wanted to know how add pictures to her homework page to spice it up. We went to the OLF homepage, and then her personal page. We went into the Wordpress dashboard, and added a picture from Google images to her homework page using the URL function on the upload page. For the next visit we are going to work on expanding her use of Powerpoint. ||
 * 10:10 - 10:35 || Janet Shira || lab || 7-8 || She wanted to know how to use Webquests. I tried to tell her to try other things then Webquests, but she really wanted to find some Webquests so could use for certain parts of her teaching. First, we looked for meteorology Webquests, and found a couple good ones using Google. She told me she tried to use Google, but got frustrated, and stopped. I showed her how to use Google search properly, by focusing her search rather then putting in basic phrases. We continued to search and found many different Webquests, and also some templates for her to create her own Webquests. Next time we will work on interactive site to expand her teaching through technology. ||
 * 10:35 - 11:00 || D. LeNoir || lab || 7-8 || She wanted to find some teaching tools having to do with poems. Through Google search we found ways of creating different types of poems, like haikus. She also wanted to find lessons to teach Iambic pantamiters, so we went back to Google search and found a couple pages that had how to create iambic pantamiters lessons, which she liked. Finally, she wanted to find some interactive literature tools that the kids could use on the computer, so I showed her Thinkfinity, which had a couple interactive tools that she liked, and would use. Next time we will expand to more interactive tools throughout the web that will help the students learn through technology. ||
 * 11:00 - 11:35 || Allison H ||  ||   || First she wanted to find timeline templates that the students could use to create timelines from information they find on the web. We found a way to create timelines using Excel, but as we were working through it, I could see that she was having trouble understanding it. We went back to Google search and found a good looking template that the students could just plug their pictures and information into, and it would create a very organized timeline. We saved the template to her network file. Finally, she wanted to find out about interactive tools for teaching history. I showed her the Smithsonian website through Thinkfinty, which had many interactives that she found useful. Next time we will work on creating Powerpoint presentations so the students can take information they find on the web, and present it to the class. ||
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