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Electronic Chalkboard is running with information for Day 3 Morning Activities
Morning Routines and Procedures:
Daily Journal writing and sharing
Question of the Day
This Year in History
TPSS Blackboard - High School TangiTech
Some people are questioning the importance of teachers learning pedagogy. Jamie McKenzie discusses seven major categories that help to show the importance and scope of pedagogy when it comes to technology professional development. Post a response on which category you feel is important in order for you to be effective in the classroom and discuss why?
Preview the attached "Internet Social Studies Resources" and post a comment in the Discussion Board section of this course.
Day Three Journal:
How has your view of technology integration in the classroom changed since Day One of TangiTech? What might the "steps" to planning for technology integration be?
Journal Writing in Microsoft WORD. Click  for Journal Template (Word)
Question of the Day:
In August, 1901, oil was discovered for the first time in Louisiana. Where in Louisiana was the discovery made?
This Year In History:
"1901"

Using all four digits of the given year and any combination of mathematical operations, you are to build a mathematical expression whose value is a whole number between 1 and 100, inclusive.

Teacher Tube Video:

 

We Didn't Start the Fire

You've Got Mail:
Access Tangischools E-mail accounts using INTERNET EXPLORER at www.tangischools.org. Learn URL and parts of an E-mail address. Refer to TangiTech Tips for E-mail to learn how to send and check E-mail. Send an E-mail message to me so my TangiTech address book can be set up. Use this E-mail address...  tt1@tangischools.org 

Tangi- E-Mail Tips Day 3
Printing an E-Mail and Calendar options

A-Google-A-Day:
Google Docs
Free web-based word processor and spreadsheet, which allow you share and collaborate online.
Google Scholar : Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Google Scholar helps you identify the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research.
Add the Political Quotes gadget to your iGoogle homepage.
 
Technology Connected Lesson Plan

Louisiana Boys Raised on Politics TCLP (word)
Video Viewing Guide (Word)
Propaganda PowerPoint (PPT)
Super Election PowerPoint (PPT)
Election Ballot (Word)
Super Election Polling Sheet (Word)
Campaign Fact Gathering (Word)
Project Rubric (Word)

Participants will research campaign issues of Louisiana politicians.  Information from research will be used to create a campaign slogan, brochure, and campaign video including a speech.  Participants will embed video into a PowerPoint to present to the class.  A mock election will be held before and after the presentations and result will be analyzed.

Timeliner XE

A Century of Louisiana Governors (TL)
Sample Timeline (TL)

Participants will complete a "Research Activity" in TimelinerXE using the embedded Google search engine.  A timeline of the governors of the past century will be created and images or media clips will be added to the timeline.   

Thinking Tools

Free tools and resources for educators support collaborative student-centered learning. Online thinking tools are active learning places where students engage in robust discussions, pursue investigations, analyze complex information, and solve problems.

Identify and refine criteria for assigning ranking to a list; and then debate differences, reach consensus, and organize ideas.
 
Investigate relationships in complex systems, creating maps that communicate understanding.
 
Construct well-reasoned arguments that are supported by evidence, using a visual framework.
Preview TrackStar
Check out the Track Star website at http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp.
Take a look at the two tracks below of Louisiana Culture:
Cultures of Louisiana (Grades 3-4) Track # 281481
Louisiana's Cultural Heritage (Grades 5-9) # 326451

 Preview some of the Tracks on the subject of your lesson plan.

Homework:
Read the article “Standards for a Modern World: Preparing Students for Their Future,” by Cheryl Lemke from Learning and Leading with Technology, Volume 31, Issue 1.
Housekeeping
Make sure one copy of all printed work is filed in folder box and you have checked off completed activities on the clipboard by the file box. Collect supplies, and bring computers back to desktops.


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This page was last updated on November 02, 2009.

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