 
A Monthly
Newsletter for Midway and Vickery Creek Elementary Teachers
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| Theme: Going for the
Bytes not the Bits |
Volume II, Issue 4
November, 1999 |
Kathy
D. Adkins
Instructional Technology Specialist |
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Scheduled Technology Sessions 
Please note November Changes
Nov. 2 Vickery Creek
2:50-3:50
Creating Templates with KidPix
Nov. 3 Vickery Creek 2:50-3:50
Follow up Session to KidPix
Nov. 8 Midway 2:50-3:50
FrontPage Express III
Nov. 9 Vickery Creek 2:50-3:50
Creating a Newsletter with Publisher
Nov. 10 Midway 2:50-3:50
Creating Templates with KidPix
Nov. 11 Vickery Creek 2:50-3:50
FrontPage Express llI
Nov.15 Vickery Creek 2:50-3:50
PowerPoint III-Using Slide Master for Instruction
Nov. 17 Midway 2:50-3:50
Follow Up Session to Kid Pix
Nov. 29 Midway 2:50-3:50
PowerPoint III-Using Slide Master For Instruction
 Don't nibble!
Take a byte out of technology!
Please take just a minute to complete the survey. |
Do You Have A
Technology Enriched Classroom?
Are Your Lessons Technology Connected?
A technology enriched classroom is a classroom in which the teacher
provides technology connected lessons based on ideas and concepts that are being taught
and material that is of critical importance for the students to learn. Utilizing the
one or two workstations to deliver in a learning center approach a teacher can provide
activities for students to learn new concepts, practice skills, cooperate and
collaborate with each other to complete a project, or research and locate information to
incorporate into to an assignment.
A technology enriched classroom will be the standard for the new century not just a
passing fad. Teacher staff development training has been bit by bit in the
elementary setting teaching isolated software applications. In order to take more
bytes out of the curriculum and really develop technology connection skills, training is
being redefined for those that want to embrace technology and establish a techno-enriched
classroom. A few sessions have changed for November to reflect this emphasis.
Please take the time to complete the quick survey below so that sessions for the winter
months can be designed for continuous technology progess for the year 2000!
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Our Media Specialist play a major role in the technology connection.
Their jobs are evolving and changing as the media center becomes the technology hub for
our schools. Look at just a few of the things they are doing!
Midway's Becky Lee has been very busy taking digital
snapshots of every student at Midway with our Sony Mavica. She has saved these
photos on disks for teachers to utilize in technology connected publications.
Vickery Creek's Pat Wall has been very busy teaching
staff members how to make their own Accelerated Reader tests for titles of books that are
not included in the school's AR collection.
We applaud their hard work! |
Quick
and Easy Lessons
Introducing KidPix Tools
This is a series of sequential lessons in English as well as Espanol on teaching young
children how to use the tools in Kid Pix from Little Lake School District in California.
Lakeland
Kid Pix Lessons |
A great resource for the holidays!
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This site is excellent! Check out the Learning Tips and
Grow-a-Reader. My favorite link is the award maker!
Check it out!
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Template Ideas for November
1. Locate this template (copia.bmp) on the L:
drive in the kptemp folder under language arts.
2. Instruct students to use the stamp tool to stamp items they are thankful for.
3. Use the copia2.bmp if you would like your older students to use the typewriter
tool to write about things they are thankful for.
  
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Another great template idea is using the word THANKSGIVING to make an acrostic! |
Have
you been to Georgia Learning Connections? Check out Lynn Bump's Lesson, Our Hero in
History Today! This lesson can be modified to use with upper grades.
1. Go to http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/
2. Click Search.
3. Select Social Studies as the subject and 2 for grade level.
4. Click QCC Correlated Lesson Plans and then the green search button.
5. Lynn's annotation for lesson will appear. Click Our Hero In History
Today to view full lesson.
Great job Lynn Bump! |
| This months KEWL links focus on using templates! Be sure to check the links
out for more ideas! |
A Kid Pix Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer is located on the student L:/share
drive. It is a great way for students to use a template to organize their thoughts
for writing a short paragraph. Text or stamps can be used to get those creative
juices flowing!
To locate this template, go to the L: drive and look in kptemps. It is located in
the organizer folder and is named m_detail.bmp!
Create your own graphic organizer using the oval or rectangle tools. |
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How do I
print Kid Pix slides larger?
1. Go to File, then printer setup.
2. Select the setup button in the bottom right corner.
3. Select the tab at the top that says paper.
4. Select landscape.
5. Click OK twice and you are set!
The orientation for your slides will remain landscape until you go back and reset
in the printer setup.
Use the larger setup to print:
* abc books
* maps and graphs
* graphic organizers |
How do I
play an Audio CD while I am working at my PC?
1. You must be logged on as a teacher!
2. Insert your CD in the PC.
3. Go to Start, programs, multimedia and click CD player.
4. Click the arrow to begin rockin'!
5. The pause and stop buttons look like this:
Take the time and enjoy a little music while you work at your PC!
If you would like to learn more about adding sound to your
slide show, please contact me! |