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Ugh! What's Up With My Computer? |
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Aha! What a Great Way to Integrate! |
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WOW! Wonderful Outrageous
Websites! |
Q:
I
inserted a clipart, but now I can’t move it.
A:
Double
click on the picture it to get the Format Picture window up. Click on the
Layout tab. Select "In front of Text" and click OK. Now you
can move your clipart wherever you want.
Q:
I can’t
seem to put a picture exactly where I want it. I either overshoot or
undershoot.A:
Click on the picture to select it.
Use your arrow keys to move it a space at a time. If you need even
smaller nudges, hold the Control key and use the arrows. |
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Databases:
Manipulating a database requires students to think outside the
box. Students reach higher levels of thinking. as they work to:
1) Classify unique characteristics of the data;
2) Discover the distinctive qualities of the data to compare and contrast;
and
3) Take that data and rank it in the order of importance.
Elementary-Have students create a database of the Presidents or their
favorite books.
Middle- Have your students track the weather for two months in a city
of their choice. Then using a query about the number of days the rainfall
exceeded .10 inches, have students produce a report on all records that
include
rainfall at that level.
High School-Students can conduct and administer their own surveys to
others and collect the data in a spreadsheet. . From that spreadsheet
students can create a database and then a form from which to search, update and enter records.
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Check out these useful links.
The internet has a wealth of sites designed to help students achieve more in
school. Here are some sites that can be particularly useful.
FCAT
Explorer-
http://www.fcatexplorer.com-At this site students can log in and
practice for the FCAT.
Homework Helper
http://www.refdesk.com/homework.html
How Stuff Works-http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Aplus Math-
http://www.aplusmath.com/
Science@NASA Science
http://science.nasa.gov/
The Franklin Institute-
http://www.fi.edu/learn/hotlists/index.php |
echnology
romoting 
uccess
Orangewood Elementary Instructional Technologist, Rodney Winkler, works with
students as they prepare the Photo Stories that they wrote. Each student was
given a digital camera and asked to take five pictures that would tell a
story. In the computer lab they each created a storyboard to plan out what
would go on each frame of their story. Using PhotoStory 3 software they were
able to record their story by using their own voice reading their script.
The stories are one of several projects that all of the 3rd thru 5th grade
students 
complete
during their sessions in the technology lab. The lessons combine National
Educational Technology Standards with current curriculum standards. Last
spring a group of students and the teachers were featured at Apple Computer
at Coconut Point and shared their podcast with the community. They also
instructed onlookers how to make a podcast. Students are also currently
working on podcasts that will be shared with their partner schools in Europe
through the National Children’s Public Radio in Berlin, Germany.
FCAT
Explorer Night at Mariner High School
