August+30,+2010

**Agenda for August 30, 2010**

 * 1) Introductions with Wallwisher
 * 2) 29 Interesting Ways to Use Wallwisher in your classroom
 * 3) Computer Lab Management Ideas
 * 4) Education World Article
 * 5) Internet Safety Sites
 * 6) NetSmartz Presentations
 * 7) 16 Internet Safety Sites to Consider
 * 8) Utah Core Curriculum
 * 9) @Scope and Sequence
 * 10) YouTube Videos
 * 11) Online converter
 * 12) Zamzar.com
 * 13) Kick YouTube
 * 14) Embedding in Wiki, Blog, or myUEN page
 * 15) Zoopz.com
 * 16) ixl.com
 * 17) Maple Leaf Puzzle
 * 18) Jigsaw Planet
 * 19) Drawing Tools and Projects*
 * 20) Non-linguistic representation
 * 21) Transition from toy to tool
 * 22) Good way to learn to manipulate keyboard and mouse
 * 23) Start the year by drawing self-portraits--good assessment
 * 24) Introduce a few tools at a time, then increase by grade level
 * 25) Differentiation
 * 26) Examples of projects:
 * 27) Draw water cycle, food chains, other processes
 * 28) Illustrate stories and books
 * 29) Overlay drawings on to photographs
 * 30) Hundreds Day Chart (K-1)
 * 31) Create a template with 10 empty squares of various sizes and have students place 10 colored shapes in each box.
 * 32) Draw or download a coloring book-style picture with several large areas for painting.
 * 33) Glyphs
 * 34) Greeting Cards (Service Projects)
 * 35) Four Squares (weather, seasons, mammals, insects, etc)
 * 36) Illustration of content-related vocabulary terms (geography terms, idioms, abstract terms like liberty or hope).
 * 37) Growth processes
 * 38) Original symbols/crests/flags
 * 39) Gallery walks
 * 40) Clip Art in Microsoft Paint
 * 41) Insert the clip art, photo, or WordArt into and Office application, such as Word or PowerPoint.
 * 42) Copy and paste the graphic into Paint.


 * From "It's Elementary, Integrating Technology in the Primary Grades," Boni Hamilton, ISTE, 2007.