SCES

Our third collaborative was held in the Tech Lab on February 7, 2008. We had lots of visitors pop in during the two sessions . . . Carole and Connie from SCES, Gilda and Jim from SCMS Joyce from SCHS, and Cathy Lariscy from the BOE. We were also fortunate to have Jeff, our ETTC, join us. He shared several great resources and tips. Below are a couple of things that we learned during the sessions:

• Visit segatech.us and scestech.wordpress.com for links to great resources and ideas (such as the chart chooser from Juice Analytics.
• To prevent students from making changes to those flipcharts that you have worked so hard to create, change your files to “read-only”files by following the steps below: Right click...properties... check box beside "read only"
• Be sure to check out the resources (flash files, activities, flipcharts, acti-vote quizzes) that are in your Activ-Studio shared resources.
• Jeff showed us how to search for flash files by typing “.swf” at the end of a Google search – this same idea will work if you are looking for a Power Point (.ppt), a flipchart (.flp), a word document (.doc) , and image (.jpeg, .jif, .bmp, etc.)
• Jeff also showed us how to open flash files by using the Mozilla Firefox browser, but not actually being on the internet. Follow these steps: Save the flash file to your desktop, open web browser (Mozilla or Internet Explorer), click “File,” select “Open File,” and browse for your file.
• Yvonne showed us how to put short cuts on the main toolbar in Activ-Studio. Follow these steps: Right-click on the “little man” on the right side of the tool strip, click the circle beside “Program File,” click “…” to browse for the file (or web address) that you want. To get to activities in your shared resources, go to “My Computer,” “C,” “Documents and Settings,” “All Users,” “Shared Documents,” “Activ-Studio,” “Activ-Studio 3,” “Shared Activities,” and double click the file that you want.
• Here are some other good resources to check out . . . learner.org, soundpedia (please remember not to stream at school), Wikipedia for schools, teacher tube, lulu, blurb, miro

Reminders:

• Please complete your observations by April 2^nd – the LAST collaborative!!!!
• The last lesson that you present, must include any equipment that you have not previously presented with this year.
• Keep updating your portfolios.
• Don’t forget to let your e-coaches know if there is something that you would like for us to consider purchasing this LAST year of funds!
• Thanks for all that you do – we are almost done!

As each teacher presented, we used Google docs to make the comments listed below
Kiersten
The students were told the requirements ahead of time and the students used the digital camera to make pictures of geometric shapes. The students worked for thirty minutes on two days to complete the assessment flipcharts. The students did a super job. Great assessment. I know that the students enjoyed it! I am sure their grades showed their knowledge of the activity. Kiersten spun a great flipchart off of the Geometry unit presented in Tech Lab - students created their own flipcharts meeting certain requirements - many technology components were used. Great flipchart! I know the students enjoyed making the flipcharts! Great idea for an assessment! The students did a good job creating the geometry flipchart.

Allison
Allison found a flipchart on Promethean planet. She used the GTCO. Great way to assess with the clickers. I know that they enjoyed the flip chart.
Wynn
Students used graphing resource from National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (in combination with something students really enjoy--candy). Love the skittles flipchart...Cute! Very BRIGHT!
What a cute lesson! I know the kids enjoyed working with and eating the skittles - great final product! Great lesson. I loved the pictures. The activity was based on a BAMs activity.
Cynthia
Cool Picture of Mountains- Activity based on Mountain Math - She pulled in calculators with this activity. Group based instruction. This works well for inclusion groups. I loved the idea of being able to do the game in groups, I never thought of that!
Retta
Great job! Students love going to the board and measuring objects!! Great way to teach measurement! I liked your ruler. Looks like a great site for measurement. Can't wait to use it! Love the ruler!!!!!! Super lesson!!
Yvonne
Flying angles - Students could scan their airplanes--wow!--what a spiffy idea! Power point idea really makes sense. good thinking. the power point looked great! Students created powerpoints with photos taken around the school. Great activity! Awesome! I loved the power point!
Melissa
Super Flipchart!!! Good job on the actions! Great Job!! Loved the flipcharts!!! Great flipchart. The kids presented their own flip chart! looked great. great use of protractor
Holly
I love that you are teaching the kids to use the scanner... Can't wait to do this with my kids!!
Super graphing - that will be fun with the kids
Josh
Review lesson - angle-polygon kids used digital camera to take pictures and then he made a quiz with the pictures for them to review. Great idea! Great student thinking! I love it... Very Creative Josh! The kids love taking pictures!
Winona
Review before a test - Kids used the scanner, digital camera, and activstudio to create a flipchart for self-assessment. Great job!
Pam
Pam showed an Acti-Vote assessment - then she showed a student created flipchart which featured pictures that students had taken with the digital camera. Good job, Pam. Your students seemed to enjoy this. Great way to use the camera and get the kids involved in their own learning.
Ann
Great use of resources Word, Activ-Studio, Kid Create-A-Graph - Making the graphs on their own helped students internalize the skills. Ann, great use of the computer using the website for the graphing. Also, great job using the materials that we already have a copying them.
Jennifer
Very impressive backgrounds - Fonts are easy to read - You do a great job when it comes to collaborating and sharing. Super flipchart! Super job.
Vickie
Good use of graphics--like that ruler -great job of using shared resources
Carol
Great use of the Promethean Planet. You didn't have to reinvent. I like the way the font was so large and colorful.