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How to use software commonly found in schools

ICT Tutorials Using ICT in the Classroom Links to Additional ICT Resources
Word 2003 - an introduction Using Word in the Classroom

Idea Processing - ie writing on the computer

Word from Brainbell

Tutorials on all Microsoft products and others from American University of Beirut

Intel Education Help Guide - a detailed online help guide to Microsoft Office. (Available as a CD to those who do the Intel Teach course) - Note: Click NO to "Do you want to close this web page"

PowerPoint - an overview PowerPoint Activity Sheet 1
PowerPoint Example
Create a Photo Album with all those photos from that Special Activities day, etc
PowerPoint from Brainbell
Digital Storytelling through PowerPoint
Excel   Excel from Brainbell
Email
Creating a Distribution List
   
Photo Story 3 for Digital Story Telling.
See also PowerPoint Resources
  Digital StoryTelling at cap.nsw.edu.au
The Case for Digital Storytelling in the Classroom

Educational Uses of Digital StoryTelling
PaintDotNet for Photo manipulation
Download PaintDotNet from here
PaintDotNet example
PaintDotNet Activity Sheet 1
 
Publisher    
FrontPage
FrontPage was supplied on all T4L computers, but has been replaced by Expressions Web (almost the same). They allow the creation and editing of web pages. ie Stage 3 English (ENGLISH WS3.12) suggests students develop a webpage.
Using Web Pages as a Presentation Tool for Students in the Primary School Microsoft FrontPage from Brainbell
FrontPage from Kent (US)
FrontPage for Students from Kent
FrontPage resources & tutorials from Webworksite
 
Information Access uses the NSW Information Literacy Steps to integrate ICT into research skills. Information Access
Searching Using Google
 
PhotoShop
Only required for very high level photo work

Really not needed for classroom use. Costly, where as PaintDotNet has all the features students need and is free.

Photoshop Elements 3 Tutorials
Microsoft Access - a relational database

Don't try this in the primary school unless you know what you are doing. Excel makes a very efficient database for primary school use.

Microsoft Access from Brainbell
 
General   Internet4Classrooms has tutorials on a number of applications including MS Office, various operating systems and programs such as Kidspiration and Inspiration

 

Web 2

Web 2.0 is the second generation of the Web. It facilitates creativity, collaboration and sharing among users through technologies such as RSS, social bookmarking, blogging and wikis as well as applications such as YouTube and Flickr. Simply defined, it is a Web platform based on sharing.

The Department now allows student to some wikis - ie wikispaces. However the wiki must be private. For more information go to http://cvcoss.wikispaces.com Web 2 info and Tutorials from American University of Beirut
A page full of Resources about the web from American University of Beirut
ICT in the Curriculum from WA DET, including Chat in the Classroom, Email in the Classroom, Interactive Whiteboards, Podcasts in Education, Social Bookmarking, Videoconferencing, Weblogs in Education, Wikis in Education
Planning
IntelTeach Designing Effective Projects
How to design an effective project incorporating ICT and some sample units. Have a good look at this site if you will be doing the Intel Teach program in Term 3
ICT-rich unit plans developed by Australian teachers that you can use right away or as models for your own planning. COGS Units. - very detailed and very large. I suggest dividing into smaller units and modify to make greater use of ICT.
International Units developed as part of Intel Teach - Look for the PDF link to download the whole unit.
Performance Indicators for Teachers.

Free Software that can be very useful in the Classroom

Tux Paint - simple drawing for kids
Drawing for Children
Google Picasa - 3D drawing
Lego Digital Designer
ActivInspire

Web sites of interest to Teachers

Smart Kiddies Maths Great Maths Worksheets to print off
BBC Skillswise

Lesson Plans
Teach-nology

Best on the Web for Teachers
Edugator - Integrating ICT into Curriculum
in2edu - resources for teachers
LessonPlans4Teachers

 

Cocobana Public Schools - links
PrimarySchool.com.au
Stu's Eduweb tools and instructions

Teaching Ideas for Primary School Teachers

ICT-rich units of work
 developed by Australian teachers that you can use right away or as models for your own planning.

These units were developed by Australian teachers , including some NSW teachers, as part of the Intel Teach program. Download any units you are interested in and modify to suit your own situation.

Intel has granted CVCOSS permission to use Intel Teach Unit Plans linked below.

Courtyard Blitz: How do we see change?
Year 2, Science, SOSE, Mathematics, HPE, Arts, English, Technology
‘Konichiwa Mate!’: Who lives and travels in our world?
Year 6, Literacy, Numeracy, Studies of Society and Environment, Languages Other Than
Antarctica: How do humans impact on an environment?
Years 5-6 (Stage 3), Human Society and its Environment (HSIE), English, Science and Technology
Data – Facts or Fiction?: How do we make decisions?
Year 7, Mathematics, Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
Old McDonald’s Farm: How have Europeans impacted on Australia?
Year 8, Science, Economics, Communication, Interpersonal Development
1813: Destination Australia: Why take risks?
Years 7-8, English, Mathematics, Humanities, Information and Communications Technology, Thinking Processes, Interpersonal Development
Mighty Minibeasts: Are some little things in life as important as big things?
Years 2-4, Science, English, Information and Communications Technology, Thinking Processes
 

Assessment

Intel has developed numerous resources, mainly as part of its Intel Teach programme, that are free for teachers to use. Have a look at some of the documents below (in pdf and Word format) and use as is or modify to suit your own needs

Intel has granted CVCOSS permission to use the Intel Teach assessment resources and rubrics linked below.

ap_anecdotal_examples.doc
ap_anecdotal_examples.pdf
ap_artistic_creative_perform_rubric.doc
ap_artistic_creative_perform_rubric.pdf
ap_artistic_expression_rubric.doc
ap_artistic_expression_rubric.pdf
ap_assess_self_direction.doc
ap_assess_self_direction.pdf
ap_collaboration_checklis.doc
ap_collaboration_checklis.pdf
ap_conference_questions.doc
ap_conference_questions.pdf
ap_conference_self_assessment.doc
ap_conference_self_assessment.pdf
ap_constructions_rubric.doc
ap_constructions_rubric.pdf
ap_designs_playground_rubric.doc
ap_designs_playground_rubric.pdf
ap_essays_persuasive_writing_rubric.doc
ap_essays_persuasive_writing_rubric.pdf
ap_group_presentation.doc
ap_group_presentation.pdf
ap_informal_question_examples.doc
ap_informal_question_examples.pdf
ap_managing_my_project.doc
ap_managing_my_project.pdf
ap_multimedia_project_recycle.doc
ap_multimedia_project_recycle.pdf
ap_observation_checklist.doc
ap_observation_checklist.pdf
ap_peer_feedback_form.doc
ap_peer_feedback_form.pdf
ap_peer_presentation.doc
ap_peer_presentation.pdf
ap_plant_log.doc
ap_plant_log.pdf
ap_portfolio_checklist.doc
ap_portfolio_checklist.pdf
ap_portfolio_rubric.doc
ap_portfolio_rubric.pdf
ap_presentation_scoring_guide.doc
ap_presentation_scoring_guide.pdf
ap_primary_reflection_checklist.doc
ap_primary_reflection_checklist.pdf
ap_print_media_scoring_guide.doc
ap_print_media_scoring_guide.pdf
ap_progress_checklists.doc
ap_progress_checklists.pdf
ap_progress_reports.doc
ap_progress_reports.pdf
ap_project_plan_examples.doc
ap_project_plan_examples.pdf
ap_questions_for_assessing_thinking.doc
ap_questions_for_assessing_thinking.pdf
ap_reports_science_research_rubric.doc
ap_reports_science_research_rubric.pdf
ap_sample_assessment_plans.doc
ap_sample_assessment_plans.pdf
ap_self_assessment_group.doc
ap_self_assessment_group.pdf
ap_simulations_romeo_juliet_scoring_guide.doc
ap_simulations_romeo_juliet_scoring_guide.pdf
ap_skills_demo_rubric.doc
ap_skills_demo_rubric.pdf
ap_students_observing_thinking.doc
ap_students_observing_thinking.pdf

 

Introduction

This Website contains Tutorials on how to use various pieces of software, suggestions on how to use this software in the classroom, and links to ICT related resources. It is currently hosted on  the FlaminBeads website in lieu of another suitable site. We will host this site on DET webspace in the future (hopefully by the end of 2009) when the Dept develops Learning Group websites.

The development of this website was partly funded by  Grafton Office of the NSWDET,  a SNP grant and is sponsored by FlaminBeads

I would like this site to be a collegiate site - ie not just my ideas, but contributions from other teachers. If you have tried anything in the classroom you were pleased with, please write it up and email to me and I will put it up - with full credit to the contributing teacher.

If you have any suggestions for improvement, requests for tutorials or classroom ideas, etc, please feel free to contact me at donald.nethercott@det.nsw.edu.au or nethercott@flaminbeads.com

Don Nethercott