Electronic
Chalkboard is running with
Welcome Message. Read
“First Thing…” assignment sheet
on your table and take care of
those things. Complete
TangiTech Pre-Post Course
Assessment in your pocket
folder. Complete
the “Genius Test” in your pocket
folder while you are waiting to
get started.
TangiTech Institute Info: Phones,
bathroom breaks and location,
parking, lunch at 11:30 – 12:30,
dismissal Dress,
room temperature
What
is TangiTech Institute? Project
overview and requirements for
participation Explain
materials Locate
computers, calling attention to
names and groups
Daily components: File
box and Individual folders for
completed work …checklist for
completed work Signal
for attention to change each day
Brain
Checks, Self-Assessments,
Technology-Connected Lesson
Plans Supplies
Routines and Procedures: Daily
Journal writing and sharing E-mail
assignments React
to professional readings by
e-mail. Question
of the Day Weather
Watch Super
Speller Activity Completion
of Graphs and gathering data
from graphs after lunch.
Graphs for Day One: What
is your favorite Louisiana
Flower? How
do you like your crawfish? Have
you ever been in a pirogue?
Don't forget... If you need
HELP!
Techie Time:
Access Tangischools E-mail
accounts using
INTERNET EXPLORER
at
www.tangischools.org. Learn
URL and parts of an E-mail
address. Refer to TangiTech Tips for E-mail to
learn how to send and check
E-mail. Send an E-mail message
to me so my TangiTech address
book can be set up. Use this
E-mail address...
tt1@tangischools.org
Discover Louisiana Unit
Introduction:
Today we begin a
unit of discovery, “Discover
Louisiana” and discovery about
technology, curriculum, and the
integration of the two. As this
journey of discovery begins we
invite you to think about…. Day
One Journal Writing Prompts:
- “What are my reasons for being
here?”
- “What do I hope to gain from
this experience?”
- “How do I envision my
classroom changing with the use
of technology?” Journal
Writing in MICROSOFT WORD.
“Thoughts from Louisiana”. Click
Journal Template (word) button at
the top left.
Techie Time:
Create a Folder on the Desktop
for you to save work into. Right
click on the Desktop > New >
Folder and type your name >
Click out of trouble on the
Desktop.
Introduce
MICROSOFT WORD
concepts: Entering text; don’t
press “Enter” unless you want a
new line; one space between
words and sentences; editing by
clicking in text to insert and
pressing backspace or delete to
erase; spelling and grammar
checking; selecting and
formatting text.
Basic Microsoft Work skills -
Part I
Save your journal entry as “Day
1 Journal” to your folder on the
desktop and print two copies.
Learn about network
printing and routine for picking
up and filing printed work.
Super
Speller Activity:
Each day you will
have a Louisiana spelling word
that you are responsible for
spelling correctly. If you
complete the Super Speller
activity for the day you get a
punch on your Super Speller
card. At the end of TangiTech,
if you have five punches you get
a special prize. Today's
spelling technique is a simple
one... just spell to one of the
experts in the room.
Sample Super Speller card
THINK-PAIR-SHARE strategy: You
have thought about your reasons
for being here and written them
in your journal. Please share
your thoughts with a friend
beside you. We will share a few
whole group responses.
Techie Time - Windows:
Start, Taskbar, Desktop, icons,
files, shortcuts, My Computer,
Network Places, Recycle Bin,
Settings/Control Panel,
Applications/Accessories, mouse
movement and difference in left
and right clicking, format a
disk, copy an entire disk, make
a folder, delete the folder.
Refer to
Windows TangiTech Tips
(HTML)
button.
KNOWLEDGE BUILDING: Gather
as many Louisiana facts as you
can from Video "Reversing the
Tide" and "LOUISIANA FACTIVITIES"or "LET'S DISCOVER
LOUISIANA" software. Use other
general Louisiana information
sources to provide overview of
facts. We are starting a unit of
discovery about our state. Let’s
build our knowledge base by
gathering more information. Use
“FACT GATHERING SHEET”
(word) to record info as we watch video
and review software in whole
group setting. Watch
5-10 minute introduction to
Louisiana from "Reversing the
Tide" Video Tape – Louisiana
Department of Natural Resources
Office of Coastal Restoration
and Management.
INSPIRATION or KIDSPIRATION: Use
INSPIRATION or KIDSPIRATION to
brainstorm with the whole group
recording facts about Louisiana.
Refer to TangiTech Tips for
KIDSPIRATION
(word) and
INSPIRATION (HTML)
Techie Time with INSPIRATION/
KIDSPIRATION – Include Main
Idea, changing font size,
alignment of whole graphic,
adding pictures, correcting,
rapid fire. INSPIRATION/KIDSPIRATION
Exploration Time - Using
INSPIRATION TangiTech Tips
(HTML)or
KIDSPIRATION TangiTech Tips
(word)
create a Concept Map using
facts gathered this morning.
Print 2 copies of your project.
Be sure your name is on your
map. Project
requirements – Main Idea and at
least four major categories… at
least three graphics and your
name. Click
here to visit my
Kidspiration in the Classroom
Webpages to help you learn
more about this fabulous
program.
Have you noticed the Question of
the Day poster? Post your answer
with a stickie. There will be a
new Question of the Day every
day. Make sure you answer… there
might be a surprise for correct
answers.
KID
WORKS DELUXE Process Writing
Activity: Review
nouns, verbs, and parts of a
sentence. Use your
Louisiana Fact Gathering Sheet
(word)
to write a list of nouns on your
Noun Chart. (word) Use
KID WORKS STORYBOARD Guide
(word)
to plan a Louisiana story.
Expand nouns into sentences.
Sketch out picture for story
illustration.
Techie Time – Demonstrate KID
WORKS DELUXE. Show how to use
icons, use Story Illustrator,
and Story Player. Type your
Louisiana story. Your
story should consist of cover,
two pages of text and
illustrations and a back cover.
See
KID WORKS DELUXE TangiTech Tips
(HTML)
to learn more about the program.
Complete the story and save to
your desktop folder. Print 2
copies of your story and file.
Use
Student Self Assessment
(word) for
an assessment of your story.
Share one or two stories with
whole group using the “Louisiana
Author’s Chair.”
The
Writing Process: Talk
about the stages of the
Writing Process,
Prewriting,
Drafting,
Editing/Revising,
and
Publishing (word). How did we
follow the process here? How can
we adapt this activity to higher
grades? Read information about
each stage of the Writing
Process.
Weather Watch: We
will check the weather, to add
to our information about
Louisiana. Record your findings
on the Weather Watch Chart. You
should check high and low
temperatures and conditions for
this day in Hammond, Chicago,
Los Angeles, and Washington
D.C.? From now on the Weather
Watch will be done first thing
in the morning with Journal
Writing etc. Use
www.cnn.com/WEATHER.
Weather Watch Lesson Plan
(word)
outlines the procedures for this
activity.
1. For homework tonight think
about about a unit of work you
will be teaching, and how you
will develop that into a
Technology- Connected Lesson
Plan before the end of the
TangiTech Institute. Read the
articles listed below and be
ready to discuss them on Day
Two.
2.
The journal article
"Electronic Versus Paper"
(pdf) by
Melanie Fernandez-Learning &
Leading with Technology, May
1999- can be opened using Adobe
Acrobat Reader. Read the article
and think about these questions:
Did anything about this study
surprise you? What advice would
you give to a mother who asks
whether it's better to read
traditional printed books to her
young child or to sit with him
enjoying CD stories on the
computer?
3. The journal article
"Integrating Technology - Some
Things You Should Know."
(Internet) by
Laurie Diaz - Learning and
Leading with Technology,
November, 1999 - can be opened
using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Read
this article and be ready to
discuss.
4.
Day One Assignment (word) sheet
gives step-by-step directions
for determining RAM and hard
drive capacity.
Housekeeping Make
sure one copy of all printed
work is filed in folder box and
you have checked off completed
activities on the clipboard by
the file box. Collect supplies,
and bring computers back to
desktops.
Just in case that Genius Test is
driving you crazy..
here are the answers. (word)
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Electronic
Chalkboard is running with
Welcome Message.
Get
acquainted with
Phones,
bathroom breaks and location,
parking, lunch at 11:30 – 12:30,
dismissal
Dress,
room temperature
Project
overview and requirements for
participation
File
box and Individual folders for
completed work …checklist for
completed work 
Daily
Journal writing and sharing 
Access Tangischools E-mail
accounts using
Day
One Journal Writing Prompts:
Super
Speller Activity:
You
have thought about your reasons
for being here and written them
in your journal. Please share
your thoughts with a friend
beside you. We will share a few
whole group responses.
Discover Louisiana with KWL
chart made in PRINT SHOP.
Gather
as many Louisiana facts as you
can from Video "Reversing the
Tide" and "LOUISIANA FACTIVITIES"
or "LET'S DISCOVER
LOUISIANA" software. Use other
general Louisiana information
sources to provide overview of
facts. We are starting a unit of
discovery about our state. Let’s
build our knowledge base by
gathering more information. 
Use
INSPIRATION or KIDSPIRATION to
brainstorm with the whole group
recording facts about Louisiana.
Refer to TangiTech Tips for
On
the Internet go to
“What
is the state insect? Why was it
chosen?” After you
complete the Fishing for Facts
Scavenger Hunt you should know
the answer to this question but
just in case visit
Talk
about the stages of the
We
will check the weather, to add
to our information about
Louisiana. Record your findings
on the Weather Watch Chart. You
should check high and low
temperatures and conditions for
this day in Hammond, Chicago,
Los Angeles, and Washington
D.C.? From now on the Weather
Watch will be done first thing
in the morning with Journal
Writing etc. Use
Complete
Make
sure one copy of all printed
work is filed in folder box and
you have checked off completed
activities on the clipboard by
the file box. Collect supplies,
and bring computers back to
desktops.