Creating a Tech Savvy Middle School Technology Fair

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Creating a Tech Savvy Middle School Technology
Fair
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Technology Fair

• Tuesday, February 10, 2009
• 600 800
• Showcase of excellence in technology
• Student led presentations of ways in which
  technology was used in the classroom

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Selling the Faculty

• Teacher Technology Training
• Techie of the Year Awards
• Staff Development opportunities
• Collaboration
• Participation Incentives

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Teacher Technology Training

• Schedule It
• Destiny new features
• Lexiles
• Technology Fair
• Film Festival
• Staff Development Opportunities
• Cam Studio
• Staff Web Pages

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I Wanna Be a Techie! What Can I Do?

• Attend the Extreme Makeover Trainings
• Participate in School Center Production
• Participate in Media Production
• Participate in the Technology Fair (February)
• Share lesson plans/unit ideas
• Collaborate with media specialists
• Use lots of technology daily

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Technology Medley 1 2Attend FIVE classes, earn
ONE PLUAttend TEN classes, earn TWO PLU

• Tech Medley 1
• 1-1 Sep. 25
• Office 2007
• 1-2 Oct. 8
• Podcasting
• 1-3 Oct. 23
• United Streaming
• 1-4 Nov. 19
• NetTrekker
• 1-5 Dec. 2
• Airliners

• Tech Medley 2
• 2-1 Sep. 10
• Movie Maker
• 2-2 Nov. 13
• Photo Story
• 2-3 Jan. 14
• Creating teaching kits
• 2-4 Feb. 18
• Teacher Tube
• 2-5 Mar. 4
• Student Response Systems

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Collaboration

• Planning
• Instruction
• Equipment / resources
• Guidance

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Featured Presentations

• 600 p.m. Meet in the cafeteria for group
  orientation and Are You Techno Smarter Than Your
  Middle Schooler?
• 615-700 p.m. Rotate through the following
  presentations
• Kathy Cook Podcasting Booktalks - See how
  students created podcasts of their booktalks and
  posted them to the Internet. (B-140)
• Shirley Davis Laptops and the Writing Process
  Learn how the COWs (Computers On Wheels) are an
  integral part of the writing process in Ms.
  Daviss classes. (B-130)
• Patricia Strickland Electronic Peer Editing
  See how students are able to edit and make
  suggestions to their peers writing projects
  through Microsoft Word. (C-131)
• Alchanda Harrison PowerPoint and the Class of
  2014 See the results of Mrs. Harrisons
  students research by viewing their presentation
  of the upcoming Class of 2014. (C-121)
• Tina Gay Digital Author Studies See actual
  movies created by Ms. Gays students using Photo
  Story and Movie Maker as they show who their
  favorite authors are and why. (A-108)
• Renee Galloway Hands-on Sentence Diagramming
  See how Mrs. Galloways students have taken
  sentence diagramming from a boring pencil and
  paper exercise to the 21st century using a
  SMARTBoard. (Media Center Conference Room D-207)

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• Kelly Stubbs PowerPoints with Windows Movie
  Maker clips demonstrating students understanding
  of Georgia Studies. (F-192)
• Tonya McWaters Retold Fairy Tales and Fables
  See how Mrs. McWaters students used Movie Maker
  to put a modern spin on several well known fairy
  tales and fables. (F-192)
• Lee Pyle Timelines See how Mr. Pyles
  students have created seven timelines from 12,000
  B.C. up to the present using a variety of
  technology resources. (F-166)
• Brad Knox Publishing and Illustrating Poetry
  Learn how Mr. Knoxs students have written,
  illustrated, and published seven different styles
  of poetry in Word. (F-197)
• Judy Guay Experiments in Motion - Forces and
  Motion experiments were recorded and photographed
  and converted into movies in Photo Story and
  Windows Movie Maker. (F-176)
• Mica Brooks Photo Story Presentations - See
  Mrs. Brooks class presentations completed in
  Photo Story depicting their field trip to the
  Challenger Learning Center and Asian culture.
  (D-229)
• Larry Green - Photo Story Presentations See how
  Mr. Greens students used Photo Story to create
  custom presentations on science topics. (D-230)
• Janet Lamon Digital Storytelling with Windows
  Movie Maker See how Mrs. Lamons students used
  video clips, digital pictures, and music to
  create digital stories of Jack Londons To Build
  a Fire. (Media Center Multimedia Room D-203)

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• Thank you for taking time from your busy schedule
  to spend an evening at school learning about all
  the wonderful ongoing projects utilizing many
  different pieces of technology.
• Because many of the projects you will see tonight
  are the result of time spent both at school and
  at home, we wanted you to be aware of several
  free online resources where you can search safely
  for materials for class whether youre at home or
  school.
• Nettrekker searches appropriate websites
• http//middle.nettrekker.com
• User name lchms
• Password student
• GALILEO online databases, access to magazines
  and journals, online encyclopedias
• www.galileo.usg.edu
• Password inheritance (password changes
  quarterly)
• NewsBank online access to newspapers, current
  events, maps
• www.tcrconnections.net
• User name ra-17595
• Password ra-17595
• There are many other wonderful resources located
  on the Useful Links page of the HMS webpage
  (www.hahiramiddle.org).
• For helpful information on Internet safety and
  keeping your child safe while online, please
  refer to http//www.netsmartz.org/.

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• Here are a few sample questions you can ask our
  students as they share their projects with you
• What was your favorite part of this project?
• How do you think using this technology will help
  you in the future?
• How does using this technology keep you
  interested in learning?
• If you could have additional technology resources
  in your classroom, what would you recommend?
• How did you teacher go about teaching you this
  process?
• How does this type of technology help improve
  your reading or math skills?
• What programs, websites, or resources did you use
  while completing this project?

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Feedback

• Online response
• Students
• Teachers
• Parents