Connected Tech

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Implementation Training
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Your Instructor

• Your name
• Email name_at_classroom.com
• Phone [phone]

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Todays Agenda

• What is Connected Tech?
• Features of Connected Tech
• Activating account
• Creating student groups and home pages
• Locating activities and resources
• Examining lesson plans
• Assigning resources to student home pages
• Flagging vs. assigning
• Exploring best practices in using CT
• QA

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What is Connected Tech?

• It is an integrated and supportive program that
  allows you to combine authentic technology with
  the curriculum that youre already teaching in
  your classroom.
• For Students K-8

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Connected Tech

• 450 Lessons and Projects that align your
  curriculum the most of any approved K-8
  program!
• 2,000 Tutorials and Helpful Tips
• 11,000 Glossary terms and hand-picked Web links
• Complete K-8 online program
• Proven effective at increasing technology skills
  and content knowledge

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PROGRAM COMPONENTS
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Real World Applications

• Students use the applications that are on your
  classroom computers.

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Activity 1 Activation
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Welcome
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My Profile Edit Profile

• Checking My Profile
• Click Edit My Profile button.
• When completed, Click Donebutton.

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My Profile Student Groups

• Options
• Creating a New Group
• Click Create a New Group button
• Editing a Group
• Click Edit button or Delete button

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My Profile Create a New Group

• Creating a New Group
• Click Create a New Group button

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My Profile Create a New Group
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Activity 2 Setting Up Student Groups

• Create two groups.

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Connected Tech Program

• My Assignments
• Resources
• Teachers Guide
• Help

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Connected Tech My Assignments

• Options
• Current Assignments
• Past Assignments
• Tech Standards Report

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Connected Tech Resources

• Options
• Find Resources
• By Technology Topic
• By Subject
• By Software Application
• Flagged Activities and Resources
• Ready to Go! Sets

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Connected Tech My Assignments

• Current Assignments
• Past Assignments
• Tech Standards Report

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My Assignments Current Assignments

• Options
• Edit Message
• See Student Home Page
• List of resources and activities

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Current Assignments Edit Message

• Click Edit Messagebutton.

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Current Assignments Edit Message

• Type message.
• Click Save Changesbutton.

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Activity 3Revising Your Message

• Revise the message and save.

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My Assignments Past Assignments

• Shows a list of resources that have been assigned
  in the past.

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My Assignments Past Assignments

• Options
• View lesson
• Assign again
• Flag later

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My Assignments Tech Standards Report
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Connected Tech Resources

• Options
• Find Resources
• By Technology Topic
• By Subject
• By Software Application
• Flagged Activities and Resources
• Ready to Go! Sets

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Resources Find Resources
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Resource Assigning A Resource

• Step 1
• Under by Subject and click Reading and Language
  Arts

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Resource Assigning A Resource

• Step 2
• Scroll through tutorials, lessons and projects.

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Resource Assigning A Resource

• Step 3
• Click lesson title (hyperlink) to view lesson
  plan.

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Resource Assigning A Resource

• Step 4
• Examine lesson plan components.

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Resource Assigning A Resource

• Step 5
• Click See Student View to see student lesson .

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Resource Assigning A Resource

• Step 6
• Examine Lesson Story Wheel .

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Resource Assigning A Resource

• Step 7
• Click Assign button.
• Or Flag for Later button.

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Resource Assigning A Resource

• Step 8
• Click Assign Now button.

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Activity 4Assigning A Lesson

• Locate a resource, review the lesson plan and
  assign it to Student Home Page.

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Resources My Flagged Resources

• Options
• Assign (to Student Home Page)
• Remove

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Resources Ready to Go! Sets
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Resources Ready to Go! Sets
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Connected Tech Teachers Guide
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Connected Tech Help
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Activity 5 Putting It All Together

• Complete the following
• Create a new student group.
• Type a new message.
• Assign two lessons and a tutorial to Student Home
  Page.
• Assign a Ready to Go! set to Student Home Page..
• Flag a project for later.
• Remove a lesson from the Student Home Page.

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QUESTIONS?