gain knowledge about Microsoft® Word as a classroom-productivity tool.

become comfortable enough using Microsoft® Word to train your students to use the program effectively

eMINTS Links: http://resources.emints.org/links/word/
 

Community Building and Tootsie Pops:  What is this thing?

1. Create a question about the thing on the table.
2. Share your question with the group.
3. Classify the questions according to Bloom's Taxonomy and the following website:
   http://www.albanyacademyforgirls.org/Academics/RKWeb/questioning.htm
4. Generate higher order questions about Grappling Technology Spectrum:
   http://www.bjpconsulting.com/files/MAPPSpectrum.pdf

Introduction to Word

Flashlight Activity:  With your partner, view the following videos and determine the level of technology use in each video.  Select one video to use in the next activity we will complete.

March of the Monarchs: http://glef.org/video/movie.php?reset=cookie&keyword=037&id=Art_965

The Pledge of Allegiance
http://education.apple.com/education/ilife/project_template.php?project_id=29&subject_id=1

Geo-literacy: Forging New Ground:
http://glef.org/video/movie.php?reset=cookie&keyword=037&id=Art_1042

The Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly:
http://education.apple.com/education/ilife/project_template.php?project_id=83&subject_id=4

An Immigrant’s Journey
http://education.apple.com/education/ilife/project_template.php?project_id=105&subject_id=1
 

Dinner Break

Word Projects
Work with your partner.  One person make an award and write a letter. The award should designate which video or online lesson that you chose and which level of activity was demonstrated. The letter can be to the teacher who did the lesson or to another teacher explaining the reason for choosing that level of technology use. The other person should design and type a rubric and a quiz. The rubric should use characteristics of the levels of technology use and be used to evaluate the project chosen. The quiz should be short answer or multiple choice related to the video.

Plan for Implementation-identify methods for using Word related to each process step on the constructivist lesson-plan form
http://www.emints.org/resources/constructivistlesson-form.pdf

Practice Using Word as a Teaching and Learning Tool-
Each one create one:

• Attribute or characteristic matrix or chart (create with a table)

•  T-Chart (create with a table)

•  Plan of action or process checklist (create with bulleted list and change bullets to boxes)

• Summarizing matrix or chart (create with a table)

•  KWL chart (create with a table)

• Outline (create as a numbered list)

• Flyer or small poster (create with drawing tools with shapes, lines images, clipart, word art and textboxes)

• Brochure (create with a template)

• Story book (create with Page Setup > Multiple Pages > Book Fold)

•  Letter (create with letter template or custom settings)

  Select topics you can use for inquiry based lessons and bring the materials you will need to develop the lessons to our next session.