TW+Harrison-Morton

2008-2009 Tech Wizards Harrison-Morton Middle School  Teams: Team 1 Advisor: Mrs. Jennifer Walz Tech Wizards: Samantha Salit, Eric Castillo, Taylor Groenwold
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Team 2 Advisor: Ms. Jessica Donahue Tech Wizards: Stephany Sanchez, Joshua Ramos, Jonathan Singleton

10/28/08 Our mission is to teach our staff about netTrekker and Thinkfinity through the use of Jing. In order to do this we need to use computers and the internet. We need Jing downloaded on the computers in order to use the program. In netTrekker we will need to instruct the teacher on how to create an account before they can use the site. Our Tech Wizards will use Jing to create a video tutorial on how to use Thinkfinity and netTrekker. They will make this video during homeroom and possibly after school. We will consider this mission successful when the teachers start using the programs to plan their lesson plans.

12/9/08 Today we learned advanced PowerPoint techniques. We will share these techniques with our staff at the next faculty meeting. We will then be available to teachers to assist them in coming up with presentations to use in the classroom.

1/8/09 Today we learned how to use FlipViewer and MovieMaker. We plan to present these programs, as well as Jing and Thinkfinity to the staff at HMMS on February 4, 2009. We will teach the staff how to instruct students on using MovieMaker, and will show the teachers how to use FlipViewer. Tomorrow we are also putting together a presentation for the teachers to show the students using Jing on how to use PowerPoint. We will then put this presentation on the school's network for all teachers to access.

2/4/09 Students learned how to use CPO to create lessons and quizes where students use the clickers to participate. Today the students created a lesson, a true quiz and a fast quiz. The students will be presenting this information to the staff at the April faculty meeting during the first week of April. If these products are purchased for the school the students will then present a more in-depth training. Students will also be available to assist individual teachers who choose to borrow the technology from the IU.

3/4/09 Today we learned how to create virtual field trips using Google Earth 5. Mrs. Walz's team created a tour of Greece while Ms. Donahue's team created a tour of NFL stadiums. The students will present this program to teachers at the April faculty meeting so that teachers can use this program in their classrooms. We will also ask our IT department to install this software on the computers prior to this meeting. You can view each of the team's tours below.



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