21. Online Safety and Citizenship

• Online Safety and Citizenship

20. Keyboarding

• Keyboarding 
• Keyboard Chatter
• Keyboarding for Kids
• Online keyboarding resources - Canyons Keyboarding Wiki

19. Footprints, COLA, Online Scheduler, and School Messenger

• Footprints, COLA, Online Scheduler, and School Messenger

18. Skyward Employee Access

• Skyward Employee Access

17. Skyward Student Management

• Skyward Student Management

16. Managing the Computer Lab

• Managing The Computer Lab

15. Document Camera Basics

• Document Camera Basics

Brainstorm of Lesson Ideas Using Your Docucam:

• Color lesson - mixing playdough to mix colors - do this under the docucam
• Paper folding under the docucam
• Freeze frame - Students do the work while the frame is frozen, then unfreeze and the answer is there for them to check their work
• Teach shapes using the annotations tool
• Dice activity - roll the dice under the docucam so the kids can see the roll
• Use the annotations to put answers to problems so that then you don't have to recopy your worksheet or master copy
• Use with your interactive white board
• Record experiments so that if it goes really well one class but fails in another, you've got the good results to show your other classes
• Record lessons for absent students to post on a website or wiki or blog or YouTube
• Use the docucam to take still photos of paper to make a digital copy of that paper (ie. student art work) to use in podcasting, slideshows, etc.
• Stop-motion animation projects - the docucam is nice and steady
• Record children for resource referral documentation
• Time-lapse photography to record things like butterflies hatching or spiders spinning a web
• Money (or any object) can be seen by every student large and clear during lessons

14. Projectors and Enhanced Audio

• Projectors and Enhanced Audio - Connection, projection, and interaction!

13. Projects in Pages

• Projects in Pages - Create eye-catching projects using quick and simple templates in Pages.

12. Music

• Music - Using iTunes and GarageBand to purchase and organize music

11. Photos

• Photos - Using iPhoto and PhotoBooth to take, save, and organize photos

10. Entourage Email Basics - Part II

• Entourage Contacts and Address Book - Save time by keeping track of addresses and organizing email groups.
• Entourage Calendars - Using your calendar and connecting with others'

9. Entourage Email Basics - Part I

• Entourage Email Basics - Part I -  Enhance communication by utilizing email tools.

8. Word Processing

• Basic Word Processing - Basic use, tips, and shortcuts for word processing in Pages and Word
• Saving and Printing - How to and where to save and print

7. Using Google Effectively

• Using Google Effectively - Smarter Google searching = better search results!

6. I Found It On the Internet... What Do I Do Now?

• Bookmarking in Your Browser - Saving quick links to your favorite sites in Safari and Firefox

• Downloading from the Internet - How to and where to download photos, documents, etc. from the Internet

• eMedia - Download video resources to use with your curriculum, burn to CD and keep forever

Our Favorite Bookmarks!

• http://mathwire.com/
• http://csdkeyboarding.wikispaces.com/
• http://www.readwritethink.org/
• http://www.thinkfinity.org/
• http://www.uen.org/
• http://www.uen.org/core/
• http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
• http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com/index.html
• http://www.spellingcity.com/
• http://it.canyonsdistrict.org/index.php/elementary/item/112
• http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1
  

5. The Internet and You: A relationship that will last a lifetime... or until they change it again...

• Connecting to the Internet - Understanding ethernet cables, switches, and your airport

• Web Browser Basics - The basics of using Safari and Firefox

4. Getting Organized

• Understanding Your Desktop and Finder -  Management of the files, applications, look and feel of your machine
• Getting Organized - Creating and organizing files, folders, and documents

3. Make Your Mac Work For You

• Basic System Preferences - Make your Mac work for you!
• Your Dock - Easy access to your favorite applications, folders, and files

Section 2: Keeping Your Computer Clean and Happy

• Differences between a Mac and a PC  -  "This is not a PC. It is much cooler!"
• Computer Care and Cleaning  -  How to take care of your Mac
• Software Updates - How to and when to run updates on your Macbook software

Section 1: The Why's and How's of Technology

• Educational Technology and the 21st Century Classroom  -  Why do we use technology in education?
• Teaching With Technology
• Accessing Ed Tech Resources - Basic Internet resources for continued educational technology support

Welcome!

Welcome to the Mac Basics Reflections blog. After each class, please post a comment on the week's post reflecting on what you learned in the class.

Welcome to Mac Basics . . .
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Where is the schedule?
http://it.canyonsdistrict.org/index.php/pd/item/34

Attitude, attitude!
Henry Ford - "Whether You Believe You Can, Or You Can't, You Are Right"