TECH+CAMP

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 * For Open House in August:**
 * schedule with locker # and ids (put "Please visit our website and gradebook" at the bottom of the page)
 * have students log on to school website, gradebook, email, other websites that
 * fill out password card
 * Tech showcase - during open house, curriculum night, or a separate night?
 * Tech checklist/training for parents (know usernames/passwords & log on to school website (change username and password, add email, view assignments, receive daily emails), gradebook, access student's email, blog,)
 * Policies (homework, email, electronic devices)
 * Have students introduce and welcome parents to our tech showcase; students explain our tech integration (what it means to them) and overview of tools we use
 * Parents/students sign up for text messages (Edmodo alerts)


 * Tech Showcase (gym or classrooms)**
 * Glogster
 * Clickers
 * Photostory
 * Blog
 * Issu (Lisa's grammar book)
 * Tagxedos
 * Smart Board
 * Voice Thread
 * timerime.com
 * Podcasts (viewing / creating)
 * Geometer's Sketchpad
 * Google Sketchup
 * GoView


 * Handbook policies to update discuss**
 * Acceptable Use policy
 * Email
 * Late work
 * Dress Code - what about consequence for multiple uniform reminders?


 * Tech Camp Topics to Cover**

1. Using flashdrives 2. Understanding all of drives at school 3. Digital Citizenship 4. Upload files to webpage 5. Using their email addresses and rules for that 6. Lab rules 7. Using clickers 8. Pretest and Posttest 9. Attaching files to an email 10. Volume on/off 11. how to print (setting default printer, two-sided, stapling, color / b&w, access code) 12. set up avatars and voicethread pics 13. how to print two-sided 14. creating PDFs 15. Usernames / passwords 16. Gradebook 17.Podcasts 18.Create Avatars for Edmodo/blog use- [] or [] 19. example video: media type="youtube" key="6UzkBRMXhSk" height="390" width="640"
 * silent!
 * partner / group work - sign up for computer in back.
 * sign in / out
 * sit at computer matching the number you signed in by
 * no food, candy, drinks (even water bottles)
 * volume / use of headphones
 * epiphany network
 * email
 * clickers
 * printer codes
 * Glogster
 * Blogs
 * Voice Thread

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20. School newspaper: []


 * Rules for Teachers in the Lab**