MICROSOFT EXCEL
Participants
will engage in activities that support their ability to:
£ Understand classroom spreadsheet uses
£ Define workbooks and worksheets
£ Move around worksheets
£ Select ranges
£ Understand toolbars and menus
£ Enter and edit data
£ Save a new workbook
£ Modify worksheets
£ Format worksheets
£ Preview and print worksheets
£ Work with basic formulas and functions
£ Enhance worksheets
£
Work with charts
Required
Products:
£
Create a spreadsheet document that is appropriate for
your classroom/professional situation.
Learning
Links:
· Microsoft Instructional Resources and Tutorials at http://www.microsoft.com/education/tutorial/default.asp
WEB PAGE DESIGN
Participants
will engage in activities that support their ability to:
£ Create a web site that contains multiple pages
£ Create user-friendly navigation and structure within web site/pages
£ Design and test the pages in various browsers
£ Maintain and update the site
£ Work with text
£ Create and edit hyperlinks
£ Work with images
£ Design tables
Required
Products:
£ Create and publish a web that is appropriate for your classroom/professional situation.
Learning
Links:
· FrontPage: Microsoft Instructional Resources and Tutorials at http://www.microsoft.com/education/tutorial/default.asp
· DreamWeaver Tutorials and Support at http://www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver/
TTL COMMUNICATION
TOOLS
(State Email and
Online Courses)
Participants
will engage in activities that support their ability to:
o Use and organize Outlook folders
o Open, read, respond, and/or forward, delete mail
o Use Address book
o Organize mail messages
o Create new messages
o Use signatures
£ Use site-specific local area network to save and access work from personal folders
£ Subscribe
and contribute to appropriate professional, DECA, and
£ Participate in videoconference sessions
£ Access and participate in ASCD Online Professional Development course
£ Access and participate in WebCT discussion group
Required
Products:
q Use
of TTL communication system/network during Academy year (June 2002 – June 2003)
q Participation
in ASCD online course
q Participation
in WebCT discussion group
Learning
Links:
· DECA Content Area Listservs and DDN K-12 Listservs at http://www.state.sd.us/deca/technology/listserv/index.htm
· CITRIX Client Download at http://www.support.k12.sd.us/email/Clients.htm
COMPUTER BASICS
(Desktop System and Peripherals)
Participants
will engage in activities that support their ability to:
£ Understand and organize desktop components
£ Use menu systems
£ Understand and use control panel components
£ Access data through various drives
£ Demonstrate appropriate file management skills
£ Apply strategies for identifying and solving routine hardware and software problems during everyday use
£ Identify which component or software issue is causing the problem and articulate this information to support personal
£ Operate and care for computer related hardware peripherals, including:
o Scanners
o Printers
o Projection devices
o Digital cameras
o CD Burner
Required
Products:
q Effective
operation and care of computer system (including peripherals)
q Effective
desktop maintenance and file management
Learning
Links:
· Computer Tutorials and Troubleshooting at
http://www.barnettcomputerservices.com/
WWW NAVIGATION & SITE EVALUATION
Participants
will engage in activities that support their ability to:
£ Select and use electronic search tools including appropriate use of search delimiters and Boolean logic to retrieve information
£ Choose WWW resources that are relevant, effective, aligned with lesson content, and add value to student learning.
£ Establish classroom rules and activities related to privacy, safety, security, appropriate access, and implementation of district/school acceptable use policy.
£ Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the legal, ethical and appropriate use of WWW resources
£ Demonstrate awareness of issues concerning authenticity, reliability, and bias of data gathered
Required
Products:
£
Effective use of search tools during Academy sessions
£ Evidence (in Unit of Study) of connection between WWW resources, curriculum content and assessments for specific student populations.
Learning
Links:
· Student safety: http://netcomply.com/cipa/index.htm
· SD Education Links (Will be separate section in WebCT content area)
TOOLS FOR VISUAL LEARNING: KIDSPIRATION & INSPIRATION
Participants
will engage in activities that support their ability to:
£
Download
applications from the WWW
£
Use a graphic
organizer for professional productivity
£
Incorporate
visual learning into the classroom
£
Use graphic
organizers for student learning
Required
Products:
£
Use
Kidspiration or Inspiration to plan a web page, slide show, or classroom
lesson.
Learning
Links:
·
Download trial
application, Resources and Tutorials at www.inspiration.com/
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY CHALLENGE
Required
Products:
£ Each Academy lab will establish a “photography contest” and submit no less than ten (10) original photographs to the SD Photo Bank: www.photos.k12.sd.us/
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