1. Introductions (using the MPTC blog)
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Please click here to go to the blog. Take a few minutes to look at the posts. A post is a comment written by the owner of the blog. Posts are written to let people read and respond to, kind of like asking people a question on the Internet, and then letting people from all over the world respond. When you reply to a post, everyone can see your reply, so you don't want to use your full name, only your initials, or nickname.
- After reading the posts, you'll need to reply. To reply to a post, follow these steps:
1. Click on Comments at the end of the blog post.
2. A text box will open below the post. Click the curser inside the box and you can begin typing your response to the post.
Please include your initials at the end of your reply.
3. When you finish typing your reponse, click on the drop-down arrow to open the "Comment As" options. Choose Anonymous.
4. If you want to see what it will look like before everyone else, click on Preview.
5. If you are happy with the way it looks, click on Post Comment.
Reminder: All comments have to be approved by the owner of the blog (the Tech Club teachers) before they are published, so don't worry if you don't see yours right away.
2. Expectations
3. Digital Citizenship
4. Wiki - All About Me!
Click here to access the wiki
- Each member of the club will have access to the club wiki. You will have a login and password to access and use the wiki. We'll show you how to use it, and encourage you to use the wiki to share ideas, information, and to let everyone else in the group know what you're working on. The wiki will also be great if you and a friend want to work on a project together. We'll discuss the rules for using the wiki, blog, and other applications.
5. Research Projects - what would you like to do?
Your project is exactly that - yours, so you need to think about what you are interested in, what you want to learn, and why you want to do it (for class, for yourself, for a competition, to share with others). We'll talk about planning and organizing your project and give you some ideas. You will set your own pace for the project, but we'd love for you to have a finished product by the end of the school year. You can use the wiki to collaborate with a friend or to share ideas.
Here are some ideas to get you started:
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Use digital photos to create a digital storybook
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Create a webpage using a website template
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Create a multimedia presentation for your class (a digital memory book)
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Use movie maker to create a film for something you learned this year
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Use Blurb to create and publish your own book
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Use Publisher to create signs and informational brochures to help kids use the computers in the lab
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Research a technology tool you want to learn, copy and paste the links to a page in your wiki folder, and then use the links to learn to use the application
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Use Jing to record a how-to video
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Use Rezulli to learn about a new technology or to create a new project
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