planning


 * Companion pages:**
 * **Materials List**
 * **Brainstorm (planning notes)**


 * Agenda:

Daily Whole Group Activity** (10-15 minutes) Goals: ABC sort (some other sort) || Supergrouper template || During MaxCount instructions: Show to Excel is Elementary - lots of graphing ideas || Thankful couplets ||
 * Model use of software tools for whole-group instruction
 * Demonstrate a variety of examples for different grade-levels and subject areas.
 * **Day** || **Subject** || **Program** || **Activity** ||
 * 1 || Math/Language Arts || Pixie || Four ways to make a dollar?
 * 2 || Language Arts/ Social Studies || Kidspiration || Brainstorm list from blank diagram -
 * 3 || Math/Science || MaxCount || Group data collection (on the spot poll/survey), enter into spreadsheet and create graph). (Pets, colors, ??)
 * 4 || Language Arts || MaxWrite or Stationery Studio || Brainstorm list of words (verbs, rhymes, "oo" words, etc...) -


 * Early Childhood Software Tools**

Goals:
 * Provide basic instruction/practice using various early childhood software tools.
 * Emphasize design of template-based activities.
 * Model/make explicit how to structure/plan for meaningful center-based activities.
 * Present high-quality examples of curricular applications for each tool.
 * Brainstorm possible uses for different grade-levels and subject areas.


 * Instructional format** **for each new program** (approx 1 hour each - 90 min for Kidspiration and MaxCount):
 * Share 3-5 examples of lessons/activities using the program
 * Provide quick reference materials
 * Complete **step-by-step sample activity** to review basic program tools (two in Kidspiration and Pixie)
 * Brainstorm possible applications/activity ideas

- **Day 1** – Kidspiration, Stationery Studio (Recipes4Success?) - **Day 2** – Pixie, MaxWrite - **Day 3** – MaxCount, PhotoStory (the teachers will want to use Photostory all the time) - **Day 4** – Wikispaces/Web 2.0 tools - Comeeko, Bubbleshare, Audio


 * Nuts-and-Bolts Mini-Lesson (about 15 minutes)**


 * Goals:**
 * Cover/review one-two essential basic skills per day
 * Provide teachers with mini-reference cards reviewing each skill
 * Follow up during year with further tiopics


 * Possible topics/skills:**
 * Save to thumb drive, save to network
 * Compress Powerpoint
 * Create PPT Photo Album
 * Edit a digital photo
 * Print to PDF
 * Wrap text in Excel
 * Install a new font
 * Find lost files, navigate computer/network
 * My Contents (Smart Notebook) - not in class
 * SAVING PRINTER INK, select a printer


 * Featured Web Tool(s) of the day (15-30 minutes – between software sessions)**
 * Begin each morning with a couple of featured curricular websites for them to explore on own as everyone arrives/settles in. Teachers will naturally see the value in these -- we can advertise that you will build/maintain a library of interactive resources suitable for K-3 as a support service.**

Goals:
 * Provide an overview of key web-based tools for teachers/students**

Topics/Resources:
 * Day 1 - Recipes4Success (? may fold into Kidspiration?)
 * Day 2 - NetTrekker; Worldbook
 * Day 3 - UnitedStreaming
 * Day 4 - BrainPop Jr;

Sample Center Activity/Activities (5-10 minutes to instruct, 5-20 minutes to complete during open work/collaboration)


 * Goals:**
 * **Model different types of center activites.**
 * **Use the different software titles available in the classrooms.**
 * **Showcase different grade-levels and subject areas.**
 * **Use templates, printed organizers and audio instructions to demonstrate scaffolding/lesson planning strategies.**
 * **Demonstrate different grouping/management techniques/strategies.**


 * Day || Software || Subject || Lesson Structure || Tech Management ||  ||
 * 1 || Kidspiration || Lang Arts/Social Studies || Individual activity, audio instructions. (5 min) K-1 Pair activity super grouper/venn with partner - never touch partner's mouse (10 min) || Been there/done that chart ||  ||
 * 2 || Pixie || Math (word problem?) || Individual activity, audio instructions (5 min) K-1 Complete drawing, add audio recording, SAVE to shared folder K-3 || Clothespins - pick next person Storyboard ||  ||
 * 3 || Max Count || Math/Science || Four different spreadsheet templates (data collection). Students enter their group's info into each spreadsheet (move between computers). 2-3 || Jigsaw method - paper data collection ||  ||
 * 4 || Max Write or Stationery Studio || Language Arts || Collaborative writing - each student adds to growing story, poem, list of words -- each group works on a different computer. End up w/ four separate docs. 1-3 || Numbered/named Teams ||  ||

Open Work/Collaboration
 * Participants work individually and in groups to develop templates, lesson ideas, practice using whatever tools we have covered in AM while we facilitate (Everyone takes break as needed). During this time, participants will rotate through completion of whatever center activity we have set up for the day.**

Daily Review/Closing** Show completed activity if appropriate; Review; Set agenda for next day.