Transcript A Proposal for Internet Training for Teachers in My

A Proposal for Internet
Training for Teachers in My
School
Luciana Kelaiditis Frost
TIE-542-0
Information about Koraes
Elementary School
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11 full time faculty
members
• K-8
• Three Greek
teachers
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Full-time
Technology
Coordinator
Two part-time
aides
27 node lab
equipped with
Hewlett Packard
Proposed Sections
Training will be in line with the NETS-T
standards.
 Basic Networking
 Two stage training
• Initial
• Advanced
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Finding Web Resources
School Email Training
PowerSchool training
Proposal Specifications
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Length of Training
• Initial Training: One half-day session of
Teacher Institute
• Advanced Training: One half-day session
of Teacher Institute
• Each training must have some practice
time built in.
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Materials needed
• Lab computers
• Handouts
Basic Networking
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Teachers will be introduced to basic networking
concepts such as:
• Basic structure
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What is a server? What does it do?
Network nodes – Is this computer mine or can I log in
anywhere in the school?
• Network profiles
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What does it mean when I log into my computer?
• Network shared drives
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Using the U drive.
Does it mean that all is lost when my files are gone?
• Student shared drives
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What does this mean for the students?
• Teacher access to student files
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How can I see what the students save?
Subjects Covered:
Initial Training
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What is the Internet and how do I get it?
Web browsers
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Internet Explorer
Netscape Navigator
Firefox/Thunderbird (the Firefox email client)
Safari
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Google
Yahoo
MSN
AltaVista
Search engines: What are they?
Copyright Basics
• What is teacher copyright?
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Internet safety
• What do we advise students to do in lab?
 No names or addresses.
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Survey for next training session
• What are the burning Internet topics you need to know about?
Subjects Covered: Advanced
Training
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Survey results
• A cornucopia of subjects
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How do I use the Internet in my
classroom?
• Effective ideas
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Webquests
Internet Inquiry
Basic web page design
• Self
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Geocities
Other website providers
• Koraes School policies on webpages.
Finding Web Resources
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Internet Communities
• Listserv
• Forums
• Blogs
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Metasearch engines
• All4One
• Dogpile
Email Training
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Discuss web-based email
• Yahoo
• Gmail
• AOL
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Discuss Outlook (email and other functions)
• Basic functions
• Features
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Group send
Send/Receive
• Calendar
• Contacts
• Tasks
PowerSchool training
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Distinguish between PowerGrade
(standalone computer grading
program) and PowerSchool (online
student information system).
Describe specific features in
PowerSchool.
• Attendance
• Milk counts
• Online grading
Works Cited
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Baule, S. M., & Lyons, S. M. (1995, October 22). Planning for and Implementing
Internet Training for Teachers. Retrieved May 7, 2007, from Eric Education
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Education World. (n.d.). Technology Integration. In Education World. Retrieved
May 7, 2007, from http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/
How Stuff Works, Inc. (1998-2007). Computer Channel. In How Stuff Works.
Retrieved May 7, 2007, from http://computer.howstuffworks.com/
International Society for Technology in Education. (2000-2005). Preparing
Teachers to Use Technology. In National Educational Technology Standards for
Teachers. Retrieved May 7, 2007, from http://cnets.iste.org/teachers/t_book.html
Microsoft. (2007). Microsoft Product and Technology Tutorials. In Microsoft.
Retrieved May 8, 2007, from http://www.microsoft.com/education/tutorials.mspx