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5/14/08 2008 Copyright ETPRO 1

Overview

• Standards & Assessment

• Policies

• Group Exercise– Student Tech

Standards• Finish Word and

PPT protocol basics

http://www.edtechpolicy.org/AAASGW/





Seymour Papert (1987)

• criticized traditional experimental research methods because they are "…based on a concept of changing a single factor in a complex situation while keeping everything else the same…(which is) radically incompatible with the enterprise of rebuilding an education system in which nothing will be the same" (p.22).


• What aspects of the current education system do you think need to be changed?

• How do constructivist methods propose to change them?

• If we do not use experimental research, what methods will we use to determine if our changes have improved the education system?


4.1 NCLB

• Discuss your interpretation of NCLB’s impact on “technology in the K-12 environment”


4.2 Critical Questions

• This session’s readings focused around:– Why there is an educational reform taking

place and – How technology can aid in this educational

reform.


4.2 Critical Questions

• New Horizons for Learning lists several critical questions educators can ask when addressing how technology might aid in this reform movement. They are: – How can technology help you personalize learning? – How can technology engage multiple intelligences? – How can technology bridge the digital divide in K-12

settings? – How can technology assist the unique learner? – How can technology be used to simultaneously

deepen student understanding and accelerate student achievement standards?


Results from Group Exercise


Results from HW Teacher Competencies


4.3 DC Technology Counts Report Card

• Discuss / reflect on your interpretation of DC’s Technology Counts 2007 Report Card. – What suggestions would you offer?


Break!


Word and PPT Basics

• Word and Digital– Font type– Font size– Color– Formatting– Spacing– Note Taking– Track changes– Inserting Comments– Word Art –adding

diagrams– Extra Tools– AT options

• PPT– Font– Font type– Font size– Color– Formatting– Inserting

graphics/links/video clips/sound

– Transitions– Building Games in PPT– Buttons


Class Activity

• Table– Convert →

• Text to Table• Table to text

• Tools– Language → Set

Language – Language →

Translate– Language →

Thesaurus– Word Count– Auto summarize


Readability

• Tools → Options → Spelling & Grammar

• Check grammar with spelling Select Show readability statistics check box, and then click OK.

• On the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.), click Spelling and Grammar

• After Word finishes checking spelling and grammar, it displays information about the reading level of the document.

• Rates text on a 100-point scale; the higher the score, the easier it is to understand the document. For most standard documents, aim for a score of approximately 60 to 70.

• Rates text on a U.S. school grade level. For example, a score of 8.0 means that an eighth grader can understand the document. For most documents, aim for a score of approximately 7.0 to 8.0.

See Handout


Speech

• Tools →Speech – Microphone– Dictation– Voice Command– Handwriting– Drawing Pad


Spanish Characters

á - ctrl + ' + actrl + quick ' (release)+ a

é - ctrl + ' + e í - ctrl + ' + i ó - ctrl + ' + o ú - ctrl + ' + u ñ - ctrl + shift + ~ ü - ctrl + shift + : ¿ - ctrl + alt + shift + ? ¡ - ctrl + alt + shift + !

• load the appropriate library of words so that the spell checker works – Language → Set

Language


http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA011305121033.aspx?pid=CL100636481033

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA011305121033.aspx?pid=CL100636481033


PPT

• Use the biggest fonts possible. – 10– 12– 14– 16– 18– 20– 22– 24

– 32• Larger fonts are easier to read.

– 18 point font, Arial• Fonts without serifs, san serif fonts like Arial are easier to read when

projected.• Use serifs for titles• Don't crowd slides with text


PPT: General Guidelines

• Avoid red-green combinations. – Approximately 10% of men and

0.4% of women have some form of red-green color-blindness.

– If in doubt, print the figure or slide on a black and white printer. This visual is what a severe red-green deficient viewer will see. (Remember, this person may be a judge.)

• Enhance contrast between background, text, and figures, but do not use excessive contrasts.

• Avoid dark-colored text and figures on dark-colored backgrounds and light-colored text and figures on light-colored backgrounds. Avoid bright contrasts that are figuratively or literally painful to view.

• Simplify graphs and tables or consider alternative visuals. Complex graphs and tables filled with an excess of numbers are difficult to read and will detract from an explanation of results.

• Project your draft visuals in a large room to check legibility and color contrasts.

• Rule of thumb– Dark print on light background in

small space or low light– Light text on dark background in

large area/dark or slightly darkened room

Example of crowed text


• Red on Green is not advised


• Dark print on dark background?• Dark print on dark background?• Dark print on dark background?• Dark print on dark background?• Dark print on dark background?• Light print on dark background?• Light print on dark background?• Light print on dark background?

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