TangiTech Institutes

	Electronic Chalkboard is running with Welcome Message. Read “First Thing…” assignment sheet on your table and take care of those things. Complete the “Genius Test” in your pocket folder while you are waiting to get started. Open the Nameplate Template to create your nameplate.
	Get acquainted with Louisiana Folks activity (word)
	TangiTech Institute Info: Phones, bathroom breaks and location, parking, lunch at 11:30 – 12:30, dismissal Dress, room temperature
	What is TangiTech Institute? Project overview and requirements for participation Explain materials Locate computers, calling attention to names and groups
	Daily components: File box and Individual folders for completed work …checklist for completed work Signal for Attention - SchoolVue Software Technology-Connected Lesson Plans Supplies
	Routines and Procedures: Daily Journal writing and sharing React to professional readings on Blackboard. Question of the Day This Year in History
	Teacher Tube Video: Do you believe in me?
	You've Got Mail: Access Tangischools E-mail accounts using INTERNET EXPLORER at www.tangischools.org. Learn URL and parts of an E-mail address. Refer to TangiTech Tips for E-mail to learn how to send and check E-mail. Send an E-mail message to me so my TangiTech address book can be set up. Use this E-mail address... tt1@tangischools.org Tangi E-Mail Tips Day 1 Sending Mail, Choosing E-Mail Font, Spelling Options, and Signature Line
	Discover Louisiana Unit Introduction: Today we begin a unit of discovery, “Discover Louisiana” and discovery about technology, curriculum, and the integration of the two. As this journey of discovery begins we invite you to think about…. Day One Journal Writing Prompts: - “What are my reasons for being here?” - “What do I hope to gain from this experience?” - “How do I envision my classroom changing with the use of technology?” Journal Writing in MICROSOFT WORD. “Journal Template”. Click Journal Template (word) button at the top left.
	Techie Time: Folder on the Server. A folder has been created on the server for you to to save your work in. I have shared this folder so that you will have access to your work from any computer in the lab. As we move around the lab and work in groups and present from my computer station you will see the value in this. Introduce MICROSOFT WORD concepts: Entering text; don’t press “Enter” unless you want a new line; one space between words and sentences; editing by clicking in text to insert and pressing backspace or delete to erase; spelling and grammar checking; selecting and formatting text. Basic Microsoft Word skills - Part I Save your journal entry as “Day 1 Journal” to your folder and print two copies. Learn about network printing and routine for picking up and filing printed work.
	THINK-PAIR-SHARE strategy: You have thought about your reasons for being here and written them in your journal. Please share your thoughts with a friend beside you. We will share a few whole group responses.
	Techie Time - Windows: Start, Taskbar, Desktop, icons, files, shortcuts, My Computer, Network Places, Recycle Bin, Settings/Control Panel, Applications/Accessories, mouse movement and difference in left and right clicking, format a disk, copy an entire disk, make a folder, delete the folder. Refer to Windows TangiTech Tips (HTML) button.
	A-Google-A-Day: Setup a iGoogle account. Choose a theme and gadgets that will be useful for our week of Tangi Tech High School. Let's explore the different ways to search within Google. Google Search, Advanced Search, File type search. Explore Google Translator.
	Technology Connected Lesson Plan Introducing Louisiana (word) Discover Louisiana with Circle Map made in Inspiration.
	INSPIRATION: Use INSPIRATION to brainstorm with the whole group recording facts about Louisiana. Refer to TangiTech Tips for INSPIRATION (HTML) Techie Time with INSPIRATION – Record "What I Want to Know about Louisiana." Include Main Idea, changing font size, alignment of whole graphic, adding pictures, correcting, rapid fire. INSPIRATION Exploration Time - Using INSPIRATION TangiTech Tips (HTML) create a Concept Map using facts gathered this morning. Print 2 copies of your project. Be sure your name is on your map. Project requirements – Main Idea and at least four major categories… at least three graphics and your name.
	World Book World Book Online is available to all Louisiana students and teachers for free. Contact your librarian and/or HOTT team member for the login and password information you should use. World World Book Advanced More than 1.3 million pages of primary source documents—books, documents, selections—fully integrated with the encyclopedia content. Research and teaching tools include timelines, citation builder, and saved research.
	EBSCO EBSCO K-12 School Databases is available to all Louisiana students and teachers for free. Contact Vicki Blackwell for the login and password information you should use.
	Question of the Day: “On April 6, 1764, the first Acadian immigrants, 4 families from New York, arrived in Louisiana. Who was the governor of Louisiana in 1764?” Have you noticed the Question of the Day poster? Post your answer with a stickie. There will be a new Question of the Day every day. Make sure you answer… there might be a surprise for correct answers.
	This Year In History: "1764" Using all four digits of the given year and any combination of mathematical operations, you are to build a mathematical expression whose value is a whole number between 1 and 100, inclusive.
	How to Save a Picture from the Internet (word)
	Technology Connected Lesson Plan "Cultures in Louisiana Flyer" TCLP (word) Note Taking Guide Rubric Using MS Publisher participants will research information online for an assigned country to create a travel flyer.
	Del-ici-ous Del-ici-ous is a social book marking web service for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks. del.ici.ous Getting Started User Guide
	Technology Connected Lesson Plan "Taste of Louisiana" TCLP (word) Assignment Card (word) Using online resources explore the different cultures, such as French, Italian, Irish, German, African American, Native American, and Spanish Identify various cultures that affect the foods commonly eaten in Louisiana. Create a newsletter and/or PowerPoint presentation emphasizing the different cultures in Louisiana.
	TPSS Blackboard - High School TangiTech Post a new thread introducing yourself to the class. Check out the external links on Blackboard. Post a thread describing your favorite site and how you could use this site.
	SMART Tools Basic tools to use with your Smart board.
	Lagniappe Activities and Information: How do I connect a computer to a television? (word) Scan Converters TangiTech Tips (word) Connecting a Scan Converter - hook-up diagram (pdf) Installing Software TangiTech Tips (word) Louisiana Content Standards & GLEs (Internet)
	Homework: For homework tonight think about a unit of work you will be teaching, and how you will develop that into a Technology- Connected Lesson Plan before the end of the TangiTech Institute. Read the article listed below and be ready to discuss it on Day Two. The journal article "Computer Technology in the Classroom 101” by Laura Turner from Learning and Leading with Technology, Volume 30, Summer 2003 can be opened using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Day One Assignment (word) sheet gives step-by-step directions for determining RAM and hard drive capacity.
	Housekeeping Make sure one copy of all printed work is filed in folder box and you have checked off completed activities on the clipboard by the file box. Collect supplies, and bring computers back to desktops. Just in case that Genius Test is driving you crazy.. here are the answers. (word) ................................................ This page was last updated on May 25, 2010.