Campus Technology PD Day

These resources can be used as an outline for a technology professional development day.

Discovery Streaming (http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/)  https://austinit.pbwiki.com/training

Known for it's large media collection, Discovery Streaming has many media resources that are highly applicable to the classroom curriculum.

Campus Tech IPGS  http://www.austinschools.org/matrix/

Technology is a core curriculum area and does have it's own Instructional Planning Guides.

Imagination Suite graphics program http://austinit.pbwiki.com/zzimagsuite

This is the district-adopted graphics program for elementary schools. The large icons and easy interface make it easy for young students to creative with a fair amount of visual freedom.

Learning.com  http://learning.com

Learning.com is the technology curriculum resource. Students can learn how to use word processing software, graphic organizers, presentation software, and even video production. All 5th and 8th graders must also use Learning.com for the end of year Technology Assessment.

Kidspiration http://austinit.pbwiki.com/zzkidspiration

The younger student version of Inspiration, the graphic organizer software.

Comic Life  http://austinit.pbwiki.com/zzcomiclife

A wonderful application for telling visual stories using a comic book format. Tons of freedom.

Using Templates http://austinit.pbwiki.com/zzofficeipg

Template or Stationery files can be placed on a network server so that multiple users can open the same file to be independently edited and saved as their own document. The greatness behind templates is that the user doesn't have to start from scratch to create a nice document.