1.  Attendance - problem solving issues? Class business 

• Make folders and turn in your work

• course photos - want yours off?

2.  Inspiration on Nettiquette and classroom uses for email

Seventy-three percent of US youth between the ages of 12 and 17 use the Internet.  While 94 percent of these teens report using the Web for research and school projects, and 71 percent report that the Internet was a major source of information for their most recent school projects, only 5 percent said that they learned to use the internet in school; 40 were self taught, and the remainder learned from parents, friends or siblings. 

 - David Thornburg

3.  Web Basics

Demo Browser Basics =
Back, Forward, Refresh, Home (internet options), Stop, Print, Little down arrow
Edit find feature, File> send page as
File> new window (control N)
What can you tell from a URL? (edu, gov, com org, us, au, uk)
Entering the url, copy & paste or type it in
Branching   http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/BRONZE/bronzesg1.htm

(The Art of Researching the Web = DO this student activity.  Open the "Ship's Log" in Word to complete this activity (link in left margin).  Turn in a hard copy. If you are working toward teaching in elementary school, you may substitute the "Teen Tour" with "Kid Tour". )

4.  Portfolio information

5.  BACKFLIP 

1. Open 2 browser windows - Backflip Directions:  http://www.backflip.com

2. Click on the yellow "Join Now" button

3. Complete the "Open Your Account" form.  Be sure to use unique a "name" others won't likely have. 

4. For the user name and password try using your email account so that you have one less thing to remember. 

5. Print or write down your information before clicking on the next button.  

6. Click on "No Thanks" for "Favorites"

7. Personal Directory:  turn off the options by clicking on the check boxes. 

8. Drag the "Backflip It!" button

9. to the browser toolbar.

10. Scroll down to the bottom of the next screen and click on "No Thanks".

11. On the main Backflip page click on "My Folders".

12. To organize your links you can create folders by clicking on the tab in the purple area at the top of the page.

13. Backflip Public Folder: http://www.backflip.com/members/ddhogan54

14. Create 3 folders of your own:  Lesson Plans, Curriculum Resources, Tech Resources.

6.  Backflip into an appropriate file, at lease 6 resources from the following treasure troves.

1. SDCOE K-12 Resources 

2. EdTech Central

Subscribe to email newsletters and Backflip from them:

1. Required - Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer

2. Required - Blue Web'n Free weekly updates

7.  Using Word

Guided practice in Word. Making a class newspaper.

 Format brush, Linking, Print screen feature, track changes

Creating a Classroom Newsletter   | sample newsletter in pdf)

Newspaper : Newsletter in Word

Other resources to help: 
Using Word Art
Pics4learning
Microsoft Design Gallery Live -
Pics4learning
ClassroomClipart.Com
Office Tutorial

Assignments