Sept. 11th class

* Planning unit: For next week's class can use whatever unit that already has. If teaching
towards CAPA standards, going to use the SECO? binder. SECO binder - those
are your standards. ** Important to look into how much the binder and/or
where the binder might be available within the district.
** Can be based on a theme unit - such as United States.
**** Looking for how are going to set up your theme. Should be across the
standards linking all subject areas and linking everything together.
I.e. - ties into math, language arts, technology, science, social studies, etc.
** When creating your ULD theme unit, look at the model provided on the Intel
binder.
** Resources to use: Intel Binder, CAST.org and one other reference provided in your ULD book. - No complete unit - just a 3-5 pg. overview with researched bibliographical design using citationmachine.net for APA format. Conclusion - how could you use ULD to best support your students. Need to make sure the paper is formatted in APA style format.
9/11/07 Notes:
I. PowerPoint presentation about the way that societies are changing
A. If we are having such an information glut - how do we help our special needs kids figure out
how to navigate through it. Where does this leave us? Where does this leave the kids?
1. What can we help them with so the they can compete? To level the playing field when
kids are adults in society? Teachers, districts can't do it.
2. Every publisher is supposed to provide books/curriculum that is on CDs.
II. Power Point
A. Creating a worksheet
1. You can make many worksheets locking the document and can save it as a document
or document template. To unlock your document you can restrict the permissions such
to just fill in the fields without someone messing up the document. You still have to lock
the document and students can answer the problems for a worksheet that has been
created.
2. When creating a watermark - you don't want it to be too dark so that you can't see it
too heavily when creating a document.
- Not recommended for worksheets for students because it will be too distracting.
Important to do for when creating documents that you don't want people to
plagiarize and or for reports.
How to: Go to: View - click on Header and Footer
Go to: Insert - Picture - click on Clip Art to find picture you want.
3. Double click header and footer to make the box disappear.
4. Click on paragraph symbol to space out words/numbers etc.
5. Create worksheet
6. To create answers - click on drop box field
7. When creating a check box go to: check box field in upper left hand corner.
***** Important when saving work - need to save on first initial/last name.doc*****
Remember when uploading you need to open up the documents folder first to send work.
****** Rule of thumb on a power point : Should be no more than 20 words per page!!!*********
1. You can use Power Point to tell a story. Or you can use a presentation for practicing
eye/mouse coordination.
2. Write Out Loud - great computer program where if a student types out a letter, it
sounds out/says the letter to make sure what it is - it's an auditory processing
reinforcement.
Interesting fact - keyboard that working on is called a QWERTY keyboard. You can get Assistive Tech. keyboards - that are in alphabetical order, color coding, etc.
3. Power Points - need to be clear, few words on the page, lots of visuals, have to be
careful with the graphics so that they support the text that you are teaching. You
want to make sure that both correlate with one another.
4. What is important to remember that as human beings the one thing that we
remember are pictures. Need to remember that pictures need to correlate with the
text and is relevant to what the text is conveying. I.e. - not having snow for a winter
picture when it doesn't snow in CA.
5. When creating a presentation, you don't want to have to do more than 3 different
transitions.
II. Creating Power Point:
1. Create or upload template
2. Insert new slide (s)
3. Click on Insert text box
4. High light text that you want to hyperlink to and from
5. When creating a hyperlink to home, all have to do is copy and paste.
6. Before pasting - have to insert text box and then click on copy.

Reflection:
This class definitely went a lot slower than last week's. I am feeling more confident about what we are learning in class and I was able to really take extensive notes and follow step by step how to create word documents that are pretty cool. I am looking forward to creating worksheets on the computer for my students now that I know how to do them - this is very exciting and I can't wait to start playing around with Power Point. I learned so much more than I have previously about creating hyperlinks as well as inserting objects. It was all very interesting. It was also pretty neat learning how to create a watermark. I am looking forward to playing around with everything before class next week. Sharon, as a reminder, I will not be in class next week due to Back to School Night but I will have my assignment sent in before class next week. =)