Tablet+Program

toc =Tablet Help=

If you need help using your Tablet PC, please visit either the Help Request or Help Movies & Files page of this wiki by clicking on the links in the navigation area.

=Tablet Questions=

Click on the following link to visit the page that contains essential questions about placing tablets in the hands of sixth grade students.

Essential Tablet Questions

=Tablet Pilot Program=

The Trinity Pilot Program team will meet on a monthly basis. Each meeting will have a subject area theme and follow a common format:
 * 1) Sharing, Reflection, and Questions
 * 2) Cool Tablet Tools and Lesson Plans
 * 3) Exploring and Playing with the Cool New Tools
 * 4) Subject Area Ideas
 * 5) Practical Considerations for Student Use
 * 6) Conclusion and Assignment

The meetings in August and September will not have subject area theme. The focus will be on Tablet familiarization and maximizing the pen writing system.

=08-15-06: Tablet Introduction=

Overview: This meeting focused on Tablet PC basics. Topics covered included parts and areas, using the computer in laptop and tablet modes, Windows Journal, and the docking station.


 * Resources**:
 * 1) Handout: [[file:Tablet Parts, Areas, and Tools.doc]]
 * 2) Movie: Coming soon...
 * 3) Lessons: None


 * Homework**: The first assignment is very informal. Take your tablet home between now and Thursday, August 17th. Play with it. Try switching between the laptop and tablet modes, open Windows Journal and create a "trial" note, and experiment with the Input Panel. After doing this, I want you to bring it to your meetings on Wednesday and Thursday.

=08-17-06: Windows Journal=

Overview: This meeting focused on using Windows Journal, opening templates, working in a wiki, and discussing important issues with placing Tablet PC's in the hands of students.


 * Resources**:
 * 1) Handouts: [[file:TIE Wikispaces.doc]], [[file:Windows Journal Templates.doc]], [[file:tablet questions.jnt]]
 * 2) Movie: None
 * 3) Lesson: [[file:17times3equals51.jtp]]


 * Homework**: Another informal assignment- just continue playing with your Tablet PC. In addition, please schedule a time to meet with Willy ([|view calendar]) to learn more about Marco Polo before our September meeting.

=09-17-06: Understanding Windows Journal through Wiki Collaboration=


 * IMPORTANT NOTE: The tablet meeting will be held in the spare 6th grade classroom adjacent to the Scanlan-Story math room.**

Overview: This meeting's topics will include an introductory discussion of wiki use (15 minutes), importing and exporting Office files in Windows Journal (15 minutes), and a brief explanation of the homework assignment (10 minutes). We will conclude with a discussion about some of the essential questions that were discussed in August.


 * Meeting Objectives**:
 * 1) Develop an awareness of the different ways to use a wiki in an educational setting
 * 2) Understand how to import and save files in Windows Journal
 * 3) Explore lesson collaboration via a wiki
 * 4) Develop a greater understanding of at least one of the "essential questions" for student tablet PC use


 * Meeting Materials**: Please download the following files prior to the 09/17/06 meeting
 * 1) Handout: [[file:Importing and Saving with Windows Journal.doc]]
 * 2) Movie: Comming Soon...
 * 3) Lessons/Files: [[file:Day 10.ppt]] and [[file:Writer.doc]]
 * 4) Website (no need to download, just check 'em out): [|Resource Wiki (Librarian)], Resource Wiki (Teacher), Story Wiki, [|News Article Wiki], [|Reflective Math Manual Wiki]; although some of these are high school or beyond, each could be adapted for MS


 * Meeting Procedures**:
 * 1) Show-and-tell different wiki uses (see meeting materials section); reflective writing in Windows Journal about how each teacher might think use a wiki (Questions: What way do you see the potential of using a wiki in your classroom? What are some essential questions that must be answered before using a wiki with students?); whole class sharing
 * 2) Windows Journal Import and Save demo (see materials section); paired discussion of different ways to use the import feature (time keeper and recorder); whole class sharing
 * 3) Homework Assignment (see homemwork section) below; review online collaboration suggestions
 * 4) Whole class discussion on one of the essential questions


 * Meeting Homework**:

Pretend that each student in your class has a Tablet PC (or that you will have students coming to your class with a tablet). Create a lesson that utilizes Windows Journal as a learning component. This can be as simple as taking notes with the Tablet or as advanced as using Journal's import/export features with Office files. Please include any procedures that students might need to know how to do to access, open, or save files included in your lesson. Please write your lesson plan in a wiki page (see links below). After you complete your lesson, send a quick email to your wiki partner asking them to revise/edit/provide suggestions of ways to improve the lesson. __Purpose: Think through the logistics and planning necessary for student Tablet PC use as well as how to incorporate Windows Journal into your instruction. Practice collaborating in an online environment like a wiki.__


 * Levesque: Collaborative partner is McConnell
 * Story: Collaborative partner is Levesque
 * Scanlan: Collaborative partner is Story
 * Bowker: Collaborative partner is Scanlan
 * Berry: Collaborative partner is Bowker
 * Howard: Collaborative partner is Berry
 * Osborn: Collaborative partner is Howard
 * Spaeth: Collaborative partner is Osborn
 * Kytle: Collaborative partner is Spaeth
 * Kennedy: Collaborative partner is Kytle
 * Morrison: Collaborative partner is Kennedy or Kjellstrom
 * McConnell: Collaborative partner is Morrison; Might want to consider writing a lesson plan on how you would teach another teacher how to use Windows Journal (this would help me at the very least).

Online Collaboration Guidelines and Suggestions

=10-05-06: Math and Photostory 3=


 * IMPORTANT NOTE: The tablet meeting will be held in the spare 6th grade classroom adjacent to the Scanlan-Story math room.**

Overview: This meeting's topics will include an introductory discussion about wiki collaboration (homework) and a whole class conversation about our essential questions for tablet use. We will conclude the meeting by playing with Photostory 3 and talking about its application in math and other subject areas.


 * Meeting Objectives**
 * 1) Uncover successes/failures with working on a wiki, thinking through tablet procedures, and using Windows Journal in a lesson
 * 2) Discuss and describe a "solution" to at least one of the essential questions for tablet use
 * 3) Explore a Photostory 3 math project, discussing the benefits of using visual imagery in making math connections
 * 4) Play with Photostory 3


 * Meeting Materials**:
 * 1) Handouts: [[file:Photo Story 3 Quickstart Guide.doc]]
 * 2) Lesson: [[file:Math Movie Project Overview.doc]], [[file:Storyboard.doc]]
 * 3) Video: [[file:Photostory Math Project.wmv]]
 * 4) Picture Websites (All Creative Commons): [|Flickr! Creative Commons], [|Open Photo], [|PD Photo] (Places), [|The Library of Congress: Memory Miner], [|Terraserver] (Maps); Modeling and encouraging students to use photographs from search engines like Google Images is not a good practice because most of the images are copyright protected;
 * 5) Digital Storytelling Examples: [|Math digital stories], [|Coming from Vietnam], [|Long Elementary School]


 * Meeting Procedures**
 * 1) Wiki/Homework Discussion (WRK, 10 Minutes)
 * 2) Essential Question (MEB, 20 Minutes)
 * 3) Math and Photostory 3
 * 4) Photostory 3 Exploration


 * Homework:** Contribute your thoughts to at least three of the essential questions for tablet use. It would be ideal if you post your thoughts on one question each week so that you can read what others have written.

=11-09-06: Essential Questions=


 * IMPORTANT NOTE: The tablet meeting will be held in the spare 6th grade classroom adjacent to the Scanlan-Story math room.**

Overview: This meeting's topics will include wireless connectivity, a written example of a 1:1 computer program, and a discussion about Trinity's tablet program/essential questions.


 * 1) Wireless (Tammie, 10 minutes)
 * 1:1 Learning (Willy, 5 minutes)
 * 1) Trinity's Tablet Program and Essential Questions (Maryellen)

=12-12-06: Pilot Program, Handbook, and AUP=


 * IMPORTANT NOTE: The tablet meeting will be held in the spare 6th grade classroom adjacent to the Scanlan-Story math room.**


 * 1) Wireless (Tammie, 10 minutes)
 * 2) Program Plans (Willy): [[file:Tablet Program (Immediate Planning Steps).doc]] Pay attention to the yellow highlighted information
 * 3) Handbook: [[file:Student Parent Handbook.doc]]
 * 4) AUP (Willy): [[file:AUP Student.doc]]
 * 5) Essential Questions (Maryellen)

=1-17-07: 2007-2008 Pilot Program and Moodle=


 * IMPORTANT NOTE: The tablet meeting will be held in the spare 6th grade classroom adjacent to the Scanlan-Story math room.**


 * 1) Introduction (Angel)
 * 2) 2007-2008 Program Overview (Willy and Maryellen): [[file:2007-2008 Implementation.doc]]
 * 3) Moodle (Willy): [|Moodle (www.trinitymoodle.org)]
 * 4) Homework:

Assignment 1: Please read the first chapter of Will Richardson's book (distributed during class). I would like for you to respond to one of the questions below. Post your response on Willy's blog by clicking on one of the links below and then filling out the comments form. It would also be nice if you read through other individuals' comments ([|like the way MH's class is doing)!]
 * 1) [|How do we need to rethink our ideas of literacy when we must prepare our students to become not only readers and writers, but editors and collaborators as well?]
 * 2) [|What changes must we make in our teaching as it becomes easier to bring primary sources to our students?]
 * 3) [|What needs to change about our curriculum when our students have the ability to reach audiences far beyond our classroom walls?]

Homework 2: Pick a tablet-focused unit for next year by March 1st. When you have picked your unit, please email Willy with the topic and tentative dates (start and end). Priority will be given teachers who first respond if there are overlapping dates.
 * Levesque: Body Systems, undecided about the software
 * Story: Geometry, Geometer's Sketchpad, Math walks, January through March
 * Scanlan: See Story
 * Bowker: Social Studies: Japan (mid-March, April), Google Earth, GNG?
 * Berry: Study Skills, August and September, GoBinder
 * Howard: English: Blogging (October); Edublogs

=2-22-07: Will Richardson=

Link to Will Richardson's presentation: A Web of Connections: Why the read/write web changes everything

=3-15-07: Project Sharing and New Tools=


 * 1) Revisit/Review Will Richardson's thoughts and ideas ([|movie])
 * 2) Project Sharing
 * 3) New Tools: Gobinder and Sketchup (free download)

Next Meeting: Tablet Resources and Handouts for Teachers; No Homework

=4-11-07: Project Sharing, AUP, Google Earth=


 * 1) Intro: [|del.icio.us]
 * 2) Finish sharing unit ideas (Megan, Marilyn, Kristi, and Stacey)
 * 3) Amy shares [|Moodle] pilot
 * 4) AUP: [[file:AUP Student.doc]]
 * 5) New Tools: Google Earth
 * [|Google Earth Upgrade]
 * [|Google 4 User Guide]
 * [|Network Link for 3D Warehouse]
 * [|Google Hacks]
 * [|Planet Earth]