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	Archives - Summer 2007 Welcome to the Technology Turning Points Resource Center This feature offers additional resources related to topics covered in past issues. The Resource Center provides a variety of tools designed to help you explore important issues that affect the computer technology classroom. New Teacher Technology Introduction Craig Ellison, Pepperell Middle School, Lindale, GA Find ways to develop programs to help new teachers learn the technical ropes with this PowerPoint presentation by Craig Ellison. Mr. Ellison originally gave this presentation at the GaETC conference in 2005. Help your school get ready for the fall and give yourself and all of your colleagues the confidence to teach with technology. View presentation Past Resources: Web Design Resources Patricia Janann Nicholson, Classroom Teacher, Technology, Pahokee Middle Senior High School, Palm Beach, FL Ms. Nicholson's Web site includes excellent tutorials that provide step-by-step instructions on how to different versions of popular Web design software. Teachers can use them to refresh their own skills or as a way to reinforce skills for students. Click the links below to go directly to the tutorials. Nich's Dreamweaver 8 Tutorials Nich's Fireworks 4 Tutorials Nich's Fireworks 8 Tutorials Nich's Flash 5 Tutorials Nich's Flash Professional 8 Tutorials Be sure to see her excellent lesson plan on creating a company Web page. Business Education Lesson Plans & Resources Tonya Skinner, Business Educator, Oran High School, Oran, MO Find lesson plans for Keyboarding, Desktop Publishing, Web Publishing, Business/Office Technology, and much more. The Web site also offers helpful resources such as bulletin board ideas, scavenger hunts, and online class tools. Ms. Skinner's students helped her school's Business Education Department win the 2006 Program of Excellence at the Missouri Business Education Conference this past July. She has won numerous honors/awards, presented at many conferences, and won several significant grants. Tonya Skinner's Business Education Lesson Plans & Resources What's New and What's Different with Microsoft^® Office™ 2007 Patrick Douglas Crispen, Instructional Technology Coordinator, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA Introduce your students to the new Microsoft^® Office™ 2007 applications by using Patrick Crispen's informative PowerPoint^®, What's New and What's Different in Microsoft Office 2007. This is a great way to get a quick overview of each application in this new program. PowerPoint Presentation Presentations for How Technology Helps Students with Disabilities Accessible Technology for All Students is a new initiative of Consortium for School Networking (CoSN). CoSN's mission is to provide K–12 technology teachers with an organization to help improve the use of technology in teaching and learning. The goal of this initiative is to help all students succeed through the use of effective technologies. Accessible Technologies for ALL Students Discover how bridging the gap between general and special education communities can maximize the potential of educational technology. Building Bridges: Accessible Technology for ALL Students Learn how recent technology allows students with disabilities to participate in school-based education. Internet Resources Recommended by Mr. David Davis Region 2 Digital Library The Region 2 Digital Library includes a wide range of classroom resources for early learners and cognitively young students. Teachers can download a variety of activities and digital books, including several PowerPoint based books created by teachers. Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators Kathy Schrock has been pointing educators to great Web resources for many years. This site is extremely comprehensive for enhancing curriculum activities in the classroom. UDL Toolkits Universal Design for Learning provides a framework for using technology to help all students learn. This Web site includes tutorials on what Universal Design for Learning is, as well as examples of UDL lesson plans and resources. Application Tutorials This is a collection of tutorials and resources for most of the common software programs used in classrooms. It includes several tutorials of programs that target support for students with disabilities, including ClozePro and Co:Writer. Stellar Cartography Stellar Cartography is a collection of software and online resources based on “The North Star Guide to Technology Planning” by Peter Reynolds. This site focuses on resources for accommodation, creativity, crafting, exploration, communication, innovation, and publishing. Books in the Digital Age An online handout that includes links to resources for creating books, publishing on demand, digital books available online, text to speech, and adapting text for students with disabilities. Tutorials for Basic Computer Skills Craig Ellison, Pepperell Middle School, Lindale, GA Microsoft Word Insert WordArt Insert Clip Art Format Text Double Space Your Sentences Microsoft Excel Basic Features and Usage Microsoft PowerPoint Make Your Slides Blank Insert a Text Box Internet How to Use the Address Bar Professional Development for Technology Teachers Rebecca Thomas, Jefferson Davis High School, Montgomery, AL Copyright Cyber Ethics PowerPoint Manual Back to top Visit the Submissions page to send in your article, classroom tips, lesson plans, and so on.	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