Week+1+(SBS)

Today's Meet - An Interactive Open Chat
=Intel Essentials Main Topic: How can technology be used to support and assess student learning?=

We will learn how to access:

 * cutting edge interactive applications, collaboration & communication tools
 * assessments
 * professional development via twitter and tutorials
 * and more :)

Intel Essentials Class Overview

 * File access via CD, Help Menu
 * Two Intel sites: Project Design ( []) and Assessing Projects ([|http://educate.intel.com/en/AssessingProjects])
 * SW's Page of Everything: @http://www.netvibes.com/swie
 * A Scary 1st Attempt: Pageflakes by Swie (Many lessons will be learned in this class.)
 * SW's bookmarks: []

Collaboration sites: Wikispaces, Ning, & Blog
 * Ning Site: [|http://massbs.ning.com]
 * Wikispaces: sbslib.wikispaces.com
 * Wiki (pbworks.com): view only [|Grade 6][|Grade 7][|Grade 8]
 * Blog Site: [|http://sbslib.blogspot.com]
 * Naomi Harm's Blog: (notice any similarities?) [|http://blog.innovativeeducator.us]

= Goals Class 1: =
 * = Have fun =
 * = Experiment with some online tools to use with students =
 * = Brainstorm a unit that lends itself to using technology (Between now and April '10) =

= Goals Class 2: =
 * = Continue Exploring Web 2.0 Tools =
 * = Module 1 =