Welcome to Technology Class

A brief orientation with Mrs. Asplund(and Strongbad)

Stuff you already know• A Quick Survey

– Raising of Hands• The Quiz

– Your Job / My Job / Our Job

• Activity

– Responsibility• Looks like / Sounds like

looks like // sounds like• Log In / Eye opener• Daily topic/ Get to

work• Use all of your class

time wisely• Participate• Extend

• Think! (Try to solve problems)

• May I help?• I’m finished, may I…

– Add more?– Try x program?– Go back to x program?

• I found that x works better if I…

What is Technology?

• Activity (collaborate with the person beside you to):

– Explain what technology is in exactly 3 sentences.

– Be prepared to respond to others.• Intro (video)

Technology is a tool.

• Learning the tools and strategies to build lasting technological fluency:– ID and Choose the best technology tool(s) for the task

at hand – Use those tools in a way that you can create stuff that

flows easily between the selected tools without a lot of hand-holding.

PBL: Project-Based Learning

• You will be given tasks to accomplish.• I will be teaching new tools every day.• You will select the best tools for you to

accomplish your task and do it.• Now, on to your first task…

Who are you?

• Intro with Technology…– Eg: Introduce yourself in 4 PPT

slides.– Slides:

• 1, Title Slide Name• 2, Hobbies, best subject• 3 Favorite applications of

technology• 4 a completely random fact Mr.

Walters should know about me??

**Remember: PowerPoint is a tool… could you do this better with

Prezi, A Voki, or something else?? If so, Go for it.

What are we doing this year?

Proficient Users Proficient Users of Technology of Technology

Who:Who:

Solve ProblemsSolve Problems CommunicateCommunicate CollaborateCollaborate

Why?Why?

Highlights• MS Office Integration• Web 2.0 tools• Interactive Multimedia• Online

communication

Evaluation

• Real-world Evaluation vs. Grades• ABI

– A: 100% Done with awesomeness– B: 85% Done right– I: 0% Not done / do it again

• Deadlines…

Our Classroom Policies & Procedures• Folders Storage• Attendance• Typing• Printing?• Collaboration• Log in, log out, &

Shake it all about

• Rules for the Internet• Wiki Warranty• Computer Ethics and

Use• Digital Citizenship

This will be an exciting semester!

• I look forward to a great year with all of you.

• I hope you will learn a lot from me!• I hope I will learn a lot from you.

Check out our class wiki!imscomputers7