New York City Department of Education

OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Troy Fischer, Director

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iSite: Primary Grade Global Collaboration Project - Creating, Publishing and Sharing Online ABC Book

(Protraxx Course: 051-08-007-104)
Harlem Renaissance Technology Center, Manhattan, NY
January 14, 2008 (9:00am – 3:00pm)
Facilitator: Jen Columbia (jcrawfo@schools.nyc.gov)

9:00 – 9:30
Welcome/ Housekeeping
Introduction to online ABC Books

9:30 – 10:30
Using PowerPoint to Create ABC Books
Resource: onlineabcbooks.wikispaces.com/
Downloading the template
Populating the template with online resources
Recording voice
Discussion: How can this be used in my classroom?

10:30 – 10:45
Bathroom / cell phone / stretch

10:45 – 11:45
Personalizing the Project for your Class
Customizing the online template or creating your own template
Finding resources for your project
Discussion: How can this be practically used and organized?

11:45 – 12:00
Taking this project to the next level, making it global

12:00 – 1:00
Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 Options for Global Collaboration
• Printing and publishing
• Making ABC books web-ready
• How and where to store the books online

2:00 – 2:10 Bathroom / cell phone / stretch

2:15 – 3:00
Sharing and saving your template
Follow-up resources
Evaluation