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Day 1

1. Ask an Expert http://www.cln.org/int_expert.html
2. Inspiration Software http://www.inspiration.com
3. Email
   • Yahoo! http://www.yahoo.com
   • uReach Email http://www.ureach.com
   • Hotmail Email http://www.hotmail.com
4. Stock Market Simulation
   • StocksQuest http://www.stocksquest.com
   • Quicken Top 10 Most Active Gainers & Losers http://www.quicken.com/investments/top10/
   • Lycos Finance Stocks & News http://finance.lycos.com/home/research/mostactive.asp
   • Yahoo's Finance Page http://quote.yahoo.com/
   • Stockmaster http://www.stockmaster.com
   • DRIP Advisor http://www.dripadvisor.com/

Assistive Technology

• Georgia Project for Assistive Technology http://www.gpat.org/
• Colored Overlays http://www.scotopicsensitivity.com/
• Talking Calculator
• Dragon Natually Speaking http://www.lhsl.com/naturallyspeaking/
• MS XP Speech Recognition
• MS Text-to-Speech

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1. GALILEO http://www.galileo.peachnet.edu/
2. Travlang http://www.travlang.com/
3. Encarta Online http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/default.asp
4. PeachStar
• PeachStar http://www.gpb.org/peachstar
• Windows Media Player http://windowsmedia.com
• QuickTime http://www.apple.com/quicktime
5. Georgia Learning Connections http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/
6. Classroom Connect http://www.classroom.net/
7. Mining Internet
• CNET http://www.cnet.com/
• HotBot http://www.hotbot.com
• Infoseek http://infoseek.go.com/
• AltaVista http://www.altavista.com
8. Web Sites: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly http://ttc.coe.uga.edu/websites.htm
9. TrackStar http://trackstar.hprtec.org/
10. Globetrotters Research
    • Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html
    • Atlapedia Online http://www.atlapedia.com
    • Travlang Foreign Languages for Travelers http://www.travlang.com/languages/indextext.html
    • XE.COM The Universal Currency Converter http://www.xe.net/ucc/ or
      Travlang Currency Exchange Rates http://www.travlang.com/money
    • Embassy World All the World Maps http://www.embassyworld.com/maps/maps.html
11. Technology Connected Supplemental Lesson: Vectors- Internet route planners
    • Free Trip http://www.freetrip.com/
    • The Ultimate Trip Planner http://www.theultimates.com/trip/
    • Maps on Us http://mapsonus.switchboard.com/

Assistive Technology

• Talk-to-Me http://www.talk-to-me.net/
• Talking Buddies: Merlin http://www.talkingbuddy.com/buddies.htm
• Alpha Smart http://www.alphasmart.com/
• BoardMaker http://www.mayer-johnson.com/software/Boardmkr.html
• Cheap Talk http://www.enablingdevices.com/
• Handy Cassette http://www.aph.org/products/handiib.html

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1. Stages in the Stock Market
• History of Dow Jones http://www.mdleasing.com/djia.htm
• Black Monday: Causes & Effects http://www.ncs.pvt.k12.va.us/ryerbury/pasc/pasc.htm
• Encyclopedia http://www.encyclopedia.com/
2. Learning Theories - Funderstandings http://www.funderstanding.com
3. Decisions, Decisions, The Environment simulation software and writing assignment
• What's It Like Where You Live? http://mbgnet.mobot.org/fresh/lakes/index.htm
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation http://www.savethebay.cbf.org/
4. Bridge Builder Simulation - West Point Bridge Designer http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/download.htm
5. Lines of Symmetry
   • Designer Fractions - Symmetry http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Patterns/design2.html
   • Symmetry Example 1 http://www.harcourt-school.com/glossary/math/definitions/symmetry.html
   • Symmetry Example 2 http://www.hbschool.com/glossary/math/definitions/line_of6.html
   • Masks, Mask Makers, & Masquerade http://www.masks.org/
   • The Butterfly Website http://butterflywebsite.com/
   • Manual of Traffic Signs http://members.aol.com/rcmoeur/signman.html
   • Investing Patterns: Symmetry & Tessellations http://ccins.camosun.bc.ca/~jbritton/jbsymteslk.htm
   • "inQuiry Almanack" - Minutes from ME http://www.fi.edu/qa97/me3/
   • Interactive Mathematics Dictionary http://www.intermath-uga.gatech.edu/dictnary/homepg.asp
6. Rubrics
   • Build a New Rubric http://landmark-project.com/classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php3

Assistive Technology

• Write:OutLoud http://www.donjohnston.com/catalog/catalog.htm/
• Reading Pen http://www.wizcomtech.com/index.php3
• Co:Writer http://www.donjohnston.com/catalog/catalog.htm
• AbilityHub http://www.abilityhub.com/

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1. Educational Inventories
   • Learning Styles Inventory http://ttc.coe.uga.edu/surveys/
   • Keirsey Temperament & Character Web Site http://www.keirsey.com
   • Personal Learning Style Inventory http://www.howtolearn.com/personal.html

Assistive Technology

• Franklin Speller & Dictionary http://www.franklin.com/default.asp
• ReadPlease http://readplease.com/
• eBooks http://www.promo.net/pg/
• eBookman http://www.franklin.com/ebookman/

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1. Stages of the Stock Market
• History
  • Dow Jones Index http://www.dowjones.com/corp/index_average.html
  • Dow Jones Industrial Average http://www.stonecorner.com/dowjones.htm
• Charts of highs, lows, daily rises and falls http://www.usfca.edu/~huxleys/dow.html
• Chronolgy of Dow
  • Dow Jones Index http://www.dowjones.com/corp/index_average.html
  • Washington Post DOW 10,000 Story http://www.stanford.edu/~stroz/doc/W.PostStory.html
• Dow's Climb to 10,000 http://www.stanford.edu/~stroz/doc/W.PostStory.html
  
2. The Elements and the Periodic Table http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/default.htm
3. In Search of Boyles' Gas Law http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/ChemTeamIndex.html
• Kinetic Molecular Theory & Gas Laws Table of Contents http://www.dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/GasLaw/KMT-Gas-Laws.html
• Robert Boyle and His Data http://www.dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/GasLaw/Gas-Boyle-Data.html
4. Elements Activities http://education.jlab.org/indexpages/elementgames.html
5. Charting Information for InfoNation http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm

Assistive Technology

• MS Accessibility Tutorials http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/default.aspx

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1. Travels in Mexico http://intech.valdosta.edu/mmcgahee/mexico1.html
2. Web Sites with Clipart
3. SiteSnagger http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3000-2366-10059229.html
4. PowerPoint Animation Player http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/9798/axplayer.aspx
5. Free Web hosts
   • 20m Free Web Space http://free.20m.com
   • Freeservers.com http://www.freeservers.com
   • iVillage http://www.ivillage.com/ivillage/memberwebsites/
   • Tripod http://www.tripod.lycos.com/
   • My school online http://myschoolonline.com/golocal/
   • Free Web Page Listing http://zap.to/1freewebpage/
   • List of free web space providers by Techieteacher http://techieteacher.tripod.com/

Assistive Technology

• CAST: Bobby's Web Page Accessibility http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp
• W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/Browsing
• Simply Web 2000 http://www.econointl.com/sw/
• Talking Sites.com http://www.talkingsites.com/intro.htm
• Talking Web Page: Tennessee Dept. of Safety http://www.state.tn.us/safety/startspeak.htm

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1. Day 7 Final Presentation Template (PowerPoint template-pot)
   Note: To download to your computer, right click on the link, and choose 'Save link as' for Netscape, or 'Save target as' for Internet Explorer and save to your computer.
2. Current Events Research and Multimedia Presentation
   • New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html
   • USA Today http://education.usatoday.com
   • GALILEO http://www.galileo.peachnet.edu/
   • Yahoo http://www.yahoo.com
   • AltaVista http://www.altavista.com

Assistive Technology

• Assistivetech.net http://www.assistivetech.net/vendors/index.cfm
• Southeast Disability Business Technology Assistance Center http://www.sedbtac.org/
• Tech Connections http://www.techconnections.org/

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• 5 Day Training
  
• 7 Day Training
• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
• Free Wav Sites
• Language Arts URLs
• Mathmatics URLs
• Science URLs
• Social Science URLs
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/
• Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
• Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching http://www.merlot.org
• My China a Subject Sampler http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/sampler.html
• Quality Core Curriculum http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/
• Webwasher http://www.webwasher.com/
• Word Games http://www.dictionary.com/
• Assess Online http://assessonline.ga-edtech.org/
  
  
• PowerPoint game templates - Click here to download

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Each Technology Bridges participant will design and implement four original technology-connected lesson plans to satisfy the requirements of the Technology Bridges SDU program. The lesson plan requirements are based upon a logical scope and sequence of skills to be developed throughout the Technology Bridges training. Participants will create and implement technology-connected lessons which require application of skills presented during previous Technology Bridges sessions. Each lesson plan will include a teacher self-assessment form stapled to the front of the lesson plan packet. All lesson plans are due by Day 7. Staples should be used to attach and secure materials. Avoid the use of binders, folders, or report covers.

Lesson Plan One
The first technology-connected lesson plan is to be created and implemented between Day One and Day Two of Technology Bridges Training. The lesson plan will include:

• Technology Bridges Teacher Self-Assessment Form
  
• Lesson QCC Standards
  
• Lesson Procedures
  
• Lesson Materials
  
• One whole group technology-connected activity
  
• One small group technology-connected activity
  
• One or more samples of authentic student work
  

Lesson Plan Two
The second technology-connected lesson plan will extend the requirements of the previous lesson plan. The second lesson plan will be created and implemented between Day Two and Day Three of Technology Bridges Training. The lesson plan will include:

• Technology Bridges Teacher Self-Assessment Form
• Lesson QCC Standards
• Lesson Procedures
• Lesson Materials
• One individual student technology-connected activity
• One computer classroom management strategy
• One or more samples of authentic student work

Lesson Plan Three
The third technology-connected lesson plan will extend the requirements of the previous lesson plan. The third lesson plan will be created and implemented between Day Three and Day Four of Technology Bridges Training. The lesson plan will include:

• Technology Bridges Teacher Self-Assessment Form
• Lesson QCC Standards
• Lesson Procedures
• Lesson Materials
• One small group cooperative technology-connected learning activity
• One new classroom management strategy
• One or more samples of authentic student work

Lesson Plan Four
The fourth technology-connected lesson plan will extend the requirements of the previous lesson plan. The fourth lesson plan will be created and implemented between Day Four and Day Five of Technology Bridges Training. The lesson plan will include:

• Technology Bridges Teacher Self-Assessment Form
• Lesson QCC Standards
• Lesson Procedures
• Lesson Materials
• One whole group technology-connected activity
• One small group cooperative technology-connected learning activity
• One individual student technology-connected activity
• One student self-assessment rubric
• One teacher student assessment rubric
• One URL - Internet connection to the lesson
• One new classroom management strategy
• One or more samples of authentic student work

  Downloadable Files

Note: To download to your computer, right click on the link, and choose 'Save link target as' for Netscape, or 'Save target as' for Internet Explorer and save to your computer.

• Journal Template (Word template-dot / PDF / RTF)
• Lesson Plan Template (Word template-dot / PDF / RTF)
• Lesson Plan Assessment (Word template-dot / PDF / RTF)
• Day 7 Final Presentation Template (PowerPoint template-pot)

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