Ways to make a computer and projector work in your classroom

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Ways to make a computer and projector work in
your classroom
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Get Organized

• Create folders and subfolders to keep things
  organized and easy to find in your Network Space

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• Regularly back up your network space to ensure
  the resources you collect are safe
• Flash Drive
• Burn on a CD or DVD

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• When you find good sites save the bookmarks to
  your network space
• Learn how to organize your bookmarks to ease
  navigation

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• Take those bookmarks and other resources you want
  to share with students and put them in the public
  space for your students to use.

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• Keep your public space organized using subfolders
  for easy navigation.

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• Just in time lessons with the projector
• Break up lessons with picture or video examples
• Have a student operate the machine while you talk
  through the instructions
• Consider a wireless mouse to allow you to move
  around

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• Video clip, picture viewing, website viewing
• Teacher tube, YouTube etc, Slideshare, Google
  images, Flickr, Wikipedia etc.

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• Use the projector to teach, demo and create
  discussion that will flow into lab work
• Deliver criteria and exemplars for assignments in
  the classroom then maximize limited lab time

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• Utilize Microsoft word and PowerPoint in your
  presentation of ideas modeling the use of these
  programs for your students

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• Internet safety, expectations for behavior and
  ethics discussion in the classroom

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• Project a DVD onto the big screen and play it
  using VLC Media player

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• Share students work and group projects on the
  projector.

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• Have students share interesting sites they find
  on curricular subject areas

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• Save and view flash video clips from sites like
  Teacher tube and You tube.
• (Any Video Converter) Internet Explorer (Orbit)
• View using VLC media player