Technology Skills to Facilitate Effective Science Inquiry (Elementary)

"What does science inquiry look like in the classroom?" "How does the classroom teacher effectively facilitate the inquiry process?" This course is designed to provide a collection of strategies, skills, & tools, enabling teachers to facilitate effective science inquiry through common technology found in the elementary science classroom. 

Class dates:

• June 11 & 12 from 1:00 - 5:00
• June 13 & 14 from 8:00 - 12:00
• June 13 & 14 from 1:00 - 5:00

If you teach science in grades 3, 4, 5 or 6, be sure to join Nathan Myers and Jennifer Leonardi for this hands-on class. Click here for more information or to enroll in the class.

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Summer Institute

Educational Technology Summer Institute classes begin on Tuesday, May 29th. We still have open seats in several of our classes. If a session is full, but has openings on the wait list, go ahead and request enrollment. Participants often drop classes, and openings are filled with people who are on the wait list.

Class Locations

There is often confusion regarding the location of classes. Please check in the ERO system ahead of time and be sure you know where each class is being held. Our classes are being held in the following labs:

• PC Lab
  • 549 N. Stapley, east side of Stapley, just north of University
  • Building #1
• Ed Tech North Lab
  • 546 N. Stapley
  • West side of Stapley
  • Across from CSC campus (Board Room)
  • Portable building on the north
• Ed Tech South Lab
  • 546 N. Stapley
  • West side of Stapley
  • Across from CSC campus (Board Room)
  • Portable building on the south
• Brick & Mortar Building
  • 546 N. Stapley
  • Brick & mortar building just north of the portables
  • (The old Community Education location)
• Student Services Center
  • 1025 N. Country Club Drive 

SMART Board News

AITTS

The Arizona Inventory of Teacher Technology Skills is an online skills inventory that has been designed to offer educators the opportunity to identify basic technology skills and knowledge that need reinforcement through professional development activities. The skills inventory is divided into 6 sections (Basic Operations, Productivity, Communication, Research, Management & Instruction and Ethical Issues.). Each section can take anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes to complete. 

We want to thank those of you who have already taken the time to complete the survey! We appreciate your promptness in completing this task.

If you have not yet done the survey, please click on the link below to get started. If you have questions, please call Educational Technology at x20004.

http://arizonaitts.flinnovates.org

DataStore

The DataStore servers are provided as school-based and school-managed data storage servers.  DataStore servers provide teachers and other users with a place to store any kind of file for later access from any computer at the school. We recommend that you back-up the files from your computer to the DataStore before you leave for the summer.

If you are changing schools over the summer, you will still be able to access the information from the DataStore at you old location. We recommend that you contact the DataStore administrator at your new location and have them set up an account for you on their DataStore.

Click here for the link to Educational Technology's DataStore Tutorial page.

Tutorial on Deleting Web Browser Toolbars

When you download programs from the Internet, or update plug-ins, you are often given the opportunity to also download a free toolbar. You must be careful when proceeding through the installation of the program or update you have chosen, because it is often difficult to get through without adding the toolbar.

The added toolbars can be helpful, but they can also be a problem. Toolbars can cause programs like Synergy to act inconsistently. We recommend that you delete any toolbars that are currently installed on your computer.

Click here for directions.