Hot Springs Technology Institute 2010

 

Using Mini Pc's in the School

 

June 14-15

 

Workshops 1023 and 1219

 

 

Objective 

Each participant will learn how to use a Mini Laptop PC.  By the end of the day, participants will have a foundation of how to use their Mini PC in the classroom and how to implement in their daily lessons.

 

 

Oretha Ferguson 

Southside High School 

E-mail:  oferguso@fortsmithschools.org 

Protopage:  Protopage.com/oferguso 

Wiki:  fergusonshs.pbworks.org

 

 

 

Tentative A.M.Agenda

 

Welcome and Introductions	9:00 - 9:15
Distribute and set up Pc's	9:15 - 9:45
Objective	9:45 - 9:50
Take a picture using the usb video Device	9:50 - 10:00
Break	10:00 -10:15
Overview Make a video using Movie Maker and the usb video Device	10:15 - 10:25
Penzu	10:25 - 10:40
Wallwisher	10:40 - 11:00

 

 

 

Lunch 11:00 - 12:00

 

 

 

Tentative P.M. Agenda

 

Wordle/Tagxedo	12:00 - 12:45
Animoto	12:45 - 1:45
Mindmesiter	1:45 -2:15
PiratePad	2:15 - 2:30
Cacoo Protopage Function Keys More 2.0 Tools and Wrap-up	2:30 - 4:00

 

 

 

 

Specs

Windows 7/GL 

1G DDR2 

Intel Atom280 

250g HDD/ZD

802.11b/g/n 

Camera 0.3M 

6Cell Li-ion

Sleeve 

 

 

NETBOOK FUNCTION KEYS

 

 

 

2.0 Tools

Penzu

Wallwisher

    Wallwisher Practice

Word Clouds

      Wordle

      Tagxedo      

Animoto

  Student example 

Mapping

 

 

Collaboration Tools 

Piratepad

  Let's Practice.  Group A 

  Let's Practice.  Group B 

Cacoo

  Project Based Learning Example

 

 

Communication Tools

Protopage

Wiki

 

 

 

Download Open Office

 

Download Photo Story 3

 

 

More Tools

 

http://delicious.com/

 

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

 

http://www.slidestory.com/

 

http://www.toondoo.com/ 

 

Google Search Stories

     Student Created Search Story