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Access, Inform & Innovate with Laptops for Learning!

Access, Inform & Innovate with Laptops for Learning!. 2008 BPS Principal/Headmaster Institute Office of Instructional & Information Technology (OIIT) Questions? L4L@bostonpublicschools.org. Agenda. L4L Updates Access: Customize your L4L MacBook system preferences Parallels

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Access, Inform & Innovate with Laptops for Learning!

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  1. Access, Inform & Innovatewith Laptops for Learning! 2008 BPS Principal/Headmaster Institute Office of Instructional & Information Technology (OIIT) Questions? L4L@bostonpublicschools.org

  2. Agenda • L4L Updates • Access: Customize your L4L • MacBook system preferences • Parallels • Inform: Communicate & collaborate • Video conferencing • Wikis & Blogs • Innovate: Create digital content • Podcasts • iLife – iMovie, iPhoto, GarageBand • Next Steps OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONAL & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (OIIT)

  3. Overview • Deployment Update • 4300 laptops deployed to teachers • Deploying 700+ at NTI & make-up sessions • MyLearningPlan (http://www.mylearningplan.com) • L4L Institute • 400-500 teachers participated in 30+ workshops • Fall PD available – Invite OIIT to your school! • Join the OIIT P/HM Advisory Committee • Dates posted soon on MyBPS • Starting in October • Tech & L4L Best Practices OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONAL & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (OIIT)

  4. Access • MacBook System Preferences • Customize the Dock • Exposé & Corners • Universal Access http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/ OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONAL & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (OIIT)

  5. Access • Parallels Preferences • Choose Your View • Single Screen • Coherence • Full Screen • Choose When to Open • Open automatically • Open when I decide http://www.parallels.com OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONAL & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (OIIT)

  6. Inform • Video conference with parents & colleagues • iChat (Available on MacBook Free with GoogleTalk) • Skype http://www.skype.com OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONAL & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (OIIT)

  7. Inform • Blog: A website that allows usually one person to post content (news, journal entries, information) in chronological order. More Info: Video tutorial on Blogs Resource: Blog rules for classroom blogging Get Started: http://www.blogger.com • Wiki: Comes from the Hawaiian phrase, “wiki, wiki,” which means “super fast.” It is a website that allows multiple people to add/update content and collaborate Online using the web. More Info: Video tutorial on Wikis Resource: Wikis in Education Get Started: http://www.wikispaces.com OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONAL & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (OIIT)

  8. Innovate • Podcasts: A way for people to share and/or subscribe to audio/video content over the web. Use your L4L laptop to create video bulletins, share instructional practices and bring digital curricula/content into your school. Resource: Video tutorial on Podcasting • RSS (Really Simple Syndication) A way to syndicate content on the web, allowing new content to be delivered to you when it available – like an online magazine subscription. OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONAL & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (OIIT)

  9. L4L Next Steps • Refresh knowledge of L4L Policies & Procedures • Invite OIIT to your school for L4L PD http://www.bostonpublicschools.org/techhelp/L4L/L4L_Summer.pdf • Visit the L4L website for tutorials & resources http://www.bostonpublicchools.org/techhelp/L4L.htm • Check out BPS Connect for podcasts from the P/HM Institute: http://connect.mybps.org OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONAL & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (OIIT)

  10. Contact OIIT • Kimberly Rice , CIO krice@bostonpublicschools.org • Melissa Dodd, Deputy CIO mdodd@bostonpublicschools.org • L4L Questions L4L@bostonpublicschools.org OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONAL & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (OIIT)

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