Beginning+Stage


 * "Beginning Stage"** - technology integration techniques that require minimal preparation and/or implementation time. Procedures include, but are not limited to:
 * Opening Activities ("Warm-Ups")
 * Note-Taking via Word and/or Powerpoint
 * Posting Worksheets Online
 * Closing Activities (short responses or assessments)

OPENING ACTIVITY
Use the picture below to answer the following questions:


 * 1) Which "letters" display a RIGHT angle?
 * 2) Which "letters" display an ACUTE angle?
 * 3) Which "letters" display an OBTUSE angle?

**How To Do This:** From the wiki page, select EDIT...FILE...Under the "Insert File" tab, select UPLOAD FILES ~ Select the picture from your desktop ~ Align accordingly ~ SAVE



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 * Quick Suggestion:**At the beginning of the semester, walk the students through their creation of a FOLDER specifically for your course. This will allow them to always have access to those files regardless of whether they have internet connectivity. =====

NOTE-TAKING via WORD
Click on the link and select OPEN. Once you have completed the notes in its entirety, SAVE the document in the "Notes" folder.

**How To Do This:** From the wiki page, select EDIT...FILE...Under the "Insert File" tab, select UPLOAD FILES ~ Select the document from your desktop ~ SAVE

**Another Quick Suggestion:** If you ever need to convert a Word file to a PDF or if you'd like to edit a PDF, the site [|www.doc2pdf.net] allows you to easily convert from one format to another. = ﻿ NOTE-TAKING via POWERPOINT = You can link the powerpoint file just as the previous example OR you can embed the powerpoint using SlideShare media type="custom" key="8307496" align="center"

**How To Do This:** The powerpoint was created using Microsoft Powerpoint and uploaded to [|www.slideshare.com] ~ Copy the HTML code provided ~ On the wiki page, click EDIT...WIDGET...OTHER HTML ~ Paste the code ~ SAVE

POSTING WORKSHEETS ONLINE
Complete the following problems on your own sheet of paper. SHOW ALL WORK! In order for the worksheet to be embedded on the Wikispace, it must be saved as an image otherwise, it will be accessible only through a link as in the example above. This can be done by
 * How To Do This: **
 * 1)  Converting the document into a picture file (JPEG, GIF, TIF) using a converter like suggested, or
 * 2)  Using a document scanner which allows you to choose the saving format

Once, you've done that - From the wiki page, select EDIT...FILE...Under the "Insert File" tab, select UPLOAD FILES ~ Select the document from your desktop ~ SAVE

CLOSING ACTIVITY
Based on what we learned today about linear equations, answer the following questions pertaining to slope. media type="custom" key="6730681" align="center"

**How To Do This:** The survey was created via GoogleDocs (with an active Google account, create a FORM) ~ Copy the HTML code provided ~ On the wiki page, click EDIT...WIDGET...OTHER HTML ~ Paste the code ~ SAVE