Carpinteria High School

• Library• MMC/ PC Lab• Mac Lab• Lunch tables• Play area• Restrooms

Academy Instructional Staff• Jan Marholin• Conni McIntyre• Gary Elkins• Martha McIntyre• Marla Viani

Academy Support• Debbie Hosseini• Julie Soto• Monica Shugart• Becky Gallup• Bev Sherman & Doris Smythe• Aaron LePlante and John

McClure– Our technology gurus!

Academy Overview

• Working together to build technology skills

• Learning about the Jason XV project – Rainforests at the Crossroads

• Creating a project to share on the last day

• Having fun!!!

The Project

• Web site with FrontPage or multimedia presentation with PowerPoint

• Topics from the Rainforest at the Crossroad program contents– See last week’s projects on our website at

techacademiesrus.com– Use the Internet to do research, find pictures and locate other

multimedia content

• Work with your team to complete project• Share your project on the last day with the other groups

and our visitors

Daily Activities

• Learning time – FrontPage, PowerPoint, Photoshop, digital cameras, scanning, Internet research

• Group time – presentations, decision-making, planning, lunch and snacks, free play

• Project time – research, creating, writing, building your project

• Presentation time – practice runs, for the audience on Thursday

Today’s Schedule

• Technology Skills Survey• Getting to Know You -

Technology Bingo• Learning FrontPage and

PowerPoint• Science activity from Jason

XV with Kim Castagna• Learning about multimedia• Forming groups and choosing

topics• Getting t-shirts

The Web Site

• www.techacademiesrus.com

• Project Ideas

• Research Links

• Support Links

• Staff and Sponsor Information

• Student Projects