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Connected Tech Helping teach technologyapplications in the core curriculum

Getting Started Guide

Classroom Connect®

Connected Tech Helping teach technologyapplications in the core curriculum

Getting Started Guide

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What are educators saying about Connected Tech?

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I have received my own kits for

Connected Tech and am as happy

as a lark. I have been working toward

this end for eight years and your

company has made my life a little less

stressful with an outstanding

INTEGRATED program.

Technology should not be another

thing to try to teach, but a way to

integrate and enhance your students’

acquisition of the learning being

addressed to support local results.

Teaching and learning are more

effective and fun through the use

of technology!—Cynthia BayukProgram Coordinator for Staff Development and Assessment

—Tracy W. JacksonTeacher

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What’s in this guide?

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About Connected TechWhat is Connected Tech?

What does Connected Tech provide?

What types of resources are there?

What do Connected Tech resources include?

How do my students use Connected Tech?

What work do students create?

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Activation and Sign-in How do I activate my subscription?

How do my students and I sign in?

Student sign-in cards

What kind of help is there?

Additional help

Using Connected TechHow do I use Connected Tech?

Where do I start?

How else can I find resources?

How can I evaluate my choices?

How do I assign a resource?

How do I teach with Connected Tech?

What types of assessments are there?

How do I keep track of what I taught?

What is Connected Tech?

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Whether you’re a computer novice or a technology expert, Connected Tech…

• Is easy to use,

• Saves planning time,

• Fits seamlessly into your current curriculum,

• Contributes to overall student achievement in core subjects,

• Improves technology literacy, and

• Motivates students to learn!

The best way to prepare students for their future is to equip them with the technology

skills they need to succeed. That’s why Classroom Connect created Connected Tech,

a Web-based, instructional program that teaches students real software applications

as they explore concepts in reading and language arts, math, science, and social studies.

What does Connected Tech provide?

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Connected Tech is for you and your students. There is a teacher view where you choose grade-specificresources, and there is an age-appropriate student view where your choices are presented to students.Connected Tech provides this in an online program that you and your students view over the Internet.

Teacher View Student View

Teacher view Student view

You get…• Hundreds of ready-made, K–8 resources that integrate

technology into the core curriculum,

• Detailed lesson plans and a Teacher’s Guide to guide you in using technology in the classroom, and

• Tools to choose and keep track of the activities your students use.

Students get…• A shared home page with engaging, age-appropriate

activities that you choose,

• Step-by-step instructions, examples, and ready-to-usetemplates for real software applications, and

• Just-in-time tips to help them along the way.

What types of resources are there?

Connected Tech offers a variety of resources designed with your busy schedule in mind. With little or nocomputer experience, the resources help you successfully integrate technology into your curriculum.


Tutorials introduce thebasics of popular softwareapplications and othertechnology topics.

Tutorials

Resources to Teach Technology SkillsResources to Teach a Technology Integration Curriculum

Helpful Tips provide just-in-time support as students use software applications and step through activities.

Helpful Tips

Lessons provide practicein technology skills andintegrate key concepts inreading and languagearts, math, science, andsocial studies.

Lessons

Projects give studentsthe opportunity to applytechnology skills inmultidisciplinary, open-ended activities.

Projects

Supporting Resources

The Web Library provides links to more than 11,000 prescreened Web sites.

The Glossary defines hundreds of common technical terms.

For example:

• Learn to Use Microsoft® Word

• Learn to Use HyperStudio®

• Learn to Use AppleWorks®

For example:

• Check Spelling

• Cite Internet Sources

• Copy and Paste Data

For example:

• Second-graders make a slide show explaining how to make cookies.

For example:

• Fifth-graders collaborate to create a Civil War newspaper using desktop publishing skills.

What do Connected Tech resources include?

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Connected Tech’s resources include step-by-step teaching procedures, tips to adapt instruction, andassessments. Classroom Connect has correlated the resources to the ISTE NETS•S—the NationalEducational Technology Standards for Students.

Each resource includes a detailed lesson plan.

Teaching procedure

Assessment

Technology standards

How do my students use Connected Tech?

Students see only the age-appropriate student view with the activities you choose. They have fun clicking through the illustrated, step-by-step instructions and get hands-on experience and help as they use real software applications to create work.


Students follow age-appropriate instructions to create work using real software applications.

Grade 5 student activity

In-progress student work

AppleWorks Presentation

Students get timelyand relevant helpwith technology.

What work do students create?

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Your students will be excited to show off the work they create and the technology skills they learn.Here is some work created by real students after completing Connected Tech activities.

Presentation created by a fifth-grader

Book illustration created by a first-grader

Poster created by a sixth-grader

AppleWorks Presentation

Microsoft Word

HyperStudio

How do I use Connected Tech?

Planning and teaching with technology are easy with Connected Tech. You find resources, assignappropriate activities to your students, teach using the comprehensive lesson plans, and assessstudents using checklists, quizzes, and rubrics.


Find Look through Connected Tech’s

resources, reviewing the lesson

plans and student activities.

AssignAssign those activities that

meet your current teaching

objectives.

TeachFollow the lesson plans to

prepare and introduce the

material, then provide

support as students step

through instructions.

AssessUse the assessment resources

to determine student mastery

of lesson objectives and

technology skills.

Where do I start?

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Connected Tech’s Ready to Go! SetsTM are a great place to start. These collections of resources take careof planning and pacing for the entire school year. In just one hour a week you can teach the Ready to Go!Sets for your grade level and cover all the technology standards.

Ready to Go! Sets take care ofplanning and pacing for you.

Grade 4 Ready to Go! Set

Find Assign Teach Assess

How else can I find resources?

You can also quickly find resources using the easy-to-navigate resource catalog. Find a math activity that uses spreadsheets or a word processing activity for reading and language arts.The right resource is just a click away!


Find resources by subject, technology topic,or software application.

Find resources bytechnology topic.

Find resourcesby subject.

Find resources

Find resources by software application.


How can I evaluate my choices?

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As you look for resources, summaries help you quickly find the right match for your curriculum. In a click you can read the lesson plan or take a look at the student activity. Or, flag resources that you wantto come back to later.

Review the lesson plan andstudent activity. Or, flag itfor later.

See the studentinstructions. Flag this resource

for later.

Word processing resources

Lesson plan


How do I assign a resource?

Just look for the Assign button to add an activity to the student view. In one glance, you see what youassigned and when.


Click the Assign button to add an activity to the student view.

Current assignments Student home page


How do I teach with Connected Tech?

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Use Connected Tech just like your other favorite teaching resources—follow the lesson plan to prepareand gather materials, introduce the activity to your students, then provide guidance as they work.Connected Tech helps you teach technology with confidence.

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Integrate technology into your normal routine by following the lesson plan. Confidently answer questions by reviewing the student instructions beforehand.


Built-in Technology and Content Assessments Stand-alone Technology Assessments

What types of assessments are there?

Connected Tech’s assessments inform your instructional decisions and help you evaluate student skills. You can assign technology-related assessments to your students, or evaluate their technology and content skills using the built-in assessments.


Self-assessment checklists allow students to evaluate theirown technology skills before orafter activities.

Quizzes assess how much students know about a particular technology afterthey’ve had several experiences with it.

Self-AssessmentChecklists

Quizzes

Assessment checklists help you determine if studentsmet activity objectives.

Rubrics help you clarify what is expected of students andassess their work.

Assessment Checklists Rubrics

Grade 1 project rubric Grades K–2 word processing quiz


How do I keep track of what I taught?

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Connected Tech keeps track of your assignments and the technology standards they addressed. As theyear progresses, remove old assignments when students are finished, then use the Tech StandardsReport to help you identify what to teach next.

Review your past assignmentsand the Tech Standards Report.

Grades 3–5 Tech Standards Report

Remove finishedassignments.

Current assignments

See your past assignments.

How do I activate my subscription?

Activate your subscription today! It’s easy and you only have to do it once. In just a few minutes, you’ll befinding and assigning activities you can use now.


Connected Tech sign-in page

Step 1 Go to the ConnectedTech Web site.

Step 2

Step 3 Create your profile.

This is where you createyour user name andpassword.

Activate your subscription.

Your activation code was sent to you by your localadministrator.

How do my students and I sign in?

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You and your students follow the same steps to sign in, but you see the teacher view and they see thestudent view. You created your user name and password when you activated your subscription. Wecreated a shared user name and password for your students. Find it under My Profile, after you sign in.

Step 1 Go to the ConnectedTech Web site.

You Students

Teacher view Student view

Step 2 Sign in!

Student sign-in cards

Copy and fill out these handy student sign-in cards and attach them to the

computers your students use.


Connected Tech Sign-in

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User Name:

Password:



User Name:

Password:



User Name:

Password:



User Name:

Password:



User Name:

Password:



User Name:

Password:

Help Using Connected TechHelp Integrating Connected Tech IntoYour Classroom

What kind of help is there?

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Refer to the Help to answer your questions about how to use Connected Tech. Or, look in the Teacher’sGuide for guidance about using technology in your classroom. Help is right at your fingertips.

Help

The Help provides step-by-step instructions for how tofind resources, how to change your password, how toprint a lesson plan, and much more!

The Teacher’s Guide describes how Connected Tech’sresources correlate to the ISTE NETS•S, and providesstrategies for making the most of Connected Tech inyour classroom.

Teacher’s Guide

Additional help


For technical questions…

Contact technical support between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m., Eastern Standard Time.

• Call 1-800-638-1639, select option 3

• Send an email to [email protected]

For activation issues or billing inquiries…

Contact customer service between 8:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., Eastern Standard Time.

• Call 1-800-638-1639, select option 2

• Send an email to [email protected]

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