National Speaker Meg Ormiston

Shari Beier, CYSS Tech Coordinator

It is not about the boxes and wires or the cable in the walls. Technology in schools needs to serve as a tool to transform teaching and learning. This is not going to happen by osmosis and not every staff member will become a Webmaster.
Instead we need to empower learners of all ages with the skills needed to be successful in an ever-changing world. New expectations, professional development and a clear focus on student achievement, is a start. This workshop will arm you with practical ways to return to school and transform teaching and learning.
National speaker Meg Ormiston is a leader in the field of education and technology, inspiring thousands of teachers each year all over the world! Meg is an author, teacher, curriculum consultant, school board member and professional development designer. Meg is just a few years out of the classroom and makes every presentation practical, fun and manageable for classroom teachers.
Diocesan Courses of Study

Meg’s Web Site

http://www.techteachers.com/ My Web site

http://www.techteachers.com/resourcetable.htm My digital filing cabinet

http://www.techteachers.com/conferences/techtoledojune05.htm Our page of links.

 

Our Community Lesson Plans

http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=5597  Our community helpers lesson.

http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=10625 Our community maps.

http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/lessons/touring_school.html Touring our School.

http://maps.google.com/ Maps by Google.

 

Geometry in Third Grade

http://www.uen.org/themepark/patterns/geometry.shtml Visit the geometry Theme Park.

http://www.scienceu.com/geometry/ The Geometry Center.

http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/junkyard/topic.html The geometry junkyard

http://www97.intel.com/odyssey/Story.aspx?storyid=167 Digital cameras and circumference.

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html Geoboards.

 

Fourth Grade Ohio Study

http://www.google.com/advanced_search Google advanced search.

http://www.ohiowetlands.org/ Ohio Wetlands

 

 

 

Make a Movie

 

http://www.makeamovie.net/lc/onlinecomm.html Write a script.

http://www.makeamovie.net/lc/movies/mobridge_large.mov The movie clip.

 

We Didn’t Start the Fire

http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/resources/decades/ The Decades project Links.

http://www.unit5.org/towandaimc/music_through_the_decades_projec.htm Music through the decades.

http://www3.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/ryn/teams/02crew/decades1.html Rubric for the project.

 

 

Science

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/ Virtual Frog Dissection.

http://www.brainpop.com/ Brain Pop.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ The Exploratorium.

http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp The Virtual body.

 

Plate Tectonics

http://www.extremescience.com/PlateTectonicsmap.htm Simplified text for students to manipulate and gather information.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/anim2.html Animation.

http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/A32.gif Animations.

http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/ Large collections of animations.

http://www.google.com/advanced_search Google advanced searching.

http://www.quia.com/cb/28697.html Jeopardy Game for assessment.

Primary Source Documents

http://everest.open.ac.uk/index.php Mt. Everest Blog

Lattitude and Longitude

http://www.funbrain.com/co/index.html Funbrain game

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/01/g68/mapmaking.html lesson Plan