Technology Scavenger Hunt

  Working in pairs, you will complete the following tasks:

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Pre	Before the inservice, open your email, went to the website for the summer institute, and read the agenda for the workshop.		
1	Using a digital camera, take a picture of a tessellation or repeating geometric pattern.		
2	Use a scanner to scan a picture and save it to a word document.		
3	Use a digital video camera to take 20 seconds of footage.		
4	Create a poem or a short paragraph about patterns around us using Word.		
5	Make a slide in PowerPoint using text and Clip Art.		
6	Use EBSCO periodical database to find an article.   Email the article to your staff.ednet.ns.ca mail account.		
7	Add your ideas to an Inspiration document. 		
8	Open http://staff.ednet.ns.ca/ and login to your email account. Send a message to us about whether today’s activities are helpful.		
9	Find a part of the Learning Outcomes Framework from the Department of Education online website.		
10	Make the computer work! Start up the computer to check your work. Then shut down and put everything back the way you found it for the next group. (Hint: check all the cables to ensure that everything is connected correctly.)		
11	Find digital images using the ImagesProject.		

Station 1
Digital Still Camera

1.	Use the digital camera provided at the station to take a picture.
2.	Your picture should be an example of a tessellation or another type of geometric pattern.
3.	Look for good examples you could use with students in your classroom.
4.	Pictures taken this way could be used for making a presentation of students’ work.

Station 2
Scanner

1.	Place the picture face down on the glass plate (just like using a photocopier) and close the cover.
2.	If your scanner is connected to a Windows XP machine, go to the Start menu, choose Programs  Accessories  Scanner and Camera Wizard.
3.	Click the Next button to move to the scanner screen. Select the type of image you are scanning on the left side, and click the Preview button below the gray image in the right window.
4.	Use the “handles” in the corners of the preview image to adjust the size of the scanned picture. When you are ready, click the Next button.
5.	At the new screen, there are three steps:
1)	Give your picture (or group of pictures) a name. 
2)	The file format that will work best for most situations is JPG.
3)	The best place to save these is the folder called “My Pictures”.
6.	When you click the Next button, the scanner will start. When it is done, choose the option to do nothing and click Next. You will then be able to open the folder with your picture in it.
7.	Open Word. Go to the Insert menu and choose Picture  From File. Find your folder in My Pictures where you saved your scanned picture, double click to open it and choose your scan.
8.	Click on the Insert button. Your scan will appear on your page in Word. Use your name to save this file. 
9.	Close the scanner wizard and Word for the next group.

Station 3
Digital Video Camera

1.	Use the video camera at this station to take about 20 to 30 seconds of footage.
2.	You can choose to video the groups working at the stations, each other, or any other topic of your choice.
3.	Try to hold the camera steady as you shoot.
4.	Experiment with zoom in and zoom out as you use the camera.
5.	Leave the footage in the camera for later reference.

Station 4
Word

1.	Start Microsoft Word. A new document will open automatically.
2.	Type a poem or a short paragraph about patterns around us.
3.	When you are finished, think of a title you would like to give your work.
4.	Go to the Insert menu, choose Picture and then select WordArt from the list.
5.	Click on the style of word art you would like to use and then click OK.
6.	In the next window, type the title for your work. Click OK.
7.	Your title will appear on your page in the style you chose. 
8.	To move the title into position, click once on it and hold the mouse button down. As long as the button is pressed, the word art will move around on the screen. Put it where you want it, and let go of the mouse button.
9.	If you wish, you could insert a picture or clip art into your document.
10.	To save your work, go to File and choose “Save as”. Use your name as the filename. It will probably save in the folder “My Documents”.

Station 5
PowerPoint

1.	Find “PowerPoint_start.ppt” on the desktop. Double-click on it to open it in PowerPoint.
2.	Go to the Insert menu and choose “New Slide.” A set of layout choices will appear. Choose the layout in the bottom left of the window (see highlighted square in the picture below). Click OK to make your slide.
3.	In the title bar, type your partner’s name.
4.	Double-click in the clip art section of the slide. This opens the Clip Art Library. Browse through the categories to find an image that tells something about your partner.
1)	Use the back arrow in the Clip Art Library to return to the main selections and change categories.
2)	When you have chosen your image, click once on it and select the first button (Insert clip) in the little menu that appears.
5.	In the box on the left side of your slide, type some information about your partner.
6.	After you both have made a new slide, save your work (go to the File menu and choose Save) and then close PowerPoint.

Station 6
EBSCO

1.	Open an internet browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape).  Go to http://search.epnet.com. Choose EBSCOhost Web. 
2.	You are going to search the Professional Collection.  Click once on the box beside Canadian Reference Centre to deselect it.  Scroll down to “Professional Development Collection” and click in the box beside it.  Scroll back to the top and select “Continue”.  
3.	In the search box enter the following search phrase “technology integration and reading”.  You should get mare than 10 results. Find an article titled: “Integrating Technology Into a Reading Program.” This will bring up the article and its bibliographic information. 

4.	Email the article to your staff email account.  
5.	Type in a relevant title so that you will know what this is next time you are checking your email.
6.	Close the browser so that the computer is ready for the next person.

Station 7
Inspiration

1.	Find “Literacy.ins” on the desktop. Double-click on it to open it in Inspiration.
2.	Click once on the main symbol (Literacy) to select it.
3.	Click on the RapidFire  button in the toolbar.
4.	A red lightning bolt will appear at the end of the word “Literacy” in the symbol.
5.	As long as the lightning bolt is in this text box, you can type new ideas. Press the Enter key (“Return” on a Macintosh computer) at the end of each new idea. 
6.	Every time you press the Enter key, a new symbol will appear with the idea you typed in it. 
7.	Make sure both you and your partner add at least two new ideas and symbols.
8.	You can change a symbol to a new picture:
a.	Click on the symbol you wish to change so it is selected (little red marks at the corners and centers of each side)
b.	Choose a new symbol from one of the symbol libraries in the symbol palette.
c.	The new symbol will replace the old one.
9.	Go to the File menu and choose Save when you are finished. Close the program before leaving the station.

Station 8
Email

1.	Launch your browser and open http://staff.ednet.ns.ca.
2.	Login to your email account.
3.	Send a message to the leader of this workshop. Write about whether these activities today are helpful.
4.	Logout and close the browser for the next person.

Station 9
Finding a curriculum website

1.	Open an internet browser (Netscape or Internet Explorer). Go to http://ednet.ns.ca. Click on Educators in the list of choices on the screen.  
2.	Choose “Classroom & Curriculum Resources” from the choices provided.
3.	Choose “Curriculum-related web sites” from the next list.  
4.	Find a link appropriate to your grade or subject. Click to open it and see if it might be useful for your classroom.
5.	When you are finished, please close the browser for the next person to begin.

Station 10
Make the Computer Work!

1.	This computer is not working.
2.	Check it carefully and see if you can figure out why.
3.	Make sure you check all connections!
4.	When you have finished, turn the computer on to test your work.
5.	Please put everything back the way you found it, for the next group.

Station 11
ImagesProject

1.	Open a browser (Explorer or Netscape).  Go to http://lrt.ednet.ns.ca. Choose Photographs in the menu on the left.  Select “ImagesProject” from the choices in the second menu.  Click on “Search for Curriculum Images”. Type “Juan” in the search box and click “Search!”

2.	This will bring back several pages of images. Scroll to the bottom of the first page and choose “page 3”.  Find the picture of the crushed car on Beech Street.
3.	Click on this icon  on the right hand side of the screen. Choose “Open” from the choices that you are given to see an enlargement of the thumbnail.
4.	Close the browser for the next person to start again.