Slide 2 Do Something Extraordinary With Nothing Out of the
Ordinary Arnold Sooknanan | May 8 th, 2009 Slide 3 Presentation
Agenda An introduction to the Hive. Why am I here? Buzziness from
the Hive Projects to bee proud of. Managing your technology diet.
Whats up next? Slide 4 Arnold Sooknanan Junior Teacher; Technology
Lead Teacher @ Slide 5 An introduction to the Hive Slide 6 Why am I
here? I got tired of hearing the saying Think outside of the box.
Why not start with thinking inside the classroom instead? I decided
to turn my box into my soapbox. Slide 7 Tools for Today Slide 8
Technology..Old School! Back in the day Slide 9 Back to the Basics
Starting Point - Creativity Slide 10 Back to the Basics Starting
Point Your students Photo intentionally removed Slide 11 Signs of
Success Let me show you how Said, or said to you? Sometimes I get
knocked off my soapbox. The lie factor. Slide 12 In Practice Blah,
blah, blah It was dark as he walked down the stairs. He started to
breath heavily with fear. As he got closer to where the noise was
coming from, the monster started to shake with excitement. He shook
with anxious nervousness. Things were about to take a turn.
Suddenly the vision of the monster came into the light and he was
greeted with Now watch this: Slide 13 Innovation Project Author
This! Route 55 Imagine Peace Next Steps Moodle Buzziness from the
Hive Projects to Bee Proud of Slide 14 Imagine Peace Task: Create a
Remembrance Day Presentation Expectation: A PowerPoint slide show
Outcome: Movie Maker? You have the power and you made your point.
Slide 15 Imagine Peace Slide 16 Moodle What is it? Stands for
Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment In its
simplest form it is course management software used to create
online learning environments. How do we use it? Slide 17 The 4|5
Hive Moodle Post and share documents. Collaborate on projects.
Engage and enable students. Slide 18 Route Task: Environcational
Research Project linked to the Grade 5 Science Curriculum |
Conservation of Energy and Resources Expectation: Paper reports,
Bristol board presentations, PowerPoint slide shows Outcome:2009
York Region DSB Environmental Award Slide 19 Route Sustainability
Initiatives Our Community To School School Team Olive Team Shamrock
Team Lime To Our Community Team Pine Future To Initiatives Team
Moss Home Good Things Come in 5s on To Sustainability Slide 20 The
Word on Word Published author visit. I used Microsoft Word. Slide
21 Author This! Task: Write a book Condition: Write from the heart!
Expectation: on-line MS Word files; printed/written paper and duo
tang. Outcome: How many copies can I sign you up for? Slide 22
Author This! 29 typed assignments. Wide range of variety in genres.
Four published books. Tools used: Slide 23 The Story of Maverick
and Zoia Maverick and Zoia were best buds. They liked working
together. Then one day, they had a disagreement. They took their
stalemate to a mediator who said, How about we embed Zioas
MovieMaker file into Mavericks PowerPoint file? In end, the boys
again became best buds, group members and parents were happy which
made their teacher happy. The End. Slide 24 Nineteen on the Park
Building By: Maverick. D., Hunter. J., Zoia. G., Kalyassa. M. Slide
25 The Clock Tower (see video) Slide 26 Innovation Project Slide 27
A school-wide project to celebrate Stouffvilles past, present and
future The 4|5 Hives contribution highlighted Stouffvilles
landmarks (linked to Math curriculum) Tools: MS PowerPoint, Windows
Movie Maker, Digital Cameras, Scanner, MS Word, Internet Slide 28
Stouffville Landmarks - by 4|5 S Slide 29 Come into the past,
present and future with us. Have you ever thought how the fire hall
got started in Stouffville? We know. Let us show you. So pack your
bags and come with us on an adventure of a life time. Stouffville
Fire Hall Slide 30 The Technology Diet Serve yourself YOUR slice of
the pie. Share some with others. Save some for later. Slide 31 61
Desktool Applications Slide 32 (Too) Many Applications Slide 33
Whats up next? Google is NOT the answer! Special Education Focus.
Dont ask me, ask THEM!
