Born in 1984

Hi, my name is Christine I am the Elementary ICT Facilitator and Professional Learning Coach at Yokohama International School. I support and train elementary teachers in information and internet literacies. I also advise the Student Tech Team, a group of 20 students from the middle and high school who assist teachers and their peers with technology integrated projects during class. My role as the Learning Orientation Facilitator is to welcome you to YIS and introduce you to the technologies available at school.

As you can see below I have outlined in detail what we will be going through. Ideally, I would like to get through all but realistically we will go through the items below depending on the pace of the group. What will help everyone is if you take some time before Monday, August 10 to look through the schedule below.

I will meet you in the Staff Room (M214) on Monday, August 10 at 10:00am. The plan is to end at 3:00pm, with lunch in-between. See you soon

Nick (Summer Tech Assistant) and I will also be following up with you between August 17-20 in your classrooms to see if you have any follow-up questions regarding technologies at YIS.

Christine.

Morning (10:00am-12:00pm)

Introductions: Who we are

• Name & last school(s)
• Favorite online tool(s) used in the classroom
• Book(s)/stuff you are reading right now or want to read

Housekeeping & Policies: Sharing responsibility

• Each full-time teacher is loaned a New Macbook (9 full-time teachers)
• Each part-time/substitute teacher is loaned an iBook (2 part-time/substitute teachers)
• Place a label with number + mark up number under battery + ’side’ of computer
• Sign Hardware Acceptance Form
• Go through Acceptable Use Policies (General & Student)

Standards: YIS learning goals

• AERO Standards
• Librarians wiki Project

YIS Instructional Technology Basics

• Set up a wireless connection on the laptop computer
• Change your password on the Server & log onto the Server
  [NOTE: Type & add 'Server' for campus use and 'server.yismail.com' for off-campus use. Or open this page in Safari & click Server tab to connect to the Server.]
• Be familiar with System Preferences to customize your laptop
• Run Software Updates regularly
• For more advanced users: Run Disk Permissions Repair & Repair Disk through Disk Utility on your Startup Disk. And some Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts.

[IMPORTANT: Printer, Server, Portal, Teacher Access use the SAME username + password. Use the SAME username for FirstClass but you must change your password separately. Please change your passwords frequently. Some password security tips.]

Getting Tech Help: Some tips
How to get Technology Help at school both Technical and Pedagogical

• All requests go through the YIS Help Desk
• Technical Inquiries
  - Brian Instructional Technology Director (Oversees YIS IT Department. Supervisor to Genki & Christine)
  - Genki Network Administrator (Troubleshooting: Data Server, Mail Server, and/or Printer issues)
  - A/V Equipment (All requests for VCR/DVD, speakers, microphone, night/weekend audio teacher or student events go through YIS Help Desk)
• Pedagogical Inquiries
  - Christine Elementary ICT Facilitator
  - Colin Middle School Curriculum Coordinator
  - Stephen High School Curriculum and IB Coordinator
  - Brian assists Middle/High School teachers/students
  - Genki assists Middle/High School teachers/students
• During Class
  Teaching Assistants & Christine (Elementary)
  Student Tech Team (Middle/High)
• Online
  Atomic Learning
  Apple Discussions
  ‘Google it’
• Outside YIS
  Apple Retail Store one to one
  Christine’s Saturday workshops September 26-December 5
• Other Instructional Technology Tutorials can be found on the Server > Faculty Resources > Shared > IT Resources

Where things are

• Maps of printers, copy machines, computers, scanners
• How to print & scan
• Projectors & Display Preferences
• Classroom & building technology list

Lunch (12:00pm-1:00pm)

Afternoon (1:00pm-3:00pm)

1. Connect to the Server > Go to Faculty Resources > Shared > IT Resources > Software 2008-2010 > New Teachers 09-10
2. Download + Install + Setup FirstClass Client + Login
   [NOTE: To Setup FirstClass Server click Advanced and Type 'www.yismail.com']
3. From the Server Download + Install + Open Firefox
4. Log into FirstClass Online using Firefox or Safari
5. Log into Portal using Firefox
   - Update Profile
   - Group Work: Practice uploading resources & media to portal
6. From the Server Drag FileMaker Pro 9 to Applications folder + Drag Teacher Access Shortcut to Documents folder + Login using Teacher Access Shortcut
7. From the Server Download + Install + Open OpenOffice
8. From the Server Download + Custom Install + Open Microsoft Office (Both Mac versions 2004 & 2008 are available.)
9. From the Server Download + Install + Open iWork (iWork 08 is available to all users & is required for Elementary & recommended for all users.)
10. From the Server Download + Install Undercover
11. Run Software Updates

YIS Technology Integrated Projects: Putting an edge to your teaching

• New Teachers: Sharing ideas for teaching with technology
• Introduce EduTech Projects & Blogs 2008-2009 + Middle School Learning Hub
• Web 2.0 YIS uses
  Edublogs Teachers
  Edublogs Campus Learning Hub
  Voicethread
  YouTube
  Vimeo HD
  Livestream
  Flickr
  Facebook
  Twitter
  Wiki
  Google Apps
• EduTech Events 2009-2010
  21 Century Learning Conference September 17-19, 2009 at Hong Kong International School
  Bridging the Gap Conference November 19-21, 2009 at Yokohama International School
  Japan ASCD Try I.T. On Monday Workshops April 2010 at Nishimachi International School