Nicole Brondum’s Blog http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/nbrondum Nicole Brondum is a STAR member of the Discovery Educator Network Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:24:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 en 1st LA DEN Star Educator Event http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/nbrondum/2008/06/09/1st-la-den-star-educator-event/ http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/nbrondum/2008/06/09/1st-la-den-star-educator-event/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:34:09 +0000 Nicole Brondum http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/nbrondum/2008/06/09/1st-la-den-star-educator-event/

LA DEN Star Educators

The first LA DEN Star Educator Event at the Audubon Zoo was a SUCCESS!!!  We all had a great time touring the zoo and creating our Photo Story projects.  Exchanging ideas and sharing technology knowledge added another dimension to the event.  We are all looking forward to our next opportunity to collaborate with other STAR Educators.  View the Photo Story below to see to see the highlights of our day. . .

LA DEN Star Educator’s Event at The Audubon Zoo

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Within the following post are files that will help you set up your GPS fieldtrip.  I have broken it up into categories that will help you find the files you need. 

Special thanks to Tracie Spicuzza for lending us all of her hard work.  Great job Tracie.  Without you, these resources would not be available to us all!

If you need any assistance with setting up your fieldtrip or questions about the information posted here, please feel free to email us at nicole.brondum@jppss.k12.la.us or traciespicuzza@jppss.k12.la.us.

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These files will help you set up your fieldtrip. 

Student Jobs for GPS Fieldtrip

Technical Jobs for Follow Up Photo Story

Team Labels for Folders

Teacher’s Cheat Sheet

Coordinates for Audubon Zoo and Group Coordinates

Logs for Lower Elementary Students

Logs for Upper Elementary Students

Example of Coordinates and Phyiscal Location Description

Lesson Rubrics

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This information is to help you learn about the GPS Unit.

Recording Waypoints

Quick Tips for the GPS Unit

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Here is the information needed to teach your students how to use a GPS unit. 

PowerPoint on Setting the GPS system

Intro for the Day of the Fieldtrip

Introduction PowerPoint to Teach Students Geocaching

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When planning a GPS fieldtrip for younger students, parents are essential to the fieldtrips success.  Below are the files to help you inservice the parents.

Video that is included in PowerPoint Guide

PowerPoint for Inservicing the Parents

Parents Guide for the GPS

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  1. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads . 
  2. Under the title New Downloads, click Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats.  This will bring you to the download page.
  3. Click on the silver Download button
  4. Click Run
  5. Follow the Install prompts.

      Now, when you need to open a Microsoft 2007 document, it will automatically be converted to Microsoft 2003.      

       Already using Microsoft 2007?  For the ease of others, please save your work as a Microsoft 97-2003 document.  Here’s how to do that…

  1. Click on the Office Button located in the top left hand corner.
  2. Click Save As
  3. Click Word, Excel, or PowerPoint 97- 2003 document
  4. Continue to save your document as you normally would

             Now when you send something to someone who does not know about the compatibility pack and does not have Microsoft 2007, they can open your documents.  Once you get used to saving your 07 documents this way, it is really simple and quickly becomes habit. 

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