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Project Planning Chart

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Writing Task

Connection to
ISTE NETS:
1, 2, 3, 4, 6

Idea Formation
(e.g., brainstorming, mindmaps, etc.)

Inspiration
Kidspiration
Bubbl.us
Smart Ideas
Wordle
Popplet
Google Docs		 Idea Sketch
Other iPad/iPod Apps

Structured Writing Task
(e.g., narrative,essay etc.)

 Pages/Word
Keynote/Powerpoint
Hyperstudio
Prezi.com
WordPress
Glogster
Word
Comic Life
Podcasts

Premier Elements
Storybird
iPad/iPod Apps
Bitstrips for Schools
Blogs
iMovie
Google Docs
Doodlebuddy
StoryKit

Wikis
Student E-Mail
Stripdesigners
Frames 4
Toontastic
StoryRobe

Writing Process
(e.g., collaborative editing, etc.)

 Blogs
Wikis
Storybird		 Keynote/PowerPoint
Pages/Word
iPad/iPod apps
 Google Docs
Google Sites

Reading Task

Connection to
ISTE NETS:
2, 3, 4

 Reading For Information/ Research
 Virtual Library
iPods/iPads
Blogs		 Podcasts
iPod/iPad Apps
Google Reader		 Quiki
WolframAlpha
E-Books
Reading For Understanding
 Inspiration
Podcasts
Glogster		 Digital Books
Wordles 		iPad/iPod Apps
Fluency
 Podcasts
iPods/iPads
Vokki
 Blabberize
Voice Thread
Skype		 iPod/iPad Apps
E-Books

Oral Language/ Presentation Task/ Media

Connection to
ISTE NETS:
1, 4, 5, 6

 Video/Graphics

Hyperstudio
iMovie
Keynote/Powerpoint
Picassa
iPhoto
Photoshop

 Prezi.com
Flickr
Creative Commons
Premiere Elements
Flash		 Piknik
TeacherTube
Picaboo
Frames 4
Audio
 Garageband
Audacity
Aviary		 Podcasts
Skype		 Le point du FLE
Voice Thread
Multimedia tools
 Keynote/Powerpoint
Garageband
Prezi.com
Animoto
Picasa
Premiere Elements
Pages/Word

Notebook
Frames 4
Google Presentation
Piknik
E-Books
Photoshop
Comic Life

iMovie
Glogster
Flickr
Bitstrips
Podcasts
Aviary
Skype

The Arts

 Garageband
Photoshop
Pages
Finale
Comic Life		 Bitstrips
Stripdesigner
Flash
Piknik
Aviary

Go Animate
Picasa
Wikis
Quiki

Mathematics

 Problem Solving Excel/Numbers
Geom. Sketchpad 		TinkerPlots/Fathom
Blogging		 Gizmos
TI Inspire
Reasoning and Proving Excel/Numbers Geom. Sketchpad
Reflecting Keynote/Powerpoint
Pages/Word		 Blogging Prezi.com
Selecting Tools and Computational Strategies

Geom. Sketchpad
TI Inspire

 Tinkerplots/Fathom
Graphing Calculators		 Gizmos
Excel/Numbers
Connecting Pages/Word
Excel/Numbers		 Blogging
Tinkerplots/Fathom		 Gizmos
WolframAlpha
Representing Keynote/Powerpoint
Excel/Numbers
 WolframAlpha		 Pages/Word
Geom. Sketchpad
Tinkerplots/Fathom
 Virtual Manipulatives		 Gizmos
Prezi.com
National Library
Communicating Keynote/Powerpoint
Excel/Numbers
Pages/Word		 Tinkerplots/Fathom
Prezi.com
Blogging		 Podcasting
iMovie

Inquiry
&
Research Projects

Connection to
ISTE NETS:
1, 3, 4, 5


 Exploring:
• Initiating Inquiry
• Choosing Topic
• Developing Questions

Smart Ideas
Inspiration
Kidspiration
Smart Board

 Library Learning Commons
Virtual Library
Library Catalogue
 Online Collaboration:
Blogs, Wikis,
Google Apps

Investigating:
• Designing a Plan
• Selecting Information
• Formulating a Focus

Library Learning Commons
Library Catalogue
Virtual Library

Search Engines, Directories
Online Reference, i.e., Wikipedia

iPods
Social Bookmarking:
Delicious,Diigo
Processing:
• Analyzing Information
• Evaluating Ideas
• Organizing and  Synthesizing Findings		 Smart Ideas
Inspiration
Kidspiration
Smart Board		 Library Learning Commons
Online Environment & Digital Citizenship:Academic Honesty, Plagiarism, Copyright- Issues & Resources

Creating:
• Making and Presenting Products
• Extending and Transferring Learning

Keynote/Powerpoint
Prezi.com
Pages/Word

 Comic LIfe
Bitsrips
Frames 4
iMovie

Podcasting-Garageband Audacity
Premiere Elements

Digital Citizenship
Support

Connection to
ISTE NETS:
5

 Learning about:
• safe, legal and responsible use of IT		 • A variety of online resources and publications
• Library Learning Commons & Virtual Library
• NETS for students, teachers, administrators
• Digital compass, license

Developing:
• a positive attitude
toward technology
• collaboration skills
• leadership for digital
citizenship
• personal responsibility
for life-long learning

 • Online collaboration tools – blogs, wikis, podcasts, Nings, Google docs, Googlewave, backchannel tools, social bookmarking, etc.
• Social networking sites – Facebook, Twitter, MSN, etc.
• Global collaboration – iEarn, TakingITGlobal, ePals, etc.
• Other web 2.0 tools – Glogster, Picturetrail, Magnetic poetry,
Puzzlemaker, Artist’s toolkit, etc.
• copyright-friendly music, pictures
• http://library.wrdsb.ca/research/digital-citizenship

Technical Learning Opportunity

Connection to
ISTE NETS:
1, 3, 4, 6

 Mapping/Geography
 GPS
Google Earth		 Geocaching
Tinkerplots		 Google Maps
Robotics/Science
 Lego Mindstorms
Picbasic Pro
Autodesk Maya		 Gizmos
Autocad
Flash		 Google Sketch-up
Lightwave
Dreamweaver

Special Education Support

Connection to
ISTE NETS:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

 (e.g., Universal Design, accommodating learning needs & exceptionalities) Kurzweil
Dragon
iPods/iPads
E-Books
Kidspiration
Inspiration		 Ghostwriter
BoardMaker
Co:Writer
Switches
Smart Ideas

 Write Out Loud
LiveScribe

Classroom Admin. Support

Connection to
ISTE NETS:
2, 4, 5, 6

 (e.g., classroom management, lesson planning, etc.)
 iCal
Rapid Web Design
Pages/Word
Paperdesk
Livebinders

Smartboard
Document Cameras
iPods

 Google Sites
Dropbox
School Connect – dual platform

Web 2.0/ Collaboration Idea

Connection to
ISTE NETS:
2, 4

 (e.g., Students/students, teachers/teachers, students/teachers)
 Wikis
Blogs
WaterWorks
Student Email
Workspaces
Twitter
Facebook
Today’s Meet

Moodle
Livebinder
Voicethread
Edmodo
Flipboard
Voki
Chat/Talk

Online Collaboration tools
(e.g. Googledocs)

Bookmarking sites
(e.g.Diigo, Delicious)

Aggregation sites (e.g. Reeder, Google Reader)

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