Introduction

• Staff
• Students

Texts and Articles

• A Whack on the Side of the Head, Roger Von Oech
• David Thornburg Articles
• ClarisWorks reference

Connections

• District e-mail account
• ISP account (by June 22)
  • saclink or private provider

Assignments

• Hot Seat Articles
• Problem Solving Project
• Database Lesson Plan

Nuts and Bolts

• Server
  • Folders and Files
• Yahoo Server
  • Attachments

Creative Thinking and Word Processing

• Synectics
• Metaphorical Thinking
• Integrated Writing Process
• Jumping into AppleWorks

Discussion

• Reflections on Problem Solving

NIM

• Introduction to NIM
  • What would John Dewey think?
  • Other links to John Dewey
• Online NIM

Word Processing for Everyone:

The Internet Factor

• GIFs and JPEGs
• Save as... Where?
• Copy and paste
• AppleWorks
• Netscape Composer
• Powerpoint
•  

Cocoa/Stagecast

Stagecast Download Site

Reading Assignment:

• Chapters 1 - 3
  • pgs. 3 - 70

HyperStudio

• Another way to word process!

Discussion

Types of thinking and problem solving in schools

1. Non-curricular
   • More NIM
   • Logic
   • More Logic
2. Software driven
3. Application driven
4. Curricular driven

Project Teams

Hot Seat Teams

Hands-on

• AppleWorks
• PageMill
• Cocoa
• Photoshop