Students With Abilities in Technology

Your school has done a "stellar" job of implementing technology as a tool to support the curriculum.  Although you have provided outstanding inservice training for your school, there are still teachers who come to you with technology troubleshooting questions.  Select any one of the SWAT scenarios and prepare a brief, succinct 5-10 minute presentation addressing how you would solve these troubleshooting problems.  Be sure to include a jobaid (step-by-step directions) outlining how to solve your SWAT scenario.  You may need to include screendumps to illustrate your solution.

If you cannot find a scenario that interests you then you may prepare a presentation teaching the Stellar School District about a new software application program, a new CD-ROM, an interesting website (see calendar 5406 or 5408 for potential URLs), new hardware devices or peripherals. Please be sure to confirm your idea with your W310 instructor.

1. "My PowerPoint presentation is too large for my disk.  What do I do?"

2. "Which is better, HyperStudio or PowerPoint?"

3. "How come I can only fit one digital picture on my diskette?  How can I fit more than one digital picture on my diskette?"

4. "I read in a technology magazine that there is a way to have a conference with someone far away on your computer and see them on your computer screen.  What do you need to make this happen?  How do I do it?"

5. "My friend sent me this picture over email.  I want to see it, but I don't know how.  What do I do?"

6. "I'd like to explore some new interactive websites for (select a content area of your choice).  Is there anything good on the Internet that I can use with my class?"

7. "What do I do when I have become the technology go-to person?  I just don't have enough time!"

8. "I want to get the school logo kind of see through on the background of my document, how do I do it?"

9. "Every time I try to find something on the web I come up with a million things, how do I search more effectively?"

10. "I want to do a whole-class presentation on the computer.  What equipment do I need?  And how do I do it?"

11. "Whenever I use the web I can’t see what I want to because I don’t have the right plug-ins.  Where do I find the Acrobat and the Real Video plug-ins and how do I load them on my computer?"

12. " I have some really important documents on this disk and it says it is not formatted, what do I do? I don't want to erase it."

**You may work with a partner on the SWAT Showcase, however, each person must present equally.