Missing+Manual+for+Tech+Integration

toc Mark and Scott from Upper Merion School District

**Background**
CFF & Keystones, integration committee Created in response in need for public shared resource - no time at faculty meetings, contractual issues 1 to 1 high school Solution - Public resource on wikispaces Originally teacher resource, expanding to students Student laptops web browser start page is missing manual - Safari source page

**Training**
Freshman digital academy - required course Student orientation Teacher boot camp

**Work Assignments**
Project manager Site members CFF coach Showcase contributors Committe review Tech Department support

**Creation**
Each member assigned a page to maintain and edit. License - Creative Commons share alike We can link to their site

**Design Principles**
Branched structure Iconic interface Breadcrumb navigation Common page structure Annotated showcase pieces
 * Topic cloud --> four branches of tools (only used 4 branches for each level)
 * Allowed teachers to view similar tools side-by-side.
 * Avoided hidden or orphaned pages.
 * Clickable icon for each page
 * Allowed easy navigation through the site
 * Introduced the application icon found in the dock
 * Packaged icon with text in button
 * Organized in a table
 * Used icons instead of text
 * Used page template
 * Gave guidance and support to page creators
 * Offered familiar structure to users.
 * Featured sample work, annotated with cartoon bubble comments
 * Samples offered inspiration to other teachers
 * Annotations helped focus on lessons learned

Future of the Project

 * New teachers and new student orientation (new to the district and need training for the next day in class)
 * Continue to add teachers to the project and teacher projects
 * Continue to refine and expand
 * Do you include student contributions - how, what?
 * Expand into the Freshman Digital Academy

Contact Information
@http://www.umasd.org/tmm (redirects to wikispace) http://umahstmm.wikispaces.com merb@umasd.org scox@umasd.org

Question and Answer
Part of parent orientation/back to school night Use usage charts in wikispaces to view user data

Tour
Application pages all include "What You Need to Know Before You Start" Use omnigrapher to create button icons Library has its own cloud area - digital research. Uses same structure on the library page as on the missing manual page. Tech Help page - maintained by building tech to post messages quickly on building issues. Page template was created through code.