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Proposal: Tech Fest 2010

__Rationale__ The 1:1 Laptop Initiative presents an ideal opportunity to equip all CA High School students with a common set of technology skills. Teachers can then select a particular software programs or web application that best suits their objectives in the knowledge that students have had at least some practice in its use.

__Proposal__ One or two day Tech Fest held on the first days of the new academic year. The Tech Fest could take the form of a conference with keynote addresses attended by all students or particular grade levels and additional signup workshop sessions. Teachers and parents could also attend.

Tech Fest Suggested Schedule

Whole School Presentations by Headmaster, Principal and Technology Coordinator

1. The Rationale behind Technology @ CA 2. Acceptable Use Policy @ CA 3. Laptop care, file management and the importance of backing up 4. Final Site and PowerSchool 5. Gmail

Repeated Sessions by a Team of Presenters: Compulsory Sessions Suggested Applications 1. Google Docs 2. Moodle 3. Blogs 4. Library Databases and Research Tools 5. Wikis 6. RSS Feeds/Netvibes 7. VoiceThread

Repeated Specialist Sessions by Technology Department and Teachers: Optional Sessions 1. Video Making 2. Photoshop 3. Advanced Word Processing 4. Spreadsheets 5. Advanced Blogging 6. Podcasts 7. Subject Software 8. Challenge Based Learning 9. Helping your child with Technology. (Parents) __Action__ 1. Gaining support from the Administration, Heads of Department and HS Faculty 2. Determining which software and web applications are essential for all students to master and which are more specialist in nature. Resources: Suggested List of Software and Web Applications [|Technology in IB Economics]