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C O N TENTS
Kindergarten 5th Grade ___________________________________________ 2
An overview of our integrated elementary technology curriculum, including samples of a lesson plan, student handout, final project, project review and parent letter.

6th 8th Grade ____________________________________________________ 7

An overview of our integrated middle school technology curriculum, including samples of a student lesson, handout, final project, project review and parent letter. Also includes a sample from the accompanying teacher guide.

Teacher Training _________________________________________________ 12

Information about our technology training program for teachers.

Additional Resources _____________________________________________ 13

Information on additional resources available to your school, including preschool curriculum, summer camps, mini units and our Internet Safety Workshop for parents.

Technology Resource Center ______________________________________ 14

An overview of our Technology Resource Center (TRC), the most comprehensive technology tool available for schools today, including the Project Library, Web Presentations and online citation builder.

Teacher Support Center __________________________________________ 16

An overview of our Teacher Support Center, where we provide all the materials necessary to successfully implement Trajectory in your school.

What Administrators Say __________________________________________ 17

What school administrators are saying about

Trajectory.

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Kindergarten 5th Grade Overview

Trajectorys integrated K 5th grade curriculum includes:

Four curriculum units per year designed by teachers and based on more than 350 literacy objectives in 10 different technology areas. Curriculum units are designed in modular form to encourage teachers and students to integrate subject material from their classroom studies. Technology skills build from year to year to ensure continuity as students move from grade to grade. Lesson plans are available in Microsoft Office XP, 2003 and 2007.

A concise overview of each unit including:

u u u u A lesson overview outlining the projects students will complete in the unit A detailed list of technology objectives students will master by the end of the unit A list of the Microsoft Office applications students will work in during the unit An outline of additional resources including handouts, templates and samples available to students to help them complete their projects

Comprehensive teacher lesson plans including:

u u Guidelines for preparing each lesson Step-by-step instructions for completing projects

Additional resources including:

u u u Student handouts, templates and samples of final projects Project review activities to measure students progress in meeting the technology objectives Parent letters detailing the technology objectives for each unit. These letters, along with the students work, create a comprehensive final project booklet sure to impress parents. Bulletin boards for use in the classroom and around the school

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Kindergarten 5th Grade 3rd Grade Lesson Overview

Topic: Famous Fables or Integration Topic

Lesson Overview Students develop desktop publishing skills by creating a storybook. Students will first create and use a story organizer. Next, students will construct a story, using their organizer as an outline. Finally, students will create original pictures to illustrate their story. Skills include creating and modifying WordArt, inserting Clip Art images, creating picture and text boxes, typing and editing text, and using various drawing tools.

Technology Objectives

1 Student will open a program. 1 Student will create a text box. 1 Student will enter text. 1 Student will create WordArt. 1 Student will modify WordArt. 1 Student will change the font color. 1 Student will change the font size. 1 Student will change the font. 1 Student will create a picture box. 1 Student will navigate Clip Art libraries. 1 Student will add graphics.

1 Student will import graphics from other applications. 1 Student will use various drawing tools. 1 Student will select and use different colors. 1 Student will select and use different line widths and styles. 1 Student will undo the previous action. 1 Student will save a file. 1 Student will open a file. 1 Student will use scroll arrows. 1 Student will use the zoom feature. 1 Student will print a document.

Software: Resources: Handouts: Templates: Samples:

< Microsoft Publisher, < Kid Pix < WebLinks 1 Parent Letter 8 organizer template-3.pub, 8 book layout 3.pub / 3A- Organizer, / 3B- Cover, / 3C- Story, / 3D- Project Review

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Kindergarten 5th Grade Partial 5th Grade Lesson Plan

Prior to Lesson 1

Determine how students will be paired prior to class, if necessary. The teacher should create a folder for each class on every computers desktop, hard drive or shared drive. This is to save students work. Load Publisher templates onto each computers hard drive. Tell the class that over the next several weeks they will be retelling a famous fable or creating a fable of their own. Discuss the elements of a fable, suggesting some ideas that could be included in their stories. The teacher should show samples and explain the various skills to be learned. Launch Microsoft Publisher, choose a blank page and introduce desktop publishing concepts. Explain the term desktop publishing. Desktop publishing is combining graphics (pictures) with text (words). Show examples such as signs, brochures, newsletters, magazines, illustrated stories, etc. Today, the students will create a story organizer that will be completed in the next lesson. Students will add WordArt, drag custom shapes to designated positions, modify text within text boxes and add Clip Art. Demonstrate how to launch Publisher and open the organizer template-3.pub. Demonstrate how to add WordArt. 1. Click the WordArt tool on the Objects toolbar. 2. Select a style and click OK. 3. A box will appear that says, Your Text Here. Delete this and type Story Organizer. 4. Type the title, change the font and click OK. 5. Use the WordArt toolbar to format WordArt and change the colors and lines. 6. Use the handles to resize and move WordArt on the page. Demonstrate how to move custom shapes. 1. Select an oval on the side of the template. 2. To move the oval, place the mouse over the oval and a quad arrow will appear. Once you see the quad arrow, you will be able to move the shape to the desired location.

Introduce the project

Introduce desktop publishing

Demonstrate todays lesson

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Kindergarten 5th Grade Project Samples

Sample 3rd Grade Handout

Sample 3rd Grade Final Project

Highland Park Academy

Dear Parents, Congratulate your child on a job well done! Over the past several weeks students have been hard a work exploring basic desktop publishing skills to create a storybook. Students first created a story organize. Next, students constructed their story, using their organizer as an outline. Finally, students created original pictures, which illustrated their story. Skills include creating and modifying WordArt, inserting Clip Art images, creating picture and text boxes, typing and editing text, and using various drawing tools.
Technology Objectives:

1 Open a program 1 Create text box 1 Enter text 1 Create WordArt 1 Modify WordArt 1 Change color of text 1 Change the size of text 1 Change the font of text 1 Create picture box 1 Navigate Clip Art libraries 1 Add graphics

1 Import graphics from other applications. 1 Use various draw tools 1 Select and use different colors 1 Select and use different line widths and styles 1 Undo previous action 1 Save a file 1 Open a file 1 Use scroll arrows 1 Use the zoom feature 1 Print a document

Software: Microsoft Publisher

Kid Pix

Sample 3rd Grade Project Review

Sample 3rd Grade Parent Letter

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Kindergarten 5th Grade Additional Samples

Kindergarten Garden Sample (Excel)

5th Grade Web Page Sample (Word)

5th Grade Magazine Sample (Publisher)

3rd Grade Photo Essay Sample (PowerPoint)

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6th 8th Grade Overview

Trajectorys integrated 6th 8th grade curriculum includes:

Four curriculum units per year designed by teachers and based on more than 350 literacy objectives in 10 different technology areas. Curriculum units are designed in modular form to encourage teachers and students to integrate subject material from their classroom studies. Technology skills build from year to year to ensure continuity as students move from grade to grade. Lesson plans are available in Microsoft Office XP, 2003 and 2007.

A concise overview of each unit including:

u u u u A lesson overview outlining the projects students will complete in the unit A detailed list of technology objectives students will master by the end of the unit A list of the Microsoft Office applications students will work in during the unit An outline of additional resources including handouts, templates and samples available to students to help them complete their projects

Comprehensive teacher lesson plans including:

u u u u Detailed technology objectives Clear lesson overviews Guidelines for preparing for each lesson Step-by-step instructions for completing projects

Additional resources including:

u u u Student handouts and samples of final projects Rubrics, peer evaluations and quizzes to measure students progress in meeting the technology objectives Parent letters detailing the technology objectives for each unit. These letters, along with the students work, create a comprehensive final project booklet sure to impress parents. Bulletin boards for use in the classroom and around the school

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6th 8th Grade 8th Grade Lesson Overview

Topic: Continents or Integration Topic Lesson Overview Students use spreadsheet and graphing skills to create a spreadsheet, compare data and chart the results. The projects include entering data into a spreadsheet, charting the information and designing a word search puzzle using borders in a spreadsheet. Skills include learning spreadsheet terminology, using a spreadsheet, writing formulas, creating and modifying charts, adding borders, importing graphics, typing, formatting numbers and text, and creating WordArt. Technology Objectives

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Student will open a program. Student will add graphics. Student will move graphics. Student will resize graphics. Student will enter text. Student will change the font color. Student will change the font. Student will change the font size. Student will save a file. Student will open a file. Student will create a footer. Student will change the page setup. Student will use the Internet to gather information. Student will copy data. Student will paste data. Student will enter data into a spreadsheet.

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Student will use a formula. Student will create charts. Student will modify charts. Student will identify rows, columns and cells. Student will create and modify WordArt. Student will print preview a document. Student will print a document. Student will center, left and right justify text. Student will add borders. Student will use shading. Student will change the number format. Student will change row height and column width. Student will sort data. Student will change the page orientation. Student will change the margins.

Software: < Microsoft Excel Resources: < WebLinks Handouts: 1 Parent Letter, 1 World Statistics handout Templates: 8 Color Spreadsheet.xls Samples: / 8A Spreadsheet and Charts, / 8B Word search, / 8C Project Review

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6th 8th Grade Partial 8th Grade Lesson Plan

Lesson One
Prior to Lesson 1

Make sure all necessary support documents are loaded to each computer or are available on the shared drive. Determine how students will be paired prior to class, if necessary. Create a folder for each class on every computers desktop, shared drive or hard drive (C: drive) in which to save students work. If you are doing the Continents project, make copies of the World Statistics handout and the data students need from Internet sites or almanacs. If you are integrating classroom subject material, determine what types of data the students will collect and how they will collect the data. Decide what the column headers on their spreadsheet should be.

Introduce the project

Introduce the project to the class, explaining that over the next several weeks they will create a spreadsheet with charts (graphs) using data they collect about your integration topic or different continents around the world (if you are not integrating). They will also design a word search puzzle using the computer. Show completed samples to the class. Discuss surveys and statistics. Pass out the World Statistics handout. Using the Internet or other educational resources, have students complete the handout.

Demonstrate todays lesson

Demonstrate the program Microsoft Excel to students. Show them how to create a new spreadsheet. Introduce spreadsheets and go over terminology (rows, columns, cells, etc.). On your blank spreadsheet, show students how to input their data and use the Tab and Arrow keys to move from cell to cell. After inputting the data: Demonstrate how to resize columns. 1. Click and drag the line (must have the two arrows) between the letters representing the columns. 2. Or double-click on the line between the letters representing the columns to size exactly. Show how to wrap text inside a cell. 1. 2. 3. 4. Click on the cell to highlight. Go to FORMAT/CELLS/ALIGNMENT. Click on the box next to Wrap Text. Click ok.

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6th 8th Grade Project Samples

Sample 8th Grade Project and Project Review (Excel)

Sample 8th Grade Handout

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Sample 8th Grade Parent Letter

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6th 8th Grade Additional Samples

8th Grade Photo Essay Sample (PowerPoint)

8th Grade Autobiography Sample (Word)

8th Grade Web Site Sample (Word)

7th Grade Magazine Sample (Publisher)

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Teacher Training
Trajectory offers a comprehensive and accredited professional development program for educators
and administrators. Our multi-year approach provides support and guidance to teachers and schools as they develop plans and initiatives to integrate technology into their classrooms and prepare students for the demands of the 21st century.
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Project-based workshops that develop teacher skills in instructional theory, integration strategies and application software Workshop objectives that meet or exceed your states technology training requirements and standards of learning, and qualify teachers to earn continuing education units (CEUs) for their participation Consistent ongoing training ensures that your staff stays current with new technology and that new staff is brought up-to-speed quickly and efficiently Comprehensive online support and teaching tools that include hundreds of teacher resource links, more than 1,800 direct-linked educational Web sites, online libraries and encyclopedias, integrated lesson plans and teacher guides

Museum Tour: Multimedia

4. Lesson Overview The students create a multimedia presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint. They will research famous artists and choose their favorites for the PowerPoint presentation. Students will learn about perspective as they create the backdrops and backgrounds for their museum slides. They will import samples of artists work and create links within the presentation to move from slide to slide. Students will create links to display biographical information about the artists in their shows. They will add sound and custom animation to their shows to complete the project. Software: Microsoft PowerPoint Lesson Plan Step 1 Create a blank slide show 1. Launch Microsoft PowerPoint. 2. Go to FILE/NEW. 3. Select BLANK PRESENTATION from task pane. 4. Select the BLANK content layout option. Step 2 Create and format AutoShapes 1. Click on AutoShapes from the Drawing toolbar. 2. Choose BLOCK ARROWS. 3. Choose any single, one headed arrow. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Place and size the original arrow allowing for three arrows to be copied, pasted and arranged on the slide. Select the shape and click on the down arrow next to the Fill Color tool on the Drawing toolbar. Select a color or choose MORE FILL COLORS or FILL EFFECTS. If you choose FILL EFFECTS, select GRADIENT, TEXTURE, or PATTERN. Choose desired effects and click on OK. Click on the Shadow tool on the Drawing toolbar. Choose shadow style. Choose shadow settings to select shadow color.

Step 3 Copy and paste arrows 1. Select the formatted arrow. 2. Choose EDIT/COPY 3. Click EDIT/PASTE. 4. Repeat paste two more times for a total of four arrows. Step 4 Rotate arrows 1. Plan four arrows pointing outward from the center toward each of the four sides of the slide. 2. Select one arrow to rotate. 3. Place cursor over green rotator circle. 4. Click and hold at the green circle and see four black circle arrows. Rotate the arrow to the desired position on the slide. 5. Repeat these steps to rotate and position the remaning arrows.

Sample Teacher Training Card

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Additional Resources

Trajectory provides schools a variety of additional

resources to supplement and complement the K8 curriculum. Among the additional resources are:

Preschool Curriculum
Creative units, centered on a hands-on approach to learning, provide practical computer literacy training specifically for preschoolers. Students learn by creating projects with a focus on letters, numbers and shapes. Thirty projects are available.

Summer Camps
Fun and engaging technology curriculum designed to be taught in half-day summer camps for children ages 58 and 814. Among the many topics are Under the Sea, Zoo Review and Toy Factory for younger students, and Movie-Maker, Electronic Entrepreneur, Thrill Seekers and Sports Central for older students.

Preschool Overview

Mini Units
Special mini units supplement the traditional K8 curriculum. Mini units include keyboarding, Internet and holiday units.

Internet Safety Workshop

This workshop provides information every parent needs to know to keep his or her child safe on the Internet. Workshop materials include a PowerPoint presentation, presenter guidelines and a variety of handouts for parents.

University of Richmond Virtual Library

The University of Richmond Virtual Library includes Web sites, journals, e-books and databases that have been researched and recommended by University of Richmond librarians and faculty. This includes access to the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), childrens literature research guides, online reference materials such as dictionaries, encyclopedias and style manuals, and federal government research materials.

Internet Safety Workshop

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Additional Resources

Technology Resource Center

Trajectorys Technology Resource Center (TRC) is the most comprehensive technology tool available
for schools today. The TRC provides students and teachers:
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All the tools they need to successfully develop technology projects that integrate classroom subject material The ability to develop project templates they can use in college and the work world Individual password-protected, Web-based portfolios

An Individual Project Library:

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Store papers, projects and other assignments for any academic subject Organize projects into folders for proper file management Teacher passwords allows easy viewing of students work Parents use a guest password to see their childs projects

Research Library:
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More than 1,800 direct-linked educational Web sites reviewed by our technology specialists and organized by academic subject Access to online encyclopedias and libraries with thousands of articles and volumes of literature Free use of the University of Richmond Virtual Library

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Additional Resources

Technology Resource Center

Lesson Plans and Tools
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More than 30 student-led lesson plans for producing technology projects in any academic subject Lesson plans are available for all Office XP, 2003 and 2007 applications (Word, Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint and FrontPage) Dozens of tools to assist with schoolwork and other pursuits including writing guides, lab formats, help guides for the Microsoft Office applications, letter templates and more

Online Citation Engine n Create and store endnotes, footnotes and bibliographies in individual citation lockers
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Provide source information and the citation engine automatically formats the citations in the selected writing style Easy downloading of citations when project is complete

Web Presentations n Enter text, upload photos and create impressive journals, photo journals and Web pages
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No Web site development or HTML knowledge required Easily convert projects from one format to another Teachers can add comments to students projects

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Additional Resources

Teacher Support Center

The Teacher Support Center provides all the materials necessary to successfully implement School Technology Programs computer curriculum in your school. Using your schools password, you can access the following resources 24 hours a day from any computer with an Internet connection:
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Handouts, samples and templates for each curriculum unit Additional support materials including bulletin boards, integration forms, grading rubrics, peer evaluations and parent letters Program implementation tools such as acceptable use policies, lab scheduling forms, computer certificates, application toolbars and more Discussion-based lessons on 12 cyber ethics topics including cyberbullying, protecting your identity online, evaluating Web sites and plagiarism. Each lesson comes with teacher instructions and a student handout.

Trajectory provides technology coordinators and teachers with the most comprehensive menu of
online support materials and technology tools available to schools today.
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Kindergarten 8th Grade Support

Technology specialists are readily accessible by phone (toll-free) and email to answer questions and provide individualized support for your school. Online access to project support materials including electronic handouts, templates, samples, and bulletin boards for each curriculum unit Topic summaries and integration forms to ensure the effective integration of technology with academic content from the classroom Teacher Support Center with hundreds of teacher resource links, online libraries and encyclopedias, educational WebLinks and teacher guides

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What Administrators Say

Our community is very conscious of advanced technology. Offering a program that is not cutting edge was never an option. Global Academics has exceeded our expectations. From curriculum and support staff to integration into the classroom, the program is outstanding. It is one of the crowning jewels of our school.

Our technology program has evolved from an adjunct specialty class into a highly integrated component of our elementary and middle school curriculum. Our students seamlessly transfer the skills learned in our lab into exciting classroom projects. We have been very pleased with all aspects of Trajectory.

Trajectory meets our challenges of delivering effective, practical and progressive technology training to our teachers and students. The curriculum and training components give us tremendous value for the dollars we invest in our technology program. We could not be more pleased with the program.

Global Academics innovative approach to learning and comprehensive curriculum have increased our students confidence to apply technology skills to a variety of classroom projects. Our parents are overwhelmed by their childrens accomplishments. Everyone at our school has been enriched by this partnership.

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