Troup County School System Secondary Division New Teacher Orientation Presentation for July 23, 2012

1. TCSS
New Teacher
Orientation
Division Break-out
July 23, 2012

2. ABC’s of 21st
Century
Give One, Get One

3. www.polleverywhere.com
Use cell phones with free
text messaging as a
student response
system (with the
permission of your adm)

4. How To Vote via Texting
1. Standard texting rates only (worst case US $0.20)
TIPS 2. We have no access to your phone number
3. Capitalization doesn’t matter, but spaces and spelling do

6. What do we
know about
6-12
Learning?

7. http://troup612resources.troup.k12.ga.us/

8. On a post-it at your
table, write one or two
words to describe how
you are feeling at this
moment. Place the post-
it on the Wordle poster
as you take a 10 minute
break.

10. How to Survive as a
New Teacher!

11. “Writing to Win
S Strategy”
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http://www.online-stopwatch.com/eggtimer-countdown/full-screen

12. www.wordle.net
Generate Word Clouds
from text that you
provide.

13. S tandards
Essential Question
A ctivating Strategy
Teaching Strategies
Summarizing Strategy

14. Summarizing Strategy
• In three of the pieces of
baggage, write ideas from
today you packed away to
save.
• In the final piece of
baggage, write something
you still need for your trip.