Tami's+New+Teacher+Tips

= **New Teacher Tips**  =

**__Objective__**
New teachers will collaborate to create a wiki that will pass on tips and information about their first year at Francis Tuttle to the next group ofnew teachers.

__**Activity**__
During new teacher orientation class, teachers will divide into groupsof 4 and choose a topic to write about on the FT New Teacher wiki. Topics can be anything that has been covered in our classes or something that you feel would be beneficial to a new teacher. Topic suggestions:
 * What you need to know to start the school year
 * Progress based grading
 * Developing Gold Seal lessons
 * Francis Tuttle Culture
 * Blackboard
 * Who to ask for help
 * ITS issues
 * Getting what I need for my classroom
 * Program overviews

**__Learning Knowledge and Skills__**
Teachers will learn to create a wiki page and will be writing,collaborating, and sharing with their colleagues in the process of learning a new skill that can be used in their classroom as well.

__**Instructions**__

 * 1) Sign up for an account at [|www.wikispaces.com].
 * 2) Set up your account and then add “ftnewteacher” to your wiki list.
 * 3) Create a new page by clicking on the “New Page” button at the top.
 * 4) Name your page according to the topic your group chose.
 * 5) Each member of the group will contribute to the content of the page.
 * 6) Use the tutorials on this site to help you add content, images, and video to your page.
 * 7) The end result will be a complete wiki created to help future teachers at Francis Tuttle.