The focused journal for today and for the next Intec days will be found in the blog section. Remember that your morning journals will be public. Try to use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

The process for completing your journal will be as follows:
 
1. Check the blog section to find your journal topic. Highlight and copy your topic from the blog.
2. Open your "My Files" and download the last version you have of your Journal.
2. At the top of the page, paste the topic you copied in step 1.
4. Write your journal response on the page. Save the document for later in the day.
5. Copy your journal response to the Blog by copying your text, click on Add Comment and paste your text.
6. Respond to two other journal blogs.

When writing journal responses, be sure to add to the conversation in a way that will complete an idea or ask a question to encourage dialogue. How will you encourage your students to write in blogs?

Today we begin a unit of discovery; discovery about Tennessee, discovery about technology, curriculum and integration of technology. As the journey begins, we invite you to think about the following questions:

• What are my reasons for being here?
• What do I hope to gain from this experience?
• How do I envision my classroom changing with the use of technology?

Begin your first journal entry about our upcoming adventures.


**Schoolfusion Quicktip** Note the Bold header at the top! When adding your announcments, use the html codes for <b>your title</b> to create a bold header.

QuickTips are a short version of help files for all of the applications and software you will be using during your Intec course.