The Gigabyte Grille began serving in the Fall of 1996 at Allen High School. Through this inservice day, faculty and staff at AHS and around the district were able to learn two new computer applications. In addition, each participant was given time and guidance to create a lesson for their students using their new knowledge.
Daily Specials for 9-16-96
Appetizers
Soleil Nachos or Soleil de Foie Gras
These are three programs that take young students on a multimedia adventure. The Rainforest Adventure comes in English, Spanish, and French.
- K-4 can keep a portfolio of creative writing and sentence construction
- 9-12 can transcribe the audio portion from a foreign language
Educational Structures Hot Wings
An Internet resource that provides lesson plan ideas and resources for all. Let your kids surf more quickly and more safely than on Internet.
- join teachers from around the country to learn about local natural resources
- let students watch the Presidential election as it happens in over 15 international newspapers and magazines
- incorporate actual letters from Florence Nightengale in a biography project
Soups and Salads
Garden Salad with Internet croutons
An amazing resource that provides zillions of resources for students and teachers from computers linked together around the world.
- have students e-mail current authors to share analysis of their works
- allow groups to surf and create a yellow pages for your year’s curriculum
- play "real life" with kids as they buy cars, find a job, and search for a house
Scanner Chowder
A cool tool that allows you to scan both text and pictures for use in many other applications. Save time and become an artist the easy way.
- modify that typed test without retyping
- lets students add photographs to their computerized presentations
Entrees
Chicken Fried Windows
This is the basis for most software in Allen ISD which lets you organize your work while you compose and after you save.
- cut down on the time spent moving among applications
- customize your computer around the items you use most
- use file manager to keep your work organized
Word Burger with Cheese
Word is a great word processing tool. You can type and edit anything from newspapers to tests and essays to parent letters.
- assist students in TAAS practice while typing practice essays
- have students compose newspapers from an historical or literary time period
- facilitate students writing letters to famous people
Side Orders
Grilled Excel Vegetables
This spreadsheet application allows you to organize information in a chart or graph format.
- have students collect and chart personal data in regards to health and fitness
- elementary students can practice placing words in alphabetical order and can check their own work
- all students can analyze scientific data from a chart or graph
Potatoes Access
This application lets you make a database to filter through data.
- sort information about your students such as those who need TAAS remediation and who have failed a six weeks
- plan an interdisciplinary unit and pool the students in class who are taking World Geography and French
- enter your lesson plans and filter based on TEKS or essential elements
Desserts
Cheesecake with PowerPoint Sauce
PowerPoint makes clear, concise, and entertaining presentations for your lessons or for student projects.
- spice up your lesson on good citizenship with a colorful presentation
- let students turn in their creative writing project in computerized storybook form
- teach students about outlining or mind mapping as a method of active reading through the use of PowerPoint bulleted slides
HyperStudio topped with Ice Cream
This presentation software is a cut above PowerPoint. Students can pull pictures, video, sound, and other information from all other applications.
- allow students to create an advertisement for a product of their choice using dazzling graphics and multimedia effects
- increase the persuasiveness of their projects and increase their enjoyment of creating them
- facilitate a peer review process or an electronic portfolio using HyperStudio
special thanks to the AHS faculty and the AISD Instructional Design team
originally coded 1996