Infusing Technology http://mmarotta.edublogs.org Just another Edublogs.org weblog Thu, 08 May 2008 13:30:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en A new “Did you Know” http://mmarotta.edublogs.org/2008/05/08/a-new-did-you-know/ http://mmarotta.edublogs.org/2008/05/08/a-new-did-you-know/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 13:25:48 +0000 Mary Marotta http://mmarotta.edublogs.org/2008/05/08/a-new-did-you-know/ Here is an updated “Did you Know” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U

For more information go to http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/


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Authored by Mary Marotta. Hosted by Edublogs.]]> http://mmarotta.edublogs.org/2008/05/04/welcome-spring-may-baskets/feed/ Readings and more http://mmarotta.edublogs.org/2008/04/15/readings-and-more-2/ http://mmarotta.edublogs.org/2008/04/15/readings-and-more-2/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:05:52 +0000 Mary Marotta http://mmarotta.edublogs.org/2008/04/15/readings-and-more-2/ Here are some interesting readings that support our conversation in class. If there is anything of interest to you explore. I also gave some elementary sites in class so feel free to visit those sites. I just want to make sure you stay connected each week.

Blogs to Explore / Read

  1. The Fischbowl: Karl Fisch
  2. Learning.Now : Andy Carvin
  3. Moving at the Speed of Creativity: Wes Fryer
  4. 2 Cents Worth: David Warlick
  5. Teach42.com by Steve Dembo
  6. The Tech Savvy Educator
  7. Weblogg-ed: Will Richardson 
  8. A Difference :Darren Kuropatwa
  9. TheThinkingStick: Jeff Utecht  
  10. Marc Prensky’s Blog

 

About Blogs and RSS 

  1. Blogs: Webs of Connected Learning

    This article highlights the many ways that blogging can be used for educational purposes while also acknowledging the challenges of integrating this tool in the classroom.

  2. To Blog or Not to Blog? You Decide

    Read pages 28-33 as Wes Fryer outlines the pros and cons of blogging and provides some great examples and information for how to get started.

  3. Blogs Growing Up (Will Richardson)
  4. Blogging? Writing? Feeling? (Will Richardson)
  6. RSS Quick Start Guide for Educators

    In this guide, Will Richardson defines RSS feeds and walks you through the steps of creating an account using Bloglines. He then walks you through the process of subscribing to feeds and setting up feeds with student and classroom weblogs.

  7. RSS Ideas for Educators

    Read pages 4-14 to learn more about RSS feeds and discover different ways that you can use them.

  8. Seven Things to Know about Social Bookmarking

    This article briefly defines social bookmarks and the implications for teaching and learning with this technology.

  9. Storing Bookmarks Online

    In additional to explaining social bookmarking and providing links to some of the popular social bookmarking sites which you can explore

 

Wiki’s

  1. Think Outside the Blog

    This article describes how Wikis differ from blogs and provides information about how you can get started using this tool in the classroom.

  2. Wide Open Spaces: Wikis, Ready or Not

    This article defines wikis and detail and addresses the pedagogical benefits and challenges of using them in the classroom.

  3. Wiki definition in Wikipedia

    This continually evolving definition of Wikis can provide you with a thorough history about how they came about as well as information about the various types of tools available for creating Wiki communities and how these different tools work.

  5. Explore some of these examples of how wikis are currently being used for educational purposes.
  6. Holocaust Wiki Project

    Following a WebQuest model, this project asks students to create a branching simulation about a family in the Holocaust. They have to come up with realistic decision points, describe the pros and cons, address the consequences of each decision, and create a narrative that reflects their research on the Holocaust.

  7. Pay It Forward Wiki

    This wiki is being created by students attending Arapahoe High School who are currently reading Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. They are using it to brainstorm project ideas and eventually propose a plan to give back to their community so that the world doesn’t lose individualism and end up like the world described by Huxley in the book.

  8. Thousand and One Flat World Tales Project

    This project eplaces the “authentic” publishing of the 20th century classroom–hallways, newsletters, literary journals, etc–with authentic publishing in the

    1001 Flat World Tales “blook”: a potentially endliess series of stories from students around the world, inter-linked on individual student blogs.

  9. Wikibooks

    Wikibooks is a collection of open content textbooks, manuals, and other texts with supporting book-based texts that are written collaboratively. This site is a wiki, meaning that anyone, including you, can edit any book module right now by clicking on the edit this page link that appears in every Wikibooks module.

  10. wikiHow

    wikiHow is a collaborative writing project to build the world’s largest how-to manual.

 

Emerging Technologies

 

Video in the Classroom

  1. Video Goes to School: Part 1

    This is the first of a three-part series on the use of video in education and describes how recent studies have shown that streaming video can increase motivation and boost student achievement.

  2. Classroom Audio Podcasting

      “This article provides an overview of the benefits of classroom podcasting and showcases several exemplary classroom podcasts teachers and students can use as models when creating their own.”


    Authored by Mary Marotta. Hosted by Edublogs.]]> http://mmarotta.edublogs.org/2008/04/15/readings-and-more-2/feed/ Readings and more http://mmarotta.edublogs.org/2008/04/15/readings-and-more/ http://mmarotta.edublogs.org/2008/04/15/readings-and-more/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:00:15 +0000 Mary Marotta http://mmarotta.edublogs.org/2008/04/15/readings-and-more/ Here are some interesting readings that support our conversation in class.

    Recommended Readings and References:

     

     

    Sites

    1. Class Blog http://mespandt.blogspot.com/  
    4. MA DOE – New Draft of Instructional Technology Standards – 2007 (based on the new NETS)  http://www.doe.mass.edu/edtech/standards/itstand_draft.pdf
    5. NETS for Teachers http://www.nbpts.org/
    6. Technology Integration Matrix http://fcit.usf.edu/matrix/index.html
    10. MA DOE – New Draft of Instructional Technology Standards – 2007 (based on the new NETS)  http://www.doe.mass.edu/edtech/standards/itstand_draft.pdf
    11. NETS for Teachers http://www.nbpts.org/
    12. Technology Integration Matrix http://fcit.usf.edu/matrix/index.html

     

     

    Blogs to Read

    1. The Fischbowl: Karl Fisch
    2. Learning.Now : Andy Carvin
    3. Moving at the Speed of Creativity: Wes Fryer
    4. 2 Cents Worth: David Warlick
    5. Teach42.com by Steve Dembo
    6. The Tech Savvy Educator
    7. Weblogg-ed: Will Richardson 
    8. A Difference :Darren Kuropatwa
    9. TheThinkingStick: Jeff Utecht  
    10. Marc Prensky’s Blog

     

    About Blogs and RSS 

    1. Blogs: Webs of Connected Learning

      This article highlights the many ways that blogging can be used for educational purposes while also acknowledging the challenges of integrating this tool in the classroom.

    2. To Blog or Not to Blog? You Decide

      Read pages 28-33 as Wes Fryer outlines the pros and cons of blogging and provides some great examples and information for how to get started.

    3. Blogs Growing Up (Will Richardson)
    4. Blogging? Writing? Feeling? (Will Richardson)
    6. RSS Quick Start Guide for Educators

      In this guide, Will Richardson defines RSS feeds and walks you through the steps of creating an account using Bloglines. He then walks you through the process of subscribing to feeds and setting up feeds with student and classroom weblogs.

    7. RSS Ideas for Educators

      Read pages 4-14 to learn more about RSS feeds and discover different ways that you can use them.

    8. Seven Things to Know about Social Bookmarking

      This article briefly defines social bookmarks and the implications for teaching and learning with this technology.

    9. Storing Bookmarks Online

      In additional to explaining social bookmarking and providing links to some of the popular social bookmarking sites which you can explore

     

    Wiki’s

    1. Think Outside the Blog

      This article describes how Wikis differ from blogs and provides information about how you can get started using this tool in the classroom.

    2. Wide Open Spaces: Wikis, Ready or Not

      This article defines wikis and detail and addresses the pedagogical benefits and challenges of using them in the classroom.

    3. Wiki definition in Wikipedia

      This continually evolving definition of Wikis can provide you with a thorough history about how they came about as well as information about the various types of tools available for creating Wiki communities and how these different tools work.

    5. Explore some of these examples of how wikis are currently being used for educational purposes.
    6. Holocaust Wiki Project

      Following a WebQuest model, this project asks students to create a branching simulation about a family in the Holocaust. They have to come up with realistic decision points, describe the pros and cons, address the consequences of each decision, and create a narrative that reflects their research on the Holocaust.

    7. Pay It Forward Wiki

      This wiki is being created by students attending Arapahoe High School who are currently reading Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. They are using it to brainstorm project ideas and eventually propose a plan to give back to their community so that the world doesn’t lose individualism and end up like the world described by Huxley in the book.

    8. Thousand and One Flat World Tales Project

      This project eplaces the “authentic” publishing of the 20th century classroom–hallways, newsletters, literary journals, etc–with authentic publishing in the

      1001 Flat World Tales “blook”: a potentially endliess series of stories from students around the world, inter-linked on individual student blogs.

    9. Wikibooks

      Wikibooks is a collection of open content textbooks, manuals, and other texts with supporting book-based texts that are written collaboratively. This site is a wiki, meaning that anyone, including you, can edit any book module right now by clicking on the edit this page link that appears in every Wikibooks module.

    10. wikiHow

      wikiHow is a collaborative writing project to build the world’s largest how-to manual.

     

    Emerging Technologies

     

    Video in the Classroom

    1. Video Goes to School: Part 1

      This is the first of a three-part series on the use of video in education and describes how recent studies have shown that streaming video can increase motivation and boost student achievement.

    2. Classroom Audio Podcasting

        “This article provides an overview of the benefits of classroom podcasting and showcases several exemplary classroom podcasts teachers and students can use as models when creating their own.”


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      Skype
      With Skype you can make free calls over the internet to other people on Skype for as long as you like, to wherever you like. It is free to download.

      Post a comment and tell me who you skyped with and how you might use in your classroom.


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      List in the class wiki http://technologypd.pbwiki.com/plugintools

      TeacherTube
      TeacherTube is to provide an online community for sharing instructinal teacher videos. http://www.teachertube.com/

      How to add video to your wiki
      1. Get your embedded code from TeacherTube (edit copy)
      2. Click “Edit Page” >> “Insert Plugin” >> “Video”
      3. Click on YouTube Video
      4. Paste the box embedded code in the box
      5. Click Next and Finish
      It will appear shortly afterwards. Remember, your video uploads do not use any of your wiki storage space.

      YouTube
      Link http://youtube.com/

      SlideShare
      SlideShare is the best way to share your presentations with the world. Let your ideas reach a broad audience. Share publicly or privately. … http:// www.slideshare.net/

      Photos - Sharing
      Bubble Share http://www.bubbleshare.com/
      is the easiest, and most fun way of sharing your photos and the stories that go with them. Share and manage your photos with friends, family, …

      RockYou http://www.rockyou.com/
      Photo sharing, MySpace slide shows, codes, and music.

      FLICKR http://www.flickr.com/
      Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. http://www.flickr.com/

      Jing
      What is Jing? http://www.jingproject.com/ The concept of Jing is the always-ready program that instantly captures and shares images and video…from your computer to anywhere.

      What is this thing called Jing? Video tour.
      Download information http://blog.jingproject.com/2007/07/getting_started_with_jing.html
      *note must install Microsoft .net

      Skype
      With Skype you can make free calls over the internet to other people on Skype for as long as you like, to wherever you like. It is free to download.

      Audacity http://www.audacity .sourceforge.net/
      A free, open source software for recording and editing sounds in Linux, Mac OS X, and other operating systems.

      Screencast on Audacity
      Link http://www.educause.edu/Screencasts/Audacity/Untitled.html

      VoiceThread http://www.voicethread .com/
      Transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice and text commenting.

      Animoto http://www.animoto.com/
      Animoto videos–music videos for your images and pictures. With high production value motion graphics synchronized to every beat of your music, …


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      Authored by Mary Marotta. Hosted by Edublogs.]]>       http://mmarotta.edublogs.org/2008/03/30/rockyou/feed/       Things to try this week http://mmarotta.edublogs.org/2008/03/30/things-to-try-this-week/ http://mmarotta.edublogs.org/2008/03/30/things-to-try-this-week/#comments Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:05:02 +0000 Mary Marotta http://mmarotta.edublogs.org/2008/03/30/things-to-try-this-week/ Please try some of the following blogs/podcasts this week and post a comment.

      1. Bob Sprankles’ blog Bit-by-Bit http://www.bobsprankle.com/bitbybit_wordpress/ Also subsribe in itunes to “listen” to various topics.

      2. Anne Davis http://anne.teachesme.com/

      3. Darren Kuropatwa High School Math http://adifference.blogspot.com/
      Math Pre-Cal 20S (Grade 10); Pre-Cal 30S (Grade 11); AP Calculus AB (Grade 12). posted by Mr. Kuropatwa

      4. Alan November Conference this summer BLC 08

      5. Links from Shrewsbury Elementary Students
      Other Shrewbury links
      Midwest States Project - http://spsmidweststates.blogspot.com/ Midwest states project
      http://www.shrewsbury-ma.gov/schools/spring/ShrewsburyHistory/HistoryofShrewsbury.html school website
      with the link to the blog Audio tour of Shrewsbury http://spsaudiotours.blogspot.com/

      Poetry http://spspoetryproject.blogspot.com/

      http://spsreadingstrategies.blogspot.com/ -
      More links and projects
      Reading Strategies, Tips to become a better reader -
      podcasts to download - http://lewisandclarktrail.com/elearning.htm
      Literature Circle http://spsliteraturecircle.blogspot.com/
      Virtual Book group - http://hpsthegrandescape.blogspot.com/

      More Articles from class http://technologypd.pbwiki.com/Articles


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