Here is an updated “Did you Know” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U
For more information go to http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/
Here is an updated “Did you Know” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U
For more information go to http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/
This is demonstration of posting a presentation from Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net to a blog.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Read pages 4-14 to learn more about RSS feeds and discover different ways that you can use them.
This article briefly defines social bookmarks and the implications for teaching and learning with this technology.
In additional to explaining social bookmarking and providing links to some of the popular social bookmarking sites which you can explore
A Day in the Life of Web 2.0 By David Warlick
http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.php?articleID=193200296 or Listen to this podcast
This article describes how Wikis differ from blogs and provides information about how you can get started using this tool in the classroom.
This article defines wikis and detail and addresses the pedagogical benefits and challenges of using them in the classroom.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
wikiHow is a collaborative writing project to build the world's largest how-to manual.
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.
"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."
Here are some interesting readings that support our conversation in class.
Recommended Readings and References:
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.
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.
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.
Read pages 4-14 to learn more about RSS feeds and discover different ways that you can use them.
This article briefly defines social bookmarks and the implications for teaching and learning with this technology.
In additional to explaining social bookmarking and providing links to some of the popular social bookmarking sites which you can explore
A Day in the Life of Web 2.0 By David Warlick
http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.php?articleID=193200296 or Listen to this podcast
This article describes how Wikis differ from blogs and provides information about how you can get started using this tool in the classroom.
This article defines wikis and detail and addresses the pedagogical benefits and challenges of using them in the classroom.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
wikiHow is a collaborative writing project to build the world's largest how-to manual.
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.
"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."
Did everyone in class get a chance to try skype this week?
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.
Which tools do you plan on using.
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, …
Tribute 2007 Boston Sports – in Youtube
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