Web 2.0 Teacher Tools

Web 2.0 Teacher Tools: Quizlet

2010-05-04T08:33:00.000-07:00

How can an interactive quiz tool help engage students?

Quizlet -- Sample Quiz

Web pages in Schoolnet

How can you use your classroom webpage to engage students?

Web 2.0 Teacher Tools: Prezi

2010-04-14T01:00:00.000-07:00

How can using an online presentation tool help to engage students?

Presentations with Prezi

Learning to use Prezi:
Tutorials and videos from Prezi
Prezi Manual

Some ideas from the Showcase Tab:
Example: Engagement in the Classroom
Example: Tech Tools for the English Classroom
Example: Prezi titled Math is not Linear

Comment: How could you use Prezi to engage your students?

Web 2.0 Teacher Tools Year 2: New Presentation Tools

2010-03-18T06:00:00.000-07:00

How can multimedia presentation tools be used to support student learning?

New tools:

* SMART Recorder

* Prezi -- example 1 -- example 2 -- example 3 (actual presentation)

** Getting Started video and text instructions

Comment: How could you use one of these tools in your classroom?

Web 2.0 Tools Year 2: Thinkfinity

2010-01-04T07:14:00.000-08:00

Where can teachers find quality web resources?

Verison's Thinkfinity Web Portal

example: Science Podcasts

example: Cells Alive!

example: dynamic paper interactive

example: Buffalo hide story

Thinkfinity Newsletter

Comment: What useful resource did you find?

Web 2.0 Tools Year 2:SMART Board Part I & 2

2009-11-18T06:44:00.000-08:00

How can teachers use the SMART Board to engage students?

SMART board tutorials:

SMART technologies
Red Clay SMART Board Wiki

Closure Comment: Share 1 thing you learned.

Introducing Web 2.0 Teacher Tools -- Year 2

2009-10-21T07:00:00.000-07:00

Links:

SchoolNet

Closure: How can the use of classroom web pages help teachers, students, and parents?

Using Movie Maker to Create Videos: Introduction

2009-04-30T08:14:00.000-07:00

How can the creation of videos help students to learn?

Introduction to Movie Maker software.
Storyboarding handout #1
Storyboarding handout #2
Narration file for practice movie

Closure: Take the online survey -- Thanks for a great year!

Using Wikis and Streaming Video in the Classroom - Part II

2009-04-01T10:23:00.000-07:00

How can wikis be used to help students learn and help teachers teach?
How can video be used to help students learn and help teachers teach?

Activites:

Teacher Tube (Gettysburg Address, Presidents )
Sign into Wikispaces
How to ... new page, picture, link, widget (sample wiki)
Wikispaces -- video tutorials
How to ... change navigation
How to ... manage wiki
Teacher help in wikispaces

Closure: How might you use a wiki in your classroom?

Using Wikis and Streaming Video in the Classroom - Part I

2009-02-26T06:50:00.000-08:00

How can wikis be used to help students learn and help teachers teach?
How can video be used to help students learn and help teachers teach?

Activites:

Brainstorm on Skrbl
Add to a group wiki after exploring Teacher Tube videos. (protected: login = rccsd-student1)
Create an educator's wiki in wikispaces (copy login info to organizer task in Red Clay e-mail)
Teacher help in wikispaces

Closure: How might you use a wiki in your classroom?

Using Online Surveys in the Classroom

2009-02-05T09:27:00.000-08:00

How can using an online survey help teachers teach and students learn?

Today we will be using Survey Monkey to create online surveys.

Warm up: take a Sample survey
Create your own account - Survey Monkey (copy login info to organizer task in Red Clay e-mail)
Create a short survey
Collect responses -- share your survey link with someone in this class via e-mail
View your results

Closure: How can you envision using an online survey in your classroom?

Blogs in the Classroom

2009-01-06T17:03:00.000-08:00

Blogging has become a hallmark application of the read/write web. Our consideration for today: How do you create a blog?

Previous Blog Workshop

Blogger to create a blog

use existing email or gmail account
copy blog URL, e-mail used (this will be your username) , and password to organizer task in Red Clay e-mail
Write your first post
Explore: Settings (Basic, Comments, Permissions)
Explore: Layout (Gadgets)

Thinking about student blogging? You can create student blogs that you can administer with these tools:

Classroom uses for Blogs Video (Teacher Tube)

Closure: Please add a comment: How might you use a blog in your classroom?

Sharing Web 2.0 links on Conrad Teacher Web Pages

2008-11-17T08:15:00.000-08:00

How can we share our Podcasts and VoiceThreads with our students and their families?

During this session we will add a links module to our teacher web pages that are connected to the Conrad Web Site. Here are the general directions to use when you want to change your teacher page:

Login to SchoolNet
Click --> Outreach --> Online Classroom --> Letter of your last name --> Your name
At bottom left, click --> Edit Page

Here are some resources that will help with creating VoiceThreads and Podcasts

Soungle (free sound effects)
Podsafe Audio (Royalty free music)
Freeplay Music (Royalty free music)
Dr. Pic (online tool for editing pictures)
Storyboarding handout
Storyboarding handout

Closure: Please add a comment: How will you encourage your students to share their online work with their family?

Using VoiceThread

2008-10-28T05:29:00.001-07:00

What is Voicethread? Watch one.

Example 1
Example 2
Go to http://voicethread.com/ and click the browse button (top left) to see more.

Let's try one. http://voicethread.com/share/234904/

How can you add links to your SchoolNet page? [Part I, checking logins, getting organized]

Closure: Please add a comment: How might you use VoiceThread in your class?

Podcasting

2008-10-03T06:31:00.000-07:00

Warm up: What is Podcasting?

According to the Education Podcast Network:

The best way to understand podcasting is to imagine a merger between blogging (regularly posted articles of news, insight, fun, grips, literature, and more)and radio.

Podcasting is essentially radio programming that can be produced with a standard computer, microphone, free software, and a web site for posting your programming.

Podcasting can be listened to with any computer connected to the Internet and able to play standard MP3 audio files.

You can also record and post a podcast via a telephone using Gcast.

Latest podcast from Dr. Conway - http://www.gcast.com/u/JudithConway/main

Here are some sample podcasts from classrooms across the world:

Radio Sandig - http://www.sandaigprimary.co.uk/radio_sandaig/index.php
SMS Guys Read - http://guysread.typepad.com/guys_read/2008/05/a-fowl-book.html
Mabry Middle School - http://mabryonline.org/podcasts/

Educational podcasts produced by third parties:

NPR Science Friday - http://www.sciencefriday.com/

Activity: Make a podcast -- Mission Possible: Find the perfect student.

Activity: Brainstorming -- How can podcasting help students learn and help teachers teach?

Closure:

Add a comment: How might you use Podcasting with your students?