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Upcoming Events for June 2009

June 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · schedule, trainings, web2.0

As part of my promise to do a better job of sharing upcoming events more than 24 hours before they occur, here is my list of online “events” that I’ll be doing this month.

Monday June 8th at 6 p.m. PDT: It’s Elementary:Reflecting on the School Year Ending

It’s Elementary
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Wednesday June 17th at 9 a.m. PDT: Follow up to Classroom 2.0 Meetup

This is an in-person event. Details can be found here.

Thursday 6/18 Friday 6/19 at 7 p.m. PDT: Edublogs Live! VoiceThread: A 21st Century KWL

Monday 6/22 at 9 a.m. PDT: Fear Not the Code which is about using embed code and not freaking out…

A Special Message to SCUSD Teachers

I will be conducting trainings on the new district student information system, Zangle in the Oak Ridge Lab this summer. Check her for more information as I get dates (likely starting in July).

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Preview of CUE Presentation on Technology and SES Tutoring

March 1st, 2009 · No Comments · presentations, web2.0

Here is a preview of my session at CUE 2009:

Using Technology to add engagement and inquiry to SES tutoring

Here are links from the presentation…

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Follow-up to to Integrating Web 2.0 Applications in the Curriculum

October 14th, 2008 · No Comments · trainings, web2.0

I had a great time meeting and learning with my participants. Here are some further links that maybe of use:

First, for Kate, here is the linear graphing project that was done with fifth graders. It using stop-motion film techniques, which someone recently opined, may be the “new black” in student film work.

Next, for Patty, here is a video on RSS, which I hope will prove helpful:

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For Dan, I recall the words “pre-service teachers” coming from you, I’m going to share a contact, Bethany Smith, who works in North Carolina teaching tech integration to pre-service teachers.

For all of you, my gratitude for your time and energy, and a link to http://instructify.com, where I and other share Web 2.0 tools.

Remember, you can contact me using the link above, or leaving a comment, if you have more questions.

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Welcome to Integrating Web 2.0 Applications in the Curriculum

October 13th, 2008 · No Comments · web2.0

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Follow up to Web 2.0 Training

September 26th, 2008 · No Comments · web2.0

I need to apologize for two things. I usually have a post up the evening after a training, but I have come down with a nasty cold, and went home to sleep. I didn’t show symptoms until after the training, so I’m sorry if I exposed you to my germs. Recapping our training, we covered collaborative editing with Google Docs and Wikis, sharing photos and bookmarks with Flickr and del.icio.us, and discussed copyright, creative commons, and licensing issues. Here are videos, and links for what was covered.

Wikis:

Wikis in Plain English video

Wikispaces » for teachers

7 Things You Should Know about Wikis

movingforward » home

Wikispaces

Google Docs

Google Docs in Plain English video

Welcome to Google Docs

Social Bookmarking with Del.icio.us

Social Bookmarking in Plain English video

Deli.cio.us

7 Things You Should Know About Social Bookmarking | EDUCAUSE CONNECT

Photo Sharing with Flickr

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Flickr: Advanced Search Where you can add requests for safe search AND creative commons

flickrCC Creative Commons search on Flickr

Motivator (make your own motivation posters)

Motivation examples on Flickr

7 Things You Should Know About Creative Commons | EDUCAUSE CONNECT

RSS and Page Flakes

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Pageflakes – alice_mercer’s Pageflakes for Elementary Classes

Pageflakes – Get it Together

7 Things You Should Know About RSS | EDUCAUSE CONNECT

I also wanted to take this opportunity to share the class blog for one of the participants in yesterday’s training. If you have class Webpages, please feel free to share them in a comment.

Mrs. Walker’s Class Blog: http://walkerbrw.edublogs.org/

She is using it as a place for students to contact her with questions about homework. Look at the comments and see how she is communicating with them. BRAVO!

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Welcome to a Taste of Web 2.0

September 25th, 2008 · No Comments · trainings, web2.0

We will be learning about Web 2.0 tools to use in your classroom. These tools and application are also known as the read-write Web, interactive Web.

Here is the slideshow for the presentation:

Taste of Web 2.0
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and here are bookmarks from our training:

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Share your opinion

August 21st, 2008 · No Comments · blogging, trainings, web2.0

We covered a lot during this training, and Pat and I want you to know that we will continue to help you. You can leave a comment here, or send an email when you have further questions. I will list upcoming trainings in the sidebar to the left, so look there if you would like more time to work on projects.

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This is how to add an avatar or image

August 21st, 2008 · 10 Comments · blogging, trainings, web2.0

  1. Choose the first icon from Add Media on the top of the tool bar
  2. Choose “Browser Uploader”
  3. Browse for your file
  4. Upload file
  5. Choose an alignment and size
  6. Click none on link
  7. Click on Insert into page.
  8. Add your text
  9. Publish and Save!

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Embedding PDF files in a post

August 21st, 2008 · No Comments · blogging, trainings, web2.0

You can upload documents (like Word, Excel, and pdf files) to a blog post. Look at the top right of the edit post box for the “asterisk”:

Click on that button, then choose the “browser uploader” and locate your file, and upload it.

Here is a document for your admin to sign for a blog. It’s not technically required any longer, but you should follow the guidelines from the district in how you maintain your blog:

scusd-request-for-blog-site

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So you want to get a YouTube video?

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments · blogging, trainings, web2.0

You find a great YouTube video, but how to show it in your classroom? YouTube is blocked in school computers. You can “pull down” a YouTube video with this handy online tool, Zamzar. Just get the url for the video on YouTube, then go to Zamzar and enter it in. It will ask what format you want (WMV for Windows Media Player, MOV for Mac), and for your email. You will be sent an email with a link to go to when it is done (usually within a couple of hours).

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