Test of Cover It Live
June 22nd, 2009 by alicemercer · No Comments · Uncategorized
Preview of Fear Not the Code
June 22nd, 2009 by alicemercer · No Comments · multimedia, Uncategorized
Welcome! We’re going to use this post to “work on” during the session which is schedule at 9:00 a.m. PDT.
Embedding images is easy with a visual editor, but don’t let that code freak you out!
Photo credit: 177 of 365 – blind justice on Flickr
Follow-up to VoiceThread: A 21st Century K-W-L Chart on Edublogs Live!
June 21st, 2009 by alicemercer · 1 Comment · multimedia
It was a fun session, and a great turnout (about 20) on Friday night (for me at least, lots of Aussies there for their Saturday a.m.). You can listen to the session at:
My links for the session are at:
And in response to the question about rubrics for VoiceThread:
And here is info about pricing for educators. I may have misspoke because it looks like the Pro-educator account will put you in ed.voicethread.com which is not as “open” an environment as some educators would like:
VoiceThread – A 21st Century K-W-L Preview
June 18th, 2009 by alicemercer · No Comments · multimedia
The following is a list of bookmarks to go along with my presentation on Edublogs Live! about VoiceThread. You can access this session on Elluminate at 7 p.m. PDT on Friday June 19. Hope I’ll see you there!
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VoiceThread – Group conversations around images, documents, and videos
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Voicethread 4 Education » home
Examples of VoiceThreads that others have made.
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VoiceThread – Digital Library – 3rd Grade Language Arts from Alice Mercer
An example of a VoiceThread I did with students about Friendship that was included in the VoiceThread Library of Uses
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VoiceThread – Third Graders on Friendship
The actual VoiceThread in my example
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Instructify » Blog Archive » Instructifeature: A K-W-L chart for the 21st century using VoiceThread
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Making the case for VoiceThread and interactive digital storytelling » Moving at the Speed of Creativity
The case one teacher in Oklahoma made with her district for using VoiceThread. She is keeping the VoiceThread private, which is one option. I usually choose comment moderation (which means I have to approve any comments that come in), instead of making it private. -
Thinking about simplicity in the context of professional development » Moving at the Speed of Creativity
This is a post on simplicity in Professional Development that outlines the case for using VoiceThread as a professional development tool and a tool in the classroom.
Tags: edublogslive·voicethread
Schedule Change
June 17th, 2009 by alicemercer · No Comments · Uncategorized
The Edublogs Live! session I am doing on VoiceThread: A 21st Century K-W-L has been changed from Thursday 6/18 to Friday 6/19 at 7 p.m. PDT. Hope to see you then!
Upcoming Events for June 2009
June 2nd, 2009 by alicemercer · 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
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).
Authenticity vs. editing student work: a peaceful middle ground for your class blog
May 27th, 2009 by alicemercer · No Comments · blogging, discoverystreaming, podcasting, presentations
This was an online event with Edublogs Live, that I forgot to preview here. I promise I will list future shows before they happen!
You’ve started your blog(s) with students, and they are writing, when is their work “ready” to publish and share with the world? If you haven’t thought about it yet, you should. Watch as we discuss how to figure out your philosophy about publishing student work, and how to make sure that you are having students show their best work, while still supporting learning.
Points covered included:
- Considerations, including potential “critics” who may read the blog;
- Building comfort and fluency in students;
- Avoiding embarrassing students;
- Revising and editing comments after they are published;
- Identify draft vs. final versions of work.
Sue Wyatt (taz teacher) and Jan Smith shared their experiences with student blogs which were very illuminating!
You can see the archive of the Elluminate session here
Links
- My week ver. 17 | Reflections on Teaching
- The Quality of Language
- La qualité de la langue
- Sue Wyatt’s blog
- Jan Smith’s blog
- The Edublogger Student competition
Other
A note about the writing on this blog…
This blog includes writing from elementary students, and shows work at all stages from first to final drafts
Work with this logo:
has been edited once.
Work with this logo:
is in a final form.
We do this to show the whole writing process, and hope you enjoy seeing how we learn.
the image link is here:
Edited: http://oakridgefourthgrade.edublogs.org/files/2009/05/cooltext421028791.png
Final: http://oakridgefourthgrade.edublogs.org/files/2009/05/cooltext421029122.png
I did both on cooltext: http://cooltext.com/Buttons
Links for What's New!
April 22nd, 2009 by alicemercer · 4 Comments · trainings
Podcasting Lectures
- http://educationalvodcasting.com/
- Video on Vodcasting in the Classroom (blocked at SCUSD)
- TED Talks
Interactive White Boards
- Marzano’s site
- My blog post on his keynote
- Another Blog post on his keynote
- Are “Interactive White Boards” transformative to your teaching and/or classroom? – Classroom 2.0
Flip Video Cameras
- Flip Video Cameras (pdf)
- Teaching ‘N Technology: Flip Video Cameras in the Classroom
cached - Chris Bell’s wiki page on Flip’s
Videos for Math Instruction
Twitter in Education
- Twitter / Home
will be blocked at SCUSD (Twitter Search) - Plurk
- Twitter Handbook for Teachers
- List of Educators on Twitter
cached - List of Educators on Plurk
cached - YouTube – TWITTER WH*RE
No obscenities except the title, which is a reference to obsession, not sex.
Cell Phones in Learning
- Projects being done already
- Cell Phones in Learning blog
(will be blocked at SCUSD; cached
You Tube for Education
- Dan Meyer’s blog post
(will be blocked at SCUSD; cached - The Digital Ethnography Project from Kansas State University (just to see what it’s like from the production, not just the viewer position)
- Zamar (use this to pull down YouTube videos)
Maybe useful to you…
Preview of What's New!
April 18th, 2009 by alicemercer · No Comments · trainings
This Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 4 p.m. I will be doing a training at the Oak Ridge Elementary computer lab called, “What’s New” which is about recent trends in educational technology. Here is the slide show for the training:
Upcoming Event in Sacramento!
April 14th, 2009 by alicemercer · No Comments · Uncategorized
For those of you in Sacramento who subscribe to this blog, I will be at a Classroom 2.0 Live Workshop on Friday and Saturday April 24-25th. It will be held at Sacramento City College. You can find more information here: http://www.classroom20.com/events/cr-20-live-workshop
The event is for educators at all levels of technology proficiency, so I hope you will join me there!
