Day 2

Devotions: Sara

Reporters’ digest

• Kim & Tami• Today’s Fur.ly page: http://fur.ly/5wyg

Skype? In school?

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Skype

• http://education.skype.com/• http://player.vimeo.com/video/21665486?aut

oplay=1• http://education.skype.com/projects• http://skypeinschools.pbworks.com

Changing gears

• Sir Ken Robinson video and discussion• http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_cha

nging_education_paradigms.html• RSA Animate – imagine taking notes like this…

Green Groups

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Edmodo

• http://ocschools.edmodo.com/home• School code is: lsjha5 (i.e. Lima Sierra Juliet

Hotel Alpha fiver)• Group code for TIPS 2011 is: 5a6k2y• Join, check it out, and then discuss with your

“green” partner how you might be able to implement this in your classes

Using Edmodo - ideas

• Allows a paperless Classroom as a cloud storage space. Students are able to save a PowerPoint or Word document at school, work on it at home, and then upload it again to “hand in” at school.

• Art Critiques• Ask questions and get help from teacher and

peers• Authentic Audience• Book Discussion

• Calendar keeps assignments organized for teacher and students

• Collaborative Note Taking• Communication tool for student(s) on homebound

education for extended period of time due to illness• Connect with other Professionals• connecting students in different schools, states, and

countries• Contact and text remind students of major

assignments

• Create an online scrapbook. Students research a historical event or figure and find digital artifacts such as photos and articles.

• Create connections– across classes who have the same teacher or across classes in a school, district, region, state, or across the world! Groups can be formed for common study of material, pen pals, reading groups, current events, etc.

• Create small groups for students to prepare evidence for a debate or in-class trial. The affirmative and negative sides can share evidence in their own groups without fear that the other side will see their evidence.

• Create small groups to work as peer review groups. As students are working on projects, they can post their work to the small group to get feedback and suggestions for improvement.

• Differentiation– use the small group feature to move students into and out of groups based on readiness and other factors and deliver appropriate questions to each small group. It’s very easy to move students into and out of small groups so no one is “stuck” in a group he/she doesn’t belong.

• Eliminates excuses for being absent – still required to join online classroom

• Embedding Glogster poster files that contain other multimedia links.

• Embedding presentation tools (glogster, voki, animoto, prezi, voicethread, wordle)

• excellent for substitute teachers-kids already know the assignments

• Field Trip Observation and Log• For educators– Edmodo is an amazing place to grow your PLN,

share resources, and learn about teaching ideas from all over the world. You can join the communities on Edmodo and/or create communities for teachers in your school or district.

• Giving positive reinforcement to students that appreciate it, but would rather hear it/read it privately. (Teaching to the multiple intelligences via Edmodo)

• Going paperless in a classroom

• great for sending out professional development materials to faculty/staff.

• Have older students serve as mentors for younger students. E.g. Digital Citizenship Project: sophomores could help middle school students in avoiding and preventing Cyberbullying.

• Have student post ideas prior to an activity (make predictions) and then have students share “what did you learn” statements after an activity.

• Historical Timeline• Homework help- Students can communicate with the teacher

at home…there’s an “APP” for that!• Homework Support

• Message a group to work on Google Docs for a project or any other collaborative work

• Parent login for communication• Platform for long-term assignments given as

homework• Practice foreign language through discussion• Processing Time• Provide resources and handouts to my

audience.

• Responding to literature questions- students then could comment on each other’s answers (agree or disagree)

• School administrators can share staff development activities with teachers.

• Science Lab Discussions• Share Art Portfolios, images, video, links• Share Lab Results

• Sharing group generated powerpoints/animoto/audio clips

• Sharing resources• Small group novel study

• Differentiate instruction through the use of small groups and the shared library

• Teacher library to share with students• Transparent and sharing out what learned in class today• Upload book audio for a specific group or entire class• Upload resources into digital locker – Library• Use for school or district wide clubs like even sports teams. Coaches and

sponsors can use the calendar for important dates/ matches/ meets/ games/ practices. If a practice is cancelled or moved students can receive an immediate text message so they know. Groups can also post results, pictures, etc.

• Vacation/Travel Journals• Video Commentary• Virtual extra-curricular clubs

Work time• Get together in blue groups (not blueman

group) to brainstorm your ideas for your WebQuest – make suggestions to your partner

Blue Groups

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What to work on…

• WebQuest• Insert Video into Powerpoints• Slideshare.net / TeacherTube• Explore knightsites and diigo some sites

Break

Digital Storytelling

• Digital Storytelling Intro– Ideas:

http://www.techteachers.com/digstory/ideas.htm• Examples• How-to– Write the story (Word or paper-based)– Storyboard (paper-based)– Find pictures (online or your collection)– Put it together (PhotoStory)

Examples

• While we are exploring, check if you have Microsoft Photostory so I can install while others are looking around

• http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/• http://www.storycenter.org/stories/

• 1. Google Search Stories Video Creator- This is a YouTube site that lets you create a digital story out of a series of Google Searches, you really have to check it out to get the full effect!

• 2. PicLits- PicLits lets students choose a picture and then draw from a word bank to create a sentence or story to accompany the picture.

• 3. Domo Animate- This is my favorite story animation tool. It gives students so much flexibility and freedom in telling their story, the results are amazing!

• 4. StoryBird- This site lets students create stories based on beautiful illustrations by real artists; better yet, it lets students create stories collaboratively!

• 5. Animoto- The free version of Animoto lets students create 30 second videos that combine images, songs, and text. It combines them all for an impressive presentation without a lot of fuss. Great for your class website!

• 6. ZooBurst- ZooBurst is a new site that lets students create virtual 3D popup books. Even better, it lets students print out a special marker and view their popup book augmented reality style as it comes to life using a webcam!

• 7. Myths and Legends• 8. Shidonni-• 9. Smile Box• 10. Kerpoof-• 11. Glogster• 12. Creaza• 13. Voice Thread

• 14. Graphic Novel Creator- Comic Master• 15. Stage’d• 16. ePub Bud- publish ebooks for ebook

readers like the iPad• 17. Virsona• 18. Zimmer Twins-• 19. Fotobabble• 20. Picture Book Maker

• 21. Nota- collaborative workspace• 22. Xtranormal• 23. Do Ink• 24. Piki Kids Comic Creator• Sites to get students writing:• 25. Lightning Bug• 26. What-if questions for stories• 27. The Story Starter Jr. -• 28. The Story Starter-

Cameras!!!

Windows Movie maker

• http://download.microsoft.com/DOWNLOAD/D/F/0/DF087781-EDEF-45E1-9FAA-18FE7CD1E7E3/WLMM_GETSTARTED.PDF

• http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/guides/Pages/windows-live-movie-maker.aspx– Tutorial

• http://explore.live.com/windows-live-movie-maker?os=other – Tutorials broken down for specific functions &

advanced features

Let’s start small