K12 Online Conference

K12 Online Conference 2007 "Playing with Boundaries"

Week 6 Group SMART Board

Take a look at the Educator Resources web page, especially the SMART Notebook Software Lesson Activities & State Standards page and select a couple of activities that you would like to play with using the SMART Board. As a group you will probably be able to run through two activities.

Week 5 - Web 2.0 Tools

WEB 2.0 What is it?

PPT Presentation

WIKIS & BLOGS
Wiki Examples - Elementary:
Arbor Heights Elementary School Wiki (Seattle WA)
Our Favourites Graph

Blog & Wiki Examples - Secondary:
7th Grade Math Blog (not current)
Geometry Blog
Aristotle Experiment Wiki - Estancia High School

Wiki Tools:
Wikispaces
pbwiki
JotSpot

PRACTICE: You used a wiki when you signed up for your SMART Board Group and Individual sessions. I have created a new page at http://educ3302web2.wikispaces.com/ Think about how you could use a wiki in your class and play around with some of the features.

Feel free to create your own wikis account in one of the tools listed above.

Resources:
Educational Wikis
"Get Wild About Wikis!" from Education World
Tim Fredricks ELA Teaching Wiki

PODCASTS
Examples:
RadioWillowWeb from Willowdale Elementary School, Omaha, NE
Mabry Online from Marby Middle School, Marietta, GA
Mr. Langhorst's Web Classroom (8th grade American History) from South ValleyJr. High School, Liberty, MO

Tools:
Audicity
Freecorder User Guide
Ourmedia (free podcast hosting)
Media Max (free internet hosting)

PRACTICE: Download Freecorder or Audicity to your computer. Record a message, save it as a mp3 and use box.net or create an account at Ourmedia or MediaMax and add a link to your podcast on your blog. Think about how you could incorporate podcasts into your classroom.

Resources:
EPN: Education Podcast Network
Podcasting
Podcasting Tools
"iPod, upod" by G. Butterfield, 2007
“Make Your Voice Heard: Creating a Podcast is Easier than you Think” by J. Branzburg, 2006
“Podcasting 101: How educators can use this technology” by M. Dionne, 2006
“Podcasting” Vincent, T, 2006

PHOTOS & IMAGES
Examples:
Elementary Art Group
Jane Goodall's Camp (Created by a 3rd Grader)
Lewis Elementary School

Tools:
Flickr
Picasa
Photobucket
YouTube (Video)
Microsoft Photo Story

PRACTICE: Create a Flickr account or download Picasa to your computer. Create a album that you can post to the web using pictures that you brought to class or that you take with a digital camera. To upload pictures to Picasa web album you will need to log in using your Google account. Think about how you could use Flickr or Picasa in your classroom. Have some fun with Flickr Mashups.

Resources:
FlickrEdu: The Promise of Social Networks by D. Baird, 2005
My Friend Flickr by A. Standen, 2007
Flickr Photo Sharing U Tech Tips on YouTube
Picasa in the Classroom
Flickr Mashups- Spell with Flickr -Trading Card Maker - Flickr Sukoko
Also see list at Flickr Tools and Flickr Bits

GOOGLE
Examples & Tools:
Google for Educators: Tools for your Classroom
*Google Earth
-Google Earth Lessons
-Embedding Google My Maps
-Explore Your Earth
Google Co-op
Google Cheat Sheet
Google for Educators: A Three Hour Tour - A Workshop for K-12 Educators by K. Jarrett

PRACTICE: Download Google Earth and check out it's features. See Classroom Activities or Google Earth Lessons for ideas. Check out other Google tools such as Calendar, SketchUp or Google Co-op.


IMAGE GENERATORS
Tools:
Cool Text Graphics Generators
Generator Blog - "Blog about software that creates software"
FD's Flickr Toys - "Producers of fine toys and amusements for your digital photographs"

PRACTICE: Have fun using one or more of these web sites. Think about how you could use image generators in the classroom.

RSS & NEWSREADERS
DEF: Delivery of regularly updated information over the web

Tools: Bloglines

EXERCISE: Find two or three blogs or websites that you look at on a regular basis (see list on Class Blog). Create a bloglines account and add your selected blogs/sites.

Week 5 - More Web 2.0 Tools

Social Bookmarking
Blinklist.com - "For all the web sites you want to get back to... "
del.icio.us
-"Simply del.icio.us: Online Social Bookmarking" by D. Muir
-"5 Things you Need to Know before using del.icio.us" by R. Newburn
Furl - "Your personal web file"
Stumbleupon - "Discover new sites"

Online Storage
Box.net - Web based file access and sharing
Media Max - "Best online storage on the web"

Web Start Pages
Pageflakes - "Personalize your homepage..."

Online Applications
Chat Creator - "Add chat to your site"
Map Builder.net - "...tag locations on a map and publish it on your own site"
Zoho Creator - "Create online database applications in minutes"

Free Internet Calls
Gmail
Skype

Create Personal Search Engine
Google Co-op - "Create your own search engine"
Rollyo - "Roll your own search engine"

Visual Sharing
Gliffy - "Draw and share diagrams on the web"
Skrbl - "The complete web whiteboard"

Office 2.0
Google Docs & Spreadsheets
Zoho Office Suite

LibraryThing - "Catalog your books online"
TaDa Lists - "Simple, sharable to-do lists"
AssignADay - "Teacher-created calendars to manage classes and assignments"

Other Resources
Web 2.0 Tools by Kathy Schrock
Shedding Lite on Web 2.0 by Kathy Schrock
Web 2.0 Ideas for Educators: A Guide to RSS and More by Quentin D'Souza (753KB)
The Best Web 2.0 Software for 2006

Week 4 Introduction to the SMART Board

Software
Overview of Version 9.7
Download Version 9.7
For Windows -- download from link on Eagle
For Macs -- download from link on Eagle

Training
Teacher's Hub
Training Center for Mac Users
Training Center for Window Users
2 Minute Tutorials
Notebook Software Activity Guide - Designing Lesson Activites

Lesson Activities
Educator Resources
SMART Notebook Software Lesson Activities & State Standards

Articles & Other Resources
Primary Interactive Whiteboard Resources
Interactive Whiteboard Resources
schoolzone – Interactive whiteboards
Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom
Outsmarting the SMART Board

Week 3 - Web Design

METHODS FOR CREATING WEB SITES

Using HTML Code (a web host is needed)
HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language and is used to create web pages using a text editor. XHTML (Extensible HyperText Markup Language) is a stricter and cleaner version of HTML. Using XHTML guidelines will guarantee that your web page will "work" in all web browsers. Text editors include Notepad, Wordpad or Simple Text (Mac)

Using a HTML Editor (a web host is needed)
CoffeeCup Software provides a HTML editor and 31 additional programs including Form Builder, Video Player, Photo Gallery, Live Chat, Web Calendar & gif Animator. Programs can be purchased separately or bundled together. The one-time purchase comes with free upgrades and support for life. Free web design software is also available including the HTML Editor (9.0), an Image Viewer and a DHTML Menu Builder. See CoffeeCup's offer for "Free Software for Schools". CoffeeCup is offering a special deal to NU School of Education students --see professor for details.

Other HTML Editors
Nvu is a free open source “web authoring system” for Windows, Mac and Linux.
NoteTab is a text and HTML editor similar to Microsoft's Notepad. NoteTab Light is free.
Microsoft Office Live Basics provides free domain name and web hosting

Using a WYSIWYG Editor (a web host is needed)
Dreamweaver is one of the leading web development tools. A free 30 day trial is available. Cost for Dreamweaver CS3: Full $399, Education version $199. See Dreamweaver CS3 Featured Tour for details regarding design tools and best practices.

FrontPage has been part of the Microsoft Office Suite but is now replaced replaced with two products that Microsoft is calling the Next Generation Authoring Tools: SharePoint Designer 2007 and Expression Web

Using a Template or Wizard Located at Online Site (usually hosted by site)
Blogs and Wikis are web pages that are easy to create. See "Using Blogs and Wikis in the Classroom"

Page Creator hosted by Google. Example
Geocities hosted by Yahoo.

OPTIONS FOR HOSTING WEB SITES & OBTAINING DOMAIN NAMES
As a NU student you can request 50MB of web space. Directions for setting up your web space is available here.

Some Internet Service Providers offer web design software and publishing as part of their package. Verizon is one example

Companies such as Lunarpages provide a place to host a web site starting at $6.95 per month. Lunarpages provides a domain as part of their package and CoffeeCup web design software is now part of their package for subscribers

A Few Resources...
A Teachers Guide to School Web Sites (2004)
HTML Goodies - Introduction to HTML
Dave Raggett's Introduction to HTML
W3 Schools - Full Web Building Tutorials (free)

Cool Classroom & School Sites....
EduHound Classrooms on the Web
Mrs. Nelson's Class (2nd Grade)
Mr. Leahy's Class (5th Grade)
Mr. S. Smith's 5th Grade
Mr. Langhorst's Web Classroom (8th Grade)
Lake Washington Kangs
Juanita High School

Week 3 - Searching the Internet

Search Engines & Directories
AltaVista
Google
LookSmart
Yahoo
Ask.com
Windows Live Search

Search Engine Reviews

Class Activity: With the person next to you decide on a topic for a web search. Using the same term(s) do a search in two search engines. Compare the results.

Meta-Search Engines
Clusty
KartOO
Mamma
Metacrawler
Dogpile
Jux2

Meta-Search Engines Tutorial (2007, UC Berkley Library)

Search Tools for Kids
Ask Jeeves for Kids
KidsClick
Zoo.com

Welcome

...to the Technology in Education class blog. This blog will provide an outline of what we will be covering in class as well as links to web sites and articles that will be helpful to you as a teacher.

I look forward to our time together this semester and hope that you have fun exploring new technology and new ways of providing learning opportunities for your students.

Professor Sorenson