Cell Phones in the Classroom

CELL PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM
From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Learning blog
Mobile Phones Imagination - Using Devices Kids Love for their Education by M. Prensky
Mobile Phones Boost School Standards from textually.org (UK)

New sites:
http://www.thejournal.com/articles/23966

Google for Educators

Google Sites
Google Docs
- Fourteen Interesting Ways to Use Google Docs in the Classroom
Custom Search Engine Example - Mrs. Gray's Research Site for Kids
Calendar
SketchUp
Google Notebook
Google Earth
-- Google Earth Lessons
-- Embedding Google My Maps
-- Explore Your Earth
-- Google Earth in the Classroom
-- "Educational Uses with Google Earth" - Entry from Google Earth Blog
-- Google Earth #1: Introduction to Google Earth (YouTube)

Google for Educators: A Three Hour Tour - A Workshop for K-12 Educators by K. Jarrett
Google for Educators: The Best Features for Busy Teachers - Article by S. Ring 1/2008

Delicious

Delicious - A SOCIAL BOOKMARKING SITE
A social bookmarking site provides a place to collect web sites, organize them, and to share them with others. There are a number of social bookmarking sites including Delicious, digg.com, stumbleupon.com and furl.net. We will be using Delicious for this class, especially for Assignment #2. See how Delicious rated in the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008

Social Bookmarking in Plain English (YouTube)

Delicious proves a tutorial to get you started.

When creating a Delicious account you will be given the opportunity to add a Delicious "Bookmarklet" or button to your browser which will enable you to quickly add new urls to your site.

To add a url without the button click on "Save a new bookmark" and type in the url for the web page. Url's that you have added to your account can be either public (default) or private. Url's are organized with tags and groups of tags can be bundled for easy access.

Other cool features:

Network: This connects you to other delicious users -- either people you know or "friends" you meet due to their collection of web sites. To add someone to your network type their Delicious username in the "Add a user" box or visit their Delicious page and select the "Add to my network" link at the top right of the page. You will show up as their "fan". Once they have added a link to your username you will be a "mutual fan"

Send Bookmarks to other Delicious users by adding the "for:followed by their username" (example for:educ3302) tag. This bookmark will appear in their Inbox the next time they open their Delicious account.

Delicious in the classroom:
A Guide to Using Delicious in the Classroom (YouTube)
"Using Delicious in My Classroom" blog entry by J. Verschoor

In Class Project: Create a Delicious account and if you are using your own computer you can add a delicious button to your browser (you will be given information on how to do that as you set up your account).

Add your favorite education web site or use the search feature in delicious to find a web site of interest to you (notice how many times this site has been saved in delicious, and the tags provided for the site). Click on "save" to add it to your account. Add at least 2 tags that will help you find this web site later.

Tag Bundles are a way to organize existing tags into groups. For example, if you have the tags "design", "painting", and "drawing", you may want to group these together into a bundle named "art" (from their web site). To create tag bundles click on the "Tag" tab and then choose "Manage Tag Bundles". From this page you can create a new bundle or exit bundles that you have already created.


updated 1/14/09

Technology Standards

NATIONAL EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS (NET-S)

Students
NETS for Students (2007)
Profiles for Technology Literate Students

Teachers
NETS for Teachers (2008)

WASHINGTON STATE
Technology & EALRs & GLEs (based on old NET standards)
K-12 Technology Inventory (07/08)
Thinkfinity - Linking Lesson Plans with Washington State Standards
Technology Use in Classroom

OTHER NATIONAL STANDARDS
Major Subject Areas

Free Web Site Creation Software

Here is a collection of free programs. Some are web based, some need to be downloaded to your computer. Some may require that you have a place to host your web site.

Weebly
350 Pages
Class Homepage Builder (Scholastic)
Site Builder (Yahoo)
Free Webs
Office Live (Microsoft)
Wet Paint (actually a wiki)
Teacher Web (I am checking to see if I can get free accounts for you)
Inspiring Teachers (free, but you need a host which you can purchase when you set up your account)

Please share with class if you find one or more of these to be easier to use than Google Sites.

Setting Up A RSS Reader Using Google Reader

Log into Google Reader

Add a new site:

• Find a web site or URL that you want to add to your RSS reader
• Highlight and copy the URL
• In Google Reader click on "Add Subscription"
• Paste the desired URL - Link to web site should show up on your subscription list

To rename link, create new folder or move subscription to a folder:

• Click on "Manage Subscriptions"
• Rename by click on "Rename" link. Change to desired name and save
• To create a new folder open pull down menu from box on right side of screen. Choose "New Folder" add desired name and click on OK
• To change folder open pull down menu from box on right side of screen. Choose desired folder from list
• To put in more than one folder, use shift key when selecting the 2nd folder

To read new entries

• When you open Google Reader the number of unread posts or items will appear in bold in parenthesis.
• To see all unread posts or items click on link
• To see entire posts or items click on post title
• To mark all new entries as read click on "Mark all as read" button
• To keep entry unread click on title of entry and click in the box before "Keep unread"
• Other options are available: Add Star, Share, Share with Note, Email & Edit tags
• To see entire blog or web site click title near top of screen

9/08

Google For Educators

Tools For Your Classroom from Google
Google Sites
Google Docs
Custom Search Engine Example - Mrs. Gray's Research Site for Kids
Calendar
SketchUp
Google Notebook
Google Earth
-- Google Earth Lessons
-- Explore Your Earth
-- Google Earth in the Classroom
-- "Educational Uses with Google Earth" - Entry from Google Earth Blog
-- Google Earth #1: Introduction to Google Earth (YouTube)

Google for Educators: A Three Hour Tour - A Workshop for K-12 Educators by K. Jarrett
Google for Educators: The Best Features for Busy Teachers - Article by S. Ring 1/2008

updated 8/08ls

Digital Citizenship & Internet Safety

Children’s Internet Protection Act (2000)
- Resources on the Child Internet Protection Act - Pennsylvania Department of Education
NET-S Student -Digital Citizenship
- Simply Curious (wiki) - NETS-S 5 Digital Citizenship

RESOURCES: WEB SITES
Digital Citizenship: Using Technology Appropriately
Teach Digital: Curriculum - a wiki by W. Fryer
Kenton County School District: Digital Citizenship & Internet Safety
Advocates 4 Digital Citizenship, Safety & Success (Blog)
CyberSmart
Disney Online Safety (Disney)
A Parent’s Guide to Online Safety: Ages & Stages (Mircosoft)
STOP Cyberbullying
Net Smartz Workshop: Real Life Stories
YouTube: Cyberbullying Teen(Note: this has been removed by author)

RESOURCES: ARTICLES
"What is Digital Citizenship?" by W. Fryer (2/2008)
"'She Used to be Pretty': Schoolyard Harassment Goes Online" by K. Noonon (2007)
"ABC's of Bullying Prevention" by K. Stone (2006)
"Throwing Sticks and Stones in Cyberspace" -- WA State Law - 2007 Senate Bill Report
"As bullies go high-tech, lawmakers say schools should be fighting back" Seattle Times (2007)
"Cyber intimidation and the art of bullying" (2007)
"Preventing another Julie Amero Tradegy" N. Willard (2007)

RESOURCES: SOFTWARE & OPTIONS
iSAFE - Internet Safety Instruction iSAFE statistics
Websense – School & Library Internet Filtering Software
NetNanny
Safe Search Engines Google Safe & Yahoo SafeSearch

ACCEPTABLE USE POLICIES
K-20 Network Acceptable Use Policy
Example: Mt. Baker School District

New:http://www.thejournal.com/articles/23943

updated 11/08ls

Web 2.0 Tools

WEB 2.0 WHAT IS IT?

The Educator's Guide to the Read/Write Web article by W. Richardson (you will need to use your NU login and password to get to this article)

WIKIS & BLOGS & WEB SITES

Examples - Elementary:
-Arbor Heights Elementary School Wiki (Seattle)
-Mr. Tepley's 5th Grade Classroom (Mukilteo, WA)
-Mrs. Abernethy's Global Gorillas - 5th Grade (Greenville, PA)
-Cathy Francis' Class - Ages 10 & 11 (St. Thomas, Keith Scotland)

Examples - Secondary:
-Mr. Stafford's Life Science Website (Chehalis)
-Elizabeth Fullerton's English Weblog (Columbia, TN)
-Geometry Blog
-Mr. Armstrong's U. S. History Wiki (Korea International School, Republic of Korea)

Wiki Tools:
Wikispaces
- Wikispaces for Teachers (Free for K-12 teachers)
PBwiki
- PBwiki Educator Videos
Educational Wikis

IN CLASS ACTIVITY: 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.

PODCASTS
A podcast is an audio recording that is saved as an mp3 file and distributed on the web, making it available for others to listen to or download.

Examples:
RadioWillowWeb from Willowdale Elementary School, Omaha, NE
Mr. Langhorst's Web Classroom (8th grade American History) from South Valley Jr. High School, Liberty, MO

Tools:
Audacity
Freecorder
-- Toolbar Quick Start Guide
Ourmedia (free podcast hosting)
Box.net (free online file storage)

Resources:
Podcasting
Podcasting Tools
"iPod, upod" by G. Butterfield, 2007
"Listening to Themselves: Podcasting Takes Lessons Beyond the Classroom" by M. Smart, 2008
IN CLASS ACTIVITY: Download the Freecorder Toolbar to your computer. Record a message, save it as a mp3. To post to your blog you will need to create an account at box.net or Ourmedia and they will provide a link that you can add to your blog. Think about how you could incorporate podcasts into your classroom.


PHOTOS & IMAGES

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

Tools:
Flickr
Picasa
Photobucket
Animoto - create a 30 second professional trailer using your photos
YouTube (Video)
TeacherTube (Video)
Microsoft Photo Story
Microsoft Movie Maker - Movie Maker: How-to-Center

Resources:
FlickrEdu: The Promise of Social Networks by D. Baird, 2008
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 - Tag Galaxy
Also see list at Flickr Tools and Flickr Bits

IN CLASS ACTIVITY: Create a Flickr account or download Picasa to your computer. Then create a album of your pictures that you can post to the web. Think about how you could use Flickr or Picasa in your classroom. Have fun with Flickr Mashups.

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"

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

RSS & NEWSREADERS
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) enables people to subscribe to web sites and with the use of a tool called an aggregator or newsreader receive notification when information is added to the web site.

Tools:
Bloglines
Google Reader

IN CLASS ACTIVITY: Find two or three blogs or websites that you look at on a regular basis (see list on Class Blog). Use Google Reader (login with your google email & password) or create a bloglines account and add your selected blogs/sites.

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"

WEB START PAGES
Pageflakes - "Personalize your homepage..."
igoogle - "Personalized Google page..."

ONLINE APPLICATIONS
Zoho Creator - "Create online database applications in minutes"
Map Builder.net - "...tag locations on a map and publish it on your own site"
Google Maps - "Explore the world using interactive maps"
- Professor Sorenson's 50 States Walking Map
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FREE INTERNET CALLS
Google Talk
Skype

CREATE A PERSONAL SEARCH ENGINE
Google Custom Search - "Create your own search engine" Example: Mrs. Gray's Research Sites for Kids
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
Zoho Office Suite
Spresent (free trial)

CREATE EDUCATIONAL LEARNING GAMES
Classtools.net
edCreate.com (free trial)

MISC
AirSet - "Organize busy work & family lives with shared online calendars, contacts & lists"
LibraryThing - "Catalog your books online"
TaDa Lists - "Simple, sharable to-do lists"
AssignADay - "Teacher-created calendars to manage classes and assignments"
Calendars Net - "Free online web calendar hosting"
Twitter -"What are you doing?"
- "Using Twitter as an Education Tool" by R. Jones, 2008
- "47 Awesome Twitter Tools You Should be Using"
VoiceThread - "...powerful new way to talk about and share your images, documents and videos" Wordle - "Generating word clouds from texts"
PIC-LITS - "Inspired Picture Writing" (see Lesson Plans in Learn-it tab)

OTHER RESOURCES
Web 2.0 Tools by K. Schrock
Shedding Lite on Web 2.0 by K. Schrock
updated 2/3/09ls