Introduction to Interactive Whiteboards

INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS
What is an Interactive Whiteboard?
Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom

SMART BOARDS
SMART Technologies
SMART Boards Why are they so easy to use? (YouTube Video)
Smart Table - An Ideal Interactive Learning Center (YouTube Video)
Articles about the SMART Board from EdCompass Newsletter

To Download Notebook Software:
Go to SMART Technologies Download Software page
For Activation Code go to  Download Notebook Software -- you will need to log in with your NU user name and password

SMART BOARD & NOTEBOOK SOFTWARE RESOURCES
SMART Exchange: Classroom Ready Resources
Teacher's Hub
Free Learning Resources
Notebook Software Activity Guide - Designing Lesson Activities
Lesson Activity Toolkit
SMART Notebook Lesson Activities & State Standards
Teachers Love SMART Boards blog
SMART Board Internet Resources for Education
SMARTBoard Lessons Podcast


PROMETHEAN ACTIVEBOARD
Promethean web page
Video Showcase: In the Classroom

ACTIVEBOARD & ACTIVINSPIRE SOFTWARE RESOURCES
Promethean Planet (free online community for Activclassroom teachers, registration required)
Free Webinars
Download free personal version of ActivInspire

Web Sites
Interactive Whiteboard Links
Illuminations (Math)
Interactive Whiteboard Resources
Interactive Whiteboard Links
e Chalk: Online Resources for Teachers - Free Games Room
elearning for Kids
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In Class:
#1  SMART Board Activities
SMART Exchange: Classroom Ready Resources
SMART Notebook Activities & State Standards 
SMART Board Activities (Wichita Public Schools)

#2 SMART Board Gallery
See handout
#3  SMART Board Tool Bars
See handout

Introduction to Blogging

Elementary School Examples
Meriwether Lewis Elementary School Blog
Mr. C's Class Blog 5th Grade at Noel Elementary School
Fourth Grade - Mrs. Elliott (08/09)
Mr. Wright's 3rd Grade Class

Middle & Secondary School Examples
Guerrila Season Book Blog -- Mr. Langhort's American History (8th grade) at South Valley Junior High School in Liberty MO
Newtown High School Blog

Tools
Blogger
- Creating a blog using blogger.comWordPress
- 300+ Resources to Help You Become a WordPress Expert
Edublogs (free for teachers and students)
21Classes (free for students and teachers with upgrade option)

Guides
Blogger Tips & Tricks
"What's A Blog" Tour (Blogger)

Links used in Class:
State Capitols Game
A Vision of K-12 Kids Today

updated 12/09

Library & Online Resources

HURST LIBRARY
The Library web page provides access to library materials and services including print and electronic books, and curriculum materials. Print journals and full-text online articles are available as well as access to many databases that provide links to holdings in other libraries (like WorldCat) and indexing of articles that can be requested through Interlibrary Loan.

Online Databases that focus on Education including ERIC and Education Research Complete are available. Other general databases such as Academic Search Premier and Research Library Complete also index and provide access to full-text education journals. Databases focusing on psychology such as PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES may be good databases to search depending on your topic. Use the Education Subject link to view page with links to these databases and other resources for educators

In Class Project:
Search the resources in our library to find articles or books regarding technology and education.  Focus on the age of student that you will be working with in the future.

ARTICLES:

Do a search in one of the databases available from Hurst Library

• If searching for a phrase put quotes around the phrase ("social studies")
• How can you limit your search to articles focused on the grade level you want to teach?
• If you are not in an Education database how would you make sure that your search results included articles regarding the education and the classroom?
• How can you make sure that the article is about technology?
• How can you make sure that the article is a current one?
• If you get too many articles, how can you narrow the search?
• If your paper is due tomorrow how can you limit your search to articles that are available to you tonight?
• How can you see the most current articles first?

Find one article that is of interest to you and click on the title. Are you still interested in the article after you read the abstract? Notice that a Persistent Link to this article is available. You will use the Persistent Link in Assignment #1.


BOOKS:

• If searching for a phrase put quotes around the phrase ("social studies").
• How can you limit the search to books that relate to elementary or secondary students?
• How would you add "technology" to your search?
• How would you put a hold on this book so it would be ready for pick up when you visit the library tomorrow?
• How can you change the list so the most current books are first?
• How can you see a list of books that you have checked out? How can you renew your books?

INTERNET RESOURCES

A few search sites

• DogPile
• Mamma Metasearch
• Clusty
• Search-cube
• KartOO
• Cuil
• WolframAlpha
• leapfish
• RedZ

Unique search sites

• Goby - Create your own adventure
• ChaCha - Use with mobile phone
• Tag Galaxy - Searches photos in Flickr
• CamMap - Search traffic webcams in real time
• Ask Kids - For kids
• Yahoo Kids - For kids
• Mahalo - Human-Powered Search

List of Best Search Engines for ESL/ESL Learners
updated 1/10

Technology Standards

NATIONAL EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS (NET-S)

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

Teachers
NETS for Teachers (2008)

WASHINGTON STATE
Educational Technology Standards (December 2008)
- See link to "Comparison and 'Crosswalk' Between WA Educational Technology Standards with ISTE's NETS"
K-12 Technology Inventory (08/09)
Thinkfinity - Linking Lesson Plans with Washington State Standards
Technology Use in Classroom

OTHER NATIONAL STANDARDS
Major Subject Areas

Essential 21st Century Skills

updated 12/09

Online Learning Communities

Edtechtalk consists of a group of educators who use webcasts to discuss and learning about the uses of educational technology. Attendees to these webcasts can listen to the live discussion and use the chat room to make comments and ask questions. Archives of the webcasts are available. Group producing webcasts include: 21st Century Learning, Women of the Web 2.0, Teachers Teaching Teachers, It's Elementary and Parents as Partners.


K-12 Online Conference November 30 - December 17, 2009
This years theme is Bridging the Divide. This international conference is free and will start with some pre-conference presentation the week of November 30. Fifity presentation will be posted to the web site by the send of the conference. Presentations from the 2008, 2007 & 2006 conferences are available.

We are Teachers is a community created for teachers where you can create a personal profile, send messages, join interest groups, share your lesson plans and look at lesson plans that others have posted.

Teacher Lingo is a "growing teacher community... where teachers can share ideas, ask questions, learn from each other..."

updated 11/09ls

NETS Video

Creating a blog using blogger.com

CREATE A BLOGGER ACCOUNT

Go to blogger.com and create an account. You will be prompted to sign in using your name and password if you already have a Google Account or to create a Google Account. Then click on the "Create A Blog" link to create your blog.

Next enter a title and address (url) for your blog. The title can be changed later, the url cannot be changed. Next you will be asked to choose a template for your blog. This also can be changed later. Before creating your first entry for your blog you will want to look at the options that are available to you from the Settings tab.

SETTINGS

Basic
*Option available to add title & description
*Options to make your blog more secure.
- "Let Search Engines find your blog?" - change to No
- "Add your blog to our listing" - change to No

Comments
* "Who can comment?" - you have four choices
*"Enable Comment Moderation" - default is No. If you want to see moderate comments before they are visible to others change to Yes
*"Show Word Verification" - default is No. If you want to make sure that spammers are not adding comments change to Yes

Email & Mobile
You can add new posts to your blog via email or via your mobile phone
*For Email Publishing
Fill in the box following "Mail-to-Blogger Address"
If you want the post to auto publish directly to your blog click in the Publish box
The subject line in your email becomes the title of your post
*For Publishing from your Mobile phone
Follow directions for setting up your cell phone

POSTING

Create a New Post
*Choose Create tab
*Add title to the "Title" box
*Add content to body of entry
*If you are not ready to publish what you are working on you click on "Save Now"
*If you are ready to publish, click on "Publish Post"
*You can add labels for your post by typing words in "Labels for this post:" box

Edit Posts
*Choose Edit Posts tab
*Make changes to desired post
*"Save" or "Publish"

TEMPLATE

Page Elements
*There are many gadgets that you can add to your page such as a link list, pictures and text lists. Click on "Add a Page Element" to see the gadgets that are available.

To add a Link List:
*Click on "Add A Gadget"
*Click on "+" to add to blog
*Type "Title" in box (eg. "Blogs of Classmates")
*Type "New Site URL" in box (blog address)
*Type "New Site Name" in box (classmates initials)
*Click on "Add Link" to add another link to the same category
*Click on "Save Changes" - Choose sorting option if desired

Click on "View Blog" at any time to see what you blog looks like with the changes you have made. Only "Published" posts will show up.

ADDING DOCUMENTS TO YOUR BLOG
At this time blogger.com doesn't allow you to upload a Word or Excel document to your blog, so you will need to use a web based storage tool to create a url that you can link to. Documents can be uploaded to Box.net or Google Docs. Both of these tools limit the size and/or number of documents that can be stored, but you will find them useful when you want to be able to link to a document that is not part of your blog.

See Using box.net or Using Google Docs for step by step instructions for using these tools.

Productivity Software

WORD PROCESSING

Tools:
Word (Microsoft)
Pages (Apple)


Resources:
Word 2007 Tutorial
Interactive: Word 2003 to Word 2007 Command Reference Guide
Pages (Apple) Tutorial


SPREADSHEETS
Tools:
Excel (Microsoft)
Numbers (Apple)

Resources:
Excel 2007 Tutorial
Interactive: Excel 2003 to 2007 Command Reference Guide
Using Spreadsheets in K-12 Classrooms
Numbers (Apple) Tutorial

PRESENTATION SOFTWARE

Tools:
PowerPoint (Microsoft)
Keynote (Apple)
SlideShare

Resources:
PowerPoint 2007 Tutorial
Brainy Betty PowerPoint Menu
PowerPoint Games
Interactive: PowerPoint 2003 to PowerPoint 2007 Command Reference Guide
PowerPoint Collection -- Jefferson County Schools
Article: "Add Voice Narration to PowerPoint" (Microsoft)
Keynote (Apple) Tutorial

Elementary & Secondary Lesson Plans: Technology in the Classroom with Multimedia Lesson Plans

GOOGLE FOR EDUCATORS

Google Docs
Blog Entry: Google Docs Presentations
Google for Educators: Google Docs
Google for Educators: Tools for Your Classroom

OTHER RESOURCES

Microsoft Lesson Plans for Students & Teachers
2007 Microsoft Office System Training Courses (free)

updated 4/2010ls

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Final Class

Proverbs 2:1–11 God’s Promise to You as a Teacher

“My sons (and daughters), if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,
Turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding,
And if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,
And if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,
Then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
He holds victory in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
For he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.
Then you will understand what is right and just and fair – every good path.
For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.”

Today is National Teacher Day

Our class delicious account:
login - educ3302s09
password - g0teach (0 = zero)

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)

CELL PHONES
From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Schools (A blog with a lot of good ideas)
Cell Phones for Learning
Cell Phones Tackle Reading, Language Barriers (2008)

Gradebook

During the 30 minute session you will:

• Look at gradebook software for the age group that you will be teaching. You will add a class, add students to your class as well as add assignments and grades

What you need to bring to class:

• If possible a laptop

What you need to do before class:

• Take a look at the information under ADDITIONAL RESOURCES below
• Think about why gradebook software would be useful as a teacher. What features would you like the software to have?

During Class:

• You will send the time exploring Chalksite. A handout with a user name and password as well as detailed instructions on setting us a class will be available.

After Class:

• Reflect on this software using the questions at the bottom of the handout

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Many school districts have gradebook software available for their teachers. Below is a list of just a few of the programs that are available.

FREE (usually come with limited features)
Engrade is web based. A “tour” of the software as well as a “features” page and a page with user comments is available.

Where Minds Meet is web based and free. Tools include Class Web Page, Online Gradebook, Reporting Tools, Lesson Plan Organizer and Private Journal.

SUBSCRIPTION BASED (Free trial or free limited features may be available)
MyGradeBook is web based. A 30 day trial is available. ($49.95 per year)

Chalksite is web based. An individual subscription is free, however only 5 students are able to have accounts. Subscription options are available.

GradeSource is web based and the free version comes with advertising. Subscription options are available.

Thinkwave (Win) has a free version with limited features. A subscription option with additional features and technical support and a web version are now available. ($35 - 80 per year)

ClassRoom GradeBook (Win) has a free version. A Pro edition is available with additional features. Subscription with 30 day trial Download: Free Trial Available

Easy Grade Pro (Win, Mac or web based) provides a free download for demonstration purposes, but once twelve or more students or assignments have been added, some of the features are disabled. Subscription options are available. ($48 per year)

OTHER GRADEBOOK SOFTWARE
Grade Machine
MicroGrade

USING EXCEL
How to Create a Simple Grade Book Using Microsoft Excel 2007
Create an Electronic Gradebook (Excel 2003)

SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Software Directory
Examples: PowerSchool Moodle

4/6/09ls

Web 2.0

WEB 2.0 Tools

During the 30 minute session you could...

• Create a podcast of you reading from your favorite children's book or telling a story using Freecorder
• Create a Flickr or Picasa account and upload a few of your pictures
• Play with some of the Flickr mashup tools
• Create a map of places you have been using Google Maps
• Create an account with LibraryThing or Shelfari or GoodReads to start a "online catalog" of books that you own, or books that you have read, or books that you want to buy

What you need to bring to classs:

• Your favorite children's book (for creating a podcast)
• Pictures on a usb (or on your computer)
• A laptop

What you need to do before class:

• Read the article Generation IM: Getting Through to Today's Teched-out Children (2008)
• Look through web 2.0 blog entry to get an idea of what you want to do during the 30 minutes

During Class

• Throughout the blog entry below you will see the words IN CLASS ACTIVITY. These sections give you an idea of what you could do with the tools that have been listed. Have fun playing with these tools.
• Use the laptop on the table in the faculty lounge to record a podcast using Freecorder. A guide for Freecorder is next to the laptop.

After class

• Think about how you could use the Web 2.0 tools in your classroom. What kind of projects would you have your students do? What resources would you need for those projects?
  

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RESOURCES

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: Listen to one of the webcasts from RadioWillowWeb. Use the laptop on the table in the faculty lounge to record a podcast. Record a message, save it as a mp3. 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

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. Play with some of the Flickr Mashups. If using Spell with Flickr be sure to notice how you can save the url to a blog or website.

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 or in preparing to teach. Note if a embeded code is given to you so you can put the image that you have created on a blog or website

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
-
View Larger Map

IN CLASS ACTIVITY: Use Google Maps to create a map of places where you have visited or places you would like to visit. Note that a embedded code is available so you can post your map to a blog or website.

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"
Shelfari - "Social network for people who love books"
Goodreads - "See what your friends are reading....Keep tract of what you've read and what you'd like to read..."
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
Article: "Web 2.0: What does the Future Hold for Schools?" Pierce (2009)

updated 4/09ls

Video in the Classroom

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

http://www.jakeludington.com/movie_maker/20070925_edit_flip_camcorder_videos_in_windows_movie_maker.html

Successful Video Production (Stories, Videos & Resources)

http://www.jakeludington.com/movie_maker/

FLIP video youtube by David Pogue