Easy+Web+2.0

Opening activty: Use the following copyright free sites to find 3 pictures that represent you; save them to your desktop (10) ...Or just use Google Images... I thought it would be interesting for you to see what some of these sites have to offer.

Images: @http://yotophoto.com/ @http://www.sxc.hu/

http://www.wikimedia.org @http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/ @http://www.stockvault.net/ @http://www.imageafter.com/ @http://pdphoto.org/ @http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/

Tips:

 * The best way to learn about an application is through trial and error. Lots of error...
 * Don't be afraid to use these in your classrooms before you are proficient. Just be honest with your students and tell them you're learning together.
 * We will get you started on the sites, but you don't have to wait for us. If you just //have// to explore another site, go ahead. If you have questions about the one we are on, please ask : )
 * It often takes some exploration and reading to find the right button
 * Take notes and save your work, your research, and your favorite websites on Delicious, a social bookmarking website.
 * You will have to sign up for almost all of these sites.
 * Many of these sites require an e-mail address and/or ask that a user be at least 13. You may want to collaborate with parents. If you have a wikispaces wiki, your students have a private e-mail address to use through the site (that is what I do).
 * Other sites have educator accounts; some are free, some have extra features for a price, some are incredibly school/teacher friendly (like Tween Tribune)
 * Seriously consider starting a wiki where students can embed their project on their own page for sharing and grading.
 * http://goldteamsocialstudies.wikispaces.com/
 * http://mshardy.wikispaces.com/

Technology is a valuable tool to help us reach all children.
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Sign up for de.lic.ious. Use it today for notes and bookmarking as you research (10) ...You can follow me on delicious: @http://www.delicious.com/cehardy11. My username is cehardy11

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YouTube - Creating a playlist (storing the videos you want)

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@Copyright (5) Try to use copyright free items and encourage your students to do so too.

Images: [] [|http:][|//www.sxc.hu/] [|http://www.wikimedia.org] [] [] [] [] []

Sounds: [|http://www.soundzabound.com] (for District 67) [|http][|://www.freeplaymusic.com]

Videos: [|http://www.archive.org]

More: Directory of web site with legal content for schools and companies to use. []

Some sites...

Voicethread //Probably the most versatile application for education on the Internet. Upload pictures, movies, documents. Easily record your voice or type your thoughts. EXCELLENT collaboration tool.// //How to use it:// Upload pictures, documents, video Communication - writing, recording through microphone or telephone, drawing //Ideas for the classroom:// booktalks reports sentence fluency or word choice writing activities homework assignment of the week (for ANY content area, including math : ) storytelling and poetry

Glogster - Makes fun and interactive posters. You've gotta see it to believe how great it is.

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 * Possible uses:** "visual essays;" digital biodiversity logs (with digital pictures students take); online literary magazines; personal reflections in images and text; research project presentations; comparisons of online content, such as political candidates' sites or content sites used in research (compared for bias); documenting science experiments or illustrating concepts, such as the water cycle; "Visual" lab reports; Digital scrapbooks using images from the public domain and video and audio clips from a time in history -- such as the Roaring Twenties; Local history features; visual interpretations of major concepts, such as a "visual" U.S. Constitution; you could even provide links to images and raw materials they may use (especially if you have students who need extra scaffolding), and they can work with them to sequence, caption, and write about the pieces. After a first project where you possibly suggest "building blocks," the sky is the limit on what they can do. Even the very young can make suggestions as you "create" a whole-class glog together using an interactive whiteboard. Consider making a new project for each unit you teach so students can "recap" by visiting the glog long after the unit ends. Have upper elementary or middle school students create "glogs for understanding" for "little buddies" two or three grades lower.

One of my Glogster Assignments:



Tween Tribune - An on-line newspaper geared towards kids. There are many different types of stories. Students read articles and respond to them or respond to others' responses. No student e-mails required and they just find you.

Blabberize -Get a picture and "blabberize" it. Hear your recording come out of your picture's flapping lips. (Do yourself and favor and make this a SHORT audio project). media type="custom" key="6724495" width="60" height="60" media type="youtube" key="JYd5PXLF9U0?fs=1" height="385" width="480" align="left"

ToonDoo - Comic Strip maker. Very versatile. Lots of backgrounds, characters and graphics. If you can't find the right one, you can upload it. media type="custom" key="6724587"

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Prezi - Yet another great way for teachers and students alike to liven up a presentation.

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Google Docs - Write and store your documents, presentations, and spreadsheets on-line. Your students can work on a document together. Edit each other's documents in real time.

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Google Earth (trips) - Create or take a trip anywhere in the world and beyond. Follow the main character of your novel, the life of a famous scientist, the creation of an invention, a famous battle, tour cities, museums, ball parks, the galaxy, the ocean floor... ......Find Tours ......Find Literature Trips

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Vuvox - Slideshow, meets presentation, meets video, meets timeline. Excellent site. Example.

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Creaza - Like having a free on-line site that houses Inspiration, iMovie, GarageBand and Comic Life. The free version is quite limited but would probably work for small projects for the classroom.

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Click HERE for an extensive look at Educational Web 2.0 tools Podcasting, Screencasting, Making and Editing Video and Audio, Posters, Timelines, Blogs...

Ideas:
"My summer vacation in a nutshell" wall Imagery wall "Word choice" wall Favorite wall (character, book, genre, subject, hobby, movie, song, activity, holiday...) Best song to represent a book, an event, a character, a person Write down thinking through an equation (math assignment of the week) Fiction and non-fiction Reading Strategies ...Predictions for what will happen in a book, the next chapter ...Vocabulary ...Connections - text-to-text, to self, to world Current events Beginning or end of class questions ...What is the most important thing you learned in class today? ...Summarize what you learned today/yesterday in 1-2 sentences.

Click "post a sticky" on my wall below ( Wallwisher ) 1. Favorite site 2. Brief explanation 3. Upload relevant video or picture

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