Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Share and Tell

Which tool are you using today? How are you and/or your students using this tool?

Which tool will you revisit for future integration into your classroom? Why?



Blogger
PBWorks
Teacher Tube
You Tube
Discovery Education
Slideshare
Slide
Google Docs
Twitter
Animoto
Voice Thread
Flipshare


Our last two meetings will be on Wednesday, April 7th and 24th.

Please comment below....

Monday, February 22, 2010

Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling


Digital Storytelling @ The University of Houston

We will be exploring VoiceThread and Animoto as 2 tools that you and/or your students can use to create a digital story. A digital story allows students to explore and research a topic, portray someones life, present an important event in history in the form of a STORY.

A digital story may include any or some of the following:

Text
Images
Audio
Motion
Video
Music

7 Elements of Digital Storytelling Resource

How do you or your students begin?

Sample Digital Story Rubric

Alignment to Standards

Storyboard Template
Examples of Digital Stories:

Animoto: Technology Engineering at DSMS



VoiceThread: View this link and comment MLK Voices Digital Story.

Embed:


Language Arts-To Kill a Mockingbird

Social Studies-The Gettysburg Address

Math and Architecture

Reflections-The Computer and I

What is your story?

What story can your students create and share?

Your PLN: Personal Learning Network=Spirograph


Article: The PLN Spirograph

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Friday, February 5, 2010

February 6, 2010 Google, Pictures & Twitter


This week we will revisit uploading and downloading Word, Powerpoint and Excel Documents on the web using Google Docs.

We will also explore how to share photos of classroom projects, plays or field trips on our web page. See links at the left side bar for Slide, Flickr and Picasa.



What is all the Twit about Twitter? We will investigate how Twitter can be used by you as a teacher to collaborate and social network with fellow educators and organizations. We will also discuss how this social networking tool can be used in your classroom.

As always, whatever we discover will be posted to your class wiki or blog.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

January 13, Google & Beyond!



Continue your online collaboration with one of the most popular tools with Google.

1. Visit some helpful Google resources available for teachers.

2. Google tools for your classroom.

3. Work and save offline with your Google Doc applications by downloading for free, Google Gears for Windows or Macs.

Monday, January 4, 2010

January 6, 2010~SlideShare


With this very user-friendly tool, you will be able to showcase students presentations online at either your blog or wiki or both! Slideshare also provides the convenience of making your presentations web based and public for your students viewing beyond your classroom.

Log into Slideshare here.