The End

The semester has ended and so has this blog. It will be available for at least a year. Here is the link for the Fall 2008 Class blog.

Week 16 - Final Presenation - Group #2

Here is the line up for Tuesday, April 29th. Class will meet at 5:30 in R-1

1 Katie Medina
2 Alison Selin
3 Johnali Anderson
4 Rachel Ellis
5 Jessica Hinckley
6 Gina Freno
7 Shawn Gray
8 Laura Mercier

A Final Message

GOD'S PROMISE TO YOU AS A TEACHER
Proverbs 2:1 - 11
“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.”

Week 15 - Final Presentation - Group 1

Here is the line up for Tuesday, April 22nd
1 Casey Roberts
2 Lynette Schnell
3 Amy Bostock
4 Breanne Cook
5 Megan Smaaladen
6 Janelle Jamison
7 Elizabeth Doehne
8 Gina Freno
9 Chris Scott

Videos & Movie Making

TOOLS
Photo Story 3 - (free from Microsoft) Create videos from photos
Movie Maker 2 - (free from Microsoft) Create, edit & share home videos

RESOURCES
"Create a Story from a Single Still Photo with Photo Story 3"
"How to Create Slideshows with the Free Photo Story 3"
"Using Microsoft Photo Story 3"
Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling

Week 14 - EdTechTalk

Class on 4/15 will meet in R-1 (rather than HSC 205 as announced last week)

We will join a live webcast from Women of the Web 2.0: Effectively Using the Tools of the Web sponsored by EdTechTalk

Blog Entry - (original entry canceled). Make sure that other required entries have been posted. See Blog assignment for details.

NOTE REGARDING ASSIGNMENT #5. You may need to use box.net rather than google docs for uploading your project to a web server. Instructions regarding using box.net are available here.

Week Thirteen - The Future: Education & Technology

What do you think your classroom will look like in 5 years? In 10 years? What kind of tools will you and your students use?

EDUCATION MEETS THE REAL WORLD
Academics Meets Architecture video

VIRTUAL TEACHERS & FRIENDS
Virtual Teacher Could Change Distance Learning (Teaching Math) Audio
Toddlers Embrace Our (Giggling) Robotic Overlords

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
Student Exchange, Without the Jet Lag: Educational Collaboration in a Virtual World (Second Life)
Global Education on a Dime: A Low Cost Way to Connect (Global SchoolNet & ePals )

HIGH TECH HIGH SCHOOLS
Microsoft's High-Tech High
High Tech High
Three Cities, One New High-Tech High School (Education for future engineers, mathematicians and scientists)

ONLINE SCHOOLS
Insight School of Washington
See Press Release 8/29/2007 Internet Academy/K-12 Online Education
Interview with Bill Finkbeiner, Executive Director
Florida Virtual School

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)

TECHNOLOGY FOR LESS
Turn any surface into an interactive white board with eBeam
Low cost computers for students include the XO Computer -- Explore the XO, the Classmate PC & the teachermate

OTHER RESOURCES
Digital Learning Commons - Tools for promoting technology & learning in Washington State Schools
Password Safe - create a secure name/password database on your computer
Connexions - "a place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc."

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY & SPECIAL LEARNERS RESOURCES
University of Washington DoIt Program: Academic Resources for K-12 Educators
Alliance for Technology Access
Center for Applied Special Technology
Assistive Technology Training Online
Special Education Resources on the Internet
Students with Special Needs

Keeping Up!

READ EDUCATIONAL BLOGS
Set up RSS feed for Educational Blogs using Bloglines or Google Reader

SUBSCRIBE TO OR READ ONLINE AND PRINT JOURNALS AND NEWSLETTERS

Online Journals or Alerts:
eSchool News: K12 Decision Makers' Technology & Internet Newspaper
T.H.E. Journal Online: Technology Horizons in Education
EDCompass Newsletter (From SMART Technologies)

Read Magazine Online:
Edutopia (some free email newsletters are available)

Subscribe to Free Print Journals:
T.H.E. Journal: Transforming Education Through Technology

KEEPING TRACK OF WEB SITES
del.icio.us - "del.icio.us is a social bookmarking website -- the primary use of del.icio.us is to store your bookmarks online, which allows you to access the same bookmarks from any computer and add bookmarks from anywhere, too. On del.icio.us, you can use tags to organize and remember your bookmarks, which is a much more flexible system than folders." - from their web site

Article: So del.icio.us

Week Twelve - Part #1 Internet Safety

Children’s Internet Protection Act (2000)

RESOURCES: WEB SITES
CyberSmart – Online Professional Development and Curriculum
Surf Swell Island: Adventures in Internet Safety (Disney)
SafeKids.com
SafeTeens.com
A Parent’s Guide to Online Safety: Ages & Stages (Mircosoft)
STOP Cyberbullying
Pacer Center's Kids Against Bullying

RESOURCES: ARTICLES
"'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)
"Educator's Guide to Cyberbullying: Addressing the Harm Caused by Online Social Cruelty" by N. Willard
"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
iProtectYou – Web Filtering Software
NetNanny
Safe Search Engines Google Safe & Yahoo SafeSearch

ACCEPTABLE USE POLICIES
K-20 Network Acceptable Use Policy
Sample AUP from OSPI
Mt. Baker School District

In Class Project: Use a metacrawler search engine (Clusty, Kart00, Mamma, Dogpile, Metacrawler) to search for the "Acceptable Use Policy" in the school (or district) where you are doing your observation or at the high school you attended. What does the policy cover? What will be your responsibility as a teacher if you teach in this school district?

Week Twelve - Part #2 Copyright & Fair Use

COPYRIGHT

The first copyright law was enacted in 1790 to encourage the advancement of science and creativity. According to that law individuals had to apply for copyright protection and the term of copyright was 14 years, plus a possible 14 year renewal.

The Copyright Law of 1976 provides for immediate protection of work that is a)original, b) creative to a minimal degree, and c) in a fixed or tangible form. The term of copyright was the life of the author plus 50 years.

The Digital Millennium Act of 1998 extended the terms of copyright to life of author plus 70 years. In 2001 the Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act was passed and relates to distance education.

Creative Commons (founded in 2001) provides a way for individuals to protect their work, but also encourage certain uses of them. They provide various license possibilities some with “some rights reserved” and some with “no rights reserved” and provide an easy way to add the html code to a web site. Photos on Flickr often display the CC symbols.

Fair Use is part 107 of the Copyright Law and sets guidelines for allowing teachers and students to use copyrighted material legally depending on four factors:--purpose of use--nature of the work--amount used--effect on the market

WEB SITES
Copyright with Cyberbee
"A Visit to Copyright Bay"
Fair(y) Use Tale

ARTICLES
Starr, L. (2006) "Copyright & Fair Use"
Davidson, H (2002) “The Educator’s Guide to Copyright and Fair Use"
"Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers" Chart
Indiana University “Copyright Management Center

Things to Remember ....
*Work does not need to include a copyright symbol to be protected by copyright law. Original work that has a tangible form of expression is automatically copyrighted.

*Permission & Attribution - It is important to seek permission for educational use. Always provide proper attribution of the work of others whether materials is copyrighted or in the public domain.

PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism is using the work of someone else in such a way that it appears as one’s original work.

Detection Tools
Turnitin
EVE2 (Essay Verification Engine)
MyDropBox.com

Week Eleven - Part #1 Kidspiration & Inspiration

NOTE: Class will meet in HSC 252 (the small computer lab)

Inspiration and Kidspiration are just two of the many software available for classroom use. This software can be used to create a concept map, an idea map and many other mind mapping projects.

EXAMPLES & QUICK TOURS
Kidspiration
Social Studies
Kidspiration Quick Tour

Inspiration
Language Arts
Inspiration Quick Tour

SAMPLE PROJECTS
Kidspired Tales
Inspiration & Kidspiration: Teacher-Created Projects (University of Wisconsin-Stout)

LESSON PLANS & IDEAS
TOGETHER - Kidspiration Templates
Kidspiration Collection (N. Canton City Schools)
Teachers Using Inspiration & Kidspiration (templates)
TALK: Technology Assisting Literacy Knowledge Kidspiration & Inspiration
Kidspiration & Inspiration Lesson Plan Ideas (Fayette County Public Schools - KY)
Teacher Tap: Inspiration & Kidspiration in the Classroom

STANDARDS
Washington State Standards & Inspiration & Kidspiration (96 pages)
Information & examples are given on how this software supports the Washington EALRS

OTHER RESOURCES
Using the Kidspiration Activity Wizard
"Tips for Using Kidspiration Learning Software in the Classroom" by M. McDade 2007
Inspiration/Kidspiration Tutorials and PowerPoints
Inspiration and Kidspiraton Tutorials & Resources
Inspiration Basics
Learning Electric Inspiration Tutorials

INSPIRATION WEB PAGE
List of Training Opportunities
Inspiration & Kidspiration and White Board Support

IN CLASS Play around with Inspiration or Kidspiration and create a document showing events that have happened in your life during the last five years.

To be able to view this on a computer that doesn't have Kidspiration or Inspiration you will need to save this as a Word document. If you want to post your project to your blog you will need to use box.net or other web based file storage system. Email your project to yourself as well as all documents are deleted from public computers on a regular basis.

For Kidspiration: When you have completed your project click on the "writing" icon (the first one icon on the top menu) and then click on "publish" (the last icon). Save as a .doc (make sure that .rtf isn't in your title). Upload your document to a web based file storage service such as box.net (see instructions below) and use the url they provide to link to the document from your blog.

For Inspiration: When you have completed your project save as an .isf. Then click on "transfer" and transfer and save to Word. Then upload this document to box.net and use the url they provide to link to the document from your blog.

FREE GRAPHIC ORGANIZATION SOFTWARE
Try Gliffy a free web 2.o tool

SOFTWARE AWARDS
Technology & Learning's Awards of Excellence/ Readers' Choice Awards 2007
EDDIE Awards (Innovative software for education) 2007

Week Eleven -- Part #2 Gradebook Software

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)

GradeQuick is available as web based, or for Win or Mac. A 30 day trial is available. (school wide license only)

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 or Mac) 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)

Grade Point (Win or Mac) provides an evaluation copy for 30 days. ($26.06 per year)

OTHER GRADEBOOK SOFTWARE
Grade Machine
MicroGrade
Web Grader

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

SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Software Directory
One Example: PowerSchool

Using Google Docs or Box.net to Link to Document

Documents (Word, Excel...) cannot be uploaded to your blog so you will need to use Google Docs or a web based service like box.net.


Google Docs:

Login to Google Docs using your gmail or google user name and password, or create a new google account. You can create a google account without having a gmail account. Create a document using Google Docs or upload a Word or Excel document that you have created and saved on your computer as a 97-2003 document. (Google Docs is not yet compatible with Office 2007) .

After saving your document, click on the Publish tab that is in the top right corner of the screen. If you choose the option "Publish to the Web" you will have a url link to your file. You can also "Publish to your Blog" by providing the site information for your blog.


Box.net:

Box.net is a free web based service which enables you to upload files to their server. They will then provide a link (url) that you can add to your blog.

Here is how it works:
1. Go to box.net and create an account or log in
2. Click on "Upload Files"
3. Click on "Add Files"
4. Find desired file on your computer and click on Open
5. Click on "Upload"
6. Click on small arrow in top right corner of the icon for your file
7. Click on Add to Public
8. Click on small arrow in top right corner of the icon for your file again
9. Click on Get Web Link and add URL to your blog

Week 10 - K12 Online Conference

The theme of the K12 Online Conference 2007 was "Playing With Boundaries". Since the presentations are still available we will take advantage of learning from experts in technology and teaching.


The conference schedule is available here. We will not meet as a class on Tuesday, March 18th. Instead listen to one or more of the sessions that were part of the K12 Online Conference.

As posted on Discovery, the following is due before class on March 25th:

Blog Entry - By class on 3/25 -- Create an entry with a link to the K-12 Online Conference session that you attended. Provide a summary of the session and a reflection on what you learned.

K12 Online Conference - Web 2.0 Share the Adventure with Students

View Upload your own

Week Nine - Productivity Software

Before Class: Make a list of the features of Word, Excel and PowerPoint that you use that others in the class may not be aware of (eg. Word - adding a watermark, Excel - adding months to chart, PowerPoint - ?????). During class you will divide into small groups and after a short planning meeting each group will demonstrate some cool, helpful features with the class.

WORD PROCESSING

Tools:
Word (Microsoft)
Pages (Apple)
Google Docs

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

SPREADSHEETS

Tools:
Excel (Microsoft)
Numbers (Apple)
Google Docs

Resources:
Excel 2007 Tutorial
Using Spreadsheets in K-12 Classrooms
Interactive: Excel 2003 to 2007 Command Reference Guide
Numbers (Apple) Tutorial
101 Fun & Relevant Ways to Use Spreadsheets in K-12 Classrooms
Article: Excel in the Classroom

Class Project: Mr. Wright's 3rd Grade Class

PRESENTATION SOFTWARE

Tools:
PowerPoint (Microsoft)
Keynote (Apple)
Google Docs
SlideShare

Resources:
PowerPoint 2007 Tutorial
Brainy Betty PowerPoint Menu
PowerPoint Games
Interactive: PowerPoint 2003 to PowerPoint 2007 Command Reference Guide
Keynote (Apple) Tutorial
Active Learning with PowerPoint - University of Minnesota
PowerPoint Collection -- Jefferson County Schools
Dr. Alice Christie's Advanced PowerPoint - Sound
Blog Entry: Google Docs Presentations
Article: "Add Voice Narration to PowerPoint" (Microsoft)


OTHER RESOURCES
Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0: Part 2 Office Applications
How-to Articles for Teachers (Tips on using Word, Excel, PowerPoint & other software) by Microsoft
Microsoft Lesson Plans for Students & Teachers
2007 Microsoft Office System Courses (free)

Adding an Image to Your Blog

Blogger has fixed the bug that prevented uploading images to blog entries.

Here are the steps to add an image:
Click on "Add Image" icon from tool bar
Browse to find image on your computer or type URL for image on the web
Choose a desired layout
Accept conditions for adding images
Click on "Upload Image"
The image should be in the location that you requested.

To remove the image, click on image and hit your delete button.

Week Eight - SMART Board Presentation

Today you will present a SMART Board activity as required for Assignment #3.


All links saved to the SMART Board folder last week were lost, so either send a copy of your activity to lynette.sorenson@northwestu.edu or put a link to it on your blog. This will save time during our class on Tuesday.

You will not need to bring your laptop to class this week.

BTW - Spell check is working again!

Week 7 - SMART Board Practice

On February 19th you will the opportuntity to practice the SMART Board activity that you will share with the class on February 26th.

Additional practice times will be available. See professor regarding day/time.You are only required to come during your scheduled time. Be on time and be ready to do your SMART Board activity as individual time is limited.

Week Six - Web 2.0 Tools #1

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

Examples - Elementary:
-Arbor Heights Elementary School Wiki (Seattle)
-Mr. Tepley's 5th Grade Classroom (Mukilteo)
-Ms. Kutz Class (2nd Grade)

Examples - Secondary:
-Mr. Stafford's Life Science Website (Chehalis)
-Elizabeth Fullerton's English Weblog (Columbia, TN)
-Tim Fredrick's ELA Teaching Wiki
-Geometry Blog


Wiki Tools:
Wikispaces
pbwiki
JotSpot

Resources:
Educational Wikis
"Get Wild About Wikis!" from Education World

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.

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

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


PRACTICE: 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
YouTube (Video)
Microsoft Photo Story

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

PRACTICE: 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 some 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"

PRACTICE: 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 recieve notification when information is added to the web site.

Tools:
Bloglines
Google Reader

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 Six - Web 2.0 Tools #2

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..."

ONLINE APPLICATIONS
Chat Creator - "Add chat to your site"
Map Builder.net - "...tag locations on a map and publish it on your own site"
Google Maps - "Explore the world using interactive maps"
Zoho Creator - "Create online database applications in minutes"

FREE INTERNET CALLS
Google Talk
Skype

CREATE A 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
Zoho Office Suite
Spresent

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

MISC
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"

OTHER RESOURCES
Web 2.0 Tools by Kathy Schrock
Shedding Lite on Web 2.0 by Kathy Schrock
The Best Web 2.0 Software for 2006

Notebook Software Gallery

Here is the link for the Essentials for Educators Gallery

Week Five - SMART Board - Group Hands-on

Below are the small groups that you signed up for. On February 5th rather than meeting as a class each small group will have 15 minutes "play" with the SMART Board.

Before coming to your 15 minute session find one or two SMART Board Lesson Activities that you can use to practice using some of the SMART Board features.

You do not need to be in class during the other group sessions, but you are welcome to stay and watch if you would like.

Week Four -- Introduction to the SMART Board

INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS

Wikipedia tells us that:
"An interactive whiteboard is a large interactive display that connects to a computer and projector. A projector projects the computer’s desktop onto the board’s surface, where users control the computer using a pen, finger or other device. The board is typically mounted to a wall or on a floor stand. Basically, an interactive whiteboard is a type of touch-sensitive computer screen. They are used in a variety of settings such as in classrooms of all levels of education, in corporate board rooms and work groups, in training rooms for professional sports coaching, broadcasting studios and more." (from Wikipedia: Interactive Whiteboards

Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom

SMART BOARD SOFTWARE

Overview of Version 9.7
Download Software 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 Activities Lesson Activities
Lesson Activity Toolkit

SMART Notebook Software Lesson Activities & State Standards

ARTICLES & OTHER RESOURCES

Outsmarting the SMART Board
Interactive Whiteboard Links (subject & age level)
SMART Board Internet Resources for Education


IN CLASS ACTIVITY

Group #1 Working with Notebook Software Gallery Collections (handout) & Notebook Software Gallery Tutorial
Group #2 Notebook Software Toolbar (handout) & Objects in Notebook Software Tutorial
Group #3 SMART Board Tools (handout) & Floating Toolbar (handout) & Other Smart Tools Tutorial

Other Handouts & Tutorials
Basic Functionality (handout) & Touch, Write & Save Tutorial
Ink Aware and Microsoft Word in Classroom (handout) & Ink Aware Tutorial
Using Microsoft Office Applications (handout) & PowerPoint Software Tutorial

Link to Wiki to sign up for SMART Board Group Hands-on, Individual Practice & Class Presentation time

Week Three -- Creating Web Pages & Google for Educators

CLASSROOM & SCHOOL EXAMPLES

EduHound Classrooms on the Web

Mrs. Nelson's Class (2nd Grade)
Mrs. Bunyi's Class (4th Grade)
Mr. Leahy's Class (5th Grade)
Mr. S. Smith's 5th Grade

Sarah Van Alstyne Art Class
Mrs. Green's Home Page (Secondary - Science)
Mr. Jeffery Web Page (Secondary - English)

Lake Washington Kangs
Juanita High School

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 such as Notepad or SimpleText(Mac) or word processing. 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.

Link to HTML Code Document
NOTE: The code for adding images has been corrected -- the ending should be />
NOTE: If you create a Google Docs account you can upload your index.html document and it will appear as a web page -- you will also have a url so you can add that to your blog.

USING A HTML OR WYSIWYG 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.

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

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.

*USING A TEMPLATE OR WIZARD LOCATED ON 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.
Teacher Web -- See Discovery -- Week 3 for information regarding free accounts

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

HTML Goodies - Introduction to HTML
Dave Raggett's Introduction to HTML
W3 Schools - Full Web Building Tutorials (free)

GOOGLE FOR EDUCATORS: TOOLS FOR YOUR CLASSROOM

Page Creator
Google Docs
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

Week Two - Technology Standards & Internet & Library Resources

STANDARDS

WASHINGTON STATE

Technology & EALRs & GLEs
K-12 Technology Inventory (06/07)
Thinkfinity - Linking Lesson Plans with Washington State Standards
Technology Use in Classroom

NATIONAL EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS (NET-S)

Students
Standards for Students - The Next Generation
Profiles for Technology Literate Students
NETS Brochure (1998)

Teachers
Educational Technology Standards (NETS) and Performance Indicators for Teachers
Profiles for Technology Literate Teachers
- Professional Preparation Performance Profile
Models of Technology Integration
Connecting Curriculum & Technology - See Section 3 for Lesson Plans

OTHER NATIONAL STANDARDS

Major Subject Areas


INTERNET RESOURCES

INTERNET SEARCH ENGINES & DIRECTORIES

AltaVista
Google
Yahoo
Ask.com
Windows Live Search
Wikia Search (NEW 1/08)

"Major Search Engines and Directories" by D. Sullivan (3/2007)

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
Dogpile
Metacrawler

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

SEARCH TOOLS FOR KIDS

Ask Jeeves for Kids
KidsClick
Zoo.com


HURST LIBRARY RESOURCES

Books, Print Journals & Curriculum Materials

Online Databases
- ERIC
- Education Research Complete