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