tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892341147896379762024-02-07T11:30:01.547-08:0017 Things to Chew On: Round 2Round 2: RB's next step into the world of all things Web 2.0Alicia Duellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352046649759700586noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389234114789637976.post-60188186411909108232011-05-02T13:04:00.000-07:002011-05-02T13:10:43.893-07:0017 Things Round 2: Completed!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><strong>Thanks to all who participated, and congratulations to the </strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><strong>8 finishers! </strong></span></div><br />
<strong><span style="background-color: white; color: purple;">'Lite Edition' finishers:</span></strong> <strong>Tom D., Whitney B., Patty Y., Suzanne B., and Laurence F.</strong><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><strong>'Master Class' finishers:</strong></span> <strong>Kristi S., Kellie D., and Bridget W.</strong> <em>(Make sure to check out the<a href="http://17thingsround2.blogspot.com/p/master-class-projects.html"> Master Class Projects</a> page to see the innovative student projects completed by these participants. Each project has a description, rubric, and student examples!)</em><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: black;">Stay tuned for next year's program....</span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">The following are Wordles created from the text of participant reflections and survey comments:</span></div><br />
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You have made it through TWO rounds of the 17 Things to Chew On program! The final step in the 'Master Class' is to write a reflection on the program, your successes, and any challenges or obstacles you encountered along the way. Here are some questions to prompt you:<br />
<ul><li>How has the Master Class assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals? </li>
<li>Were there any take-a-ways or unexpected outcomes from the Master Class that surprised you? </li>
<li>Do you think it's important for all teachers to integrate technology into their curriculum, or do you think it should be up to the individual teacher's preferences?</li>
<li>How would you describe your learning experience in ONE WORD or in ONE SENTENCE, so we could use your words to promote the program in the future? </li>
</ul>And, finally, please take a minute to complete the survey. Your feedback will help with future planning. Thanks again for participating in 17 Things to Chew On: 'Master Class'! <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/55KJXNL"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Click here to take survey</span></a><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"> </span>Alicia Duellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352046649759700586noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389234114789637976.post-25442785270282511842011-04-26T08:33:00.000-07:002011-04-26T11:43:39.663-07:00'Lite Edition' FINAL POST and Survey Link<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><strong>PROGRAM DEADLINE: Monday, 5/2/11</strong></span></div><p></P><div>THIS IS IT! The last post. The final step in the 17 Things to Chew On: 'Lite Edition' program is to write a reflection on the program, your successes, and any challenges or obstacles you encountered along the way. Here are some questions to prompt you:</div><ul><li>How has this program assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals?</li>
<li>Were there any take-a-ways or unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you?</li>
<li>Do you think it's important for all teachers to integrate technology into their curriculum, or do you think it should be up to the individual teacher's preferences?</li>
<li>How would you describe your learning experience in ONE WORD or in ONE SENTENCE, so we could use your words to promote the program in the future?</li>
</ul>And, finally, please take a minute to complete the survey. Your feedback will help with future planning. Thanks again for participating in 17 Things to Chew On! <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZF3VN8S"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><strong>Click here to take survey</strong></span></a>Alicia Duellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352046649759700586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389234114789637976.post-55272340662740260832011-04-21T09:11:00.000-07:002011-04-21T09:14:17.937-07:00'Master Class' THING 5: EvernoteThis is the last "Thing!" Thank you so much for participating in the program again. I hope that you have found some of these new tools useful. I've had fun exploring them!<br />
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Some Web 2.0 tools are perfect for one-off projects (Prezi, Animoto, VoiceThread), while others take time to set up but are great for longer-term applications (Weebly, Diigo, Edmodo). <a href="http://www.evernote.com/">Evernote</a> falls into the latter category and has become one of my favorite Web 2.0 applications now that I have begun using it regularly. Evernote is an application that allows you to keep notes collected into a variety of different notebooks, sort of like an online filing system. Notes can be text, images, websites, or PDFs, and can be tagged and added to a notebook. For example, I was looking into e-textbooks a few months ago and I had several Post-It notes with vendor information, several websites with articles about e-textbooks programs, and some notes I had taken at a conference. I was able to take a picture of each Post-It note with the camera on my phone and upload it to my Evernote iPhone app. I was able to add each website to my Evernote computer application. And I was able to take notes from a conference on my Evernote iPad app. I added each of these notes to my "School" notebook. These apps all sync together, so that I could get all of my notes on any of those devices. Even if you don't have a smartphone, being able to use Evernote on a computer (you could use it both at school and at home) would allow you to save collections of websites, images and documents for universal access.<br />
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Watch this video for the company's description:<br />
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Here is a student's perspective:<br />
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To complete this Thing, create an <a href="http://www.evernote.com/">Evernote</a> account. You will have to download the application like you did with Diigo (if you have any problems doing this at school, contact Mike Connors or Dave Fischer). Create some notes from websites, images, and notes you've typed into Evernote, then create a few different Notebooks and save the notes into those notebooks. Make sure to tag each note, too. Finally, try sharing one of your Notebooks with the Master Class group (Bridget W., Kirstin B., Kellie D., Kristi S., and me) by clicking the "Shared" button at the top of the Notebook section. You can choose which Notebook to share by clicking "Start Sharing", then choose "Share with Individuals", and then just type in our RB email addresses. I just tried sharing my Notebooks with my husband and with Doreen, but I don't yet know what they will be able to see/do with what I've shared.<br />
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It took some time for me to make adding stuff to Evernote a habit, but now that I do, I have a really useful and robust account full of organized notes!<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>To complete Thing 5:</strong></span><br />
<ul><li><strong>Watch</strong> the videos</li>
<li><strong>Download </strong><a href="http://www.evernote.com/">Evernote</a></li>
<li><strong>Create</strong> an account</li>
<li><strong>Add </strong>5-7 Notes and tag each Note with keywords</li>
<li><strong>Create</strong> 2-3 Notebooks</li>
<li><strong>Add</strong> Notes to Notebooks</li>
<li><strong>Share</strong> with the Master Class</li>
<li><strong>Post</strong> about your experiences. Would you use this personally? Would it be worth the time it would take for initial set-up? Do you have mobile devices that would make this even more useful than if you were just using it on a desktop?</li>
</ul>Alicia Duellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352046649759700586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389234114789637976.post-23576237451217644382011-04-19T13:49:00.000-07:002011-04-20T12:23:48.965-07:00'Lite Edition' THING 7: Choice of Animoto or ScreenToasterYou made it! This is the end. For this final "Thing", you have a choice between two Web 2.0 tools from the original 17 Things to Chew On program. The first option is to explore <a href="http://animoto.com/">Animoto</a>, which allows you to create short video montages using photos, video, text and music. The other option is to create a screencast video using <a href="http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/">Screencast-O-Matic</a>. Screencasts are great for creating tutorials, demonstrations, or even lectures where you want students to both hear and see what you're talking about.<br />
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Here are the instructions for both. Choose which one you want to explore!<br />
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<div style="color: #009900; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Creating Video Shows with Animoto</span></div><a href="http://animoto.com/">Animoto</a> is a really cool tool that will create videos using photos, video, and music you upload (or, you can choose from music in their library). Short 30 second videos are free for everyone to create, or you can choose to upgrade and be able to create full-length videos.<br />
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You can apply for an Educator account, which will allow you and your students to create videos for free using special codes. Here is the link to the Animoto/educator page: <a href="http://animoto.com/education">http://animoto.com/education</a> .<br />
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Now let's check out <a href="http://animoto.com/">Animoto</a>! Visit the site and watch any of the sample videos. Also, Bridget Wilmot and Kirstin Bacon submitted student Animoto projects for their Master Class projects, which you can find on the Master Class page of this blog.<br />
Here are a few student-created Animoto videos I found on SchoolTube:<br />
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For this Thing, you should create an account (either with an Educator Access code or not), and then create a video and post it on your blog so we can all check it out. <br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-weight: bold;">To complete Animoto Thing 7:</span><br />
<ul><li>Request an Educator Access code if you would like to create longer videos</li>
<li>Register for an Animoto account</li>
<li>Watch a sample video</li>
<li>Watch the two student videos posted above</li>
<li>Create a video and post it to your blog</li>
<li>Post about your experience. Did you find it easy? Would you use this with students? Have students create a video as a final project?</li>
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</div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><strong>Screencasting with Screencast-O-Matic</strong></span><br />
Have you ever tried to explain how to use a computer program, web tool, or software application to someone? It can be pretty frustrating, especially if you are not actually teaching them in person. Have you ever used an online tutorial when you were learning a new application or taking an online class? What if you could create a video lecture that included images, video or text on the computer for students to watch at home? Screencasting is the perfect tool for these scenarios. Screencasting is a way to create short videos where you can record what's happening on your screen while you're narrating via microphone or webcam.<br />
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<strong>Unfortunately, the tool I used last year was Screentoaster, which has since closed down. Luckily, <a href="http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/">Screencast-O-Matic</a> is very similar, and I was able to make this screencast in about 5 minutes (although I didn't have a microphone, so there is no audio). </strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #009900;"></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">To complete Screencast-O-Matic Thing 7:</span></strong><br />
<ul><li><strong>View</strong> the "Watch a Very Quick Demo" video on the <a href="http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/">homepage</a></li>
<li><strong>Watch</strong> my <a href="http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cXfqYHDzY">screencast</a></li>
<li><strong>Record </strong>a screencast of something. You'll need a microphone (they have them in the Tech Office)</li>
<li><strong>Upload</strong> the screencast to <a href="http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/">Screencast-O-Matic</a> and create and account</li>
<li><strong>Embed</strong> or provide the<strong> link</strong> to your screencast in your blog post</li>
<li><strong>Post</strong> about your experience. Did you find it easy? Would you have students use this or would you record something for them?</li>
</ul>Alicia Duellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352046649759700586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389234114789637976.post-39109618904147828902011-04-06T12:26:00.000-07:002011-04-06T12:29:19.392-07:00New Spice | Study like a scholar, scholarJust because! This is a hilarious take on the Old Spice Guy commercials, but it's all about the library.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">The social networking tool that we used last year was Ning. Ning, however, is now a fee-based tool and no longer fits our "free" requirements. The tool we can try this year is <a href="http://www.edmodo.com/">Edmodo</a>, which has gotten a lot of buzz in the world of educational technology.</span><br />
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According to its website, "Edmodo is a free and secure social learning network for teachers, students and schools. Edmodo provides classrooms a safe and easy way to connect and collaborate, offering a real-time platform to exchange ideas, share content, and access homework, grades and school notices." <br />
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Here is a video that explains a little bit more:<br />
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I have created an Edmodo group called <strong>17 Things 'Lite'</strong>. Once you have created a Teacher account and have signed in for the first time, look over on the left side of the screen for "Groups". Click "Join", then type in the 17 Things group code, which is <strong>xmi199. </strong>You should now be able to see the poll and the (fake) assignment I've shared, plus the announcements I've made. You should type a note to say "hello" and in the box that says "Send", type in '17 Things Lite.' This is how you can submit assignments, share links, etc. <br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-weight: bold;">To complete Edmodo Thing 6:</span><br />
<ul><li><strong>Watch</strong> the Edmodo video</li>
<li><strong>Register</strong> for an Edmodo account</li>
<li><strong>Join </strong>the 17 Things 'Lite' group</li>
<li><strong>Write</strong> a note, post a document, or share a link with the group</li>
<li><strong>Post </strong>about your experience. Did you find it easy? Would you use this with students?</li>
</ul>Alicia Duellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352046649759700586noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389234114789637976.post-84390049437160251832011-02-15T13:01:00.000-08:002011-02-15T13:04:37.720-08:00'Master Class' THING 4: Phlogging with iPadioThe time has come to phlog. I was recently reading my daughter an old Dr. Seuss book which featured fantastical animals, including something called a "Blogg." Little did Theodore Geisel know that in sixty years a "blog" would become an actual thing; likewise, who would have ever thought that "phlogging" would become an actual verb?<br />
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Phlogging, or "telephone blogging,", is a way to communicate content, on a regular basis, via the telephone. It's like podcasting, except that it does not require any software or hardware besides a phone. The tool that we will be exploring for Thing 4 is <a href="http://www.ipadio.com/">iPadio</a>. Like all of our "Things", iPadio is free and, like most, requires no software downloads. It's also charmingly British, complete with a British-accented greeting when you call the toll-free number. <br />
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Like all "Things", you have to create an account in order to use the tool. Once you create an account, you will be given the phone number to call as well as a four digit PIN to enter. Once you've recorded your phlog, you will have the option to "Download", "Edit", or "Delete" it. Downloading it will save the file as an .mp3 on your computer. If you choose "Edit", you can give it a title, date, description, tags, upload an image, and even set your location. At the top of this page you can also see your PIN, iPadio telephone number, and the URL for your iPadio channel. This is the link you could add to your class websites, post on Skyward, etc. <br />
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Finally, if you click on a phonecast title (or on the "ShortURL" link), you also have the option to share that phonecast on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites; download it onto iTunes; copy the URL; and embed it into a website. So many options!<br />
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Here is the link to my iPadio channel: <a href="http://www.ipadio.com/phlogs/AliciaDuell/">http://www.ipadio.com/phlogs/AliciaDuell/</a> . Listen to my two phonecasts, set up an account, and record your own.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #38761d;">To complete Thing 4:</span></strong><br />
<ul><li><strong>Listen </strong>to my <a href="http://www.ipadio.com/phlogs/AliciaDuell/">phonecasts</a></li>
<li><strong>Create</strong> an <a href="http://www.ipadio.com/">iPadio</a> account</li>
<li><strong>Record </strong>at least two phonecasts. Try to have one of them be instructions for an upcoming homework assignment, project, etc.</li>
<li><strong>Post </strong>about your experience. How could you use this in your class? Would you use it?</li>
<li><strong>Include</strong> the link to your iPadio channel in your post.</li>
</ul><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #38761d;">Note: 'Master Class'<span style="font-size: large;">Thing 5</span> will be posted on or around March 11th!</span></em></strong></div>Alicia Duellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352046649759700586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389234114789637976.post-20587452751897898192011-01-27T13:05:00.000-08:002011-01-28T11:53:30.379-08:00'Lite Edition' THING 5: VoicethreadVoicethread is one of my <strong>favorite tools</strong>. <strong>Voicethread is a way to facilitate a discussion of images and video with a large number of people in a totally online environment.</strong> After creating a Voicethread account, you can create individual Voicethreads. For each Voicethread, you can upload <strong>images</strong> and/or <strong>video</strong>, <strong>comment</strong> on each page using text, audio or video, and then <strong>share</strong> the Voicethread with other users, who can then make their <strong>own comments</strong> using text, audio or video. It's amazing! <br />
Here is a link to a Voicethread created by the company itself: <a href="http://voicethread.com/share/409/">http://voicethread.com/share/409/</a> Watch it for an explanation and demo.<br />
Here is a link to a Voicethread created by an educator, to be shared with other educators. Check out how many people commented on it! <a href="http://voicethread.com/share/3352/">http://voicethread.com/share/3352/</a> .<br />
This year, our own Jessica Mauritzen had her Spanish students create Voicethreads. You can see two of them <a href="http://voicethread.com/share/1435705/">here</a> and <a href="http://voicethread.com/share/1435673/">here</a>.<br />
And here is the link to the Voicethread I created last year, which contains images of the building as well as a few student interviews re: their use of social networking and the Internet. You should make at least <strong>5 comments</strong> on it, one of which should be <strong>audio</strong> or <strong>video</strong>. To leave an audio comment if you don't have a microphone (I don't have one here at school), click on the telephone icon after you click on "Comment", enter your phone # (cell, home, or school), and the program will call you within SECONDS! Wait for the greeting, record your message, then hang up. You've just left a comment on the Voicethread! To leave a video comment, you'll need a webcam, which I might try to do later from my home computer. Here is my Voicethread: <a href="http://voicethread.com/share/900480/">http://voicethread.com/share/900480/</a><br />
<strong>FYI</strong>, you can request that your account be upgraded for free to an <strong>Educator Account</strong>, which lets you create an unlimited amount of Voicethreads and gives you a lot more storage space. I got mine upgraded within 24 hours of submitting the request.<br />
(Disclaimer: I paid $10 to get 60 minutes of "phone commenting" on my account. If you don't pay that, I think users might have to rely only on text, microphones or webcams).<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #009900;">To complete Thing 5:</span></strong><br />
<ul><li><strong>Watch</strong> the two sample Voicethreads </li>
<li><strong>Watch</strong> the two student Voicethreads</li>
<li><strong>Set up</strong> a Voicethread account</li>
<li><strong>Watch</strong> the Voicethread I created and make at least <strong>5 comments</strong>, one of which should be <strong>audio or video</strong> (you'll need to have a VT account in order to comment)</li>
<li><strong>Post</strong> about your experience. What do you think of Voicethread? Could it apply to you and your classes? Would you use it?</li>
</ul>Alicia Duellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352046649759700586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389234114789637976.post-84436643698347101912011-01-11T08:44:00.000-08:002011-01-11T08:58:10.307-08:00'Lite Edition' THING 4: WikisA wiki is a collaborative website and authoring tool that allows users to easily add, remove and edit content. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" style="font-family: arial;">Wikipedia</a>, the online open-community encyclopedia, is the largest and likely the most well known of these knowledge-sharing tools. Wikis have many benefits, are easy to use, and have many applications.<br />
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Some of the benefits of wikis:<br />
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<ul><li>Anyone (registered or unregistered, if unrestricted) can add, edit or delete content.</li>
<li>Tracking tools allow you to easily keep up on what been changed and by whom.</li>
<li>Earlier versions of a page can be rolled back and viewed when needed.</li>
<li>Users do not need to know HTML in order to apply styles to text or add and edit content. </li>
<li>Multiple pages can be added to one wiki.</li>
</ul>For an overview of wikis, watch this video:<br />
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Educational uses for wikis are great. Check out the site below to see examples of wikis in use:<br />
<ul><li><a href="http://welkerswikinomics.wetpaint.com/">Welker's Wikinomics</a> (This is a teacher's class wiki. Check out the different areas of his wiki.)</li>
</ul><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>To complete Thing 4:</strong></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Watch</strong> </span>the <strong>video.</strong></li><br />
<li><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Visit </strong></span>the <strong>link</strong> above and explore how one teacher uses a wiki in the classroom.</li><br />
<li><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Visit</strong></span> the <a href="http://17things.wikispaces.com/">17 Things wiki</a>. This wiki's settings are public, so anyone can view and edit the page. However, you can also change the settings so that only members of your wiki can view, edit, etc. Read the intro page of the wiki and then <span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>follow the directions about where/what to post</strong>.</span></li><br />
<li><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Create</span> </strong>a <a href="http://www.wikispaces.com/">Wikispaces</a> account.</li><br />
<li><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Create</strong></span> a wiki for either school/personal use.</li><br />
<li><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Write</span> </strong>a post reflecting on your impressions of wikis. How could you use them in class? Have you ever done collaborative writing with kids? Would this be a possible way to do it? How is it different than Google Docs?</li><br />
<li><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Post</strong></span> the URL (web address) of your new wiki.</li><br />
<li><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Comment</span></strong> on at least one other person's blog- even if they haven't yet completed this Thing! </li><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Note:</span> Thing 5</span> will be posted on or around February 4th!</strong></span></em></div>Alicia Duellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352046649759700586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389234114789637976.post-36189633124799311882010-12-15T07:03:00.000-08:002010-12-15T07:03:11.122-08:00'Master Class' THING 3: DiigoElectronic research tools are as yet unexplored territory here at RB, not in small part due to my own very high level of skepticism regarding their potential usefulness for high school students. Many types of electronic research tools exist, but I haven't yet taken the plunge with students because I strongly believe that in order to successfully utilize these tools, one must be a HIGHLY SKILLED researcher, who truly understands the importance of effective highlighting, annotating, and note-taking. It seems remiss, however, to dismiss these tools without having ever <em>actually used</em> them, so here we are. We as Master Class participants seem to be the perfect guinea pigs to jump in and give them a try-- and since I've had to learn how to use them as well in order to design this "Thing", we can discuss together whether using electronic research tools with students has potential here at RB--or not. I want to state again that I can definitely see the value of these tools for college students or others who have a solid understanding of research basics, but that high school students, who are just learning the "whys" and "hows" of effective highlighting, annotating, etc., might not be ready to use them appropriately. I'm totally biased, but I'm willing to be proven wrong!<br />
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Subscription-based electronic research tools exist (<a href="http://www.noodletools.com/">NoodleTools</a>), but, because it's free and has received excellent reviews, we are going to be taking a look at <a href="http://www.diigo.com/">Diigo</a>. According to its slogan, Diigo allows users to <strong>"Annotate, Archive, and Organize"</strong> information on the Web. It does <em>not </em>have a note card feature (NoodleTools does), but it does let the user <strong>highlight and annotate web-based information</strong>, share it with a group, and save it for later. Here are websites that I highlighted and annotated: <a href="http://diigo.com/0e5vd">http://diigo.com/0e5vd</a> and <br />
<a href="http://diigo.com/0e5sb">http://diigo.com/0e5sb</a> .<br />
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<strong>For a Diigo overview, check out this video:</strong><br />
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For this "Thing", you will be creating a <a href="http://www.diigo.com/">Diigo</a> account; downloading the Diigo toolbar to your classroom computer (you might want to download it at home, too, if you think you might use it in both places); bookmarking, highlighting, and annotating two websites; joining the 17 Things Master Class Diigo group; posting your bookmarked sites to our group; searching the Diigo Community for websites specific to a topic; and reflecting on your experiences using Diigo in your Thing 3 blog post.<br />
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<em>Note: You cannot use Diigo with <strong>database</strong> articles-- it won't save the annotated link. You can use the "Snapshot" button to save part of your annotated and highlighted screen as an image, but you can't actually save the entire article like you can when you use Diigo with a regular website.</em><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>To Complete Thing 3:</strong></span><br />
<ul><li><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Sign up</span></strong> for a <a href="http://www.diigo.com/">Diigo</a> account.</li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Download</span> </strong>the Diigo toolbar (Mike saved the file in the "Diigo" folder on the R: drive-- just double click it every time you want to use the program. You will have to do this every time you restart your computer, as it will be "erased" by the network's DeepFreeze program when you restart)</li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Highlight and annotate</span></strong> two websites. You might use different colors to indicate different subtopics, types of info, etc. To annotate, hover over your higlighted section of text and select "inline sticky note." Try adding "floating sticky notes" to the websites, too.</li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Bookmark</span></strong> the annotated websites.</li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Get the annotated link</span></strong> for the websites.</li>
<li><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Join</strong> </span>the 17 Things Master Class Diigo group.</li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Add your two annotated links</span></strong> to the group by clicking "Bookmark".</li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Write a post</span></strong> reflecting on your experience, including your two annotated links. Would you ever use this? Would you use it with a class? Do you think our high school students could use it effectively? I'm anxious to know what everyone thinks. If anyone is interested in test-driving Diigo with a class, we could explore Educator Accounts and talk to Mike about making the tech part of it happen. </li>
</ul><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">If you want to explore further:</span></strong><br />
<ul><li>Look through the Help Section-- videos and tutorials for various Diigo features.</li>
<li>Search the Community Library for subject-specific websites bookmarked and commented on by other uses.</li>
<li>Once you've bookmarked a few sites, click on "My Library" to see how Diigo lays out your highlights and annotations in one screen for easy review.</li>
</ul>Alicia Duellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352046649759700586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389234114789637976.post-7200774812180838642010-12-09T13:07:00.000-08:002010-12-09T13:19:51.036-08:00'Lite Edition' THING 3: Creating WebsitesHaving a website of your very own used to be the stuff of dreams, but now it's become a reality. Creating a multi-paged website used to require familiarity with Dreamweaver or Microsoft FrontPage, in addition to having an FTP program to upload HTML files, plus purchasing a domain name and server space. Have I lost you? Do you have any idea what I'm talking about? Who cares! It doesn't matter anymore, because all you need now is access to the Internet and some content you'd like on the web. You don't even need to be creative because these tools do the design for you! Ahh, web design for the armchair techie. You'll have the choice of using two different website creation tools: <a href="http://www.weebly.com/">Weebly</a> or <a href="http://www.yola.com/">Yola</a>.<br />
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Watch the following video, which describes how to use Weebly.com (and why, as a teacher, you might want to have a website):<br />
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You can use websites to do so many different things. Check out Christine Stiel's <a href="http://stielsfrbhs.weebly.com/index.html">Contemporary Lit class website</a>, created using Weebly.com. See how she has created multiple pages for each unit? Or you could have each page be a separate class. You could even have students create websites as a culminating project. <a href="http://mcculture1133.weebly.com/index.html">Here</a> and <a href="http://mcculture0569.weebly.com/index.html">here</a> are examples of final products created by my husband's social studies classes (password: mcculture).<br />
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To complete this Thing, you will choose either <a href="http://www.weebly.com/">Weebly</a> or <a href="http://www.yola.com/">Yola</a>, sign up for an account, and create a multi-paged website. It can be simple, without a lot of content, but it should at least have a structure. It can be professional or personal. Once you've published your site, post the link to your new website in your Thing 3 blog post.<br />
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To complete <span style="color: #006600;"><strong>Thing 3</strong></span>:<br />
<ul><li><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Create</span></strong> a MULTI-PAGED website using <a href="http://www.weebly.com/">Weebly</a> or <a href="http://www.yola.com/">Yola</a></li>
<li><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Write</strong></span> a blog post reflecting on your experience creating your website. Was it easy? Difficult? Will you actually use this website, or will you create another? How could you incorporate website creation into your professional or personal life?</li>
<li><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Post</strong></span> the URL (web address) of your new website</li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Comment</span></strong> on at least one other person's blog- even if they haven't yet completed this Thing!</li>
</ul>Alicia Duellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352046649759700586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389234114789637976.post-61843376388591867832010-11-19T12:10:00.000-08:002010-11-23T06:32:20.031-08:00'Master Class' THING 2: PreziZOOMING presentations! Have you heard of this? Zooming presentations are the latest in the slideshow revolution, and <a href="http://www.prezi.com/">Prezi</a> is leading the way in rethinking how people conceptualize, construct, and present ideas to audiences. Instead of creating a linear framework of consecutive ideas, Prezi allows you to create a bigger picture of a main idea and then connect it to other ideas, laying it out spatially in a way that makes sense to the creator. What the what? Confused yet? Let's take a look at a Prezi that I created about student swearing at RB (don't worry if you can't read all of the data on my charts- it is much more readable on a full screen!):<br />
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Here is another Prezi explaning why we might reconsider slideshows:<br />
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Now it's your turn! Set up a <a href="http://www.prezi.com/">Prezi</a> account and create a presentation to share. Your presentation can be about anything, for any audience. Before you jump in and get started, I HIGHLY recommend that you watch the Basic Lessons #1, 2 and 3, which are only 5-10 minutes long. FYI: Wendy C. and Allison C. both had students create Prezis for their Big6 research project final products, so they might be helpful resources. <br />
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Once you have created your Prezi, either embed (ideal!) or provide the link in your Thing 2 post. Good luck, and Happy Zooming!<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #38761d;">To complete Thing 2:</span></strong><br />
<ul><li>Create a <a href="http://www.prezi.com/">Prezi account</a>.</li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Create</span></strong> a Prezi.</li>
<li><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Embed </strong></span>or <strong><span style="color: #38761d;">add the link</span></strong> in your Thing 2 post.</li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">View</span></strong> the Prezis of at least 3 other Master Class members.</li>
<li><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Comment</strong></span> on the Thing 2 posts of the 3 Master Class members' Prezis you viewed.</li>
<li><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Post </strong></span>about your experiences using Prezi. How steep was the learning curve? Could you see yourself using this with classes? Does it compare positively or negatively with PowerPoint? Will you ever zoom again?</li>
</ul><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Note:</span> Thing 3</span> will be posted on or around December 10th!</strong></span></em></div>Alicia Duellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352046649759700586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389234114789637976.post-13322018502489909962010-11-18T13:05:00.000-08:002010-11-23T06:31:05.650-08:00'Lite Edition' THING 2: Cloud ComputingDo you ever find yourself working on a document, spreadsheet or PowerPoint at home and wishing there was an easier way to access it at school, or vice-versa? Have you ever lost a flash drive (I know our students have!) or had your computer crash, erasing all of your work? Or have you ever had to work on a group project and had to email a document around and around so everyone could edit? So cumbersome! Google Docs is a Web 2.0 application that is part of the new wave of "cloud computing", where documents are saved in a "cloud" (on a server somewhere), and can be accessed from any computer around the world. This "Thing" is especially timely because very soon all RB students will have Google accounts of their very own!<br />
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Watch these videos for a quick explanation:<br />
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And just for fun since we ARE working in a high school :0<br />
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I've created a document called <a href="https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVd1mz3s3TEEZGdicXRqOXhfMjhmcWNuYjhkdg&hl=en">17 Things Lite Edition Ideas</a>, where I've asked people to add an idea for how we could use some of these Web 2.0 tools in a school setting. I have saved it as a "Public" document that ANYONE can edit, just to make it easier for this exercise, but you can also choose to allow only certain people editing rights. Open this document and add an idea or two.<br />
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I've also created a shared <a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=cre0k223g0qg9gnjp1vobvbrmk%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Chicago" style="color: black;"><span style="color: blue;">calendar</span></a> , which has dates for the posting of each Thing, voluntary work sessions, and the final due date.<br />
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<strong>To complete <span style="color: #006600;">Thing 2</span>:</strong><br />
<ul><li><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Add</span></strong> an idea or two to the <a href="https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVd1mz3s3TEEZGdicXRqOXhfMjhmcWNuYjhkdg&hl=en">17 Things Lite Edition Ideas</a> shared document.</li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Create a Google Document</span></strong>- it could be a worksheet, lesson plan, rubric, etc. Make sure you change its status to either "Public" or "Anyone with the link can view", and post the link to your document in your Thing 2 post.</li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Create a 5-slide-minimum Google Presentation </span></strong>explaining to students/parents why Google Docs (or cloud computing in general) is educationally beneficial. Make sure you change your presentation's status to either "Public" or "Anyone with the link can view", and post the link to your slideshow in your Thing 2 post.</li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Reflect on your experience</span></strong> using Google Docs and Calendar. Now that all students will have Google accounts, how can you see yourself using these tools with classes?</li>
</ul><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Note:</span> Thing 3</span> will be posted on or around December 10th!</strong></span></em></div>Alicia Duellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352046649759700586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389234114789637976.post-34778853937949738222010-10-25T06:52:00.001-07:002010-10-28T16:57:10.229-07:00'Master Class' Description and 'THING 1': Email Publishing<span style="font-family: inherit;">Welcome Back to 17 Things to Chew On! Thanks for coming back for Round 2. This program will be slightly different than the original 17 Things to Chew On program that many of you completed last year. This time, there will <strong><span style="color: #38761d;">only be five new "Things"</span></strong> during the course of the program, but the most significant difference is that you will now be asked to <strong><span style="color: #38761d;">design and implement three lessons/units/projects with your class(es) in which Web 2.0 tools are featured prominently</span></strong>. This will require you to teach these tools to your students and <em><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">will also require the students to be in some way directly involved in either using or creating the tools themselves</span></strong></em>. You may choose from any of the </span><a href="http://www.17thingstochewon.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: inherit;">original seventeen "Things"</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> or from any of the five new "Things" from this year's program. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">For your blog, you may use the blog you created last year, or you can create a new one</span></strong>; just email me the link to whichever blog you will be using as your program headquarters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">The project description template that you will fill out for each of your three lessons/units/projects is linked on the left sidebar of my blog.</span></strong> You should open it, choose "File-- Make a Copy", rename the document to reflect your project, and save it to your Google Docs account. When you're ready to share your project, make sure the settings are set to "Anyone with the link can access" (as opposed to "Private"), and post the link to your blog. Also, please email me when you post the document so that I can make sure to include it on the "Master Class Projects" page. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Finally, you will be listed as "mentors" that will be available to people completing the 'Lite Edition' program.</strong></span> You can choose to work with specific people (I know of one group already that consists of two mentors and two mentees), or just be informally available. <br />
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To get inspired, watch this TED video (It's a different Sir Ken Robinson video from last year!):<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><strong>THING 1: Email Publishing</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><em>Weblogs? Been there, done that. Facebook? It's full of kids. Twitter? That's so 2006, darling. No, the smart thing to be doing online these days is tumblelogging, which is to weblogs what text messages are to email - short, to the point, and direct.</em></span> <span style="color: black;">-- <em>Telegraph.co.uk</em></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As much as I enjoy blogging, sometimes it seems a bit cumbersome. Having to sit at my computer, login to Blogger, yada yada yada. Enter: </span><a href="http://www.tumblr.com/"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tumblr</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span><a href="https://posterous.com/"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Posterous</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">. These are customizable blogs to which you can add text, photos, videos, music, links, etc. by sending an email, leaving a phone message, or sending an instant message. Compared to traditional blogging, email blogging frees the user from being tied to the blogging program; it might also make things easier for people who are comfortable with email, but not yet with other Web 2.0 tools. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've embedded my Tumblr site into this post. My Tumblr blog name is 17 Things to Chew On (what a surprise), so you can follow me, and even "Ask a Question!" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now it's your turn. Explore <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a> and <a href="https://posterous.com/">Posterous</a>, choose one, create an account, and experiment. Make a few posts via email and voicemail, follow other people, embed your Tumblr on your blog or website, etc. </span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #38761d;">To Complete Thing 1:</span></strong><br />
<ul><li><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Email</strong> me the link to your blog for this program (either the one from last year or a new one you create for this year; you can even use your new Tumblr/Posterous blog if you'd like!)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Explore</span> </strong><a href="http://www.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a> <span style="color: black;">and</span> <a href="https://posterous.com/">Posterous</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><strong>Sign up</strong> for an account with one of these services</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><strong>Make at least 3 posts</strong> to your new email blog-- try to use different methods of posting (e.g. email, voicemail, etc.) and try to post different things (e.g. text, photo, video, etc.)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Post </strong>about your experience. Would you use email blogging as opposed to a traditional blog? How could you use email blogging with classes? Make sure to include the link to your</span> <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a> <span style="color: black;">or</span> <a href="https://posterous.com/">Posterous</a> </span><span style="color: black;">blog in your post.</span></li>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #38761d;">Here is my embedded 17 Things Tumblr blog:</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: inherit;"><em>Note: Thing 2 will be posted on or around Friday, November 19th. Also, you may post your Project Descriptions at any time.</em></span></strong>Alicia Duellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352046649759700586noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389234114789637976.post-15014505332170091482010-10-22T08:25:00.000-07:002010-11-09T07:50:12.217-08:00'Lite Edition' THING 1: Blogs<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;">Part 1:</span></strong> <br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Set up your own blog</a> & make your first post. Your first post should tell us why you have joined the program and what you hope to take away from it. Once you've completed this step, email me your blog link.<br />
Assuming we all agree that technology is changing education and teaching (for right or wrong)... support that idea with a YouTube video. <strong>Place that video on your new blog</strong> (either as a link or as embedded video).<br />
You should then watch the video below and COMMENT on my post. What did you think of his description of the phases of educational technology?<br />
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Some keywords for searching: collaboration, "24/7 education", "open learning", "web 2.0", "school 2.0", edtech, connectivity, social networks+schools, "personal learning networks, "education+think tanks", "21st century skills", "flat schools", "creative education", "new schools", "student centered learning", remix<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;">Just for Fun (optional!):</span></strong><br />
Watch part of or all of this TED video ("Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the Learning Revolution!") and comment here on my blog. <em>You can choose to embed a <a href="http://www.ted.com/">TED</a> video into your first post, if you'd like, instead of a YouTube video.</em><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Part 2:</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: black;">Blogs are great for keeping up to date with other people, so you'll be commenting on and following some of your colleagues' blogs. </span><br />
<span style="color: black;">First, choose at least five of your colleagues' blogs ("Participant Blogs" tab), and <strong><span style="color: #006600;">comment on their first post or on their video</span></strong>. Commenting on blogs allows us to ask questions of one another, make suggestions, or simply to reply to what has been written or posted. I will be commenting on various blogs throughout the 17 Things to Chew On program. </span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Once you've commented, <strong><span style="color: #006600;">you should then "follow" those blogs</span></strong>. Oh, and <strong><span style="color: #006600;">"follow" this blog (17 Things to Chew On: Round 2), too. </span></strong>I will "follow" you, also, so you will be able to see my picture on your blog's sidebar. Now when I log into my blog and look at the Dashboard, I can see what's been updated on the blogs I'm following! Let's try to share the love, so if you notice that someone's blog has not yet been "followed" by anyone but me, you might choose to follow them. </span><br />
<strong>So, for <span style="color: #006600;">Thing 1</span>:</strong><br />
<ul><li><strong>Write a post about why you've joined the program and what you hope to learn</strong></li>
<li><strong>Comment on my post</strong></li>
<li><strong>Embed a video about technology and education (or a TED video) into your blog post</strong></li>
<li><strong>Comment on at least 5 other people's blogs</strong></li>
<li><strong>Follow the 17 Things to Chew on blog AND the other blogs on which you commented</strong></li>
</ul><strong>Just for Fun (optional!):</strong> Upload a picture to your profile. It can be a picture of you or of something else you want to represent your online self. Having a picture makes your blog a little more personal! <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #274e13;"><em>Note: Thing 2 will be posted on or around Friday, November 19th.</em></span></strong>Alicia Duellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352046649759700586noreply@blogger.com10