Becoming A Superhero
­or­
Finding
Content That
Clicks With
your
SMARTBoard Day 233/365 \"This looks like a job for...\" by Wellstone
1

Objectives
• Online tools for reading streams of content
• Streams and sources of content that match your content
• Building a professional learning network that will
enable a 'virtual staffroom' with like‐minded teachers.
2

Inclusion:
How do you find
content to use on your
SMARTBoard?
happy mother's day by atomicshark
3

What do you want to learn?
4

The Collection Agent
The Place To Become A Hero
Phonebooth in the Middle of Nowhere by Raul!
5

RSS
Really Simple Syndication
te xt
RSS Reader
6

RSS Readers
Desktop Based
O ft en
se d
No t U
7

RSS Readers
Web Based
Google.com/reader
bloglines.com/
netvibes.com
pageflakes.com
8

Putting It
All
Together
Content
&
Streams Day 243/365 \"Keep your cape clean...\" (Explore!) by Wellstone
9

Images:
http://www.compfight.com/
(no RSS Feed)
http://flickr.com/photos/tags/bridge/
10

Sound:
http://soungle.com/
11

Video:
http://www.bestofyoutube.com/
12

RSS Feeds:
Digg
http://digg.com/all/educational
Wiki Media Commons:
http://commons.wikimedia.org
Crickweb:
http://www.crickweb.co.uk
Interactive Whiteboard Wiki:
http://iwbteachers.wikispaces.com
Digital Library for Earth System Education:
http://www.dlese.org/library/index.jsp
13

Online Resources / Tips:
Interesting Ways to Use Your Interactive Whiteboard
http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dhn2vcv5_106c9fm8j&skipauth=true
Think Bank IWB
http://www.think‐bank.com/iwb
Whiteboard Challenge
http://whiteboardchallenge.wikispaces.com
14

Blogs
• Teachers Love SMARTBoards,
• SMARTBoard Lessons Podcast,
• Teaching with SMARTBoard
• Talking SMARTBoards and Much Much More
http://annemarie80.edublogs.org
• The Whiteboard Blog
http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk
15

Finding Other Superheros
To Extend Our Superpowers
heros by videoplacebo
16

Twitter & Plurk
twitter.com plurk.com
A Collection of Like Minded Professionals
Sharing Quick Comments In The \"Hallway\"
17

How Will You Hone
Your Superpowers?
S is for Superman by Xurple
What did we want to learn?
18

Objectives
• Online tools for reading streams of content
• Streams and sources of content that match your content
• Building a professional learning network that will
enable a 'virtual staffroom' with like‐minded teachers.
19

email:
ben@mrhazzard.com
slides & notes:
benhazzard.com
skype:
bhazzard
twitter:
benhazzard
20