Online Tools to Engage Students

Slide 1: Online Tools to Engage Students Jennifer Carrier Dorman Central Bucks School District http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/Conferences

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Slide 3: Blogs

Slide 4: Blogs • A blog is a website for which an individual or a group frequently generates text, photographs, video or audio files, and/or links, typically (but not always) on a daily basis. – The term is a shortened form of weblog. – Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called "blogging". – Individual articles on a blog are called " blog posts," "posts," or "entries". – The person who posts these entries is called a " logger". b

Slide 5: Blogs in School? • Blogs are tools, and like any tools they can be used or misused. – Misuse occurs more often when there's a lack of instruction. (MySpace, Xanga, Facebook) • Interactivity, publishing, collective intelligence

Slide 6: Blogs in School Teacher Blogs Student Blogs • • Homework This week in class, we... • • Keep Parents in the Student Work Loop • Online portfolio • Virtual Inservice • Peer/teacher feedback • Professional collaboration

Slide 7: Why Students Shouldn’t Blog • People will read it. • People might not like it. • They might share test answers with others. • They might be found by a child predator online • They might write something inappropriate. • They might find something inappropriate. • They might get other students to start blogging. http://blogging101.wikispaces.com/whywhynot

Slide 8: Why Students Should Blog • People will read it. • They might like it. • They might share what they've learned with others. • They might participate in a collaborative learning project. • They might become inspired to learn. • They might inspire others to learn. • They might get other students to start blogging. • If they don't talk in class, they might on a blog. http://blogging101.wikispaces.com/whywhynot

Slide 9: Daily Scribe

Slide 10: Classroom Extensions

Slide 11: Tips for Blogging http://blogging101.wikispaces.com/bloggersbeware

Slide 12: Blog Hosting for Schools • Blogmeister - http://classblogmeister.com/ • Edublogs - http://edublogs.org/

Slide 13: Podcasts

Slide 14: Podcasts • iPod + Broadcast = Podcast – Amateur radio – Podcasting is the method of distributing multimedia files, such as audio programs or music videos, over the Internet using either the RSS or Atom syndication formats, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers.

Slide 15: Why use podcasts? • Podcasts enable students to share their knowledge and expertise with others through a creative outlet. • Podcasts tap into a mode of media input that is commonplace for digital natives. • Podcasts empower students to form relationships with the content and each other in relevant ways.

Slide 16: Why use podcasts? • Podcasting is yet another way for them [students] to be creating and contributing ideas to a larger conversation, and it’s a way of archiving that contribution for future audiences to use. – Will Richardson, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms

Slide 17: How can podcasts be used? • In the classroom, educators and students can use podcasts to inform others about class news, current events, and areas of interest. • Students can use a podcast forum to persuade their peers to help others, make a difference, or try something new. • Podcasts can also be used to edutain others through creative narratives.

Slide 18: How can podcasts be used? • Podcasts engage students in thinking critically about their speaking fluency and communication skills. • The opportunity to create a podcast about what students would like to discuss and share with others is extremely motivating.

Slide 19: Other Enduring Benefits • Along with the use of technology there are certain responsibilities that educators and students need to follow. – Educators need to instruct students on safe and acceptable use of technology in and outside of the classroom. – Not only do students need to learn how to appropriately research, but also how to safely and properly share information online. – Podcasts allow students to learn first hand about copyright laws and fair use issues.

Slide 20: Jumping in with both feet . . . • Listen to a few podcasts online – iTunes > Source List > Podcasts > Education – http://www.podcastalley.com/ – http://www.ipodder.org/ – http://epnweb.org/ – http://www.jakeludington.com/archives/000405.html (“Podcasting with Windows Media Player) • Get a feel for the genre – Podcasts are not “polished” – production value is secondary to the content

Slide 21: Searching for Podcasts - iTunes

Slide 22: Subscribing to Podcasts

Slide 23: Pedagogy for Podcasting • Education Podcast Network • University of Wisconsin-Madison Podcasting • Pod Pedagogy

Slide 24: Online Podcasting Resources http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/+Podcasting

Slide 25: Wikis

Slide 26: What is a Wiki? • A wiki is a type of website that allows users easily to add, remove, or otherwise edit and change most available content.

Slide 27: How is a Wiki Constructed? • A single page in a wiki is referred to as a "wiki page", while the entire body of pages, which are usually highly interconnected via hyperlinks, is "the wiki“ – in effect, a wiki is actually a very simple, easy-to- use user-maintained database for searching and creating information.

Slide 28: Are Wikis Safe? • Wikis are generally designed with the philosophy of making it easy to correct mistakes, rather than making it difficult to make them.

Slide 29: Are Wikis Safe? • Thus while wikis are very open, they provide a means to verify the validity of recent additions to the body of pages. – The most prominent, on almost every wiki, is the "Recent Changes" page—a specific list numbering recent edits, or a list of all the edits made within a given timeframe.

Slide 30: Tracking Changes

Slide 31: Tracking Changes

Slide 32: Using Wikis as a Source • Wikipedia is as reliable as other external sources we rely on. • Properly written articles cite the sources, and a reader should rely on the Wikipedia article as much, but no more, than the sources the article relies on. • If an article doesn't cite a source, it may or may not be reliable. • Students should never use information in a wiki until they have checked those external sources.

Slide 33: What the Experts are Saying • Wikis are helping young people develop “writing skills and social skills by learning about group consensus and compromise—all the virtues you need to be a reasonable and productive member of society.” – Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia

Slide 34: What the Experts are Saying • “The media is controlled by people who have the resources to control it,” he says. “Wikis show that all of us have an equal opportunity to contribute to knowledge.” – Andy Garvin, head of the Digital Divide Network

Slide 35: Ways to Use Wikis • Use wikis as formats for subject guides. • Invite students and teachers to annotate your catalog on a wiki. • Make wikis meeting places for communities inside the school. • Link librarians and teachers in your district in a collaborative enterprise.

Slide 36: Class Wikis

Slide 37: Class Wikis – Online Content

Slide 38: Class Wikis - Webquests

Slide 39: Class Wikis - Webquests

Slide 40: Class Wikis – Student Collaboration

Slide 44: Professional Learning Communities

Slide 45: PLC – Professional Research

Slide 46: PLC – Virtual Training

Slide 47: PLC – Curricular Collaboration

Slide 48: PLC – Supporting Teachers

Slide 49: Links to Getting Started • Wiki Walk-Through http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/ – What’s a wiki? – Who uses wikis? – Wikis or blogs? – How to use wikis with students. – Ideas for activities, projects, collaborations, etc. • Using wikis in Education (blog) http://ikiw.org/ • Classroom use of wikis http://www.teachinghacks.com/wiki/index.php?title=Wikis

Slide 50: Wikispaces • Wikispaces is offering K-12 organizations their premium membership for free – No advertisements – Greater storage capacity – Enhanced privacy settings http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K

Slide 51: Social Learning http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/Social+Learning

Slide 52: Social Learning – Web 2.0 http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/Social+Learning

Slide 53: Del.icio.us http://del.icio.us/

Slide 54: Stu.dicio.us http://stu.dicio.us/

Slide 55: Stu.dicio.us Features • Note-taking – Note commenting – Note sharing • Keyword link to Google and Wikipedia • To-Do Lists • Schedule • Document storage/tracking • Grade organizer • Privacy Features • RSS Feeds • Integration with Facebook • Social Networking http://stu.dicio.us/

Slide 56: Furl http://www.furl.net/

Slide 57: BlinkList http://www.blinklist.com/

Slide 58: BlinkList http://www.blinklist.com/static/classroom.php

Slide 59: StumbleUpon http://www.stumbleupon.com/

Slide 60: Digg • Find an article, video, or podcast online and submit it to Digg.com. Your submission will immediately appear in “Upcoming Stories,” where other members can find it and, if they like it, Digg it. • Subscribe to RSS feeds of particular topics, popular/upcoming sections, individual users, and the search terms of your choice • Digg. Participate in the collaborative editorial process by Digging the stuff that you like best. • Build a friend list; then your friends can track what you’re Digging. They can also subscribe to an RSS feed of your submissions and/or your Diggs. http://www.digg.com/

Slide 61: Diigo http://www.diigo.com/

Slide 62: Diigo http://groups.diigo.com/groups/edn

Slide 63: Gradefix http://www.gradefix.com/

Slide 64: Gradefix

Slide 65: mynoteIT http://www.mynoteit.com/

Slide 66: Backpack http://www.backpackit.com/

Slide 67: Schoopy http://www.schoopy.com/

Slide 68: Wizlite • Wizlite is a tool allowing users to collaboratively highlight important passages on pages on the Internet. • Users can organize in groups and attach notes to their selections. • Wizlite is activated by a bookmarklet or Firefox toolbar extension. • Wizlite is great for many applications, such as topic discovery (e.g. for talks) or reviewing. http://wizlite.com/

Slide 69: NoteMesh • NoteMesh is a free service that allows college students in the same classes to share notes with each other. • It works by creating a wiki for individual classes that users can edit. • Users are free to post their own lecture notes or contribute to existing lecture notes. • The idea is that users in the same class can collaboratively create a definitive source for lecture notes. http://notemesh.com

Slide 70: PageFlakes http://www.pageflakes.com

Slide 71: Flickr • What you can do with your photos: – Upload – Tag – Geotag (mapping) – Blog – Comment – Organize – Organize into online photo albums with annotation – Form/join groups http://www.flickr.com

Slide 72: Applications for Flickr • Virtual field trip • Categorize, analyze, evaluate images • Geography practice • Picture books-documentaries • Display original artwork • Online scavenger hunts • Process live field trips • Upload exported (jpeg) Inspiration graphic organizers

Slide 73: Photo Editing Tools Phixr http://www.phixr.com/ Pxn8 http://pxn8.com/ Picasa http://picasa.google.com/ GIMP http://www.gimp.org/windows/ Free Serif PhotoPlus http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/ Paint.Net http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/ Pixia http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/ PhotoFiltre http://photofiltre.free.fr/frames_en.htm Ultimate Paint http://www.ultimatepaint.com/ VCW VicMan’s Photo http://www.vicman.net/vcwphoto/index.htm Editor ImageForge http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_imffw.html Picnik http://www.picnik.com/

Slide 74: Online Bibliography Helpers • Easybib - http://www.easybib.com/ • KnightCite http://webapps.calvin.edu/knightcite/ • Landmarks Citation Machine http://citationmachine.net/ • NoodleTools http://www.noodletools.com/ • Ottobib http://ottobib.com/

Slide 75: Video Editing Tools Eye Spot Online Video Mixing http://eyespot.com/ Jump Cut Online Video Editor http://jumpcut.com/ Windows Movie Maker http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/ moviemaker/default.mspx Avid Free DV http://www.avid.com/freedv/ Storyboard Pro http://www.atomiclearning.com/storyboardp ro Microsoft PhotoStory http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/ digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

Slide 76: Online Resources

Slide 77: unitedstreaming http://www.unitedstreaming.com

Slide 78: unitedstreaming

Slide 80: BrainPop • BrainPOP is an educational program that provides curriculum- based content spanning seven main subjects including: Science, Math, English, Social Studies, Health, Arts & Music, and Technology. http://www.brainpop.com/

Slide 81: QUIA • Create: – Activities (16 different types) – Quizzes (10 types) – Calendars – Web pages – Upload images and audio – Track and report student progress http://www.quia.com/

Slide 82: TeacherWeb • Create class pages, activities, templates • Free WebQuest generator http:// www.teacherweb.com/wq_home.html http://www.teacherweb.com

Slide 83: Library of Congress • The Library of Congress has Image Libraries, Video Libraries, and Exhibitions online – http://www.loc.gov/index.html – American Memory Collection contains historic media

Slide 84: Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/index.html

Slide 85: NetTrekker d.i. • netTrekker d.i., the latest version of netTrekker, the award- winning search engine for schools, supports differentiated instruction with standards-based online resources, organized by readability level to help every child achieve. http://school.nettrekker.com/frontdoor/

Slide 86: Classroom Resources • NoteStar enhanced research tools http://notestar.4teachers.org/ • RubiStar rubric creation tools http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php • QuizStar online quiz creation tools http://quizstar.4teachers.org/ • TrackStar onlin

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