1. An introduction to some classroom tools on the internet

3. Overview
We will try to explore the
various internet resources
available for FREE!!
 Wiki
This will be just a taste of
 Portaportal
what’s out there and I will try
my best to let you explore  Web 2.0 tools
these sites as experience is the
best teacher!  Skype
Any questions please interrupt
me to ask, we are all learning
 Podcasting
and I’ll be happy to help.
 Web Publishing

4. Let’s get online!
Make sure your radio is on blue
Click on the first picture
Click on connect to
 If you are having problems,
Pick__________
Type in passcode
need help, or are finished then
Choose work or public location
and save it please open a document to
type in and write a paragraph
about yourself to use later

5. Wiki-who’s heard of it?
Who’s used it?
Wikis are a collaborative
website which can be directly  Wikis will be explored more
edited by anyone with access
to it during web publishing
(en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wiki)
 Book Study Wiki
 Prizes!
 A total of 5 prizes are available
 First prize available when you join
the wiki
 Then 1 prize per book by
responding to 2 points (4 total
books)

6. VIDEO FOR NO INTERNET
How to get there

7. What is Portaportal?
who’s heard of it?
Who’s used it?
When you create your
portaportal, email me the
address. I will add it to the
 An easy way to keep track of
special education collection to
share with our staff!
your favorite sites from
eshepher@access.k12.wv.us anywhere
 Easy way to direct students to
where you want them
 Saves endless searches
 Organized

8. What is a portaportal?

9. If we are online…
If you want to, go ahead and
sign up
We’ll spend 10 minutes on
 Explore the portaportal on the
portaportal special education website- you
may want to bookmark this
 Go to google and type in your
grade/profession/disability area
+ portaportal and hit enter
 DON’T reinvent the
wheel, explore what others
have made

10. What do you want to
do next?
 Web 2.0 Tools
 Bubbl.us
 Wordl
 Glogster
 Voicethread
 Skype
 Podcasting
 Web Publishing
 Digital storytelling
 Movie maker
 Slide casting
 Blog
 Wiki
 Twitter
 All done let’s explore!

11. Web 2.0 Tools
The use of World Wide Web
technology and web design
that aims to facilitate
 Bubbl.us
creativity, information
sharing, and, most
 http://boe.rand.k12.wv.us/educati
notably, collaboration
www.anvilmediainc.com/searc
on/dept/dept.php?sectionid=22&li
h-engine-marketing-
glossary.html
nkid=nav-menu-container-1-1792
 To portaportal
 Click on bubbl.us

13. Bubbl.us-who’s heard
of it?
Who’s used it?
Like it, book mark it!
 Good for co-teaching
 Good use of whiteboard
 Help organize ideas
 How would you use it?
 If internet- create answers in
bubbl.us
 2 minutes to explore

14. Glogster-who’s heard
of it?
Who’s used it?
 Back to special ed portaportal
 Click on glogster
 Make an expressive poster with
pictures, video, music, and links
 One Example
 One for your webpage
 Explore for 3 minutes

15. How would you use
this in your class?
A character’s glog?
A glog about a specific subject
area?
A glog about an experiment?
Is this better than a trifold or
what?

16. Imagination Cubed-
who’s heard of it?
Who’s used it?
Students don’t have email?
Don’t worry they can sign up
 Link through SpEd Portaportal
for safe accounts through:
https://www.gaggle.net/gen?_t
 Work with students live on this
emplate=/templates/gaggle/ht
ml/index.jsp program
 Laptops or computer labs allow
many students to participate
 I need a volunteer to join me
 5 minutes- work with a friend or
more-invite many!

17. How can you use this
with your students?

18. Voicethread- who’s
heard of it?
Who’s used it?
Share one way you want to
connect your students through
voicethread
 Again access through
Want to interview someone in
portaportal
France, but can’t make up for
the time difference- voice  A way for others to connect in a
thread can help!
delayed fashion
 Share
videos, thoughts, recordings, a
nd drawings
 Check out this classroom 2.0
 3 minutes to explore

19. Voicethread screen
shot

20. Wordl- who’s heard of
it?
Who’s used it?
3 minutes to explore
 Ok bring up that document you
typed about yourself- if you
didn’t save it- that’s ok, just find
something on your computer
with words
 Go to wordl through the
portaportal
 Create your own wordl
 Paste in the box and hit

21. How can you use this
in your classroom?

22. Blabberize and
go2web2.0
 Here is a preview of blabberize-
a silly way to give a report, from
the perspective of that person
 Want more tools?
 Go to portaportal and explore
go2web2.o lots and lots more
 Go to what’s next?

23. Skype- who’s heard of
it?
Who’s used it?
How can you use it in your
classroom?  Online phone- free anywhere
**must be downloaded***  Can use with video
 Watch video of class
interviewing authors
 Summer midland program-
interview aquarist in North
Carolina
 What now?

24. Podcasting-Who’s
heard of it?
Who’s used it?
Podcasting is: A podcast is a
series of digital media
files, usually either digital audio
 Watch podcasting in plain
or video, that is made available
for download via web
english
syndication
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PODcasti  Podcast example for a
ng
classroom- Victoria on DNA
 Video podcast 3rd Grade
 I am going to use podcasting to
“read” tests
 How can you use it?

25. Audacity
 Simple way to make your own
podcast
 Demonstrate
 Need to download!!
 Best to download at another time
so we don’t jam it and slow it
down!
 What now?

26. Web publishing
Good way to show what’s going
on in your room
Can share with relatives all
 Would you work hard on a
over!
Can get familiar with
project for only 1 person to see
technology.
Not stuck to the same it?
restrictions that they used to
be-  When you do well, don’t you
I promise, the kids will wow
you! want to share?
 Let kids share what they
do, instill a sense of pride and
let them use the tools they will
need!

27. Digital Storytelling-
Who has heard of it?
Who has used it?
Let students get pictures from
the internet or set them loose
with a digital camera.
 Simple, any grade/level can do
How can you use this in the
it
classroom?
 Create great memories
 (these take a while to load, use
bookmark)
 1st graders: love is
 High school example
 Who wants to come and try
one?

28. Windows Movie Maker-
Who’s heard of it?
Who’s used it?
How can your students benefit
from movie maker?
 Here is a project done by students
Check it out on your computer
using windows movie maker this
and play around with it. Check summer. This was put online
out the cool “automovie”
feature. using mydeo- a program like
Easy enough for some of our
youtube, but is school safe.
lower students to use.  Good with flipcams, different
video clips, or another way to use
digital cameras.
 Here is another movie made
using movie maker- an update on
the picture slideshow!

29. Slidecasting
A slidecast is a term that is used
to describe an audio podcast
that is combined with a
 Slideshare.net (access from
slideshow portaportal) allows students to
publish their power points.
 They can even add audio- great
for students who have a fear of
presenting!
 Here is an audio free example
from summer school.

30. Blogging
Blogging is a journal or diary
that is posted on the Internet.
 This is a great way to communicate
www.luminafoundation.org/gr with students.
ants/grantee_resources/comm
101/glossary.html
 Let students create their math
journal, reading journal, etc. online
Can you engage your students  Allows for comment without bringing
using blogs? How? home lots of notebooks and parents
can see what’s going on
 Allows students to add pictures or
videos and give their blog personality.
 PRACTICE TYPING!!!
 Access one blog site from portaportal
 Teacher using blog to spark
classroom interest

31. Wiki
How can you use a wiki in your
class?  We have already briefly
touched on wikis
 They are a great way to allow
students to work on projects
across classes or on multiple
computers
 Here is a wiki in use in the
classroom

32. Twitter
Microblogging is a blog that
allows up to 140 character long  Twittering in plain English
posts. Twitter is the most
popular and allows text  How to become a twitter teacher
messaging for blog postings via
cell phone.  Explore these sites with lots of
www.webdesignseo.com/blogg
ing-terms/blogging-definitions-
great ideas on twittering
types-of-blogs-part-2.php
 Show example from SETLA
 Create an ongoing conversation
in the classroom
 Make sure if you use it in the
classroom, you only use it in the
classroom
 What’s next?

33. Explore
If you have sites that you want
to share please do! I will be  I feel the best way to learn is by
happy to add them to the
portaportal or add your doing
portaportal to ours!
 There are more great resources
to explore on the portaportal
site
 Go back and explore what
we’ve been over
 Don’t be afraid to try new
things!
 If you get stuck- ask for help