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Jose Olivas
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The document discusses various online tools that can be used for education, including blogs, wikis, podcasts, photo editing software, citation tools, video editing software, streaming media services, educational websites, and webquest templates. These tools allow students and teachers to publish content, collaborate online, integrate multimedia, and find educational resources on the web. The document provides descriptions and links to examples of these different digital tools.

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http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/Conferences
 
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 "blogger".
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
Teacher Blogs Homework Keep Parents in the Loop Virtual Inservice Professional collaboration Student Blogs This week in class, we... Student Work Online portfolio Peer/teacher feedback
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
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
 
 
http://blogging101.wikispaces.com/bloggersbeware
Blogmeister - http://classblogmeister.com/ Edublogs - http://edublogs.org/
 
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.
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.
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
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 .
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.
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.
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
 
 
Education Podcast Network University of Wisconsin-Madison Podcasting Pod Pedagogy
 
A wiki is a type of website that allows users easily to add, remove, or otherwise edit and change most available content.
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.
Wikis are generally designed with the philosophy of making it easy to correct mistakes, rather than making it difficult to make them.
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.
 
 
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.
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
“ 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
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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
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
http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/Social+Learning
http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/Social+Learning
http://del.icio.us/
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/
http://www.furl.net/
http://www.stumbleupon.com/
http://www.diigo.com/
http://groups.diigo.com/groups/edn
http://www.gradefix.com/
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
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
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 Editor http://www.vicman.net/vcwphoto/index.htm ImageForge http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_imffw.html Picnik http://www.picnik.com/
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/
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/storyboardpro Microsoft PhotoStory http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/ digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx
 
http://www.unitedstreaming.com
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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/
Create: Activities (16 different types) Quizzes (10 types) Calendars Web pages Upload images and audio Track and report student progress http://www.quia.com/
Create class pages, activities, templates Free WebQuest generator http://www.teacherweb.com/wq_home.html http://www.teacherweb.com
The Library of Congress has Image Libraries, Video Libraries, and Exhibitions online http://www.loc.gov/index.html American Memory Collection contains historic media
http://www.loc.gov/index.html Library of Congress
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/
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 online hotlist and Internet activity creation tools http://trackstar.4teachers.org/ Web Worksheet Wizard http://wizard.4teachers.org/ Project Poster online project-based activity creation tools http://poster.4teachers.org/ Discovery School Puzzle Maker http://www.puzzlemaker.com/ National Library of Virtual Manipulatives http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
A WebQuest for K-12 Teachers utilizing the WebGuide Template - Internet4Classrooms version - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lesson_plan_quest.htm WebQuest Template - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lesson-template.htm San Diego State University Educational Technology Department WebQuests Page - http://webquest.sdsu.edu/ Best WebQuests - http://bestwebquests.com/ WebQuest Templates SDSU - http://webquest.sdsu.edu/LessonTemplate.html Teachnology WebQuest Generator - http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/web_quest/ Differentiated Instruction WebQuests - http://www.lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/Differentiation/nine.htm Using the Understanding By Design Model to create WebQuests - http://www.bclacts.org/Using%20Ubd%20to%20design%20a%20webquest.pdf

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Online Tools To Engage Students

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  • 3. 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 "blogger".
  • 4. 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
  • 5. Teacher Blogs Homework Keep Parents in the Loop Virtual Inservice Professional collaboration Student Blogs This week in class, we... Student Work Online portfolio Peer/teacher feedback
  • 6. 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
  • 7. 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
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  • 11. Blogmeister - http://classblogmeister.com/ Edublogs - http://edublogs.org/
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  • 13. 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.
  • 14. 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.
  • 15. 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
  • 16. 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 .
  • 17. 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.
  • 18. 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.
  • 19. 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
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  • 22. Education Podcast Network University of Wisconsin-Madison Podcasting Pod Pedagogy
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  • 24. A wiki is a type of website that allows users easily to add, remove, or otherwise edit and change most available content.
  • 25. 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.
  • 26. Wikis are generally designed with the philosophy of making it easy to correct mistakes, rather than making it difficult to make them.
  • 27. 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.
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  • 30. 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.
  • 31. 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
  • 32. “ 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
  • 33. 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.
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  • 43. 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
  • 44. 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
  • 48. 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/
  • 54. 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
  • 55. 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
  • 56. 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 Editor http://www.vicman.net/vcwphoto/index.htm ImageForge http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_imffw.html Picnik http://www.picnik.com/
  • 57. 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/
  • 58. 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/storyboardpro Microsoft PhotoStory http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/ digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx
  • 59.  
  • 62. 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/
  • 63. Create: Activities (16 different types) Quizzes (10 types) Calendars Web pages Upload images and audio Track and report student progress http://www.quia.com/
  • 64. Create class pages, activities, templates Free WebQuest generator http://www.teacherweb.com/wq_home.html http://www.teacherweb.com
  • 65. The Library of Congress has Image Libraries, Video Libraries, and Exhibitions online http://www.loc.gov/index.html American Memory Collection contains historic media
  • 67. 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/
  • 68. 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 online hotlist and Internet activity creation tools http://trackstar.4teachers.org/ Web Worksheet Wizard http://wizard.4teachers.org/ Project Poster online project-based activity creation tools http://poster.4teachers.org/ Discovery School Puzzle Maker http://www.puzzlemaker.com/ National Library of Virtual Manipulatives http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
  • 69. A WebQuest for K-12 Teachers utilizing the WebGuide Template - Internet4Classrooms version - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lesson_plan_quest.htm WebQuest Template - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lesson-template.htm San Diego State University Educational Technology Department WebQuests Page - http://webquest.sdsu.edu/ Best WebQuests - http://bestwebquests.com/ WebQuest Templates SDSU - http://webquest.sdsu.edu/LessonTemplate.html Teachnology WebQuest Generator - http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/web_quest/ Differentiated Instruction WebQuests - http://www.lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/Differentiation/nine.htm Using the Understanding By Design Model to create WebQuests - http://www.bclacts.org/Using%20Ubd%20to%20design%20a%20webquest.pdf

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  1. http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/Conferences