Thing #13
Slideshare
http://www.slideshare.net/secret/lBhocKof0Yj7AE
In my last blog I explored Slideshare and added a photo for everyone. For this blog I added a slideshow with a private URL. I'll really have to consider the differences bewteen Flicker, Slideshare, Empressr, and the various options. Students would rally enjoy these sites because so many use different computers to access and share info. I've had my students use photostory and add narration or music to it. How do these programs handle photostories I wonder.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Thing 12
Thing 12
http://www.slideshare.net/my-slideshows
I signed up for two different tools. First was Slideshare and second was Knowles (virtual flashcards. I'm think that slideshare is interesting and I'd like to see how various audio forms ie: audacity work with this. I posted one pic. on my page to share.
I think the flashcards on Knowles are also interesting--sometimes flashcards are just the thing to help one memorize information. I saved several card sets to my account and plan to use them for both English and Spanish words.
http://www.slideshare.net/my-slideshows
I signed up for two different tools. First was Slideshare and second was Knowles (virtual flashcards. I'm think that slideshare is interesting and I'd like to see how various audio forms ie: audacity work with this. I posted one pic. on my page to share.
I think the flashcards on Knowles are also interesting--sometimes flashcards are just the thing to help one memorize information. I saved several card sets to my account and plan to use them for both English and Spanish words.
Thing 11
Thing 11
Google Docs
This is the first time that I've checked out Google Docs and I think the potential here is amazing. It brings to mind a recent time when another teacher and I were on seperate computers and seperate cities trying to edit a document on our screens together. Using this would have been perfect. I have to practice with more documents to make sure I don't drop documents --as I partially lost my blog entry Thing #10)
I like the idea of students being able to access documents on the web and retrieve them from various computers. Yes, I will be working with this more. Boy, I want to spend hours with each topic, but I think that getting an overview is valuable.
Google Docs
This is the first time that I've checked out Google Docs and I think the potential here is amazing. It brings to mind a recent time when another teacher and I were on seperate computers and seperate cities trying to edit a document on our screens together. Using this would have been perfect. I have to practice with more documents to make sure I don't drop documents --as I partially lost my blog entry Thing #10)
I like the idea of students being able to access documents on the web and retrieve them from various computers. Yes, I will be working with this more. Boy, I want to spend hours with each topic, but I think that getting an overview is valuable.
Thing 9
Educational Wiki Project Exploration
I found this site interesting and useful.This instructor designed a project for his computer science students. He set up a wikki page and had students work in groups to explore the following terms adding links, analysis, commentaries and suguggested uses. He later had them work in groups to create their own wiki pages in order to study for an exam or complete a project within the following week.
blogosphere
wiki pages
social bookmarking
podcasting
RSS Feeds
folksonomy
3. http://tiny.cc/nudWc
This is an interesting middle school wiki that I found. The content is very fresh, exciting, and interesting, however, it's difficult to get a whole idea of what is happening in the school in general. There are sites in which students respond in podcast form to a teacher's questions. There are also various student organized podcasts of various professionals giving students advice about careers and life, as well as a variety of subject matter information. I like the idea of having a page that students can go to, add to, comment on, and use as a personal or subject reference when possible.
- Cool Cat Teacher Blog: http://tiny.cc/5FdyE
I found this site interesting and useful.This instructor designed a project for his computer science students. He set up a wikki page and had students work in groups to explore the following terms adding links, analysis, commentaries and suguggested uses. He later had them work in groups to create their own wiki pages in order to study for an exam or complete a project within the following week.
blogosphere
wiki pages
social bookmarking
podcasting
RSS Feeds
folksonomy
2. http://studyhall.wikispaces.com/
This is an educational project also completed by done the students of The Cool Cat Teacher discussed in #1. On this page students have created a weekly "study hall" wiki for the 10th grade. Each subject listed includes various deadlines coming up and when you click on a subject you find links to key vocab. and concepts. This is an interesting concept, however, I think that it would be something that teachers would need to do together on a group blog or wiki. Of couse, if it's wiki than valuable information could be added to it by students and other teachers as well. This is fine unless things end of getting "edited" such as due dates. The best idea would probably to include a schoolwide, teacherwide page that all teachers could keep updated. What format would work best for this? Wiki's blogs, I'm not sure yet.3. http://tiny.cc/nudWc
This is an interesting middle school wiki that I found. The content is very fresh, exciting, and interesting, however, it's difficult to get a whole idea of what is happening in the school in general. There are sites in which students respond in podcast form to a teacher's questions. There are also various student organized podcasts of various professionals giving students advice about careers and life, as well as a variety of subject matter information. I like the idea of having a page that students can go to, add to, comment on, and use as a personal or subject reference when possible.
Thing 8
I-Google
So far, I am adding feeds to my I-Google account. I like the visual format of it better than Google Reader and I found that when I put an RSS feed in my Google Reader--I had to deal with too many articles (thousands). My I-Google page just shows the top five (or so) at a time for each RSS subscription and then you can open the page for more or delete some easily.
I am enjoying feeds such as I News, The University of blogs, Using ESL .com, Wood TV 8 News, NPR News, Quotes of the Day, Spanish Word a Day, and Developing 21st Century Technology Skills to Enhance Leading and Learning. I have been using this page since last winter. It has been very useful for me to quickly access updates on sites on a daily basis.
I do plan to delve into Google Reader more--maybe there is a way I can make it helpful to me.
So far, I am adding feeds to my I-Google account. I like the visual format of it better than Google Reader and I found that when I put an RSS feed in my Google Reader--I had to deal with too many articles (thousands). My I-Google page just shows the top five (or so) at a time for each RSS subscription and then you can open the page for more or delete some easily.
I am enjoying feeds such as I News, The University of blogs, Using ESL .com, Wood TV 8 News, NPR News, Quotes of the Day, Spanish Word a Day, and Developing 21st Century Technology Skills to Enhance Leading and Learning. I have been using this page since last winter. It has been very useful for me to quickly access updates on sites on a daily basis.
I do plan to delve into Google Reader more--maybe there is a way I can make it helpful to me.
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