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Articles on story spine:

Children’s Picture Book Author Explains Plotting for Kids

Introduction to Electronic Publishing: Start With Story Ideas


Google:
http://www.google.com

Storybird:
http://storybird.com/

Imagination Cubed:
http://www.imaginationcubed.com/

Google for Educators:
http://www.google.com/educators/index.html

Google Student Class Accounts:
http://www.tammyworcester.com/TipOfWeek/TammyWTechTipOfWeek/Entries/2009/10/28_Tip_76_-_Creating_Student_Accounts_Using_a_Domain_Name.html#comment_62E5BAB5_0126_1000_8281_7DEF405B2AE7

Voicethread: http://ed.voicethread.com/#home

Digitales (Bernajean Porter): http://www.digitales.us/

Apple iPhoto support

Alphabet City Project:

4:15 - Creating an Alphabet City project
4:20 - Intro to iPhoto
4:30 - Taking pictures
4:40 - Dumping to iPhoto
4:50 - Editing/arranging/...
5:00 - Slide show creating/Saving
5:05 - Show finished project


Tutorials:
Learning Electric iPhoto 6

Gold Rush files -



GarageBand Creating a Podcast video -- http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#garageband-podcast

Resources:

David Warlick's Education Podcast Network -- http://epnweb.org/

A place to find some ideas!

Creating Podcast - Tony Vincent

Learn Out Loud - Dan Schmit -- http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory/Self-Development/Instructional/KidCast-Learning-and-Teaching-with-Podcasting-Podcast/23111

There are too many resources to list here....
So in an effort to narrow it down, the following are those that we will use for class tonight.

Digital Storytelling examples:
Vietnam Wall
Ironing

I like this article as an overview and step-by-step for a project:
Digital Storytelling article at Creative Educator

This is a pdf I like for storyboarding, but there are many examples on the web:
Story Planning Template

We are going to use VoiceThread, a Web2.0 collaboration tool, to tell digital stories:
VoiceThread on Digital Storytelling

My example:
Okoboji story

Okay...... now for a better example (not mine :-)
Wondering About Web 2.0


For your practice digital story tonight we are going to make a video glossary, please illustrate four of the following:
documentary
webquest
web 2.0
wiki
opinionaire
essential question
mirroring question
entrance ticket
exit ticket
enactive question
heuristic question
thinking map



Next week we will do a gallery walk of your VoiceThreads.

What is Web 2.0?

Wordle

Befuddlr

Diigo

Cool Iris

Google Docs

Webspiration

Doodle

PollEverywhere

Wufoo

4Teachers

Today we're going to define Sensory Overload while experiencing it.

Are you muddling your brain?
Read the following article and find out....
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95524385

Can you multitask in the car?
Not really!
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95702512&ft=1&f=1001

Write down keywords that define sensory overload.
We will place them in a Wordle to help your team derive a definition.
http://www.wordle.net/create

Resources to learn iWeb:

Apple iLife Tutorials - iWeb

Atomic Learning

An example website:
Tony Vincent's June workshops

Agenda: 2:15 PM Navigating iWeb Sidebar Site structure Page - Navigation, links, pictures 2:20 PM Planning/Organizing 2:25 PM 2:30 PM Organization and Layout Choosing a theme 2:35 PM Deleting a web page 2:40 PM Duplicating a web page 2:45 PM Rearranging web pages 2:50 PM Modifying the Navigation 2:55 PM 3:00 PM Text Changing text 3:05 PM Creating a hyperlink 3:10 PM 3:15 PM Photos Integration with iPhoto 3:20 PM Creating a photo page 3:25 PM Picture frame style 3:30 PM Adjusting images 3:35 PM 3:40 PM Adding multimedia 3:45 PM 3:50 PM Publishing Previewing 3:55 PM Publishing 4:00 PM Atomic Learning 4:05 PM Practice 4:10 PM 4:15 PM 4:20 PM 4:25 PM Q&A 4:30 PM

Education - Web Analytics World Blog - "Leverage your iPod for education" (softwares to use with your iPod)

Tony Vincent is here today.

Lots of cool stuff!
Tony's wiki:
http://engagethem.pbworks.com

Downloading YouTube videos:
http://zamzar.com
- mp4 best format
http://kickyoutube.com

21 Ways to Reach 21st Century Learners:
Qualities that Affect Engagement:
Affiliation
Chat about class - http://todaysmeet.com/21
Cover It Live -- http://www.coveritlive.com

"Working on the Work" by Phillip C. Schlechty

• Authentic engagement
• Ritual engagement
• Passive compliance
• Retreatism
• Rebellion

Collect data using a Google spreadsheet:

Connect to the world through Skype

Social Bookmarking:
Delicious - Movie describing delicious --
http://www.commoncraft.com/bookmarking-plain-english
my delicious:
http://delicious.com/mengel38/

Podcasting resources:
Learning in Hand:
http://learninginhand.com/podcasting/index.html
http://tinyurl.com/nasadiy
http://tinyrul.com/podplanner

I have been keeping an eye out for technology resources for Kindergarteners and First Graders. We have a terrific teacher in one of our courses who teachers Kindergarteners and is willing to explore the world of technology with them!

This was tweeted today by Angela Maiers (who, if you Twitter, is a must to follow):

Top Educational Websites For Children That Are Fun

I also found this:
Educational Freeware

Tux Paint came to mind, as my daughter was (and is, although she might not admit it at 13) a huge fan:

Tux Paint

I will keep looking, and in the meantime if you know of any thing that appeals to younger technology users, please share it here.

June 18 update
Podasting and Kindergarten posted by Tony Vincent.

Search engines:

http://www.noodletools.com

http://www.tekmom.com

http://www.ivyjoy.com

http://www.yahoo.com

http://www.dogpile.com

http://www.webcrawler.com/

http://www.ask.com

http://www.answers.com

http://www.lycos.com

http://www.altavista.com

http://www.hotbot.com

http://yahooligans.yahoo.com

http://wwwwebcrawler.com

http://www.alltheweb.com

Validating information:

http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus
http://zapatopi.net/bsa
http://www.martinlutherking.org

http://www.easywhois.com

Practice:
http://novemberlearning.com/resources/information-literacy-resources/iii-websites-to-validate/

Another day in Kearney. More cool stuff....

Webspiration:
http://mywebspiration.com

Learning Web websites:
http://tlw.k12.ne.us
http://thelearningweb.wikispaces.com
http://web2thatworks.com

Did You Know III:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEnFwiqdx8&feature=fvst
V:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZegg_iVFDM


Pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/jeverett.esu10/6209TLWDay1#


Certificates:
Microsoft Office
http://office.microsoft.com
Search on certificates

123Certificates:
http://www.123certificates.com/school.php

At the Learning Web today in Kearney.....http://tlw.k12.ne.us
More great stuff!

Checking out the resources at:
http://4teachers.org/

Surveys at:
http://wufoo.com

Gizmos:
http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm

Searching at Google:
Got to Advanced Search to refine search
How does link get to the top of list?
How many links you have to your site. -- A popularity contest.

Information literacy:
Searching for "dolphins" gives 27,500,000 hits
refine with
"dolphins - miami - football"
gives 13,000,000 hits
Search within a site or domain: ie: .edu
69,000 hits

Click on options --
Wonder Wheel:
visual for what is related to search.

Voicethread:
http://voicethread.com
Fourteen ways to use VoiceThread:
http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dhn2vcv5_245f2nkv3g3


Glogster:
http://www.glogster.com/

Screensaver:
http://davidmcnerney.com/MovingPhotos3D/

Cool Iris:
http://www.cooliris.com/

Having Our Say movie:
http://tr.im/ncSE

Julie and I are in the throws of teaching a class on "Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century."
A portion of the chapter we are talking about tonight has to deal with Museums on the Internet.

As part of our discussion, I am placing links to some resources I want to share with the class here. In addition, I would welcome any comments as to how you feel these resources fit into research by students? Are they a reasonable substitute for actually visiting the museum physically? How important are primary sources to your students when researching topics?

An example of a Digital Story created following the visit of a museum:
http://www.digitales.us/story_details.php?story_id=87

Virtual museums at Thinkfinity:
http://www.thinkfinity.org/SearchShell.aspx?filename=/searchresults.aspx&site_area=teacher&subject=all&partner=all&resource_type=all&grade=all&WebSiteArea=educator&q=virtual%20museum

The Library of Congress:
http://www.loc.gov

The National Archives:
http://www.archives.gov

The Smithsonian Institution:
http://www.si.edu

The American Association of Museums:
http://iweb.aam-us.org/Membership/MemberDirectorySearch.aspx

National Underground Railroad and Freedom Center:
http://www.freedomcenter.org/

Virtual Field Trips:
http://www.snden.org/VirtualFieldTrips.html

Questioning Toolkit:
http://fno.org/nov97/toolkit.html

iLife:

Apple iLife Support: (Video tutorials)
http://www.apple.com/support/ilife/

What is Digital Storytelling?

Apple Learning Interchange -- Digital Storytelling:
http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/search.php?text=storytelling

Web 2.0 Storytelling:
http://web2storytelling.wikispaces.com/

Creative Educators article:
http://thecreativeeducator.com/v06/stories/Advanced_Thinking

Digitales:
http://www.digitales.us/

Digital Storytelling examples:
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/learnshops/digital/examples.php

University of Houston:
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/

Center for Digital Storytelling:
http://www.storycenter.org/index1.html

PBS Multimedia Storytelling Lesson Plan:
http://www.pbs.org/americanfamily/teacher3.html

Digital Storytelling links list:
http://electronicportfolios.org/digistory/

American Film Institute:
http://screennation.afi.com/Watch.aspx?video=756

KQED Digital Storytelling:
http://dsi.kqed.org/index.php/contest/about/C40

Digital Storytelling Process:

http://www.mywebspiration.com

Filming:

http://www.mediaknowall.com/camangles.html

http://www.mediacollege.com/video/shots/

http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/digital_story

Assessing Digital Stories:

http://digitales.us/evaluating/

Twittering in education is starting to become a theme in my listservs, tweets and conversations.
In an effort to organize and digest the extensive resources coming my way, I decided to start this article.....
Some of the things I have bookmarked on my delicious (mengel38) include:

Teaching the iGeneration: 5 reasons Teachers and Students Should Twitter:
http://teachigen.blogspot.com/2009/04/5-reasons-teachers-and-students-should.html

10 Things Teachers Should Know to Get Started with Twitter:
http://azk12.org/blog/archives/46-10-Things-Teachers-Should-Know-to-Get-Started-with-Twitter.html#extended

Nine Reasons to Twitter in Schools:
http://www.techlearning.com/article/17340

Florida and Texas Districts Sign Onto Twitter:
http://www.thejournal.com/articles/24151

50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Education:
http://cooper-taylor.com/blog/2008/08/50-ideas-on-using-twitter-for-education/

The lightbulb moment occurred for me when I was working on a class for 21st Century Skills and Will Richardson tweeted an article just released at The Learning Technologies Centre on "New Learners? New Educators?"
http://ltc.umanitoba.ca/wikis/etl/index.php/New_Learners%3F_New_Educators%3F_New_Skills%3F
I went to the bit.ly link and found, not only a plethora of information I could use for my class, but the diiggoed comments of Will Richardson! Wow!

Since that time I have been an avid twitterer. I have found lots of resources, answers to questions, and just plain interesting stuff. I don't twitter 24-7 (no Blackberry), but I do have it on when I am checking email, doing paperwork, or trying to update this blog!

Njoy!

SmartBoard resources Oct. 5 - St. Pat's:

Interactive WhiteBoards in the Classroom GoogleDocs Presentation

Befuddlr

Google Earth

Google Maps

SmartTech website:
http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/

Smart Notebook Software website. View demos of new tools and features of the Notebook 10 software:
http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Products/SMART+Board+software/Features.htm

Interactive websites at Georgia:
http://www.ettcnsc.org/Instructional_resources/other/interactive_whiteboard_links.htm


Wichita Smart site:
http://technology.usd259.org/resources/whiteboards/smartlessons.htm

Florida site:
http://www.fsdb.k12.fl.us/rmc/tutorials/whiteboards.html#resources

Kenton, Kentucky site:
http://www.kenton.k12.ky.us/SmartBoard/smartboardindex.htm#download,%20instruction,%20documents

Math site:
http://www.kenton.k12.ky.us/SmartBoard/smartmath.htm

Science site:
http://www.kenton.k12.ky.us/SmartBoard/smartscience.htm

Goshen, WY:
http://eduscapes.com/sessions/smartboard/

Arizona:
http://www.amphi.com/departments/technology/whiteboard/lessonplans.html


And much, much more:
Google for
science interactive whiteboard resources
math interactive whiteboard resources

Thinfinity website:
http://www.thinkfinity.org/

PowerMedia Plus website:
http://powermediaplus.com/

I had to reinstall my Delicious Firefox add-ons today.
If you don't use Delicious, it is still one of my favorite bookmarking tools.
Delicious: http://del.icio.us
I have been trying to make myself Diigo, but somehow the quick and almost instantaneous social bookmarking in Delicious is my first reaction. Maybe it is the "can't teach an old dog...." axiom, but nevertheless....

Today on the Delicious homepage one of the top bookmarks caught my eye.
145 new quick cheat sheets for some of the most widely used tools on the web

Some great stuff to explore.
Someday, for just in time learning I'm sure.

One of the other top bookmarks is:
The Infinite Photograph
http://www.thegreenguide.com/infinite-photograph
Awesome!

This was tweeted to me today from techlearning:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227046.600-online-gaming-the-victorian-way.html
I thought of our Gaming in Education program for sysops!
So much information, so little time! (It's the day for adages!)

Yes, I know, I am as guilty as the next person of bird-walking while on the internet.

But it never ceases to amaze me all that is out there!

Web 2.0 resources:

List of resources from esu16: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pxZOw-QYT66QniOEJxLBnSg

Web 2.0 Net: http://www.go2web20.net/

Digital Story examples: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/learnshops/digital/examples.php

Digitales: http://www.digitales.us/

Santee Digital Storytelling: http://teachers.santee.k12.ca.us/hammack/digital%20storytelling.htm

Bubbl.us: http://bubbl.us/

Google Images: http://images.google.com/


PC Apps:
Article on iLife Windows equivalents:
http://www.jakeludington.com/ask_jake/20070830_ilife_for_windows.html

Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

MixCraft: http://www.topdrawerdownloads.com/download/101767

Picasa: http://www.topdrawerdownloads.com/download/103645

MovieMaker: with Windows OS

DVD MenuMaker: http://www.jakeludington.com/dvd_hacks/20061113_make_your_own_dvd_movie.html

Apple Learning Interchange -- http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/
(All teacher tech. ideas.)


WebQuests are a great way to use internet/tech......
This was a project with LPS, ESU 16 and ESU 7 teachers -- http://webquests.lps.org/
Google Social Science Webquests you will find lots.

Thinkfinity:
(I am a Thinkfinity trainer and would love to come and do some stuff with this!)
Thinkfinity -- http://thinkfinity.org/


SS GIS Software link:
http://www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer/about/arcexplorer-education.html
(Chad would love to come train on GIS and has a lab of GPS devices.)


This is a free audiobook/podcast that I think has great possibilities to be emulated in a history classroom:
http://odeo.com/channels/2105655-Great-Moments-in-History-A-free-audiobook-by-John-G-Stockmyer
There are a lot of podcasts that would be interesting to students of history.
NPR: This American Life
NPR: Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me!
Search on iTunes for history.

TechLearning's Best Social Studies Websites list:
http://www.techlearning.com/article/14290

Virtual Field Trips:
http://www.swndlc.org/VirtualFieldTrips.html


I should have added this!
http://www.fno.org/index.html
Essential Questions: another of my favorite things!

HippoCampus History blog:
http://hippocampushistory.blogspot.com/2009/01/inaugurationjanuary-20th.html

American History Resource for students:
http://americanhistory.unomaha.edu/index2.php