Transcript Enhance Teaching and Learning with Free Technology Tools:

Keeping Up with the Kids:
Teaching Tips for Using Free
Internet Tools (Ga ETC)
Lorraine Schmertzing
Cliff Landis
Richard Schmertzing
Origin of Information
Tantalizing Technology
ITED 8500: Leadership in Instructional
Technology
Beacon Bulletins
Qualitative Data Analysis (off track)
How to’s
Personal Use
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An online guide for the exploration
of issues related to Leadership in
Instructional Technology.
Each summer, educators and
instructional technologist work
together in an online environment
to produce the LIghThouse Annual.
Communication:
Instant Messaging
These programs allow you to chat in realtime with friends. Some allow you to chat
in groups, share pictures, use talk or
video, or text via cell phones.
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AIM
YM
MSN Messenger
Jabber
Google Talk
Skype
Meebo
Communication:
Social Network Services
These websites allow users to join groups,
share photos, converse on message
boards, and build profiles that express
their personalities.
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WebCT
Blackboard
Facebook
MySpace
Tribe.net
Friendster
Orkut
Yahoo Groups
Marketing:
Blogs and News Feeds
Blogs - Short for web logs, blogs are online
journals that are kept by individuals,
institutions, and groups.
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Slashdot
LiveJournal
Blogger
WordPress
Gaggle
Feeds allow users to find out about the latest
stories/updates at a particular website or
blog without having to go to the website.
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Atom feeds
 Bloglines
Marketing:
Photosharing & Podcasting
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Flickr
Photobucket
Webshots
GCast
YouTube
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Collaboration:
Wikis
A subset of web pages that anyone can edit.
Some are open to the public. Some are open
only to authorized contributors.
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Wikipedia
Atmospheric Visualization Collection Wiki
ALA New Orleans 2006 Wiki
urbandictionary.com
Collaboration:
Citation/Bookmark Management
Lists of web bookmarks, that you can
organize and share.
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del.icio.us
CiteULike
ikeepbookmarks.com
Research
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GALILEO Quick Search [About it
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Enhance Teaching and Learning
with Free Technology Tools:
Lorraine Schmertzing
Cliff Landis
Richard Schmertzing
NOTE:
The rest of these slides are notes
for me to remember about the
different student comments.
Communication Tools: Instant Messaging
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AIM (not allowed in many schools)
Yahoo Messenger (just-in-time chat)
MSN Messenger (school wide admin)
Jabber
Google Talk (only 1-to-1)
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Parents who can’t make a meeting
From computer lab to classrooms
Skype
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Foreign language classes
Expert interviews
Higher Ed – feedback for online classes
Communication Tools:
Social Networking
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Facebook
MySpace: some schools block it
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headaches,
way to help students with homework
Build a space for a book, author, or poem
Group work
Send home lit on the dangers of using it
Use it to discuss the dangers of predators, teach naming
techniques, making private and choosing who gets in
Under 15 already private
Tribe.net: groups like childrens’ books
Friendster: used for discussions, emailing
assignments, group collaboration, not as user
friendly as my space but more blocking features
Orkut
Yahoo Groups: going to a new grade?
Marketing Tools
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Blogs:
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News Feeds:
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Students keep math journals
Teachers discuss issues
Advisory committee meetings
Upload pictures
Promote events
save time with world coming to you (current
events at school)
Science teacher uses it for biology class
Photo Sharing:
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Save school server space,
students share summer vacation photos,
yearbook folks use it,
check the site to see if the pictures disappear;
relationship building activity for online students
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Podcasting/Vidcasting (upload
videos)
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Delivering instruction - remediation
Introductions of self
Explanation of assignments
Demonstrate math problems
Communicate with parents and
students
You Tube: easy, private groups
available, can be linked to your web
page without you having to go to You
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Collaborating: Wikis
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Subset of webpages anyone can edit
(public & authorized)
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Often used for research not
collaboration
Website evaluation: looks official but
it is not
Provides resources for other sources
on a specific topic
Demonstrates ease of spreading
incorrect information
TiddlyWiki: keep online journals
Collaborating: Resource Sharing
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Web-based therefore access all the time
Teachers could share resources for different
projects
Some students were overwhelmed by
del.icio.us – preferred ikeepbookmarks.com
(especially for younger kids)
In higher ed students suggested they keep all
their resources from classes here so they
could have them in later classes
With citeulike you can create groups & allow
folks to join
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(eg.- folks you meet at a convention, students in a
group project)
ALSO creates an RSS feed
some said it wasn’t user friendly and was somewhat
complicated to figure out
Activities for Collaboration Tools
 Learning
to search the web as a math
class, everyone can find a game and
store the information in the same place
 For schools where students can’t surf the
web, teachers put the links students can
go to on the page
 Create summer reading list for students
 When topic is dangerous to surf (like
Holocaust) teachers can limit the places
students can look on the web.