Transcript GP4-6Workshop - University of Alberta

Web 2.0 Tools for the
Grade 4-6 Classroom
Kim Peacock, B.Ed., M.Ed.
University of Alberta
A Quick Poll…
Are you willing to shift your thinking
about some technology tools in your
classrooms?
 http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_
choice_polls/LTExOTk0NTIxNzA
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Iconography
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Classroom project ideas
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Tool is conducive to classroom
SmartBoard use
A Note About SmartBoards
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Smart Technologies Web Site: Online
tutorials, live training, recorded sessions
and more. There is training here for
every learning preference.
http://smarttech.com/trainingcenter/
My Personal Philosophy of PD…
Vs.
Inspiration
Perspiration
Project Based Learning
Authentic learning experiences
 Grounded in critical thinking
 Well scaffolded
 Student-centric but teacher-dependent
 Firmly grounded in the curriculum
 Cross-curricular
 Example:
http://www.ltspaces.com/geothentic/
http://www.polarhusky.com
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Part 1 – What Is Web 2.0?
Web 2.0 Is Here…
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You are probably already using Web 2.0
tools in your day-to-day online life:
Facebook
 Blogs
 Wikipedia
 Flickr/Picassa/etc…
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What Are Web Applications?
Allow you to perform tasks or create
objects without software.
 Often known as “Web 2.0” applications.
 Often have an element of social
interaction.
 Accessible from anywhere.
 Usually FREE!
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The Web 2.0 Lexicon
RSS feeds
 Tags
 Folksonomy
 Mash-Ups
 Widgets
 AJAX
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Risks
Applications go up and down.
 Applications get bought out.
 Web applications sometimes allow
students to interact with other people
online. Most tools have privacy settings
to keep minors safe.
 Students’ privacy should
be considered. Some tools
can be completely private,
but others not.
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Risks
Applications may create thing
that can’t leave the confines of the
particular web site (e.g./ can’t be
downloaded to a disc/dvd/etc…)
 Students with computers at home may
get to spend more time on projects than
students without since
it’s easily accessible.
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Logistics
Consider room setup.
 Consider privacy
settings.
 Consider parental
permission.
 Consider school/district technology
policy.
 Consider e-mail addresses and sign-up
logistics.
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A Note On Blocking
Some Web 2.0 sites may be blocked at
your school… you can sometimes get
around this.
 Submit a request
to your technology
department.
 Provide a pedagogical justification for the
site to be unblocked at your school
during a certain period of time.
 Describe how you will keep students safe.
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Part 2 – Web 2.0 For Research
and Information Management
Research
Ottobib: Create bibliographic references
using ISBN numbers.
http://ottobib.com/
 Trailfire: Create a path
through the Internet
and annotate web
pages.
http://trailfire.com/
 Snipd: Copy and archive web content.
http://snipd.com
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Research
BubbleComments: Video annotations of
web sites.
http://www.bubble
comment.com/
 Zoho Notebook:
Multimedia texts
incorporating images,
video, text, sound
and more.
http://notebook.zoho.com/
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Research
Have students create a trail of good
quality research resources.
 Have students use
bubble comments to
comment on news
articles.
 Have students create a
“historic scrapbook” or “personal goals
scrapbook” in Zoho Notebook.
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Bookmarking
Google Bookmarks: Non-social
bookmarking
http://www.google.com/bookmarks
 Del.icio.us: Social bookmarking
http://del.icio.us
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RSS Feeds
Google Reader: Subscribe to feeds and
write your own notes.
http://www.google.com/reader/
 Google Alerts: Get emails sent to you on
any topic.
http://www.google.com/
alerts
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RSS and Widgets
iGoogle: Add widgets to your start page.
http://www.igoogle.com
 Protopages: Highly customizable widgets.
http://www.protopage.com
Student Sample:
http://www.protopage.
com/yzerman19
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Mind Mapping
Bubbl.us: Collaborative mind mapping
http://bubbl.us/edit.php
 Gliffy: Collaborative mind mapping
http://www.gliffy.com
 Mindmeister: Collaborative Mind Mapping
http://www.mind
meister.com/
 Mindomo: Software
interactive mind mapping
http://mindomo.com/
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Mind Mapping
Exploratree: Thinking Guides
http://www.exploratree.org.uk/
 Text2MindMap: For students who
prefer text.
http://www.text2mindmap.com/
 Mappio: Large online
archive of mind maps.
http://mappio.com/
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Social Networking
MyNoteIt: Collaborative classroom notes
http://www.mynoteit.com/
 Ning: Create a closed
social network for
your class.
http://www.ning.com
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Part 3 – Web 2.0 For
Communicating & Connecting
Podcasts and Vidcasts
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Pod-O-Matic: Find and create podcasts
http://www.podomatic.com/
Yodio: Podcast from any phone or the web
http://www.yodio.com/
Talkshoe: Podcasting and Audio Discussion
Forums
http://www.talkshoe.com/
Talkr: Blog to Podcast converter
http://new.talkr.com
Student Podcast Samples:
◦ http://dreamextreme
.us/podcast/
◦ http://thedowns.edublogs.org/
category/podcasting/
Podcasts and Vidcasts
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Teacher Tube: An online video archive like
YouTube but safe for the classroom.
http://www.teachertube.com/
Ustream: Create a live feed
of a school event.
http://www.ustream.tv/
Student Vidcast Samples:
http://www.kid-cast.com/
wordpress/?cat=12
Podcasts and Vidcasts
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Make a podcast for http://www.kid-cast.com/
Create an “Our City” Podcast for
http://www.learninginhand.com/OurCity/
Do a weekly class podcast as a review/newsletter.
http://bobsprankle.com/podcasts/
room208vidcast.mp4
Create a “captain’s log” of a famous historic
voyage.
Make a series of vidcasts
to promote DPA (stretches,
exercises, etc…)
Create a series of podcast
book reviews.
Podcasts and Vidcasts
Create an old fashioned radio play.
 Create a pod/vidcast debate online.
 Have students create a podcast dictionary
of vocabulary words.
 Have students create a series of vidcasts
solving different kids of
math problems.
 Have students summarize
current events once a
week.
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Chatting and Discussion
Chatzy: Free private chat rooms.
http://www.chatzy.com/
 Chatango: Add chat to any web page (blog,
wiki, etc…)
http://chatango.com/
 Lefora: Free forum hosting.
http://www.lefora.com/
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Online Conferencing
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DimDim: Free online web conferencing.
Useful for classes, meetings, etc… 20
person limit.
http://dimdim.com/
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Elluminate: Alberta
based company with
“three for free” in a room.
http://www.elluminate.com
Screencasting
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Screencast-O-Matic: Capture and post what’s
on your computer screen.
http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/
Examples:
◦ Assessment / Peer Feedback
http://www.screencast-omatic.com/watch/ciQZXIgH
◦ Instructional Content
http://www.screencast-omatic.com/watch/ciQlh3Ap
Screencasting
GoView: Record and edit your screen
captures
http://goview.com/
 Sketchcast: Capture and
post what’s on your
tablet or SmartBoard.
http://sketchcast.com/
 Screentoaster: Record screen captures
and upload to YouTube and other sites.
http://www.screentoaster.com/
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Screencasting
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Use Sketchcast to capture and post class notes
online quickly.
Use Screencast-o-Matic to create an archive of
extra credit work that can
be used year after year.
Use Screencast-o-Matic to
orally assess student work
Use either to create videos for
parents so that they can help
their child with homework.
Use Sketchcast to help assess student difficulties in
areas like problem solving (have students talk
through their work).
Presentations & Productivity
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Google Documents: Create
presentations from anywhere.
http://docs.google.com/
Sliderocket: Make impressive
looking presentations online.
http://www.sliderocket.com/
Zuiprezi: Non-linear presentations
http://zuiprezi.com/
SPresent: High quality flash presentations
http://www.spresent.com/v2/
 Slideshare: Share presentations you’ve
already made.
http://www.slideshare.net/
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Part 4 – Web 2.0 For Writing
and Literacy
Productivity Suites
Google Docs: Write, share and edit
documents online. (Video)
http://docs.google.com/
 Zoho: An alternative to Google Docs.
More features and more complex.
http://www.zoho.com/
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Blogs and Wikis
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What are blogs and wikis?
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Blog Tools
◦ http://www.blogger.com/
◦ http://www.21classes.com/
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Wiki tools
◦ http://www.wikispaces.com
◦ http://www.pbwiki.com
Blogs and Wikis
Class Blogs
http://www.balla.ecsd.net/
http://www.bobsprankle.
com/blog/
 Class Wikis
http://stratford78logos
0607.pbwiki.com/
http://terrythetennisball.
wikispaces.com/
 School Wiki
http://meyokumin.wikispaces.com/
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Blogs and Wikis
Create a blog from the
point of view of a historic
figure.
 Create a blog to track
observations about a
classroom pet.
 Use a wiki to write a class
“choose-your-own-adventure”.
 Use a wiki to showcase student work to
parents.
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Blogs and Wikis
Use either as a portfolio
of student work. Allow
parents to join your blog
or wiki so that they can
comment and provide
feedback to students.
 Have students do scribe posts
to summarize instructional content.
http://edubuzz.org/blogs/s3scribeposts/
 http://816math.blogspot.com/2006/11/scrib
e-post-november-1-2006.html
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Cartoons and Comic Books
Pikistrips: Create comic
books using photos
http://pikistrips.com/
 ToonDoo: Create online
comic books from scratch.
http://toondoo.com/Home.do
 BubbleSnaps: Upload images and annotate
them with text bubbles.
http://www.bubblesnaps.com
 Toonlet: Create a character and write simple
text
http://toonlet.com
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Cartoons and Comic Books
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Reasons for Exploration
http://www.toondoo.com/
toondoo/ViewBook.toon?
bookid=12301
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The Importance of Squanto
http://www.toondoo.com/toondoo/
ViewBook.toon?bookid=11741
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Prince Henry’s Contributions
http://www.toondoo.com/toondoo/ViewB
ook.toon?bookid=11706
Web Spaces
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Google Sites: More in depth
http://sites.google.com/
Sample:
http://sites.google.com/a/
googleclassrooms.org/
mrs-richau/Home
ThinkQuest: Online Learning Projects
http://www.thinkquest.org/en/projects/
index.html
Web Spaces
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Other free web page apps…
http://www.wix.com/
http://www.weebly.com/
http://www.jimdo.com/
http://www.synthasite.com/
Part 5 – Web 2.0 For
Multimedia
Copyright
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Be safe and legal… use copyright free items.
Photos:
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http://yotophoto.com/
http://www.sxc.hu/
http://www.wikimedia.org
http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/
http://www.stockvault.net/
http://www.imageafter.com/
http://pdphoto.org/
http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/
Copyright
Sounds: http://www.freeplaymusic.com
 Videos: http://www.archive.org
 More: Directory of web site with legal
content for schools and companies to
use.
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Category
:Content_Directory
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Flickr and Digital Photography
Flickr is a useful tool
that allows you to
upload and annotate
images that can be
made either public
or private.
 Flickr Notes
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stratfordsch
ooledmonton/384040545/
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Flickr and Digital Photography
Flickr can be used for
storyboarding or even
visual storytelling.
 Flickr Stories
http://www.flickr.com/
groups/sixwordstory/discuss/7215760118
5227439/
 Five Frame Flickr Story
http://flickr.com/groups/visualstory/
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Flickr and Digital Photography
Have students do a
photo scavenger hunt
of math or science
concepts and have
them upload and
annotate the images on flickr.
 Have students create an archive of writing
prompts in Flickr and use the annotation
tool to point out interesting questions or
prompts.
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Posters and Visual Representations
Glogster: Create multimedia posters
http://www.glogster.com
 Example:
http://metro09.glogster.com/What-I-LikeAbout-Myself/?w1
 BigHugeLabs: Make posters
and other multimedia
content with photos.
http://bighugelabs.com
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Video Annotation
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Bubble Ply: Add bubbles and
captions to video
http://www.bubbleply.com/
Overstream: Add bubbles and
captions to video
http://www.overstream.net/
Examples:
◦ Pop-up-video
http://www.bubbleply.com/player.aspx?pid=b1bf700f-6f47-43649dd7-e413706860b9
◦ Language/translation tool
http://www.bubbleply.com/player.aspx?pid=EE1549C5-E35B4F64-AA80-D4C1A220102F
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Note that TeacherTube is a good alternative if YouTube
is blocked.
Video Annotation
Use video annotation to have
students analyze speeches.
 Use video annotation to have
students express an opinion
ona video or news clip.
 Use video annotation for
formative feedback for
student work (e.g./ video recordings of PE).
 Use video annotation to create an
instructional video (with written in steps).
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Map Applications
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Google Maps: Create
unlimited maps with
annotated locations.
http://maps.google.ca
◦ Example:
http://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=1
11008165444273296600.000465931a4b0b9fad889&t=h&z=2
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Community Walk: Create maps with
slightly more multimedia capability.
http://www.communitywalk.com
◦ Example:
http://www.communitywalk.com/calgary/alberta/my_first_neighb
orhood/map/140666
Map Applications
Quickmaps: Annotate
and mark up maps.
http://quikmaps.com/new
 YourGMap: Create maps with addresses
or latitude/longitudes.
http://www.yourgmap.com
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Map Applications
Have students create a
mapped journal of an
historic trip.
 Have students create a
virtual field trip based on
a class field trip.
 Have students create a map of a science
process (e.g./ where garbage goes or the
path of a can as it goes to be recycled).
 Have students complete a reflective health
project, mapping places of importance in
their life.
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VoiceThread
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VoiceThread: Not really
like anything else…
http://voicethread.com/
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Almost like a wiki/blog with audio… it
allows users to annotate and expand
images with voice recordings.
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http://voicethread.com/share/407691/
http://voicethread.com/share/4973/
VoiceThread
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Create an oral history
archive such as:
http://www.ourvoices.ca/
If all of your students have
internet access, do a daily homework
question on Voicethread.
Have students create a talking storybook.
Look through the many examples of teacher
projects already on Voicethread!
http://voicethread.com/#q.b409
3D Spaces
Mapwing: Build and share virtual tours
http://www.mapwing.com/
 Example: St Joseph’s College (University
of Alberta) Virtual Tour
http://www.mapwing.com/
explore/view_tour.php?t=
IELIBsIwwYLNIsa
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3D Spaces
Photosynth: Create and view 3D virtual
tours using photos.
http://photosynth.net
 SceneCaster: Create 3D web spaces
http://www.scenecaster.com/
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3D Spaces
Have students create a virtual tour of the
community using Mapwing.
 Have students create an authentic
ecosystem using SceneCaster.
 Have students create a 3D tour of an
important historic location in your
town or city.
 Have students create a
scale mode of their
bedroom in SceneCaster.
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Interactive Timelines
xTimeline: Historic
interactive timelines.
http://www.xtimeline.
com/index.aspx?t=
5&l=en-US
 Dipity: Interactive timelines with
additional multimedia.
http://www.dipity.com/
 OurStory: Personal interactive timelines.
http://www.ourstory.com/
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Interactive Timelines
Have students create
a timeline of a
scientific process
(e.g./ the lifecycle of
an animal).
 Have students create a year plan for the
goals they would like to achieve in your
course.
 Have students add to existing public
timelines on xTimeline.
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Image Editing
Tool: Aviary
http://aviary.com/home
 Tool: Picnik
http://www.picnik.com/
 Tool: FotoFlexer
http://fotoflexer.com/
 Tool: Splashup
http://www.splashup.com/
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Multimedia & Digital Storytelling
Pixorial: Create and edit video online.
http://www.pixorial.com/
 Motionbox: Create and edit video online.
http://www.motionbox.com/
 Jaycut: Create and edit video online.
http://jaycut.com/
 One True Media:
Video montages
http://www.onetrue
media.com/
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Multimedia & Digital Storytelling
Funtigo: Create online scrapbooks.
http://funtigo.com/?cr=3&rfm=y
 Vuvox: Make interactive panoramas
and movies.
http://www.vuvox.com/
 Animoto: Upload and
assemble short photo
commercials online.
http://animoto.com/
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Others…
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Letterpop newsletter maker
http://www.letterpop.com
Geni family tree maker
http://www.geni.com/
Lulu self publishing
http://www.lulu.com/
Popfly basic game creator
http://www.popfly.com
Dabbleboard whiteboard
http://www.dabbleboard.com/
Others…
And many, many more…
 http://www.protopage.com/
web2point0forteachers
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Part 5 – PD Planning
Activity:
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Go to the Social Studies program of
studies and open up your grade area
document.
Read through the outcomes. Look at
the list of tools you’ve circled “yes” for...
How might some of these tools fit with
the existing outcomes?
Look at the ICT outcomes for your
program of studies (). How do the
tools we’ve looked at fit with those?
Activity (continued...):
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Go to the Protopage
(http://www.protopage.com/web2point0fo
rteachers/) and download the Technology
Goal Planning Sheet. Fill it out using two
curricular outcomes that have piqued
your interest in terms of the tools that
we’ve learned about.
Part 6 – Staying Up-To-Date
Some Things to Mull Over…
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The Machine is Us/ing Us
http://www.youtube.com/v/NLlGopyXT_g
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A Vision of Students Today
http://www.youtube.com/v/dGCJ46vyR9o
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What If…
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?d
ocId=-285578655070399
3653&hl=en-CA
Staying Up-to-Date - SmartBoards
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Teaching With SmartBoard Teacher Tube
Videos
http://www.teachertube.com/viewProfile.php
?user=dsladkey
http://www.teachertube.com/viewProfile.php
?user=TeqSmart
http://www.teachertube.com/viewProfile.php
?user=smartvideos
http://www.teachertube.com/viewProfile.php
?user=dan+everest
Staying Up-to-Date - SmartBoards
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Teaching with SmartBoard YouTube Videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/
teachertrainer
http://www.youtube.com/user/
SMARTClassrooms
Two series of videos highlighting teachers’
experiences using SmartBoards. Both
series include excellent videos on classes
that have won SmartBoard best practice
competitions.
Staying Up-To-Date - Pedagogy
Marc Prensky
http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/
 Education World: Technology
http://www.educationworld.com/
#Technology
 Apple Learning Interchange
http://ali.apple.com/
 Classroom 2.0
(Ning Community)
http://www.classroom20.com/
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Staying Up-To-Date - Tools
Webware Tools
http://news.cnet.com/webware/
 Tech Crunch
http://www.techcrunch.com
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Staying Up-To-Date - PD
North Central Regional Education Lab
http://www.ncrel.org/tech/tpd/index.html
 ISTE
http://www.iste.org/
 Edutopia Videos
http://www.edutopia.org/video
 Teacher Tube
http://www.teachertube.com/
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Staying Up-To-Date – Doing It Right
High Tech High:
http://www.hightechhigh.org/
http://www.youtube.com/user/hthvideo
 New Tech High:
http://www.newtechhigh.org
http://www.newtechfoundation.org/
 Smart Classroom Awards:
http://www.youtube.com/user/
SMARTClassrooms
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Thank You!
[email protected]
 http://www.protopage.com/
web2point0forteachers/
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