Technology+for+Teachers

=Dr. Voltz's Presentation Technology for Teachers=

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Notes to go along with Technology for Teachers presentation:

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 * 1 || Web 2.0 Programs ||
 * 2 || Title Slide ||
 * 3 || Introduce Yourself in One Minute – made with iMovie and downloaded songs from iTunes, pictures by RV, State of Illinois map from Google Images. New presentation technique to introduce yourself to your audience in one minute without the speaker saying anything. ||
 * 4 || If you want to join the IASA Ning, the IASA Wikispaces or get a copy of a Google Document made for this presentation please email me at rvoltz@iasaedu.org ||
 * 5 || My Web 2.0 web page addresses ||
 * 6 || Pick one technology tool from this workshop and use it this school year. ||
 * 7 || 25 Technology Terms, when demonstrating how to use Google Documents I send these terms in a Google Document to workshop participants and they fill in the answers. ||
 * 8 || Photo from Will Richardson to start you thinking…. ||
 * 9 || Video: Susan Patrick The E-Learning Challenge on Vimeo-1, you can find this video on www.iasa4u.ning.com ||
 * 10 || The individual teacher is still, and always will be, the most important ingredient in the classroom. ||
 * 11 || Great book for staff development; get your administrators and/or teachers to listen to this book via audio (or read the traditional way) and then have a blog discussion about its contents. Each person must make a blog post for every chapter and also respond to some other persons blog post for every chapter. ||
 * 12 || Schools need to have the boxes and wires correct, or it will frustrate teachers. ||
 * 13 || You would be surprised what geographic area has the least Internet access. ||
 * 14 || Must read books for educators as we plan for the future. ||
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 * 20 || You tell me what does Web 2.0 mean to you? ||
 * 21 || Quote from The World is Flat ||
 * 22 || YouTube - Web 2.0 - An intro in 5 minute- ||
 * 23 || Helps to understand wiki ||
 * 24 || Explains Wikipedia ||
 * 25 || I love this video, not really related to content, I just love it! ||
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 * 27 || YouTube - PIL InfoLit Dialog, No. 1 Wikipedia -1 ||
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 * 30 || World leaders and the Web 2.0 World ||
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 * 35 || NECC Video contest ||
 * 36 || Digital Education The Hollywood Treatment at NECC ||
 * 37 || Give a Flip Mino to all your teachers and watch what they will do… ||
 * 38 || Jing.project is free 5 minute screencasting saved on a free web site at screencast.com ||
 * 39 || Video on Jing ||
 * 40 || Students doing Jing tutorial; checkout Mathtrain.TV ||
 * 41 || Time for you to make a screencast ||
 * 42 || Mr. G. doing a screenshot lesson, this has transformed his teaching ||
 * 43 || Rich doing a screencast using Jing teaching you how to create a Ning web site ||
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 * 45 || Barrington 220 webpage at www.barrington220.org ||
 * 46 || Sample Elementary teacher web site ||
 * 47 || Rich's Ning at www.iasa4u.ning.com ||
 * 48 || Rich's wiki at www.iasa.wikispaces.com ||
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 * 50 || gcast.com is the best way to make audio only podcasts because they are made from your cell phone but it now costs $99/year for a subscription. You can add audio files for free. Rich still recommends this method. ||
 * 51 || Rich's sample web site with the gcast "widget" on the page ||
 * 52 || gcast home page ||
 * 53 || Great fun way to make an audio podcast using an iPhone with a program called AudioBoo ||
 * 54 || Can post podcasts to the Internet with a third party free feed called Posterous ||
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 * 56 || Revision of Bloom's taxomony, what do you think? ||
 * 57 || Have you ever thought about flipping lecture and homework? ||
 * 58 || ABC News story on two teachers in Colorado who flip lecture with homework ||
 * 59 || EIU uses flip lecture and homework with graduate students in the school of Speech Language Pathology ||
 * 60 || High School teacher uses the Internet ||
 * 61 || Good video to use with educators but "warning" it has some typos ||
 * 62 || Do you know what are the 21st century learning skills? Do you think they are important? ||
 * 63 || Poll Everywhere is a great application. Maybe we can try it in this presentation. ||
 * 64 || Great suggestion from Alan November on how to organize your classroom. ||
 * 65 || Do you use Twitter? ||
 * 66 || US Congress does ||
 * 67 || Rich uses Twitter, follow me at rvoltz or IllinoisASA ||
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 * 69 || Teachers can use Twitter ||
 * 70 || Have you started to discuss what the future computer for classroom use should be? ||
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 * 72 || How about cell phones that are smart phones? Don't tell the administrators. ||
 * 73 || Cell phone applications are starting to be used in schools. ||
 * 74 || Texas, California, Illinois are all considering digital textbooks, how are your students going to read and access these books? ||
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 * 79 || Some universities requrie cell phones ||
 * 80 || I love my Kindle, have you ever used one? ||
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 * 82 || How small will laptops and netbooks become? What is the comptuer of the future? ||
 * 83 || India has a $20 netbook!!! ||
 * 84 || Netbook ||
 * 85 || iTouch. Some schools are using iTouchs for instructional purposes. They have parents purchase the iTouch as their textbook rental fee. ||
 * 86 || iPhone ||
 * 87 || Apple concept netbook ||
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 * 89 || Netbooks do have comprimises ||
 * 90 || Watch this video on ABC news about how students in India use cell phones to learn English. ||
 * 91 || Will you let students use cell phones? Will administrators let students use cell phones? I bet parents would let students use cell phones. ||
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 * 98 || How I used to use the web for teaching purposes. ||
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 * 100 || How I use the web now for teaching purposes. ||
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 * 102 || How easy is it to do podcasts? ||
 * 103 || Let's look at some of my podcasts. ||
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 * 106 || A high school that was thinking "outside of the box." ||
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 * 110 || The start of several very good recordings of young professionals and how they say they learn. What do you think about the way you teach now after listening to these recordings. ||
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 * 121 || iTunesU - how many of of you know about this great resource and are using this resource in your teaching? ||
 * 122 || Skype is a great tool for teachers to use. Think about the many ways… ||
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 * 126 || Video on ePals ||
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Answers to 25 terms by collaborators at Web 2.0 presentation:
 =25 Web 2.0 Terms To Know=


 * 1) Wiki- Webpage that allows users to share and edit content


 * 1) Blog - In a sense, an online journal. A place on the web to share thoughts or feelings on a particular subject that people can respond to through replying to the post


 * 1) Ning - online "neighborhood" that allows for multiple group networking; may be public or private networking http://iasa.wikispaces.com


 * 1) Jing- free software that adds visuals to your online conversations.


 * 1) delicious - A social bookmarking website that allows sharing of media over the web.


 * 1) ProfCast - Podcast production tool


 * 1) Podcast -Video to share instantly over the internet


 * 1) Gcast - Podcast creation website. Can also create from a phone for $99/year


 * 1) Chacha - a "line" dance :-D A text messaging service (or web based service) where one can ask questions and get answers. An example on the web page is "Who is Eric McNiel" with responses posted below it.


 * 1) Wikipedia - online reference designed and modified by the "masses". Can you rely on the accuracy of the information?


 * 1) Forum - (Internet Message Board) which enables registrants to share information and discuss topics.


 * 1) Tinyurl or bit.ly - Shortens internet links so they are more managable. What happens when the bit.ly has too many users and the url gets too long again?
 * 2) Flickr - Site whichs hosts (shares) images and video for others to watch.


 * 1) Classroom20.com - A discussion forum __for teachers__ who want to integrate newer technologies into the classroom


 * 1) iTunesU - Software which allows you to access educational lectures/information through the itunes store.
 * 2) Web 2.0 - A term that refers to cumulative changes to the way that people are using Internet connectivity.


 * 1) Gotomeeting - Web conferencing. A way for people across the globe to communicate through one central VPN (Virtual Private Network) to make it more of a "conference room" setting


 * 1) Ustream - Real-time streaming video blog


 * 1) Wiimote - An infrared pointer used with the Nintendo Wii game system. Can be used with a computer/projector and surface to make the surface (dry erase board, etc.) like a smart board.


 * 1) TED Talks - Conference usually about cutting edge technology and new ideas.


 * 1) Jott - Takes voice messages and changes them to text


 * 1) Doodle - A virtual calendar. Something that will help set up meetings and schedule reminders.


 * 1) RSS - **Really Simple Syndication**


 * 1) Twitter - Social Networking Site/ Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: **What are you doing?**


 * 1) Idea-use as a "homework hotline"

25. Lit2Go - Taken from the web site "Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format"