Wednesday Night

Yay! Fall Semester is HERE!

Test

Resources

RSS Feeds on Plagiarism and Cheating

Word Clouds in Delicious

Resources

Links

Technology Tools

RSS Feed

Assistive Technology Google Doc

Google Reader & Plagiarism/Cheating

Google reader allows us to keep on top of news using what is called an RSS feed. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. This technology, using a form of XML, allows the user to subscribe to content on the Web. In short it allows the content you want to see on the web to come to you instead of you going to it.

To get started we need to create a Google Reader account by going to http://www.reader.google.com/. Step by step directions can be found in the video file below:





Now that you've created a Reader account you'll need to find information to subscribe to. How many of you have ever seen the orange square at the top of this post? That's an RSS feed link. If you click on those squares you'll subscribe to that 'feed' or site changes. There's another way to do that within Google Reader that will let us search for sites and subscribe to them all at once. Watch the video below for directions.

Onto the last part of this assignment...sharing what you find...one more video and then you'll be on your way!

Word Clouds in Delicious

Zunal.com & WebQuests

Remember as you are planning your Quest activities and topics that they should be open ended - meaning open to interpretation not black or white.

Christine's VoiceThread

Voicethread

YouTube Voicethread

TR Afternoon

VoiceThread Embed

To see how I created this video visit this link:

http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cXflFBD6w

Enjoy!!!

Video Playlist T/R 10am

YouTube Playlist

If the video does not play for you try this link: http://www.screencast.com/t/rGaVvGDdE6dL

Voki!!!!!

Keep in mind that this video says to post to your About Me page...this semester we are creating a Welcome Voki that will go on your Home/Welcome Portfolio Page.

Adding Pages to Your Portfolio

Cinch

http://www.cinchcast.com/cseideman/177117

Downloading the PPT Game Rubric from Google Docs & Using Blackboard Email

First Podcast

http://www.cinchcast.com/cseideman/177117

First Cinch

http://www.cinchcast.com/cseideman/176259

First Cinch

http://www.cinchcast.com/cseideman/176105

CinchCasting Your Reflections

Part of the teaching process (see image below) is reflecting on what worked, what you learned, and how you can change things up to make things better. To help foster that spirit of reflection you'll be completing 15 Podcast Reflections (see page 322 in your book).

So how do you record podcasts? We'll be using a tool called CinchCast.com to record audio reflections. I love cell phones - I love that there's more technology in those little guys than in all of Apollo 13. It's an MP3 player, movie theatre, web browser, video game arcade, text tool and oh yeah you can call people on it. I remember in the "olden days" having a cord phone in the kitchen where I could talk to people (this was before email folks and WAY before texting!). I'm happy that those days are over!!!

This week we're going to be podcasting using cell phones - a tool that you and many of your students will already own. It doesn't matter if students have the internet at home for them to use this tool (they can even use a land line if they don't have a cell phone). We're using a tool called Cinch and it's secure, fast, fun and pretty much amazing!

Creating A Rubric

I created this last semester for this class so it's talking about WebQuests - disregard that (we won't be doing that assignment for a few more weeks). However, the content is still valid so watch this video for help with your RubiStar4Teachers rubric creator.

NOTE: Do not post this on your Google site...you will be copying and pasting this to a Microsoft Word document and then attaching that to a discussion forum post on Blackboard.

Video is below:

Bubbl.us Tutorial

Portfolio Set Up

Each week we will be working extensively on our portfolios...this week the focus is just getting one set up! The video below will showcase how to set up a Google Site.

Blogger, Blogging, and Posting

There are a lot of blogging sites out on the web but for this class we'll be using Blogger to create our class blogs. This week you will need to both set up a new blog and post an entry introducing yourself to the parents of your students. See Blackboard for a complete list of what you should cover.