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Integrating Technology

By Anna Hentz

“Even with the best teachers we have, most middle and high school kids say they’re bored 50-70 percent of the time.”-Students power down and turn off the lights of education, so . . .“Give students the opportunity to use technology in school -like blogs, interactive web pages, or YouTube - and connect them to the world.”

Turning Students On!

Web 1.0

Taking print media and posting it online in a digital format

Web 2.0

Reading, writing, and sharing/collaborating

Digital Natives Driving 2

You Tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o9nmUB2qlsDid You Know? - 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8&feature=related

A Vision of Students Today

•Great way to engage the brain•Journal responses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLYAnything by Leelefever is awesome!

www.commoncraft.com

WARNING! Sometimes a tube does not stream.Download it to a flash . . . www.zamzar.com

Wordlehttp://www.wordle.net/

President Obama’s Inaugural Speech

Jeopardyhttp://jeopardylabs.com/

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/musical-theatre

Hundreds to choose from or create your own!

Quizlethttp://quizlet.com/

http://quizlet.com/773363/dr-seuss-flash-cards/Dr. Seuss Fun!

•Quizlette - French for little quizzes•Started by 15 year old in 2005•Purpose to make flashcards•150 new users everyday•Over 35 million scores logged

Free Crossword/Puzzle Creators & Vocabulary Activities

Creates PDF of Crossword or Word Search

http://www.vocabulary.com/index.php?dir=true_false&file=attempt_true_false&test_prep_id=4

Free vocabulary, Test Prep (SAT), and Thematic Puzzles

http://www.armoredpenguin.com/crossword/

http://www.gwap.com/gwap/

Absolutely love it! Online password! Live!

GlogsterGlogster

http://hentz-humanities-wiki.wikispaces.com/Glogs

•Build collages

•Import images

•Create a masterpiece

•Embed in wiki

Glogster

SharingLiterature

http://hentz-humanities-wiki.wikispaces.com/Glogs

Animotohttp://animoto.com/education

http://animoto.com/projects

-Upload images-Write captions-Select music-Finalize

http://hentz-humanities-wiki.wikispaces.com/

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

https://ed.voicethread.com/#q.b409.i848804Overview

-An easy way to create digital stories with images and sound

Voicethread

• Hawaiian term for fast

• Website

• Collaborative community

• Edit, link, upload documents, and widgetize

• Some say it’s “What I Know Is . . .”

What is a Wiki?

Benefits of a Classroom Wiki

•Accountability•Approve and check level of activity•Sense of autonomy•Convenient - when you have the time•Embed pics, movies, mashups•Longing for more collaboration

Wiki Collaborationhttp://hentz-humanities-wiki.wikispaces.com/

Blogging

Sharing wisdom about The Odyssey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI

Humanities Blog

Diigo - Social Bookmarking

•it is a personal research and collaborative research tool on one hand,

•and it’s a knowledge-sharing community and social content site on the other

Digest of Internet Information,Groups and Other stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RvAkTuL02A


http://www.diigo.com/learn_more

Diigo Benefits

•Can build research knowledge•Share similar interests, bookmarks, stickies, annotations•Student accounts maintain privacy•Teacher creates accounts - can limit•Stickies can replace note cards

Maggie TasiDiigo - Co-founder



http://www.diigo.com/user/ahentz



http://help.diigo.com/Diigo_Educator_Account_-_FAQ

Diigo Benefits

“We believe that Web 2.0 technologies will define and be defined by the skill requirements of the 21st century workforce. It is time to understand whether models have emerged for using these tools that are superior to traditional classroom teaching alone and what are the best approaches for the practitioner to implement them.”

Bob Wolf, of The Boston Consulting Group, and a researcher on the use of internet in public education recently commented:

•Free Web-based application

•Documents, spreadsheets, and presentations can be created, shared, edited, and imported

•Stored online - published as a web page

•Files accessed from any computer with an Internet connection and a full-featured Web browser

•10 and simultaneously edit and share with 200

•View or collaborate

Google Docs

Google Docs

http://www.google.com/notebook/public/04712752710140234617/BDSD6IgoQuP3-3pAj

Tricks for getting around [email protected]

Google Docs - Invitation

http://docs.google.com/a/bensalemsd.org/?tab=mo#owned-by-me

Google Spreadsheet

Google Document

Google Presentation

Google - Publish Document

Keep the Lights On!