Year-End Digital Photo Tips and Tools
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End of the Year Slideshows – Kick ‘Em Up a Notch!
Kristen Nicole describes creative ideas for using digital photo tools to enhance end-of-school-year projects.
15 Online Photo Editors Compared
Josh Lowensohn provides a feature-by-feature comparison of popular online photo editors such as Fotoflexer, Snipshot and Picnik.
How to Squeeze Decent Photos Out of an iPhone
Meg Pickard shares her favorite tips for maximizing the iPhone’s photo features for the best results.
Teaching With Flickr
A SlideShare show with ideas for using Flickr in the classroom. Features of Flickr: photo sharing; searchable tags, online storage and retrieval of your uploaded photos for parents, students and interested community members.
Using Creative Commons Images From Flickr
Describes the six types of Creative Commons licenses, how to tell which type of license a Flickr photo carries, how to find great images, and how to properly credit the author.
Picnik Makes It Easy To Tweet Your Photos
Stan Schroeder describes Picnik’s recently-added feature allowing users to export photos directly from Picnik into Twitter.Announcement
Final Call for Summer Online Classes – University of Wisconsin-Stout
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Online Course Spotlight: EDUC 744 928M Instructional Applications of Digital Photography
3 graduate credits June 15 – August 7, 2009
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/digphoto.shtml
Explore how digital photography can develop 21st century skills (i.e. inquiry, innovation, critical thinking and media literacy) within your existing curriculum! Course participants will explore connections between emerging literacy skills and today's learners, as well as the fundamentals of digital photography production, editing, sharing and storage and digital storytelling.
What Our Students Are Saying
"Instructional Applications of Digital Photography is a resource rich course. The readings, web resources, and activities were pertinent and up- to-date. They immediately led to a much richer learning environment in the classroom. Anyone interested in adding a powerful teaching strategy to his or her repertoire should consider this course." ~Technology Education Teacher, Kenosha, WI
Posted May 28, 2009 by Karen Franker
Best Online Organizing Tools
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Get to the Bottom of Your To-Do List by Making it Tiny
Leo Babauta describes five reasons why a tiny to-do list helps you focus and get more accomplished.
Gmail Tasks
Getting Things Done With Gmail Tasks
Simon Mackie describes the handy new “share a task between lists” feature of Gmail tasks. *Note that Gmail Tasks does not yet include the ability to prioritize tasks or to set up recurring tasks.
How To Turn Gmail Into a Task Manager
Writing for Google Tutor, Christine Buske has some clever tips to share on how to create an ultra-organized task-tracking system with Gmail’s color-coded “superstars”.
How to Get the Most Out of GMail Labs
Ben Parr describes new Gmail features worth trying, including: tasks, inserting images, and enabling offline access.
Remember the Milk
Get Organized With Remember the Milk
Gina Trapani describes the attractive features (including the ability to send text message reminders to your cellphone) that make this task management tool a top choice of many educators. See also: Remember the Milk in Gmail
to learn how to use the Firebox extension to integrate Remember the Milk with Gmail.
Toodledoo
With Toodledo you can prioritize each item in your task list, set up recurring tasks, and create due dates. You can even export your list to XML or plain text and subscribe to its RSS feed.
Toodledoo Comparison Chart
See how Toodledoo’s features compare to six other online task management tools, including Remember the Milk.Announcement
UW-Stout Online Course Spotlight: EDUC 744 949 Assessment for Learning
3 graduate credits June 15 – August 7, 2009
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/assessment/
Looking for ways to balance the range of accountability expectations required of today’s schools? Individual teachers, study teams, and administrators will gain insight into both misconceptions and appropriate uses of standardized tests, evaluate grading philosophy options, and investigate classroom assessments that support student growth.
What Our Students Are Saying
"I would like to say BRAVO! This course was nothing I thought it was going to be, but everything I needed it to be! Thank you for the many ideas and perspectives you have contributed to my 'toolbox'. This course has made an incredible impact on my grading philosophy. I am definitely taking those needed steps to focus on assessment FOR learning rather than assessment OF learning." ~ Michele, Math Teacher. Green Bay, WisconsinRegister Now for Summer 2009 Online Courses
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Posted by Karen Franker, Editor @ 5/5/09
Create Engaging Content With Free Video Tools
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Tech Tip: Automatically Open Favorite Websites on Startup in IE 7 and FirefoxThe ability to capture screen images and create video tutorials is of tremendous value in creating engaging learning experiences.
UStream: create live interactive broadcasts
Jing: capture and record screen images (must download and install free software)
ScreenToaster: capture and record screen images7 Things You Should Know About….Screencasting (PDF file)
The Educause staff answers top questions about screencasting, including: who is doing it, how does it work, why is it significant, and what are the implications for teaching and learning.7 Things You Should Know About ….Ustream (PDF file)
The Educause staff provides an overview of the free broadcasting tool Ustream, including technical requirements and how UStream enhances interactive instruction.Teaching With Jing
Elaine Settergren’s Slideshare presentation shows how easy it is to use Jing to capture screen images, comment on students’ work and create short video tutorials.Top 10 THINGS to Do With JINGS
Mike Curtis shares a list of creative ways to use Jing, including giving verbal feedback on assignments, capturing information, and recording computer problems for tech support staff.Use ScreenToaster to Create a Video Lesson
R.M. Byrne shares examples of a video lesson on plate tectonics recorded in ScreenToaster by educator Joe Robinson.ScreenToaster Adds Support For YouTube Uploads, MOV downloads
Brad Linder describes the latest enhancements to ScreenToaster, including uploading videos to YouTube, setting privacy levels and sharing videos via social networking sites.Tech Tip: Automatically Open Favorite Websites on Startup in IE7 and Firefox
For quick and easy access to your most frequently-used Websites, you can set up Internet Explorer and Firefox to automatically open those sites in new tabs every time you start up the browser.
For Internet Explorer 7:
1. Go to the Tools menu and choose Internet Options.
2. Click on the General tab. In the white space below the Home page caption, type in (or copy and paste) the URL’s of your most frequently-accessed Websites. Be sure to type each address on its own line.
3. Click OK.
4. Close Internet Explorer, then open it, and all of the URLs that you entered will open in separate tabs in the order in which you typed them.
For Firefox:
1. Go to the Tools menu and choose Options. (Mac users, go to the Firefox menu and choose Preferences.)
2. Click on the Main icon, and in the Home Page text box type in your favorite URLs in the order that you want them to open. Be sure to separate each URL with a pipe mark “|” (located above the Enter key).
3. Quit out of Firefox, re-open it, and your selected favorite pages will open in separate tabs.
Announcement - Register Soon for Summer Online Courses
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E-Learning and Online Teaching Certificate Courses
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Archives - back issues in case you missed the most recent newsletter.Posted by Karen Franker, Editor @ 4/8/09
Clickers and Other Digital Assessment Tools
Digital Age Assessment
Writing for Tech & Learning, Harry Grover Tuttle describes five effective tech tools for measuring student progress, including (Part 1): clickers, online quizzes, Web-based surveys, digital logs and spreadsheets. Part 2 describes tools that provide formative assessment feedback: wikis, online course management, iMovies, podcasts, and online rubrics.In Search of Answers, Teachers Turn to Clickers
Dan Bobkoff of National Public Radio’s All Things Considered program describes how clickers measure student learning and foster deeper engagement. Includes a seven-minute podcast.Writing the Book on Clickers
Derek Bruff of Vanderbilt University - author of the new book Teaching with Classroom Response Systems - answers questions about the latest developments in the best uses of clickers. See also his comprehensive Classroom Response Systems (“Clickers”) site with numerous resources and examples of effective integration of clickers to engage and assess students.Implementing Electronic Portfolios: Benefits, Challenges, and Suggestions
Barbara Meyer and Nancy Latham describe the use of e-folios in assessing students in four teacher education programs, and provide five rules for successful implementation.
Announcement
UW-Stout’s Online Master of Science in Education
Beep, beep, beep… 5:30 a.m. Jumped out of bed, showered, dressed… got the kids ready for school, fed them, and the dog, too. Left at 7:30… dropped the kids at school, taught all morning, ate in the cafeteria, froze during recess duty, taught the rest of the day, picked up the kids, drove home, let the dog out, made dinner, ate, helped the kids with their homework, and…
Sound familiar? Wonder how you can find the time to earn a graduate degree with your hectic schedule? You CAN! AND, save yourself commuting time and money.
UW-Stout offers a Master of Science in Education degree, entirely online, which allows you to earn a graduate degree from home on your schedule. UW-Stout’s degree is convenient, flexible, and from a highly regarded, accredited state university.Apply now to reserve a spot and begin in September 2009. If you register for two courses each term, you can earn your degree in only two years!
Our unique program allows you to tailor your degree electives to fit your professional development needs. You can mix and match approved elective courses to fit a professional development interest area. Consider the Reading Teacher Certification as part of your degree or earn an E-Learning and Online Teaching Certificate!
The program continues to thrive and grow because of the care of our student support team, the expertise of UW-Stout’s instructors, and the continued success of our students.
Visit: www.uwstout.edu/programs/mse/online or contact Amy Patrick, gullixsona@uwstout.edu or 715.232.2253, to find out more about this exciting opportunity to earn your Master’s degree in Education online!Posted by Karen Franker, Editor @ 3/8/09
E-Learning and the “Google Effect”
Is Google Making Our E-Learning Stupid?
Tom Kuhlmann shares five tips to consider when designing effective instruction for today’s students, including power browsing and leveraging all forms of media.Despite the Internet, Google Generation Lacks Analytical Skills
Antone Gonsalves reports on a London study which shows that people born after 1993 generally do not have the critical thinking skills to assess the quality of the information that they locate on the Internet.New MacArthur Study: Must Read For Educators
Will Richardson responds to the assertions about digital learning presented in the recently-released MacArthur study and suggests strong new roles for educators in guiding and supporting learners, including removing barriers to social learning resources.Tech Tip: Top 10 Google Search Tips
Gina Trapani describes her top ten choices for the most obscure, yet useful Google search tips, including currency conversion, the tilde shortcut , and making Google’s image search recognize faces.
http://lifehacker.com/339474/top-10-obscure-google-search-tricksFeatured Online Course- EDUC 760 E-Learning for Educatorshttp://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/elearning.shtml
Instructors: Dennis O’ Connor and Sara Turansky
February 16 – April 10, 2009
3 graduate credits
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"It was a great first experience with online learning! I would, I have, and I will, recommend the course to colleagues with whom I work, and I would consider another online course without hesitation. I couldn't have asked for a better experience!"
~ Middle School Librarian, Los Angeles, CaliforniaPosted by Karen Franker, Editor @ 2/5/09
New Digital Image Resources
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Working With Grouped Clip Art
A New Picasa Puts a Name to All Those Faces
Tech columnist Walter Mossberg describes the “new and improved” features of the free Picasa 3 software for Windows, including creating movies from still photos, designing customized photo collages, and an amazing name-tagging photo feature.
7 Things You Should Know About Flickr (PDF)
The Educause staff explains Flickr’s present and future implications for teaching and learning, and provides compelling reasons to consider Flickr’s resources when designing instruction for today’s digital natives.
Jing
This exciting free tool for Mac and Windows is rapidly gaining popularity for its ability to quickly and easily capture and share computer screen images. Instructors praise its ability to create quick tutorials.
Phillip Martin’s Free Clip Art Site
UW-Stout online instructor Phillip Martin has created an excellent collection of educational clip art arranged by category.
Blog Reviewing Phillip Martin’s Work
Phillip's community service and personal reflection about his trip to South Africa
imageide@s
The Division of Continuing Education, Outreach and E-learning of the University of Wisconsin Extension provide a new collection of high-quality, copyright-free images for educators searchable by topic.
What You Need to Know When Working With Grouped Clip Art
Rapid E-Learning Blog author Tom Kuhlmann has created excellent video “how to” tutorials on the following common clip art issues:
- Quickly select, duplicate, and scale images
- Work with duplicate slides to avoid messing up your real slides
- Work with ungrouped objects
- Save creations as bitmap or vector images
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posted by Karen Franker, Editor @ 1/18/2009
Top Educational Technology Tools & Resources For 2008
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Tech Tip #1: 12 Essential Apps to Install on a New PC
Tech Tip #2: Four Free Ways to Add Speech Bubbles to Your Photos
Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008
Jane Hart’s PowerPoint slide show presents the results of her popular annual survey of over 220 technology professionals to determine the most popular e-learning tools of the year. Ranked #1 is Delicious, followed by Firefox, Google Reader, Skype, and WordPress.
2008 Edublog Awards
The best educational blogs of the year include: Free Technology for Teachers, eLearning Technology, the English Blog, and The Cool Cat Teacher.
Five For Fun
Educator and tech columnist Doug Johnson shares his five favorite digital image generator Websites for creating fun motivational posters, signs and buttons.
Tech Tip #1: 12 Essential Apps to Install on a New PC
Here is one tech expert’s opinion on the 12 “must-have” free programs to install on a new computer. Some are cross-platform (Macintosh and Windows). Recommendations include: VLC Media Player, Firefox, Picasa, RoboForm, Ad-Aware, and AVG anti-virus.
Tech Tip #2: Four Free Ways to Add Speech Bubbles to Your Photos
Shankar Ganesh describes four Web-based tools which allow adding speech bubbles to your uploaded photos. SuperLame is the top recommended tool for ease of use and best features. Images can be e-mailed from the site or saved for later use.
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Labels: Tech Tips
posted by Karen Franker, Editor @ 12/24/2008 10:22:00 PM
Empowering Learning With Digital Storytelling
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Tech Tip #1: Firefox and Safari URL-to-Tab Shortcut
Tech Tip #2: Quick Printing Selected Parts of a Web Page
Student Voices: Using Digital Storytelling
Patricia Bruder provides 10 reasons for using digital storytelling to enhance instruction and describes a number of excellent resources to implement digital stories in the classroom.
50 + Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story
Alan Levine reviews over 50 different Web 2.0 tools which can be used to develop creative and professional-looking digital stories.
Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
The University of Houston staff has developed a useful step-by-step list for educators to use when developing digital stories to share with colleagues.
Digital Storytelling in Language Arts
Glenn Bull and Sara Kajder describe the seven elements of effective digital stories, including: point of view, emotional content, pacing and soundtrack.
DAVA Youth Stories
Poignant examples of effective digital stories created by middle school students in the Downtown Aurora (CO) Visual Arts digital storytelling workshop.
Tech Tip #1: Firefox and Safari URL-to-Tab Shortcut
If you highlight any Web address (URL) within a webpage in Firefox or Safari (whether it's hyperlinked or not), you can drag it onto your tab bar and it will open as a new tab.
Tech Tip #2: Quick Printing Selected Parts of a Web Page
Here's a great way to save paper by printing only a selected area of a Web page:
1. Highlight the desired text, then press Ctrl+P
2. In the Print dialog box that appears, in the Print Range area click on the radio button Selection, then click OK. Only the selected portion of the Web page will print.
Featured Online Course
EDUC 744 928 Instructional Applications of Digital Photography
February 2 - March 27, 2009
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/digitalphoto/
"Instructional Applications of Digital Photography is a resource rich course. The readings, web resources, and activities were pertinent and up-to-date. Digital storytelling provides an effective student-centered learning activity. Anyone interested in adding a powerful teaching strategy to his or her repertoire should consider this course."
~Chuck Domine, Technology Education, Kenosha, WI
Explore how digital photography can develop 21st century skills (i.e. inquiry, innovation, critical thinking and media literacy) within your existing curriculum! This course will address instrucitonal strategies using ISTE's Framework for Digital Images. Course participants will explore connections between emerging literacy skills and today's learners, as well as the fundamentals of digital photography production, editing, sharing and storage, and digital storytelling.
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Labels: Digital photography, Tech Tips
posted by Karen Franker, Editor @ 12/07/2008 11:04:00 PM
Choosing the Best Web Browser
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Tech Tip #1: How to Use the Pop-Up Blocker in Internet Explorer 7
Tech Tip #2: How to Manage Downloads in Firefox 3 for Macintosh
Speed Testing the Latest Web Browsers
LifeHacker columnist Kevin Purdy ran speed and memory tests on Internet Explorer 7, Opera 9.5, Safari 3.1.1, and Firefox 3, with some surprising results.
Mozilla Firefox 3.0 is the Best Browser for Web – For Now (for Mac and Windows)
Wall Street Journal tech columnist Walter Mossberg describes Firefox 3’s special features, such as simplified bookmark management and malicious Website warnings, which make Firefox his preferred Web browser.
Google’s Chrome: 7 Reasons For It and 7 Reasons Against It (for Windows only)
PC World columnist J.R. Raphael lists the pro’s and con’s of the new Chrome Web browser, including no crashes and private browsing, but also a weak browsing history feature. In a reader survey, participants overwhelmingly gave a “thumbs up” to Chrome.
Tech Tip #1: How to Use the Pop-Up Blocker in IE 7
The automatic pop-up blocker in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 for Windows can sometimes make it difficult to view a Web page. Here is Scott Orgera’s easy step-by-step tutorial on how to use and disable the pop-up blocker.
Tech Tip #2: How to Manage Downloads in Firefox 3 for Macintosh
The newest version of Firefox for the Mac has time-saving file download features which are useful to know. Scott Orgera’s step-by-step tutorial shows exactly how to take full advantage of Firefox’s download settings.
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MASTER OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION DEGREE ONLINE PROGRAM
Applications are due December 10, 2008. The next cohort begins in January 2009.
Program Information
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You may mix and match approved elective courses to fit your professional goals and personal interests.
For more information about the Masters program, contact Amy Gullixson.
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Labels: Tech Tips
posted by Karen Franker, Editor @ 11/24/2008 10:23:00 PM
Experts’ Favorite Time-Saving Tech Tip Shortcuts
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Here is a selection of the best time-saving tech tips which recently appeared in David Pogue’s technology column in the New York Times.
Hide All Windows and View the Desktop in One Stroke
Macintosh: Press F11, or on recent Mac laptops Command+F3 (Command Key is just to the left of the spacebar)
Windows: Press the Windows key (between Ctrl and Alt) and D or click on the Show Desktop icon in the Taskbar.
Switch From One Open Program to the Next
Macintosh: Command+Tab
Windows: Alt + Tab
Quickly Toggle Uppercase/Lowercase in MS Word
In Microsoft Word clicking on a word and then pressing Shift+F3 makes a word change from all uppercase to all lowercase to just the first letter upper case.
Enlarge Text on a Web Page
Macintosh: Press Command and the plus key (for smaller fonts, press the minus key)
Windows: Press Ctrl and the plus or minus keys
Web Page URL Typing Shortcut
For Websites ending in .com, such as Amazon, merely type “amazon” in the address bar, and then press Ctrl+Enter (Windows) or Command + Return (Macintosh). This will put the http:// in front of the word amazon, and .com after it and will also take you right to the Website.
Jump To Address Bar in Web Browser
Pressing Alt + D (Windows) takes you to the address bar of most Web browsers. This way you can easily type in the next address instead of having to use the mouse to highlight the address.
Select Multiple Files At Once in Open Windows
Windows: You can individually select multiple files that aren’t right next to each other by highlighting the first file, holding down the Ctrl key, and clicking each additional file.
Macintosh: Same procedure, but press the Command key while clicking each file.
UW-Stout Online Course Spotlight: Digital Media and Visual Literacy
“What I liked best was that this course answered questions that I would never have known to ask...in other words, it enlightened me to what I actually needed to know about video in order to not only use it more effectively, but teach it!"~ Art, Computer Art, Video Production Teacher - Wurzburg, Germany
EDUC 744 938 Digital Media and Visual Literacy
January 20 - March 27, 2009
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/video.shtml
Plug-in to the YouTube generation by working with your students to create hands-on digital media projects that incorporate technologies like video on-demand, podcasting/vodcasting, and screencasting. Discover how to use free web-based software for video production to stimulate inquiry, creativity, and higher order thinking. Examine pre-production classroom practices, video editing, distribution methods and criteria for evaluating student work.
Register online: http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/register.shtml
Register Now for Spring 2009 Courses
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phone: (715) 642-0209 or 715-232-2253
Labels: Tech Tips
posted by Karen Franker, Editor @ 11/03/2008 10:10:00 PM
Google Earth™ Lessons
Google Earth™ Lessons
Tech Tips:
Create PDF’s in Office 2007
Draw Quick Horizontal Lines in Word 2003 & 2004
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Google Earth Lessons
This site is a rich source of high-quality Google Earth lesson plans searchable by subject area. Included are tutorials as well as a Nifty Tricks section for advanced users.
Google Lit Trips
Jerome Burg’s award-winning site provides Google maps of well-known literature to deepen students’ understanding of setting and background. Teachers are encouraged to submit their own literary maps and lesson ideas.
Google Earth Blog
Frank Taylor’s site is full of the latest tips and lessons for getting the most out of Google Earth, including live hurricane tracking. Be sure to check out the PC World Top 10 Amazing Google Earth Add-Ons link for some creative new tools to enhance Google Earth.
Juicy Geography: Google Earth Lessons
This site created by educator Noel Jenkins contains nine ready-to-use lessons on topics such as Stonehenge, safe cities, and wind farms. Juicy Geography’s Google Earth blog includes teaching guides, downloadable files and other resources for teaching Google Earth.
Using Google Earth To Investigate Water FlowI
n this Teacher Tube video, instructor J. Calvert demonstrates how to teach the use of Google Earth’s tools in conjunction with a middle school classroom unit on water.
Tech Tip #1: Create PDFs in Microsoft Office 2007
Office 2007 users can now save any file as a PDF by installing a downloadable add-on file from Microsoft. After installation, a PDF option will be added to your Save As menu in eight Microsoft Office programs, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
Tech Tip #2: Draw Quick Horizontal Lines in Word 2003 (Windows) & 2004 (Mac)
You can create a horizontal line across your Word or Outlook document with just a few keystrokes. Three styles of lines are available.
For a normal thin line, type three consecutive hyphens and press Enter.
For a bold line, type three underscores and press Enter.
For a double line, type three equal signs and press Enter.
Last Call for Courses Starting September 29, October 6 and October 13
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Participate from your home computer; no travel to campus is required. Select university billing, and no payment is due until fall session begins.
EDUC 744 928 Instructional Applications of Digital Photography
September 29 - November 21, 2008
September 29 – December 5, 2008
EDUC 744 956 Building Better Instruction with Technology
September 29- December 5, 2008
EDUC 744 964 Workforce Development: Every Teacher’s Responsibility
September 29- December 5, 2008
EDUC 744 965 Issues and Problems in Teaching Primary Mathematics - K-3
September 29 – November 28, 2008
EDUC 744 966 Implementing Instructional Technology Innovations
September 29 – November 24, 2008
EDUC 744 962 Poverty in Schools
October 5 – November 9, 2008
October 6 – November 26, 2008
EDUC 744 924 Inclusion—Strategies and Assistive Technologies for Special Needs/ESL Learners
October 6 - December 12, 2008
EDUC 744 930 Web Design for Educators (Beginning)
October 6 - December 5, 2008
EDUC 744 967 Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorders
October 13-December 5, 2008
Enrollment in each class is limited to twenty participants; register online
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Labels: Google Earth, Tech Tips
posted by Karen Franker, Editor @ 9/21/2008 11:40:00 AM
Wikis: The Power of Collaborative Learning
Tech Tips: Internet Explorer 7 Printing Shortcuts
Educator Louise Maine provides an excellent chart highlighting how wikis enhance 21st century learning.
The Power of Wikis in Higher Ed
Writing in Campus Technology, Linda L Briggs describes the benefits of using wikis in higher education.
Wiki Woman: How a Web Tool Saved My Career
Grace Rubinstein offers quick tips for successful use of wikis in the classroom and describes how a high school teacher transformed her teaching with the use of wikis.
The Wiki Revolution: A Challenge To Traditional Education
Rita Zeinstejer lists effective uses of wikis to enhance instruction and professional development.
Examples of Educational Wikis
The PBWiki Educators section provides links to examples of quality educational wikis.
GoApes Wiki
Here’s a terrific example of an effective professional development Web site that was nominated for Edublogs’ Best Educational Wiki of 2007. The audience is environmental educators, but the model is useful for all teaching areas.
Tech Tips: Internet Explorer 7 Printing Shortcuts
Tip #1: When you only want to print part of a Web page such as a paragraph or an image, you can copy and paste into a word processor and print from there; however, here is a quicker way:
Highlight the desired text or image with the mouse, go to the File menu and select Print, and then click the Selection button. Now only the selected part will print.
Tip #2: If a desired Web page includes links to other must-print Web pages, you can easily print both the original Web page and the linked pages all at once.
Go to File- Print, select the Option tab, check the Print all Linked Documents box, and then click OK.
Sign Up Soon for Online Courses Starting in September
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Meet your professional development goals for learning new skills, changing salary lanes, licensure renewal and advanced certification.
The following classes still have openings:
Courses Beginning on September 15
EDUC 744 954 Instructional Leadership Skills
EDUC 744 930 Web Design for Educators
EDUC 744 939 Intermediate Web Design
Courses Beginning on September 17
RDGED 703 Children’s Literature in the Reading Program
RDGED 704 Young Adult Literature in the Reading Program
EDUC 744 941 Mentoring Teachers
Courses Beginning on September 19
EDUC 744 958 Teaching Art for Non-Art Teachers
EDUC 744 963 Teaching English Language Learners (ELL) in General Education
Courses beginning on September 22
EDUC 744 957 Differentiation in the Classroom
EDUC 744 920 Teaching Writing with the 6-Traits
EDUC 744 911 Effective Classroom Management
EDUC 760 E-learning for Educators
EDUC 762 Assessment in E-Learning
EDUC 763 Instructional Design for E-Learning
RDGED 705 Instructional Techniques for Assisting Students with Reading Difficulties
RDGED 702 Reading in the Content Areas K-12
EDUC 744 951 Teaching Information Literacy
EDUC 744 940 School Library and Classroom Collaborations
Courses Beginning on September 29
EDUC 744 914 Methods of Teaching Middle School Math (Grades 4-8)
EDUC 744 965 Issues and Problems in Teaching Primary Mathematics - K-3
EDUC 744 956 Building Better Instruction with Technology
EDUC 744 964 Workforce Development: Every Teacher’s Responsibility
EDUC 744 928 Instructional Applications of Digital Photography
EDUC 744 966 Implementing Instructional Technology Innovations
EDUC 744 938 Digital Media and Visual Literacy
EDUC 744 927 Innovations and Opportunities for Media Specialists
REGISTER ONLINE TO RESERVE A SPOT
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posted by Karen Franker, Editor @ 8/27/2008 09:03:00 PM
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Flattening the Classroom
Tech Tip: Embed YouTube, Teacher Tube or Google Videos on Your Website
Seven Steps to a Flat Classroom
In this Slide share presentation, Vicki Davis describes and illustrates the seven essential principles for an effective flat classroom.
Flattening the World: How to Harness Web 2.0 Tools To Engage Learners Inside and Outside the Classroom
Doug Balsa’s Slide share presentation shows how educators can get started in creating a truly global classroom.
The Five Phases of Flattening a Classroom
Vicki Davis describes the tools and student competencies needed for each phase of evolving into a collaborative and global “classroom without walls”.
Flatten Your Classroom and Embrace 21st Century Learning (Slide Share presentation)
Julie Lindsay’s conference presentation provides an overview of how the flat classroom concept supports 21st century learning skills.
Flat Classroom Project Student Awards
Award-winning examples of student videos created as part of the Flat Classroom Project.
Tech Tip: Embed YouTube, Teacher Tube or Google Videos on Your Website
It is very useful to insert playable imported videos within your Web page or blog so that users have quick access. Here’s how to quickly embed video code from YouTube:
1. Locate the video on YouTube.
2. To the right of the area where the video displays (under the video description), you will see a field called Embed followed by HTML code.
3. Copy and paste all of that HTML code into the HTML View of your Website or blog post. Hint: Be sure to paste the code in the area of your page where you want the video to appear.
This trick will work on all popular video sites. Just look for the option that says Video Code, Embed Video or Put This Video on Your Page. Remember to include a citation with the title and creator of the video as well as a hyperlink to the original source.
Search/Browse 40 Online Courses Starting in September
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Labels: Online Teaching, Tech Tips
posted by Karen Franker, Editor @ 8/08/2008 10:25:00 PM