Can You Diigo It?
The TeqSmart staff describes how Diigo can enhance instruction by highlighting sections of Web pages and attaching “sticky note” comments for students to view.
How is Diigo Better?
The Diigo staff has created a useful chart which compares Diigo’s features with those of Del.icio.us.
Why Would Teachers Use Diigo?
Clif Mims has compiled a list of responses from educators to discuss the pro’s and con’s of using Diigo in the classroom.
Streamline It Part I: Diigo or Bust
Ryan Bretag provides a side-by-side comparison of Diigo, Del.icio.us and Zotero as well as an excellent instructional video on using Diigo’s features.
Tech Tip – Capture Screenshots with Jing
Jing is a quick, free and easy tool for capturing screen shots which can then serve as brief training videos. The downloadable Jing software (Windows or Mac) can be placed on your desktop to use as often as needed. Simply select an area of your screen, capture it as an image or record it as a video, and then click Share. Jing places a URL to your images on the clipboard, ready for you to paste in documents, blogs, and emails.
What Our Students Are Saying…
About the Instructional Applications of Digital Photography course:
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/digitalphoto/index.html
Chuck Domine, technology educator from Kenosha, Wisconsin, said, "Instructional Applications of Digital Photography is a resource rich course. The readings, web resources, and activities were pertinent and up-to-date. I was able to bring into practice elements of the course as they were introduced. It immediately led to a much richer learning environment in the classroom. Applying digital photography as a cross-curriculum strategy can be used to engage students in all content areas.”
Daniel Smith, a student from Tokyo, Japan, said, "I really enjoyed the journey through this course. As a full time teacher and family guy, I appreciated the pacing and quantity of work that we did - enough to be challenging, but not so overwhelming that I couldn’t enjoy the process.”
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/digitalphoto/index.html
Chuck Domine, technology educator from Kenosha, Wisconsin, said, "Instructional Applications of Digital Photography is a resource rich course. The readings, web resources, and activities were pertinent and up-to-date. I was able to bring into practice elements of the course as they were introduced. It immediately led to a much richer learning environment in the classroom. Applying digital photography as a cross-curriculum strategy can be used to engage students in all content areas.”
Daniel Smith, a student from Tokyo, Japan, said, "I really enjoyed the journey through this course. As a full time teacher and family guy, I appreciated the pacing and quantity of work that we did - enough to be challenging, but not so overwhelming that I couldn’t enjoy the process.”
Sign up soon to reserve your spot!
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/register.shtml
Search/Browse 40 Online Courses Starting in June
Courses will be offered including web design, poverty in schools, methods of teaching art, math, reading and writing, technology integration, classroom management, teaching English Language Learners, autism, differentiation, inclusion, assessment, instructional leadership, mentoring, bullying in schools, school library/media specialists, elearning and online teaching.
Participate from your home computer; no travel to campus is required. Select university billing, and no payment is due until summer session begins.
posted by Karen Franker, Editor @ 4/25/2008 08:42:00 AM
The Common Craft staff members have created an excellent short video to illustrate how Google Docs facilitates collaborative projects.
Google Docs
The Tech Learning staff provides tips on getting the most out of Google Docs and includes examples for collaborative use in the classroom.
Google Docs and Spreadsheets: Collaborating in the Classroom or Library
Christopher Case describes how Google Docs & Spreadsheets has transformed his classroom, and offers tips for veteran users as well as first-timers who want to make the most of these tools.
Teach Collaborative Revision with Google Docs
The Google for Educators site contains helpful articles from Writing magazine with student-friendly tips and revision techniques. Also included is a teacher’s guide with ideas for using Google Docs to create innovative lesson plans about revision.
Google Docs Tutorials
Atomic Learning provides a series of free tutorial mini-movies showing how to use Google Docs’ main features, with special sections on publishing and collaborating.
Tech Tip – PowerPoint Design/Copyright Do’s and Don’ts
Is it legal to copy music from a public library CD into a PowerPoint presentation? What about transferring music from an LP record to an iPod? Alvin Trusty’s humorous video illustrates key points about copyright and effective PowerPoint design.
How to Create a Great PowerPoint Without Breaking the Law (video 44 min. 51 sec.)
How to Create a Great PowerPoint Without Breaking the Law (video 44 min. 51 sec.)
Announcement: Register for Summer Session
Are you looking for graduate courses that support your professional development goals for learning new skills, changing salary lanes, licensure renewal and advanced certification?
The e-learning and online teaching certificate courses and reading teacher certification courses are filling quickly. Sign up soon to reserve your spot!
Are you looking for graduate courses that support your professional development goals for learning new skills, changing salary lanes, licensure renewal and advanced certification?
The e-learning and online teaching certificate courses and reading teacher certification courses are filling quickly. Sign up soon to reserve your spot!
Search/Browse Online Courses Starting in June
Participate from your home computer; no travel to campus is required. Select university billing, and no payment is due until summer session begins.
Labels: Collaboration, Powerpoint, Tech Tips
posted by Karen Franker, Editor @ 4/09/2008 08:01:00 PM