and it promices to be the BEST! I have high hopes! In July, SCPS is going to host a 2-day Technology Teacher Camp for the teachers in the district. These sessions are mostly demonstrated by "Using Teachers" in the district. For example, a teacher who is successfully using the Airliner will be presenting ways he incorporates the tool into his instruction. On day 2, I will be presenting a short session on KET Encyclomedia...so here I sit in my 3rd and final KET Encyclomedia session in the last week hoping to get up to speed on the NEW TOOLS offered by Encyclomedia for classroom instruction, etc.
This session's focus is how Encyclomedia can be used through the Web 2.0 tools. So far, it might be the best of the Encyclomedia sessions I have attended thus far.
We began the presentation on a Wiki page-- http://missibket.wikispaces.com
Feel free to check it out.
Another site you will want to visit which I will have a post on at some point, highlights the GAZZILLION Web 2.0 utilities available for everyone to use!!
It is http://www.go2web20.net
Photostory--simply Google it for the URL.
This is a FREE download from Microsoft. I have personally used this with my students for a way to culminate a project. They loved it and so did I. Check it out!!
Voicethread--http://voicethread.com
This looks to be a GREAT resource! A way to collaborate with video, voice, and text commenting. The collaboration tool in itself is a super way to have your students share what they know about a book they are reading. By using the content from Encyclomedia, kids can be the creators of content. How EXCITING!! This is what the website says about voicethread:
A VoiceThread is an online media album that can hold essentially any type of media (images, documents and videos) and allows people to make comments in 5 different ways - using voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (with a webcam) - and share them with anyone they wish. They can even be exported to an Archival Movie for offline use on a DVD or video-enabled MP3 player. A VoiceThread allows group conversations to be collected and shared in one place, from anywhere in the world.
Animoto--http://biz.animoto.com
Zentation--http://www.zentation.com
Where video and Powerpoint meet on the web. If you need a PowerPoint presentation, this is one of MANY sites where you don't have to re-create the wheel (in this case, PP presentation)and it has VIDEO to accompany!! How cool is that!!
Wiki's--Do you Wiki? A Wiki is an online collaboration tool being used all over classrooms whose teacher's are NOT afraid to experiment and try new things. There are various places to get Wiki's that are web-based...just Google it!
There are so many more...but I am out of time. I will post more and hyperlink the sites when I get to my home computer.
Out of here...
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