Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Suzie Vesper Worshop
At coley st today listening to expert on web 2.0 tools Suzie Vesper as part of ict cluster. Learnt heaps already, heres my notes for you.
ICT cluster – Thursday 13th August, 2009; Coley Street School
Presenter: Suzie Vesper : Benefits of Web 2.0 Tools
Voicethread.com – can use when communicating online, add comments, record voice, add extra parts, takes over from podcast because adds more functions, can use voicethread on pc instead of audacity, register under educator K-12. Can video record comment and then add tools, brilliant for teacher pd.
http://learningweb2.wikispaces.com – to find confident and connected and information on ethical issues and other information that teachers can use tools
Embed codes – copy and paste, can link to blog
If want to listen to voicethread online I need to have sign to my voicethread account
Comment option will appear when I can comment
Ethical issues; place of online tools within the school, there are age limits on kids when signing up accounts i.e. google account have to be 13+yrs, could co-own accounts with another teacher so that info doesn’t get lost when teachers leave, ownership is an ethical issue such as how long are things posted, what happens when student/teacher leaves, should moderate comments; another ethical issue is private vs public i.e. bebo, facebook
Embedding – click in embed code, copy, go back to page, click in box, got to html on widgets, save,
Google apps – start your own account, play around with it, use it. Can set up for your class. If you have gmail you have a google account. Everyone should set up a gmail account.
Google maps – lot of people use for personal use, can create resources, can embed tolls into placemarks, adding detail by doing research and adding, in placemarks can save to my maps, if go into edit html can post utube code into here, can add hyperlink, photos etc.
Google image search, you can inadvertantly put image on new page without copyrights. Go to compfight.com and put in image, they are all creative commons as long as you say where you got it from (attribution – acknowledging owner)
Zoom on Imac – click on options, ___________
Google calendar – CORE uses for everything; synchs to all; great way to keep everyone on track with new dates etc.
Google reader – good to subscribe to all blogs you like, great to manage blogs we like. Make folders. Star items – can find easier.
Blogs – open is better, blogs is about communication and having others comment back to you.
Go have a look at Manaiakalani blogs (Dorothy at PT England School) for great ideas about how to use Web 2 Tools in schools.
Check out Picasa.com
Flickr – can do heaps other than just photos, pro account $25 american per year to embed video, can do geotagging; put an image on a map i.e. go to world map, search, loads images. http://earthalbum.com – can work with flickr, flickr storm good tool to check out, can do groups and add photos, when editing photos – picnik.com, spell with flickr,
Wordle.net –make your own
Slideshare – like powerpoint
Tom Barrett – ideastoinspire.co.uk; Suzies’ favourite blogger, does a lot of instructions online, expert on anything google and how to use with kids, i.e. 38 ways to use Wordle in classrooms
Mihi in comic-life, draw in kids pix, don’t use clip art (see Pt England School for example)
280 slides.com – create presentations, looks like keynote (Mac), can add utube video to slides
More and more people are going to be working in the CLOUD (online web tools rather then software stored on the laptop)
Picture trail.com
Bubbleshare – slides on blog
Photobucket
Photopeach; can add music, spiral feature is quite nice, added quiz function recently, fun.
Animoto.com – takes photo and gets music track to move in time, 30secs free.
Scrapblog, Tabblo, Fotoflexer
Timeline tool – Timetoast
Poster tool – Glogster
Document storage and sharing tool – scrbd
Mindmapping tool – Bubbl us, mindmeister.com
Talking avatar tools – Voki
Poll Daddy – make up your own survey
MyStudiyo – create quizzes and embed them
Educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com – describes some web 2 tools & offline software tools
ICT cluster – Thursday 13th August, 2009; Coley Street School
Presenter: Suzie Vesper : Benefits of Web 2.0 Tools
Voicethread.com – can use when communicating online, add comments, record voice, add extra parts, takes over from podcast because adds more functions, can use voicethread on pc instead of audacity, register under educator K-12. Can video record comment and then add tools, brilliant for teacher pd.
http://learningweb2.wikispaces.com – to find confident and connected and information on ethical issues and other information that teachers can use tools
Embed codes – copy and paste, can link to blog
If want to listen to voicethread online I need to have sign to my voicethread account
Comment option will appear when I can comment
Ethical issues; place of online tools within the school, there are age limits on kids when signing up accounts i.e. google account have to be 13+yrs, could co-own accounts with another teacher so that info doesn’t get lost when teachers leave, ownership is an ethical issue such as how long are things posted, what happens when student/teacher leaves, should moderate comments; another ethical issue is private vs public i.e. bebo, facebook
Embedding – click in embed code, copy, go back to page, click in box, got to html on widgets, save,
Google apps – start your own account, play around with it, use it. Can set up for your class. If you have gmail you have a google account. Everyone should set up a gmail account.
Google maps – lot of people use for personal use, can create resources, can embed tolls into placemarks, adding detail by doing research and adding, in placemarks can save to my maps, if go into edit html can post utube code into here, can add hyperlink, photos etc.
Google image search, you can inadvertantly put image on new page without copyrights. Go to compfight.com and put in image, they are all creative commons as long as you say where you got it from (attribution – acknowledging owner)
Zoom on Imac – click on options, ___________
Google calendar – CORE uses for everything; synchs to all; great way to keep everyone on track with new dates etc.
Google reader – good to subscribe to all blogs you like, great to manage blogs we like. Make folders. Star items – can find easier.
Blogs – open is better, blogs is about communication and having others comment back to you.
Go have a look at Manaiakalani blogs (Dorothy at PT England School) for great ideas about how to use Web 2 Tools in schools.
Check out Picasa.com
Flickr – can do heaps other than just photos, pro account $25 american per year to embed video, can do geotagging; put an image on a map i.e. go to world map, search, loads images. http://earthalbum.com – can work with flickr, flickr storm good tool to check out, can do groups and add photos, when editing photos – picnik.com, spell with flickr,
Wordle.net –make your own
Slideshare – like powerpoint
Tom Barrett – ideastoinspire.co.uk; Suzies’ favourite blogger, does a lot of instructions online, expert on anything google and how to use with kids, i.e. 38 ways to use Wordle in classrooms
Mihi in comic-life, draw in kids pix, don’t use clip art (see Pt England School for example)
280 slides.com – create presentations, looks like keynote (Mac), can add utube video to slides
More and more people are going to be working in the CLOUD (online web tools rather then software stored on the laptop)
Picture trail.com
Bubbleshare – slides on blog
Photobucket
Photopeach; can add music, spiral feature is quite nice, added quiz function recently, fun.
Animoto.com – takes photo and gets music track to move in time, 30secs free.
Scrapblog, Tabblo, Fotoflexer
Timeline tool – Timetoast
Poster tool – Glogster
Document storage and sharing tool – scrbd
Mindmapping tool – Bubbl us, mindmeister.com
Talking avatar tools – Voki
Poll Daddy – make up your own survey
MyStudiyo – create quizzes and embed them
Educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com – describes some web 2 tools & offline software tools
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