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**Emerging Technologies in the Classroom ** ** Class Introduction - [|The Networked Student] video **


 * Units: Mobile Learning ~ Cyber Safety ~** **Online Collaboration ~ Digital Storytelling**

** Units: **

1. Mobile Learning Unit
=== Mobile Learning in the Classroom Moodle Lesson  - Click on Log In As Guest to open lesson web page === **Documents:** [|FILastName_Cellphones_in_the_Classroom_Travel_Journal.pdf] [|FILastName_Cellphones_in_the_Classroom_Travel_Journal.docx] === Cellphones in the Classroom Virtual Field Trip zip file === **Websites I Use in the Course for Mobile Learning Opportunities:** **PLEs: **
 * Cellphones in the Classroom Virtual Field Trip Travel Journal
 *  Polleverywhere - instant audience feedback
 *  DropItTo.Me - an alternative to drop.io (stopped in Dec. 2010)
 *  [|Textmark] - text students to remind them of due dates and homework
 *  Schoology app - our course social network; also, Learning Management tool
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|Google Docs app (iPhone)] or ( android ) - create or access shared course docs
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Gmail app - students used email for everything from communication to downloading picture files to Web 2.0 site registration confirmation
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Qrafter ( <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">iPhone <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">) Kaywa Mobile Readers (Blackberry, Samsung, Andriod, and many more)- QR Code reader app
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Ustream app - create or view live or archived webcasts
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Cartoon Creator app - can create safe visual representation in digital form for profile pictures
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Wiffiti - send real time messages to answer a prompt to a screen board
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Google Earth app - for our Google Earth tour destination assignment
 * Yodio - <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">enhanced audio podcast recorder
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Voicethread - interactive digital story recorder
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Voki - avatar voice recorder
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Animoto - create music videos...new on next year's changes for curriculum - Assigntment: create a digital emotion through (music, text, and pictures) music video
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> One Note app - Notetaking; creating reminders
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Calendar - Time management
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Google Mobile Apps - Google Goggles (search the internet with pictures), Google Maps, iGoogle, Google Search, Blogger, plus their choices according to their needs and preferences (tie this into personal learning inventory)

**<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px;">Student & Parent Forms: ****<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Gmail Parental Permission Form ** [|Gmail_Parental_Permission_Form.pdf] [|Gmail_Parental_Permission_Form.doc] **<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Cell Phone Use Parental Permission Form ** [|Cell Phone Use in the Classroom Parental Permission Slip.pdf] [|Cell Phone Use in the Classroom Parental Permission Slip.doc] **<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Student Cell Phone Profile Form ** [|CellPhonePlanSurvey.pdf] [|CellPhonePlanSurvey.doc]

**<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px;">Unit/Student Learning Map/Lesson Plan: ** [|LFS_ET_mobilelearning.pdf] [|LFS_ET_mobilelearning.doc] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Back to Top**

== <span style="background-color: #f9f5b8; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. Cyber Safety: Digital Security, Digital Citizenship, Digital Communication, & Digital Media Unit == === <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">My Cyber Safety Wiki <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - K-12 cyber safety curriculum - Digital Security ~ Digital Communication ~ Digital Media ~ Digital Citizenship ===

<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a. Online Safety & Security in Collaborative Environments
=== <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Online Risks: Are You Safe From Harm? Moodle Lesson & Rubric <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - Click on Log In As Guest to open lesson web page === <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**Lesson Websites (in addition to what is it the Moodle Lesson):**
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Videos: Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The Wayback Machine - to prove to students that although media (pictures, text, videos) are removed from a site, the files are archived
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> FlashEarth - have students type in their address here or in Google Maps to show how much is shown online of their home and yard
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Facebook Infographic - illustrates information in graphic form
 * <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Pew Internet Report: Teens & Sexting

<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">b. Create a Safe Online Profile Identity & Image
== <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15px;"> Create a Safe Online Profile Identity & Image Moodle Lesson & Rubric - Click on Log In As Guest to open lesson web page == <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**Lesson Websites (in addition to what is it the Moodle Lesson):** <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">**Documents** <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|Cyber_Stalking_editable.pdf] [|Cyber_Stalking_editable.doc]
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Videos: Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4
 * <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Putting up Stuff You Wish You Hadn't
 * <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Pew Internet Report: Reputation Management & Social Media
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Promoting Ethical Behavior Online: Our Values & Ethics - a lesson plan plus handouts & overheads by Media Awareness Network
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Cyber Stalking - Have Students "cyber stalk" online to find specific facts about real people?** Tip: Get permission from the real people first (I used my father, a fellow teacher, a fellow student that plays a sport in college, and a business person from the community )

<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">c. Create a Safe Pictorial Identity & Image
<span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> Social Networks Moodle Lesson & Rubric - Click on Log In As Guest to open lesson web page <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">**Lesson Websites (in addition to what is it the Moodle Lesson):** > Video 3 == <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">d. Cyber Citizenship - Identify & Practice Online Etiquette & Responsibility ==
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Videos: Video 1 Video 2
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> That's Not True.com: Where Do You Draw the Digital Line? - complete with games, things to think about, advice, discussion forum on cyber safety topics and videos
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Safe Wave: Did You Know - important internet safety statistics and findings
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> What Effect Does Facebook Have on You? Poll - collect anonymous instant feedback from students
 * <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> Create a Safe Visual Representation of Yourself <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">- log in as a guest to see this list of web sites where students may create a safe visual representation to use as their profile picture in our social network
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Google Docs Form - this is where you can create an online form to collect student Gmail addresses after they create their accounts in Gmail
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> GMail Google Docs Live form - this is the actual form my students submit. I then share it with all the students in class which is important in communication during certain assignments
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Schoology Course Social Network - I created a social network in Schoology; this web tool has an interface similar to Facebook

<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">d1). Acceptable Use Policy is the Law
== <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15px;"> Acceptable Use Policies are the Law Moodle Lesson & Rubric - Click on Log In As Guest to open lesson web page == <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**Lesson Websites (in addition to what is it the Moodle Lesson):** <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">**Documents** <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**AUP Learn Sheet** - handout for students to complete after going through the lesson resources [|Digital_Citizenship_AUP.pdf] [|Digital_Citizenship_AUP.doc] <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**<span class="wiki_link_ext">Los Angeles Unified School District AUP **- I used this handout as a sample AUP for students to find the six important parts of an AUP (preamble, policy statement, definition section, acceptable uses, unacceptable uses, violation consequences/sanctions) [|AUP_BULLETIN_REVISED_1-24-06_ATT_A36556_0-1.pdf] [|AUP_BULLETIN_REVISED_1-24-06_ATT_A36556_0-1.DOC]
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Videos: Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4
 * <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">iSafe AUP (Acceptable Use Policies) handout
 * <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Getting Started on the Internet: Developing an Acceptable Use Policy
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Cyber Safe Self-Assessment Quiz - I used this quiz as an introduction to my mini lesson on security of information, passwords, and digital property
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Password Security in Education/Authentication - this was a wikibook page I created in one of my Wilkes doctoral classes; I use this in my mini lesson about password security; we go through the **Microsoft Online Safety Password Advice** to create new passwords
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Go Animate tutorial - Go Animate tutorial - created by [| marceloleal]  on Slideshare. It is great because of all the screen shots!
 * <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> My GoAnimate teacher example - the task was to articulate details of our school district AUP to our younger audiences (elementary and middle school students) through an animated cartoon

<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">d3). US Copyright & Fair Use
== <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15px;"> Our Responsibility to Respect Other People's Created Works Moodle Lesson - Click on Log In As Guest to open lesson web page == <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**Lesson Websites (in addition to what is it the Moodle Lesson):**
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Videos: Video 1 Video 2 Video 3
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|US Copyright Office] - I have students search for copyright licenses with textbook or their reading book ISBN numbers, titles, or author names
 * <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> Website Copyright <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">- this offers real world court cases surrounding music, <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">in <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">ternet, and movie court cases involving copyright infringment
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 10 Big Myths of Copyrights Explained - this site provides explanation to popular misunderstandings about US Copyright law
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Learn About Copyright Terms - this is a flash exercise to teach students about US Copyright and Fair Use
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Creative Commons licenses - it is important for students to recognize the six Creative Commons licenses and know what they are allowed and not allowed to do with the created works possessing a Creative Commons license
 * <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> Wiffiti Screen about Copyright & Fair Use - I use this as a "ticket out the door" after this lesson. Students can write on the screen wall via mobile phone or web site
 * <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">** My Teacher's Media Webpage for Student Projects & Teaching Media Literacy ** - provides students with public domain or licensed for reuse media (still and moving graphics, sound, & music files, and tools to create their own media!
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Taking the Mystery out of Copyright - a resources from the Library of Congress
 * <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> Copyright Readings with Activities - from the WIT (Web Institute Web site of the University of Chicago
 * <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Copyright & Fair Use Chart for Teachers Resource 1]
 * <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Copyright in an Electronic Environment Resource 2
 * <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Copyright & Fair Use for Students Chart Resource

<span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> [|LFS_ET_CyberSafety.pdf] [|LFS_ET_CyberSafety.doc]
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px;">Unit/Student Learning Map/Lesson Plan: **
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Back to Top **

== <span style="background-color: #f9f5b8; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. Online Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing Unit ==

<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a. Wikis - Create Content
=== <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Create a Wiki Moodle Lesson & Rubric <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - Click on Log In As Guest to open lesson web page === <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**Lesson Websites (in addition to what is it the Moodle Lesson):** <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">**Documents** <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|WidgetInstructions.pdf] [|WidgetInstructions.doc]
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Videos: Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The Creator of the First Wiki - Ward Cunningham created the first wiki in 1995
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Wiki Design Principles - students should be familiar with what makes a good wiki page before creating their own
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Wiki Etiquette - it is also important that students know and practice good wiki etiquette when creating and adding to wiki pages
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wikispaces website Wikispaces Blog - we use wikispaces in this course to create individual student wiki pages on the course wiki; their wiki pages act as an e-portfolio of their created works done in this course
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Voki - students create a talking avatar and embed it at the top of their wiki page introducing their wiki page to visitors
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Vozme - a text to speech tool for students to create an mp3 file of their voice for their voki in case they are not using their cell phone or they do not want to speak in front of other students
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Our course wiki on wikispaces
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Hexadecimal Color Codes - teaching students to find their choice of color in formatting their wiki page text is a good thing. ;)
 * <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">**Placing Widgets on wikipages** - I encourage students to add widgets throughout the course to create their own PLE and set a certain mood/aesthetics to their learning space they are offering visitors

<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**b**. Google Docs- Collaborative Content
=== <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Google Docs Moodle Lesson & Rubric <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - Click on Log In As Guest to open lesson web page === <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**Lesson Websites (in addition to what is it the Moodle Lesson):** <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">**Documents** [|GoogleDocsInstructions.pdf] [|GoogleDocsInstructions.doc]
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Videos: Video 1 Video 2
 * <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Google Docs Website Google Docs Tour
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Using Google Docs in the Classroom is Easy at ABC - this is a great resource for students and teachers
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Google Docs Help - the Help menu for Google Docs by Google
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Collaborate on Google Docs - the type of collaborating (live chat) depends on type of Google Doc (for example, Live chat is available for presentations on when collaborators are viewing the show
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Embed Google Doc into Webpage - we use wikispaces in this course to create individual student wiki pages on the course wiki; their wiki pages act as an e-portfolio of their created works done in this course
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Google Docs Teacher Form Example - this provides the students with an example before creating their Google Docs form (I ban them from asking "favorites" questions in their form; this can be over done)
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Random Group Creator - I use this website to create random student groups; students like the proof of fairness, plus it's a good way to model the use of technology all around the classroom
 * <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Google Docs Start Up Instructions - we used this to create class notes to introduce students to Google Doc

<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**c**. Social Bookmarking - Sharing Content
=== <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Social Bookmarking Moodle Lesson & Rubric <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - Click on Log In As Guest to open lesson web page === <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**Lesson Websites (in addition to what is it the Moodle Lesson)** <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">**Documents** <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> [|SocialBookmarkingInstructions.pdf] [|SocialBookmarkingInstructions.doc]
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video: Video 1
 * <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Delicious Website Delicious Website Help
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Delicious Bookmark Tools - this is where students create their customized tagroll to embed on their wiki page (Words of caution: I advise my students to decheck (Add to my Network) and username, and make sure the tagroll title has only their first name or Delicious username; also, students need a minimum of 10 tags to create a tag roll embed code
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Symbaloo - a fun website where students can customize their desktop according to their favorite websites; a different and visual take of collecting all favorite websites into one place
 * <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">**Delicious Start Up Instructions** - additional note: Delicious has been bought out by AVOS, a company created by the original creators of YouTube. There may be some changes in the site when the new company takes over, which will cause me to change resources.

== <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**d**. RSS, Feedburners, and Aggregators - Subscribing to Content == === <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">RSS, Feedburners, & Aggregators Moodle Lesson & Rubric <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - Click on Log In As Guest to open lesson web page === <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**Lesson Websites (in addition to what is it the Moodle Lesson)**
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Videos: Video 1 Video 2
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> RSS Search Engine - this will help students find feeds on their favorite topics or interests
 * <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">iGoogle Webpage What is iGoogle?
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Google Reader Help - a good resource for students to look for their answers
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Alefo - an alternative to creating a customized "homepage" with a collection of our favorite website GUIs that students crop to what they want to see on each website

<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**e**. Blogs - Reflecting on Content
=== <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Blogs Moodle Lesson & Rubric <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - Click on Log In As Guest to open lesson web page === <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**Lesson Websites (in addition to what is it the Moodle Lesson)** <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">**Documents** <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> [|Blog_Etiquette.pdf] [|Blog_Etiquette.doc] [|blog_etiquette_guidelines.pdf] [|blog_etiquette_guidelines.doc] [|BlogInstructions.pdf] [|BlogInstructions.docx]
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video: Video 1
 * <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What is a blog?
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Blogger Website - a asynchronous blog experience
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Our Course Blog - note: I delete posts that are repeated each marking period so students do not have the advantage of looking at past students' comments; also, make sure you have all blog comments go to your email first for approval before publishing on your course blog (change this in Settings of blog on blogger)
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Caution!!! Remove the Next Blog button at the top right corner of blogger.** This is a random blog selector and you have no control to the content that "pops up" next. See video for instructions how to change the code in Blogger in the head section of the code
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Technorati - blog directory; have students click on Blogs at the top before they do their search; they should find blogs that match their interests
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Technorati's Blog Quality Guidelines - this helps students understand what makes a blog a good blog!
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> CoverItLive - a synchronous blog experience; students LOVE this lesson. I introduce webcasts (the next lesson) with a session on CoverItLive; great because you can archive blog posts and comments for absent students (see my Emerging Technologies wiki page to see archived blog discussions
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Blogging Do's & Don'ts**- important to teach students what to do and not do when posting and commenting in blogs
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Blogging Etiquette**
 * **<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How to Create a Blog **

<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**f**. Webcasts- Broadcasting Content
=== <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Webcasts (Live & Archived) Moodle Lesson & Rubric <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - Click on Log In As Guest to open lesson web page === <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**Lesson Websites (in addition to what is it the Moodle Lesson)** > <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**CoverItLive Webcasts Links** (this first part if this lesson is done in CoverItLive synchronous blogging - see above subunit; you will add these links to your Media Library in CoverItLive and then just click on the link when you are ready to post it during the live blog)
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video: Video 1
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Ustream's Channel on YouTube - good to show students live streaming however since I cannot control the content, I do not place it on my course Moodle page. I will show students what is showing but always remember to watch prior to viewing.
 * [|What is a webcast? - wikipedia.com]
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> Ustream Live Channel - puppy webcam
 * [|Ashton Kutcher broadcasts awards show using UStream]
 * Berkeley University Webcast Courses
 * Broadcast Robotic-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy
 * Cancun Live Weddings
 * Meridix - Webcast your school events!
 * United Nations Webcasts


 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The Course Ustream Channel - I video the students with my iPhone using the Ustream app; we watch it on the projector while we are filming the "live" webcast; I then remove the webcast for privacy reasons.

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<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a. Online Presentation
=== <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Out of the Ordinary Presenation Moodle Lesson & Rubric <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - Click on Log In As Guest to open lesson web page === <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**Lesson Websites (in addition to what is it the Moodle Lesson):**
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Videos: Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Prezi Presentation Website - this is "hands down" the most popular tool students take into their other courses. Now, they can also embed YouTube videos. Prezi gets better & better!
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Learn Prezi - easy-to-follow videos to help students learn how to create a Prezi

<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">b. Comic Strips
=== <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Comic Strips Moodle Lesson & Rubric <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - Click on Log In As Guest to open lesson web page === <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**Lesson Websites (in addition to what is it the Moodle Lesson):**
 * <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Comic Creator sites: Website 1 Website 2 Website 3 Website 4 Website 5 Website 6 Website 7
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Picnik - use this online photo-editing site to crop screen shots of the comics that do not provide embedding or saving. Students copy and paste a screen shot of their comic strip into Paint, save it as a .jpg, then upload the file to picnik to further embellish with borders. Students may also crop the file in Paint with the selection tool. Students will then upload their .jpg to DivShare, which will provide an embedding code to place as a widget on their wiki.

<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">c. eBook
=== <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Create an eBook Moodle Lesson & Rubric <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - Click on Log In As Guest to open lesson web page === <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Lesson Websites (in addition to what is it the Moodle Lesson): ** <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">**Documents** <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> [|firstintialLastname_eBookStoryboard.pdf] [|firstintialLastname_eBookStoryboard.doc]
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Mixbook Website - this provides an eBook creation tool which is interactive for flipping pages. Students love it!
 * <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">**eBook storyboard** - every good story begins with a storyboard

<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">d. Interactive Story
=== <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Create an Interactive Story Moodle Lesson & Rubric <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - Click on Log In As Guest to open lesson web page === <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**Lesson Websites (in addition to what is it the Moodle Lesson):**
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Voicethread - Ward Cunningham created the first wiki in 1995
 * <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> My Teacher Voicethread Example - students should be familiar with what makes a good wiki page before creating their own

<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">e. Audio Podcasts
=== <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Create Audio Podcasts Moodle Lesson & Rubric <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - Click on Log In As Guest to open lesson web page === <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**Lesson Websites (in addition to what is it the Moodle Lesson):**
 * <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Videos-: Video 1
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Vocaroo - the easiest audio podcast creator!
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Podcomatic - to create an enhanced podcast with cellphone (1 picture for track)
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Yodio - to create an enhanced podcast with cellphone (2 pictures - 1 for cover and 1 for track)

<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">**Documents**
 * <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">**Audio Podcast Storyboard** - this helps students plan their story [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://melaniewiscount.wikispaces.com/file/view/Audio_Podcasts_Script_StoryBoard_file.pdf"]] [|Audio_Podcasts_Script_StoryBoard_file.pdf][[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://melaniewiscount.wikispaces.com/file/view/Audio_Podcasts_Script_StoryBoard_file.doc"]] [|Audio_Podcasts_Script_StoryBoard_file.doc]

<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">f. Tour Destination
=== <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Create a Google Earth Tour Destination Moodle Lesson & Rubric <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - Click on Log In As Guest to open lesson web page === <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**Lesson Websites (in addition to what is it the Moodle Lesson):** <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">- this is good to give students some examples to watch before creating their tour destinations <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">**Documents** <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">by David Jakes
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Google Earth Help - easy to use in helping students create their first tour destination in Google Earth
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Google Earth Tech Tips - by Louise Main; a wonderful resource!
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> Google Earth Examples
 * <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> Google Earth API Code Examples - this is also beneficial for gifted students or computer programming students to dabble with API code
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> How to Create a Google Earth Tour with Content PDF document

<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">g. Screencast
=== <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Create a Screencast of your Google Earth Tour Destination Moodle Lesson & Rubric <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - Click on Log In As Guest to open lesson web page === <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**Lesson Websites (in addition to what is it the Moodle Lesson):** <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">**Documents** <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">**[|File conversion]** View more [|presentations] from [|mwiscount]
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Videos: <span style="background-color: initial; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video 1 <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Video 2 the students may ignore the verbiage about compressors and codecs; your IT dept. should take care of this when they download Camstudio and create the computer image for your computer
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Camstudio - need to download Camstudio (open source screen capture software); you may also use Jing
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">File Convertors: Media Converter Zamzar
 * <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Alternative: Students can narrate in Google Earth and save it. See this document . I wanted to combine the lessons to give students experience doing a screen capture.
 * <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">** How to Convert Files **

<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">h. Video Podcast & QR Code
=== <span style="background-color: initial; color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Create a History Podcast & QR Code Moodle Lesson & Rubric <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - Click on Log In As Guest to open lesson web page === <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**Lesson Websites (in addition to what is it the Moodle Lesson):** <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">**Documents**
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Videos: Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Backchannel for Project - we started this the last marking period this school year to share tips with other students
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Online Stopwatch - this is great for students to gauge how long their script will be in narration
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> How to Use QR Codes - this is a fun animation created in Xtranormal
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Kaywa QR Code Generator - students will copy and paste their video's YouTube URL into the generator to generate a QR code that will take a person, with a smartphone and QR Code reader app, right to the student's content on YouTube
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> CuePrompter - this site was added in the backchannel by one of my students who does the morning show at our school; she showed other students how to copy parts of the script into the cue prompter, which students could use to narrate and not be holding a paper
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Vozme - a text to speech tool for students to create an mp3 file of their voice for their voki in case they are not using their cell phone or they do not want to speak in front of other students
 * <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">History Podcast Storyboard

[|firstinitial_lastname_History_Podcast_Storyboard.pdf] [|firstinitial_lastname_History_Podcast_Storyboard.doc] >
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px;">**How to Use Vozme **- text to speech to create .mp3 files - perfect if a student is shy about speaking in front of the class while narrating his show in MovieMaker

<span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|Credit_Slide_Example_for_Podcast.pdf] [|Credit_Slide_Example_for_Podcast.doc] [|firstintialLastname_destination_QR_Frame_CopyForEasel.pdf] [|firstintialLastname_destination_QR_Frame_CopyForEasel.doc] [|QR Codes - Fulfill your students' "on-demand" nature!] on [|Prezi]
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px;">** MovieMaker Instruction Sheet ** - by ReadWriteThink
 * <span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">** How to Create a Video podcast using a Windows PC ** - by Northern Illinois University College of Education
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** Windows MovieMaker Tip Sheet ** - by Northern Illinois University College of Education
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Credits Slide Example** - this gave students an example and syntax to follow when creating their credits at the end of their podcast
 * <span style="color: #285f20; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**QR Code Easel Frame Copy** - the students printed this paper, cut it, and placed it in the plexiglass easels I purchased at Walmart; to insert the QR Code image .jpg file, students after inserting the picture need to right-click the picture, select In Front of Text for text wrapping (or Format Picture and then choose Layout), and then re-size to fit the small square.

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<span style="color: #285f20; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">ISTE 2011 Teaching a High School Emerging Technologies Course Presentation Resources**[|Teaching an HS Emerging Technologies Course - ISTE 2011 Philadelphia]** View more [|presentations] from [|mwiscount]. Teaching a High School Emerging Technologies Course QR Codes & URLs [|Teaching a HS Emerging Technologies Course_resourceHandout_mwiscount.pdf]