tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24471786859592773352024-03-13T11:49:58.335-04:00Teachers & TechnologySara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-70392933223126548952012-11-30T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-30T06:00:06.802-05:00TrackStar<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today is called <a href="http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/">TrackStar</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is TrackStar?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/">TrackStar</a> allows teachers to find and organize websites for annotation purposes. Teachers simply collect websites, enter them into TrackStar, add the annotations for student use, turning the website into something similar to a Webquest. If you are low on time, TrackStar also has the ability for teachers to search created Tracks. Teachers can find resources by grade, subject, or theme and standard(s).</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it free?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/">TrackStar</a> is free for all users. You need a username and password in order to log in to create Tracks, but that is it! </div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will <a href="http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/">TrackStar</a> bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the Kindergarten classroom to locate information about favorite authors to using it in 7th grade classrooms to finding and annotating information about a famous American inventor to a college student creating a Track for a course as a demo. This tool brings an easier way to create annotated sources for students to use in research projects or for simply browsing. </div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use TrackStar?</b></span></div>
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Below, I will show you the steps of using <a href="http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/">TrackStar</a>.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Here is the dashboard for when you first log in. It shows the tracks you have, the pack you have of other Tracks, your name and e-mail address, messages, and track groups.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 1: </b>Once you log on to your account to create a new track, you will be brought to this page. Type in the title, description, and keywords. Check the type, subject area, and grade level this track will be used for. You can assign a "keep until" date as well as a password, but both of these are optional.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 2:</b> This page is for your annotated websites. Type in the title, URL, and the annotation. In order to move on, you must have at least TWO webpages.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 3:</b> Write down the Track # for your Track you created to pass out to others. On the main page, students can type in the Track number to find your TrackStar, otherwise you can pass out a link to the Track.</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">The following two page snapshots are the types of searches you can do for the different Tracks in the system. The first one is your search by themes & standards while the second gives you a search by subject, grades, and formats. You can also search by Tracks that have received awards.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How can I use <a href="http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/">TrackStar</a> in my classroom?</b></span></div>
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Use for group projects<br />
-Use for virtual field trips<br />
-Create web based projects<br />
-Use for annotation practice<br />
-Use when doing research projects<br />
-Use for extensions on a basic lesson<br />
-Use in search for ideas in your classroom<br />
-Have students create webquests for simple projects<br />
-Use when finding websites that are reputable or not<br />
-Use to find webpages based upon a book for future use<br />
-Use for locating websites you need to complete other work<br />
-Create a Track report on an animal, containing pictures and text<br />
-Allow students to show their understanding of a topic in the classroom<br />
-Work as groups of teachers to create webquests in the classroom environment<br />
-Virtual field trips of different websites about countries being studied in a foreign language classroom<br />
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use TrackStar in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-78977771676669815592012-11-29T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-29T06:00:05.698-05:00Voki<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today is called <a href="http://www.voki.com/">Voki</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is Voki?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.voki.com/">Voki</a> is an avatar creation program. Each avatar is actually a speaking avatar that can be used on blogs, profiles, or in e-mail messages. It can be used for many different reasons and within many different lessons.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it free?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.voki.com/">Voki</a> is free for all users. But, if you want some upgraded resources or tools, you can sign up for Voki Classroom. This service is $29.95 for a year or $44.95 for TWO years. Below are the perks for each account:<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will <a href="http://www.voki.com/">Voki</a> bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the Kindergarten classroom to create an avatar to support their reading skills to using it in 6th grade classrooms for students to do a 60 second presentation on a famous American to a college student doing a quick reading on pedagogy. This tool brings an easier way to create a safe representation of yourself by using a character instead of your own face, giving the avatar a voice to use in presentations. </div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use Voki?</b></span></div>
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Below, I will show you the steps of using <a href="http://www.voki.com/">Voki</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 1:</b> Begin customizing your avatar. Select your character, customize the looks, add your own voice via voice, text, or phone, and then add a background.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 2:</b> Publish and share with friends.</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Here's my example!</span></i><br />
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Use when giving speeches<br />
-Inquiry or inferencing questions<br />
-Summarize a story in 30 seconds<br />
-Use when discussing family trees<br />
-Identify the rules for new students<br />
-Use to share spelling words for the week<br />
-Use when working on persuasion projects<br />
-Use to answer daily questions in the morning<br />
-Have students use when working on phonics or reading<br />
-Presentation on oneself to allow others to 'get to know' you<br />
-Create different movie trailers for books that have been read<br />
-Use to share foreign language phrases in foreign language classrooms<br />
-Allow students to show their understanding of a topic in the classroom<br />
-Use as a teaser of what the days events will hold - specific subjects you're going to go over</div>
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-Vocabulary words - describe the word, definition, how you could use it, part of speech, etc.<br />
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use Voki in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-13641693679111000872012-11-28T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-28T06:00:10.021-05:00BiblioNasium<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today is called <a href="http://biblionasium.com/">BiblioNasium</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is BiblioNasium?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://biblionasium.com/">BiblioNasium</a> is a book recommendation service for kids by kids. It's also provides online reading logs for students to use when reading and working on books. If you need a specific book in a specific reading level, this website can be of service, as well.</div>
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<a href="http://biblionasium.com/">BiblioNasium</a> is free for all users. In order to sign up as a student, you must put in your name and your PARENT'S e-mail address. Then, a message is sent to your parents to get them to agree. As a parent or teacher, you must have an e-mail address, first name, last name, and a password. You will receive a confirmation message in your e-mail, allowing you to use the program. As a teacher, you CAN CHOOSE to put in your school name as well as the address in order to use the program OR skip straight to the homepage and input that information later on.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will <a href="http://biblionasium.com/">BiblioNasium</a> bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the Kindergarten classroom to find books by their favorite authors to using it in 7th grade classrooms as a challenge to increase outside reading to a college student looking for books for pleasure reading. This tool brings an easier way to locate books for students that are related to books they already like. It's also an easy way to hold onto reading logs without having to worry about paper book logs.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use BiblioNasium?</b></span></div>
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Below, I will show you the steps of using <a href="http://biblionasium.com/">BiblioNasium</a>.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">First, select who you are in order to sign up. There's profiles for parents, teachers, and students. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">When you first log in, you'll see this page pop up. It allows you to manage your classroom book lists, set up a challenge for your students, generate reports, or manage your class itself.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 1:</b> Add a classroom to your page. This will then generate a CODE for your students to enter when they are signing up.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 2:</b> Manage your classroom. You can change the reading system, e-mail a list of students' usernames or passwords, e-mail letter to parents, or print a letter to parents. That's it! Begin assigning work or books and use search features for books you're looking for. Explore the page and use what you would like and don't use what you DON'T like.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"> <i>This is the search feature. I did a search for "Toy Story" and it pulled up all these books. The nice thing about BiblioNasium is that they bring up a synopsis of the book and what it's about, as well as the cover, title, and author. It also shows the <b>genre</b>.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>The following are the different pages you can access along the side as a teacher. Above each picture, I'll state what page it is and I'll explain what you can do with each one.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i><b>My Books</b> - this page gives you the books that you have in your class. You can sort them as favorites, recommended, required, or the classroom wish list. The wish list can be made available to parents, giving them an idea of books you would like to see in the classroom.</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>My Classes</b> - this page is about your class. It shows the books you have from above, the students in the class, and the challenges you have set up for your classroom.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i><b>Challenges </b>- This page is where you set up challenges for your classroom. It can be to read a specific amount of books based upon category or genre OR you can create a challenge based upon your own choice of books as the teacher.</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Reports</b> - this page is for the reports of your classroom. You can see the different amounts of time spent reading, pages read, books completed, and then can select students to see a more detailed report PER student.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Suggested Reading</b> - this page suggests reading to your classroom. It can be based on favorites, popular serieses, book prize winners, or fun books. Like the search feature, if you highlight over the books, it gives you the title, author, a synopsis AND the Lexile reading measure.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Resources</b> - finally, the resource page. This is where you can find out information for notable articles, book lists, fun stuff for kids, and reading resources and organizations. This could be very useful for the works of students and teachers.</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How can I use <a href="http://biblionasium.com/">BiblioNasium</a> in my classroom?</b></span></div>
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Use for reading logs<br />
-Use for author studies<br />
-Use in research projects<br />
-Use for monthly reading projects<br />
-Use when working on genre studies<br />
-Hold competitions between students<br />
-Share book recommendations with parents<br />
-Hold competitions between various classes<br />
-Create lists of books to be read for families<br />
-Use when working on book recommendations<br />
-Creating posts on your favorite books or authors<br />
-Have students create wish lists for their own classroom library<br />
-Create different movie trailers based on books that have been read<br />
-Use to hold children accountable for reading over extended breaks<br />
-Use as a group chat room for students to communicate about books with one another<br />
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use BiblioNasium in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-61267348556432303232012-11-27T12:30:00.000-05:002012-11-27T12:30:00.788-05:00Penzu<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today is called <a href="http://penzu.com/">Penzu</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is Penzu?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://penzu.com/">Penzu</a> is an online journaling program. Students' creations are ALL protected with each entry being private. Students are also allowed to share their works of art with others by e-mail or a public link and add photos. The program automatically auto saves you work, comments are allowed, and entries can be deleted.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it free?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://penzu.com/">Penzu</a> is free for any user. You don't even have to log in to work, BUT in order to have it save, you must log in. There is an option for the PRO account, which is $19.00 a month. Below are the details of what each account gets:<br />
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Penzu Classroom is also available for $49.00 a year.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will <a href="http://penzu.com/">Penzu</a> bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the Kindergarten classroom to create a short two sentence response to a daily question to using it in 8th grade classrooms to write a story about their families to a college student using it as a journal reflection of their time in their internship daily. This tool brings an easier way to create journal while adding a Web 2.0 element to the projects at hand.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use Penzu?</b></span></div>
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Below, I will show you the steps of using <a href="http://penzu.com/">Penzu</a>.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">This is the beginning of your Penzu page once you log in. You can see when it was last edited, the settings, and whether or not this journal is locked or not.</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Once you click on your journal page, you are brought to the page below. The buttons along the top stand for the following (in order from left to right):</i></span><br />
New entry / Save / Print / Insert Photo / Share / Lock Entry / Format / Tag / Customize / Versions / Comments<br />
<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Begin typing where it says ENTER TITLE and go from there. Write away! Save and you are good to go.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How can I use <a href="http://penzu.com/">Penzu</a> in my classroom?</b></span></div>
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Peer review journal entries<br />
-Use for note taking purposes<br />
-Use Penzu to create assignments<br />
-Write small or large group stories<br />
-Work on punctuation and grammar<br />
-Work on writing stories about families<br />
-Have students respond to daily questions<br />
-Use to have students journal daily their thoughts<br />
-Work on collaborative journals with your students<br />
-Use for research projects by writing information down<br />
-Presentation on oneself to allow others to 'get to know' you<br />
-Allow students to show their understanding of a topic in the classroom<br />
-Compare student writing at beginning of year to end of year to check for growth<br />
-Use as a teaser of what the days events will hold - specific subjects you're going to go over</div>
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use Penzu in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-1553515661903820722012-11-26T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-26T06:00:11.109-05:00Zocial Books<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today is called <a href="http://www.zocialbooks.com/">Zocial Books</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is Zocial Books?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.zocialbooks.com/">Zocial Books</a> is a search engine for books. Rather than logging on to Amazon, log on here to get a quick review of the book, the bibliographic information, book dimensions, and a potential book preview.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it free?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.zocialbooks.com/">Zocial Books</a> is free for all users. There is no log in required or a password, therefore the services are provided free because of the partners that are intertwined with this website to make it free for us to use!</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will <a href="http://www.zocialbooks.com/">Zocial Books</a> bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the Kindergarten classroom to locate books by your favorite authors to using it in 12th grade classrooms to work on creating citations to a college student looking for books about a specific topic such as accounting. This tool brings an easier way to locate favorite books or new books for a research project and so much more.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use Zocial Books?</b></span></div>
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Below, I will show you the short steps of using <a href="http://www.zocialbooks.com/">Zocial Books</a>.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">This is the front page of Zocial Books. This website is REALLY easy to use. Type in your topic or title in the search bar and hit the magnifying glass.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">You can choose filters. I chose history in categories to limit my search of "history." As you can see, my results went from 1,565 books to 598 books. Other than adding filters, it's really simple to use!</span></i><br />
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Work on research skills<br />
-Summarize a story in 30 seconds<br />
-Incorporate the search in research projects<br />
-Write a wish list for books students want to read<br />
-Find books that are related to your favorite author<br />
-Look at books to decide whether it's fiction or non-fiction<br />
-Create different movie trailers for books that have been read<br />
-Write out a shopping list of books to purchase based on student searches<br />
-Name 10 books for students to look up and put in order by date published<br />
-Look at books to determine genre by title, description, and picture of cover<br />
-Have students do a search for their top favorite 10 books and write out why<br />
-Point out different book titles and have students write a story using the titles<br />
-Get together as teachers to come up with ideas for new books for the classroom<br />
-Have groups find books about specific subjects to work on their researching skills<br />
-Look at covers of books and write thoughts about what is going to happen in the story</div>
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use Zocial Books in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-64432787838100096812012-11-25T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-25T06:00:08.907-05:00Class Dojo<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today is called <a href="http://www.classdojo.com/">Class Dojo</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is Class Dojo?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.classdojo.com/">Class Dojo</a> is a tool for the classroom that helps teachers work with students on classroom behavior and behavior management. This tool also allows teachers to share data that has been generated and captured from the program with parents and administrators. With the fun animations, the program captures the attention of students.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it free?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.classdojo.com/">Class Dojo</a> is free for ALL users. But, the trick to this is that this program is still in the Beta stage so only a certain amount of people get the program for free currently. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will <a href="http://www.classdojo.com/">Class Dojo</a> bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the Kindergarten classroom to provide positive reinforcement to using it in 7th grade classrooms to monitor behavior management to a college student working on a project using data from a single classroom based on behavior. This tool brings an easier way to monitor behavior management and behavior patterns instead of writing down each and every behavior issue. Instead, it's all readily available to teachers, parents, and administrators online. </div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use Class Dojo?</b></span></div>
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Below, I will show you the steps of using <a href="http://www.classdojo.com/">Class Dojo</a>.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">This is your dashboard when you first log in.</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 2:</b> Give students point by clicking on their names. You can either do POSITIVE points or NEGATIVE points. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 3: </b>End your class once you've added all points you've wanted to add.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 4:</b> View your class report or student reports individually. This will detail the points they have received (what for) and whether they were negative or positive. Repeat this daily to monitor behavior.</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">You can also share these reports by e-mailing to parents or downloading a hard copy of the reports.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How can I use <a href="http://www.classdojo.com/">Class Dojo</a> in my classroom?</b></span></div>
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Show the rules to new students<br />
-Use for behavior analysis with class<br />
-Use the graphs for interpretation skills<br />
-Use as your behavior management tool<br />
-Create a graph using the "fake" students<br />
-Inform parents of behavior in the classroom<br />
-Create a friendly competition in the classroom<br />
-Work with students on developing expectations<br />
-Incorporate Class Dojo into a classroom economy<br />
-Use for showing behavior management to students</div>
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-Create a graph using the behavior of random students<br />
-Use to work on a behavior plan for children that do not improve<br />
-Use to identify new ways to reward good behavior in the classroom<br />
-Work on analysis skills for upper grade students using data provided<br />
-Give reward time to make own classroom avatar (positive reinforcement)<br />
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use Class Dojo in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-62758233337392055112012-11-24T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-24T06:00:00.788-05:00Build Your Wild Self<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today is called <a href="http://buildyourwildself.com/">Build Your Wild Self</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is Build Your Wild Self?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://buildyourwildself.com/">Build Your Wild Self</a> is a self-building program sponsored by the New York Zoos and Aquariums as well as the Wildlife Conservation Society. The main focus is how your animal adaptations fit in with the surrounding habitat.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it free?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://buildyourwildself.com/">Build Your Wild Self</a> is a totally free program. There is no signing up required to use. In order to save your creation, though, you would need to print it out or screenshot and save it to your desktop. I am mentioning this because since you don't have to log in, the program has no way of "saving" your creations.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will <a href="http://buildyourwildself.com/">Build Your Wild Self</a> bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the Kindergarten classroom to discuss habitats to using it in 4th grade classrooms to communicate understanding of habitats to a college student working on learning how a Web 2.0 tool works. This tool brings an easier way to go over habitats and adaptations as well as the characteristics of animals, all by the click of a mouse.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use Build Your Wild Self?</b></span></div>
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Below, I will show you the steps of using <a href="http://buildyourwildself.com/">Build Your Wild Self</a>.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">This is the first screen you see when you are attempting to build your wild self. It has ALL the directions you need.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 1: </b>Begin building your wild self. Choose your body, hair, eyes, mouth, clothes, head gear, ears, face, arms, bottoms, backsides, tails, and backgrounds. The background can either match your person's characteristics or it can differ, it's up to you!</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">When you highlight each part of the animal, it tells you what it is. For example, the first arm over to the right side is SPIDER CRAB CLAWS. This can be useful for figuring out the adaptation portion of the assignment if you so choose.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Here's my final product! On the right side, it tells about the different things your body parts do for you. For example, the Fennes fox ears help you hear better. This is good to know when discussing the different adaptations.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How can I use <a href="http://buildyourwildself.com/">Build Your Wild Self</a> in my classroom?</b></span></div>
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Use for inquiry projects<br />
-Use for inferencing questions<br />
-Write a story using the character<br />
-Write poetry using your character<br />
-Create a play based on your creature<br />
-Use when studying animals in science<br />
-Use for card templates to send to parents<br />
-Create research projects based on your character<br />
-Relate this activity to <u>Where The Wild Things Are</u><br />
-Use for research projects about animals and their adaptations<br />
-Extend by building your wild self out of products from your home<br />
-Write a paragraph about your character and what he/she does daily<br />
-Use a new character each day to inquire about adaptations students see<br />
-Create a fun writing prompt with a beginning that's mandatory to start with<br />
-Create your character to reflect your personality, add to a passport for classroom work</div>
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use Build Your Wild Self in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-46968176531809197052012-11-23T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-23T06:00:03.078-05:00Teacher Planet<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today is called <a href="http://www.teacherplanet.com/">Teacher Planet</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is Teacher Planet?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.teacherplanet.com/">Teacher Planet</a> is a resource provided to teachers of all areas. There are tons of resources available from lesson plans to rubrics to worksheets. There are also ESL tools, new teacher tools, job searches, and grant locators.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it free?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.teacherplanet.com/">Teacher Planet</a> is free for all users. Some of the areas are not as developed as other, but all is still free.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will <a href="http://www.teacherplanet.com/">Teacher Planet</a> bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the Kindergarten classroom to locate a lesson about the colors to using it in 7th grade classrooms to find a worksheet to use in Algebra to a college student in their internship for early childhood education. This tool brings an easier way to find resources all in one place that vary in usability. </div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use Teacher Planet?</b></span></div>
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Below is a description of how to use <a href="http://www.teacherplanet.com/">Teacher Planet</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>This is what the main page looks like when you first put it in your webpage bar. The website is easier to navigate than it is to explain, but here's a few things for you to take a look at:</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Certificate Builder - build your own certificates</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Lesson Plans - find lesson plans for all subject areas</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Lesson Templates - set up a template for your plans</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Rubrics - find rubrics for your classroom needs</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Worksheets - find worksheets to go with any subject area</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Posers - find posters for your classroom</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>New Teachers - this area is to help out new teachers that need some hints and tips</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Jobs - locate jobs for yourself as a teacher</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Find Grants - find grants to apply for</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How can I use <a href="http://www.teacherplanet.com/">Teacher Planet</a> in my classroom?</b></span></div>
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Use in the music classroom<br />
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-Create your own certificates<br />
-Locate units for the classroom<br />
-Locate posters for your classroom<br />
-Use for ESL students when needed<br />
-Find lesson plans for all subject areas<br />
-Find rubrics for your classroom needs<br />
-Work on resume writing in older grades<br />
-Use to find books for teachers or students<br />
-Create and set up a template for your plans<br />
-Find worksheets to go with any subject area<br />
-Search for grants to apply for in your classroom<br />
-Teach about polls with the daily question on front page<br />
-Put it down as a resource for substitutes to resort to if needed<br />
-Use for locating extra resources when you run out of activities that were planned<br />
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use Teacher Planet in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-11195991866287014352012-11-22T06:00:00.001-05:002012-11-22T06:00:02.301-05:00Cramberry<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today is called Cramberry.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is Cramberry?</span></b></div>
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Cramberry is a flashcard creation service. It's users can create, study, and share the flashcards that are added to the website. Topics range from Italian to geology to english. There are millions of pre-made cards by other users already on the website that you can use or you can create your own to share with others.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it free?</span></b></div>
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Cramberry is free for up to 30 study cards per day. There is also an option of a Pro account. This account gives you unlimited studying daily, CSV imports, and an auto-translate feature. This account is $9.00 per year. When you do sign up, though, you receive 14 days of FREE pro account perks. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will Cramberry bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the Kindergarten classroom to help identify numbers and number words to using it in 4th grade classrooms to work on math vocabulary to a college student studying for anatomy. This tool brings an easier way to create flashcards to use as visual aids without having to hassle with the purchasing of notecards, writing each one out, and then hoping to not lose them!</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use Cramberry?</b></span></div>
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Below, I will show you the steps of using Cramberry.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Here is the Dashboard that pops up when you log in to your account. You can click MAKE YOUR OWN or BROWSE PRE-MADE SETS. Once you have sets created, they will be loaded under "Your sets."</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 1:</b> When creating a new set, type in your title and give the permissions you would like.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 2:</b> Begin adding your cards. You can type in your cards, do a bulk import, or create "long cards" which is the same as regular cards, just allows for more writing to be done. There's also an option for you to create reversed cards to go along with the cards that are all facing the ONE way (alternate fronts and backs, so definitions and words for example). Click FINISH and your cards are ready to use!</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">If you want to BROWSE cards, here's what the page looks like. There are 3 pages of featured cards and then topics are listed to the left. If you're looking for a specific group of cards, type the words into the SEARCH bar to find sets you would like to use.</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How can I use Cramberry in my classroom?</b></span></div>
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Partner work<br />
-Create memory games<br />
-Use to study math terms<br />
-Study science definitions<br />
-Use for sequence of events<br />
-Use at centers for center work<br />
-Create cards for a sorting game<br />
-Use to help study theorists in college<br />
-Create story plot cards to place in order<br />
-Definitions of words in academic studies<br />
-Spelling words with the word on one side to use as flashcards<br />
-Use as a new class job to have students type in words each week that you're working on<br />
-Use to help remember events that happened in history by looking at events & naming dates</div>
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-Vocabulary words - describe the word, definition, how you could use it, part of speech, etc.<br />
-Use to have students express their understanding of a unit by making cards for important parts<br />
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use Cramberry in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-29259048104321632572012-11-21T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-21T06:00:04.003-05:00Tagxedo & Wordle<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today are called <a href="http://www.tagxedo.com/">Tagxedo</a> and <a href="http://www.wordle.net/">Wordle</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What are Tagxedo and Wordle?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.tagxedo.com/">Tagxedo</a> and <a href="http://www.wordle.net/">Wordle</a> are word clouds with creativity. Words are individually sized and will be larger the more the word appears in your text. The fonts, colors, and backgrounds can be changed to your liking. With Tagxedo, your word clouds can take the shape of different things such as an apple, Africa, a Christmas tree, and so forth. Wordle is a basic word cloud, where words can be placed horizontal, vertical, or a mix between the two.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Are they free?</span></b></div>
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These two programs are free for all users. There's no pro plans or any paid plans for users to select. That's what makes this great.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will <a href="http://www.tagxedo.com/">Tagxedo</a> and <a href="http://www.wordle.net/">Wordle</a> bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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These products can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using them in the Kindergarten classroom to create a cloud about their favorite authors to using them in 7th grade classrooms to tell about a famous American inventor to a college student making a word cloud about their time spent in college and what they learned. These tools bring an easy way to create concise pictures with words to represent what students are doing in the classroom. </div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use Tagxedo and Wordle?</b></span></div>
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Below, I will show you the steps of using <a href="http://www.tagxedo.com/">Tagxedo</a> and <a href="http://www.wordle.net/">Wordle</a>.<br />
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<b><u><span style="color: #6aa84f;">TAGXEDO</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 1:</b> Enter your text. This can be from a webpage or your own text</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 2:</b> Choose your theme (otherwise known as colors).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 3: </b>Choose your font.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 4:</b> Choose the orientation. This is the word layouts.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 5:</b> Choose your shape. This is where you get to choose many different styles depending on what you're writing about. Save and share, and it's yours!</span><br />
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<b><u><span style="color: #6aa84f;">WORDLE</span></u></b><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 1:</b> Enter your text. This can be from a webpage or your own text.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 2:</b> This is what it looks like after your text has been entered.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 3:</b> Select your font.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 4:</b> Choose your layout. This is where you can pinpoint the exact number of words you want, types of edges you want, and the way your words should face.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 5:</b> Choose your font colors and whether you want variation or not. </span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">THESE ARE EXAMPLES I CREATED FOR A PROJECT IN MY UNDERGRADUATE CAREER. Both use the same wording and colors, just different shapes:</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Tagxedo</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Wordle</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How can I use <a href="http://www.tagxedo.com/">Tagxedo</a> and <a href="http://www.wordle.net/">Wordle</a> in my classroom?</b></span></div>
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Below is a list of ways that these tools can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Show the rules to new students<br />
-Create poetry from your word clouds<br />
-Summarize presentations or speeches<br />
-Summarize a field trip report/reflection<br />
-Advertise a product that your students have "created"<br />
-Make thank you cards from your class to go to others<br />
-Presentation on oneself to allow others to 'get to know' you<br />
-Use with current events (using Tagxedo to take shape of the event)<br />
-Allow students to show their understanding of a topic in the classroom<br />
-Compare documents, paying attention to the words that stand out most<br />
-Create gifts using the shapes with Tagxedo (for parents, grandparents, etc.)<br />
-Work on inferencing skills, remove words that are common in English, and ask for topic<br />
-Make a self portrait of your character/personality using the silhouette feature of Tagxedo<br />
-Use as a teaser of what the days events will hold - specific subjects you're going to go over</div>
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-Vocabulary words - describe the word, definition, how you could use it, part of speech, etc.<br />
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use Tagxedo and Wordle in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-85403576420663293642012-11-20T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-20T06:00:10.253-05:00Glogster<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today is called <a href="http://www.glogster.com/">Glogster</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is Glogster?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.glogster.com/">Glogster</a> is a program to create interactive posters that are loaded with text, graphics, music, videos, and more. You can then send or embed these posters on blogs, Wikis, and other sorts of social media sites.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it free?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.glogster.com/">Glogster</a> has three different EDU pricing amounts. There's the Educator Free, Educator Light, and Educator Premium programs. The pricing and perks are listed below:<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will <a href="http://www.glogster.com/">Glogster</a> bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the Kindergarten classroom to create a poster on their favorite author to using it in 9th grade classrooms to tell about a famous American inventor to a college student writing about an assistive device for education. This tool brings an easier way to create "poster type presentations" or visual aids, in the classroom environment without having to hassle with paper and pencil. </div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use Glogster?</b></span></div>
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Below, I will show you the steps of using <a href="http://www.glogster.com/">Glogster</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 1:</b> Choose your template. You can either start a classic glog (empty template) or a template that has spots for things already filled out.</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Once you choose your template, scroll down and you will see these tips. They're good tips for helping students create their glog.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 2:</b> Begin creating. Add graphics, text, images, videos, sounds, data, drawings, or a wall. You can add or subtract things as you go. Once you've got what you'd like on your glog, you can preview or save/publish. Then, you can share your glog or embed it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>AN EXAMPLE GLOG I CREATED FOR A COURSE:</i></span><br />
<iframe frameborder="0" height="758" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://edu.glogster.com/glog.php?glog_id=30589315&scale=58" style="overflow: hidden;" width="560"></iframe>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How can I use <a href="http://www.glogster.com/">Glogster</a> in my classroom?</b></span></div>
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Use for book reviews<br />
-Summarize a storybook<br />
-Use for weather exploration<br />
-Use when studying ecosystems<br />
-Create a poster on current events<br />
-Express their poetry using posters<br />
-Use for a famous people, time, or era page<br />
-Use glog in solar system studies, one on each planet<br />
-Presentation on oneself to allow others to 'get to know' you<br />
-Create different movie trailers for books that have been read<br />
-Create a poster report on an animal, containing pictures and text<br />
-Explore the various wars and create a poster depicting each war<br />
-Create a glog on a group project basis, encouraging collaboration and communication<br />
-Create photo brochures of countries that are being studied in a foreign language classroom</div>
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-Vocabulary words - describe the word, definition, how you could use it, part of speech, etc.</div>
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use Glogster in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-26851923153143943142012-11-19T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-19T06:00:06.546-05:00Certificate Street<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today is called Certificate Street.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is Certificate Street?</span></b></div>
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Certificate Street is a program to print out certificates for your classroom for any area. The design templates range anywhere from sports to classroom themed certificates to business to blank to relationship templates. The possibilities are endless.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it free?</span></b></div>
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Certificate Street is free - any certificate, any design, ALL FREE. But, each certificate has a watermark on it. In order to get your certificates without watermarks, you have to pay 99 cents per certificate.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will Certificate Street bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the Kindergarten classroom to congratulate students when they have learned the alphabet to using it in 7th Grade classrooms to bring awareness to the student that brought in the most canned goods for a school drive to a college student receiving a certificate for most participation in the community. This tool brings an easier way to create certificates for all sorts of areas without having to pay loads of money for them.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use Certificate Street?</b></span></div>
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Below, I will show you the steps of using Certificate Street.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 1:</b> Choose out your certificate that you would like to print.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 3:</b> Save and print! That's it!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How can I use Certificate Street in my classroom?</b></span></div>
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Reward for good deeds<br />
-Rewards for good grades<br />
-Praise for passing all math tests<br />
-Reward leadership in the classroom<br />
-Give certificates for learning the alphabet<br />
-Award for community service in high school<br />
-Certificates for participation in field day events<br />
-Reward for those who complete projects on time<br />
-Reward for being on time or having perfect attendance<br />
-Certificates to reward more recess time for good behavior<br />
-Certificates for reading 50 books, 100 books, 150 books, etc.<br />
-Create a behavior management system (5 certificates equals a prize, etc.)<br />
-Reward those who pass their quick math facts (basics, multiplication, etc).<br />
-Provide positive reinforcement for students that don't normally receive praise<br />
-Create a classroom economy where students earn certificates to earn class prizes (teach economics)</div>
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use Certificate Street in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-66808907742393009182012-11-18T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-18T06:00:00.247-05:00Bubbl.us<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today is called <a href="https://bubbl.us/">Bubbl.us</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is Bubbl.us?</span></b></div>
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<a href="https://bubbl.us/">Bubbl.us</a> is a brainstorming and mind mapping Web 2.0 tool. This website does use Flash, so you must have Flash installed on your computer.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it free?</span></b></div>
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<a href="https://bubbl.us/">Bubbl.us</a> is free for up to 3 mind maps or brainstorming maps. In order to save more maps, you must upgrade to a paid subscription. This paid subscription is $6.00/month, OR it's $3.00/month for educators. The one way to "work around" getting only 3 maps is to delete other maps that you are no longer using.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will <a href="https://bubbl.us/">Bubbl.us</a> bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the Kindergarten classroom to create a mind map about things that start with the letters in the alphabet to using it in 5th Grade classrooms to brainstorm ideas about a character's actions and what it tells about their personality to a college student making a mind map about the various stocks available and what they give back. This tool brings an easier way to create brainstorming maps without having to use pen and pencil and you can color code to your liking and understanding.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use Bubbl.us?</b></span></div>
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Below, I will show you the steps of using <a href="https://bubbl.us/">Bubbl.us</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 1:</b> Sign in for your account. Click Star Brainstorming in order to create a sheet.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 2:</b> Label the first bubble as the CENTER bubble (what the chart is about).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 3: </b>Begin adding "children bubbles" which are the first bubbles off the sides. These are considered your subheadings.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 4:</b> Continue adding bubbles until your map is complete. You can also change all your bubble colors, font color, text, and so forth by putting your mouse over top of the bubbles. <b>That's it!</b></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Each map you make is considered a "sheet." Since I have the free account, I have 1 out of 3 sheets saved.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How can I use <a href="https://bubbl.us/">Bubbl.us</a> in my classroom?</b></span></div>
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Compare two stories<br />
-Use in planning essays<br />
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-Analyze story elements<br />
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-Use for sequence of events<br />
-Show relationships of shapes<br />
-Use for creating a family tree<br />
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-Brainstorm for a research project<br />
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-Brainstorm topics for group projects<br />
-Create mind map about characters from stories<br />
-Classification of animals or nonliving vs. living animals<br />
-Use for scientific processes such as the precipitation cycle<br />
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-Come up with ideas for a fictional story by using a brainstorm map<br />
-Create a mind map to show what students know at the beginning of a unit<br />
-Create a mind map to show what students know NOW at the end of a unit</div>
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-Develop vocabulary by writing the words and then definitions, part of speech, ways to use, etc.<br />
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use Bubbl.us in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-77949279885904416262012-11-17T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-17T06:00:00.230-05:00Remember The Milk<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today is called Remember The Milk.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is Remember The Milk?</span></b></div>
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Remember The Milk is a virtual to-do list and reminder website. It's an online tool that can be accessed from anywhere, including your mobile device. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it free?</span></b></div>
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Remember The Milk is free for all users. There is an upgraded account for $25.00, but for the use of the classroom, you would only need the free version.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will Remember The Milk bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the Kindergarten classroom to set up steps for students to follow when doing a project to using it in 4th grade classrooms to help remind parents of field trips to a college student reminding themselves of the work that is due by the end of the week. This tool brings an easier way to create to do lists at the touch of a finger or by the click of a mouse.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use Remember The Milk?</b></span></div>
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Below, I will show you the steps of using Remember The Milk.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Here's the dashboard for my Remember the Milk. You have many different areas to sort your tasks: inbox, personal, study, work, and sent. Or, you can choose to view all at the same time. Over to the right, you can view your tasks on a calendar or even print your tasks. This might be nice to physically cross out events and tasks that you have completed.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 1:</b> Type in your task on the add a new task bar. Hit enter to add the task to your dashboard.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 2:</b> Add your details. Choose your due date, whether or not the event should repeat, time estimated to complete event, tags, location, and the URL for event. Remember The Milk also tells you how many times you've postponed your event, who you've shared it with, and the amount of notes you have on each event. <b>And that's it!</b> You now have a task created.</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">When you change something, this is what comes up so that way you can undo your changes if you so choose.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">This is your overview up close where you can print, look at your iCal, or do an RSS feed.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How can I use Remember The Milk in my classroom?</b></span></div>
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Daily schedule<br />
-Reminders for homework<br />
-Important after school events<br />
-Assign due dates for projects<br />
-Listings of plans for the week<br />
-Reminders for parent conferences<br />
-Remind of days off or early dismissals<br />
-To-do lists in the classroom for assignments<br />
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-Put in dates for future events such as assemblies<br />
-Checklist of things to complete on the computer<br />
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-To do list for homework assignments for the week<br />
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-Plan out your weeks to-do list with other coworkers<br />
-Reminders for school supplies needed in the classroom<br />
-Assign homework during long breaks (winter break, spring break)<br />
-Send out reminders for field trips, library book due dates, book orders, etc.</div>
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use Remember The Milk in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-7899382996427061132012-11-16T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-16T06:00:02.788-05:00Create-A-Graph<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today is called Create-a-Graph.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is Create-a-Graph?</span></b></div>
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Create-a-Graph is an interactive, online tool that helps teach students how to create their own graphs and then interpret the results. Create-a-Graph was created by the National Center for Education Statistics to allow students to create a graph by a few clicks of a button, letting them change the shapes, background, number of grid lines, and so much more. Students are exposed to the following graphs: line, bar, scatter, pie, and area. Further, students can use the "Dare to Compare" feature and test out their skills of graphing in comparison to those around the world. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it free?</span></b></div>
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Create-a-Graph is free for all users. There is no paid program option, which is great for the classroom!</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will Create-a-Graph bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the Kindergarten classroom to graph the daily lunch count to using it in 12th grade classrooms to create a pie chart of where people are intending to go after they graduate to a college student identifying the amount of money people make in the community using a plotted graph. This tool brings an easier way to create graphs using technology rather than by paper and pencil.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use Create-a-Graph?</b></span></div>
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Below, I will show you the steps of using Create-a-Graph.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 1:</b> Choose the graph you would like to create.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 2:</b> This is where you can change your information for the design. You can alter the direction, shape, and style.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 3:</b> Enter your data. This would be your graph title, x-axis label, y-axis label, source (optional), data set, and group name. Then, enter the column titles and the values for each. Make sure to do the min-value and max-value for the graph.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 4:</b> Enter the labels for your data. You can also change the label and font colors and sizes. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 5:</b> Preview your graph.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 6:</b> Click the print / save page. This is where you can print, save, download, or e-mail your graph to someone. Or, you can start over, erase this graph, or copy to a new graph!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How can I use Create-a-Graph in my classroom?</b></span></div>
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Daily lunch count<br />
-Daily question to graph answers<br />
-Turn word problems into graphs<br />
-Bar graph census of your classroom<br />
-Graph the number of M&Ms in a pack<br />
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-Measure lima bean plants and graph daily<br />
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-Use to display classroom data in any subject<br />
-Pie chart of what students eat for the holidays<br />
-Measure students and add data to create a scatter plot<br />
-Pie chart as a class of how many siblings each student has<br />
-Look at pie graphs to identify the different fractions being represented<br />
-Survey work to create graphs from responses (favorite color, animal, etc.)<br />
-Use for data analysis in math when working on questions involving tables<br />
-Lucky charm graphing (graph the number of marshmallows in a box of lucky charms)<br />
-Graph the amount of people in the community, city, state, nation, world and compare answers</div>
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use VoiceThread in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-47220703471301475602012-11-15T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-15T06:00:10.408-05:00Scribd<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today is called Scribd.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is Scribd?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.scribd.com/">Scribd</a> is an online library of many resources. It's a place to share, publish, and discover entertaining, informative, and originally written content across the Internet and on your own mobile devices. The topics for upload can be anywhere from documents to schoolwork to how-to guides. It can also be books, non-fiction resources, presentations, and spreadsheets. You can allow others to download, print, and embed your work, too, which makes it versatile in many ways.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it free?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.scribd.com/">Scribd</a> is free for all users. The only plan offered is a free subscription. You just need an e-mail address, a username, and a password in order to access all the different features of Scribd. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will <a href="http://www.scribd.com/">Scribd</a> bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the Kindergarten classroom to upload number books to using it in 8th grade classroom to upload a spreadsheet on numerical data to a college student uploading a unit for their student teaching projects. This tool brings an easier way to create "presentations" and visual aids, allowing others to download or print for FREE.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use Scribd?</b></span></div>
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Below, I will show you the steps of using <a href="http://www.scribd.com/">Scribd</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 1:</b> Click the upload button to begin uploading documents.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 2:</b> Choose where you want to upload your document from. It can be a file, from GoogleDocs, to sell your documents, text, or desktop uploader. I use the SELECT FILE button most.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 3:</b> Upload your document. When the file has finished uploading, enter your information such as the title, categories, tags, and description. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 4:</b> Here's your finalized product! Any other users can now download or print or add to their collection. You, as the owner, can edit, upload revision, delete, or make public & private. You can also see how many people have read, readcasted, or viewed on an embedded product (blog, Wiki, etc.).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How can I use <a href="http://www.scribd.com/">Scribd</a> in my classroom?</b></span></div>
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Load science process projects<br />
-Create how-to guides and upload<br />
-Upload stories created by students<br />
-Have students publish a magazine article<br />
-Use for parent presentations at conferences<br />
-Locate reputable sources for research projects<br />
-Use to share files between classroom teachers<br />
-Create brochures for country visits and upload<br />
-Homework help for students to download at home<br />
-Add all worksheets for the classroom to go paperless<br />
-Create art work and load on to Scribd to show parents<br />
-Upload essays to share with other students for peer editing</div>
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-Use for resumes for college students to send links to others<br />
-Make up scripts for a play and upload to download from home for practicing<br />
-Create permission notes for parents & upload instead of sending home a paper copy<br />
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use Scribd in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-55895033884144519972012-11-14T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-14T06:00:13.792-05:00PodOmatic<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today is called PodOmatic.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is PodOmatic?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://podomatic.com/">PodOmatic</a> is a podcast creation tool. Users may search, create, and share podcasts and minicasts with other users. For each user, PodOmatic walks you through step-by-step on how to use their podcast creations. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it free?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://podomatic.com/">PodOmatic</a> has two different plans, one that's free and one that's called PRO. The free version allows the users to follow podcasts, create and share podcasts and mini-casts with the publication tools provided, interactions with the community, bookmark your favorites, and share with your friends. But, with the PRO, you receive four times more storage (2 MB) than the free account and 100GB of bandwidth. You also get better design tools, high quality playbacks and downloads, and it removes ads from the pages. This plan costs $9.99 per month. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will <a href="http://podomatic.com/">PodOmatic</a> bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the Kindergarten classroom to create podcasts to show reading skills to using it in 12th grade classrooms to detail their future plans to a college student working on a project for a course using Web 2.0 Tool descriptions. This tool brings an easier way to create podcasts for free to share with others around the world. </div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use PodOmatic?</b></span></div>
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Below, I will show you the steps of using <a href="http://podomatic.com/">PodOmatic</a>.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">This is your dashboard. This website is very easy to navigate, so it's easy for all students to understand.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>PodOmatic walks you through step by step. At the top of your page, it'll show you which step you are on as it is highlighted BLUE.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 1:</b> Write a title and description for your podcast.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 2: </b>Select an audio or video clip. You may also elect to skip this step.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 3: </b>Select a photo. You may also skip this step, too, if you would like.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"> <b>Step 4:</b> Tag your podcast. This allows for search processes to be easier. Also, choose the search filtering that you would like on your video. This makes it easier to find, too!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 5: </b>Publish your episode. After this step, you can then promote it if you would like BUT this costs a fee to do.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How can I use <a href="http://podomatic.com/">PodOmatic</a> in my classroom?</b></span></div>
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Use for book talks<br />
-In an art classroom, use for critiques<br />
-Use for "meet the author" productions<br />
-Use for recording information for science logs<br />
-Word of the day or week podcast presentations<br />
-Summarize a story in 30 seconds using the podcasts<br />
-Use for interviewing those in the community projects<br />
-Presentation on oneself to allow others to 'get to know' you<br />
-Create different voiced trailers for books that have been read<br />
-Allow students to show their understanding of a topic in the classroom<br />
-Use for identifying how to find good websites using your students' voices<br />
-Create a voiceover about a science project showcasing the scientific process<br />
-Use for literature circles when discussing books that might be difficult to understand</div>
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-Use as a teaser of what the days events will hold - specific subjects you're going to go over<br />
-Vocabulary words - describe the word, definition, how you could use it, part of speech, etc.</div>
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use PodOmatic in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-66800033717135875302012-11-13T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-13T06:00:16.354-05:00TubeChop<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today is called <a href="http://tubechop.com/">TubeChop</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is TubeChop?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://tubechop.com/">TubeChop</a> is a video chopping service. You place the URL of the video you would like to cut up to show in the box, find your place, then share with friends. This service is relatively simple, but absolutely great to know if you find a video that you want to show a single part to your classroom.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it free?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://tubechop.com/">TubeChop</a> is free for ANY user. There is no sign up fee or an upgrade to another program type fee. Since all you are doing is chopping a video, it's a free provided service for you.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will <a href="http://tubechop.com/">TubeChop</a> bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the Kindergarten classroom to chop a video to show the first three numbers in a number video to using it in 9th grade classrooms to chop a video about the digestive process to a college student chopping a video on a sign language phrase to focus on one sign. This tool brings an easier way to locate the right part in a video for your educational use.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use TubeChop?</b></span></div>
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Below are the steps of using <a href="http://tubechop.com/">TubeChop</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 1: </b>Find the video you want to chop.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 2: </b>Begin to figure out where you want to chop your video and select it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 3:</b> Share with friends!</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">THIS IS THE FULL VIDEO.</span></i><br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/de5hDNY2Uoo?rel=0" width="420"></iframe>
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">THIS IS THE VIDEO AFTER I TUBECHOPPED IT!</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How can I use <a href="http://tubechop.com/">TubeChop</a> in my classroom?</b></span></div>
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Provide a good visual aid for parents<br />
-Use on songs to show just the chorus<br />
-Use for presentations in the classroom<br />
-Cut videos up to combine with one another<br />
-Provide clips for other teachers in the school<br />
-Use to split up video segments each day of a lesson<br />
-In using educational videos, chop to show a "teaser"<br />
-Cut to shorter videos you want to show to your students<br />
-Provide a teaser video on an introductory lesson for a unit<br />
-Have students use to find the most important part of a segment<br />
-Create a short clip to advertise a product by only showing a segment<br />
-Use to chop down videos to show single signs in sign language videos<br />
-Allow students to use for their research projects once they have created a video<br />
-Pinpoint the exact locations you want to watch to get rid of the unimportant parts<br />
-When watching a video, cut to the middle to have students use inferencing of what is happening<br />
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use TubeChop in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-46882524793018191922012-11-12T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-12T06:00:15.344-05:00TeacherTube & SchoolTube<div style="text-align: center;">
The resources for today are called TeacherTube and SchoolTube.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What are TeacherTube and SchoolTube?</span></b></div>
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TeacherTube and SchoolTube are programs similar to the popular YouTube. Rather than have to scan out videos that are appropriate for the classroom, these two websites provide videos that are safe for the classroom environment. SchoolTube is also endorsed by the National Education Association, or NEA.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Are they free?</span></b></div>
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TeacherTube and SchoolTube are both free programs for all users. When signing up, TeacherTube just requires a simple username, password, e-mail address, and your age as well as designation (teacher, student, parent, administrator, etc.). But, when you sign up for SchoolTube, you must input your school, city, state, and country to prevent people that are NOT in the classroom from signing up for an account.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will TeacherTube and SchoolTube bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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These tools can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using them in the Kindergarten classroom to view videos about counting to using them in 10th grade classrooms to create and upload videos portraying famous Americans to a college student viewing videos on anatomy to help review for a class test. This tool brings an easier way to find videos that are educational versus trying to ween out the videos with poor language, disrespectful images, and all the other poor tastes of those videos that can be found on YouTube. </div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use TeacherTube and SchoolTube?</b></span></div>
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Because I am not part of a school, I am just going to show you the details of using TeacherTube. It's relatively simple and related EXACTLY to YouTube, only you can upload specific things such as documents, too.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 1:</b> When you first log in, you will head to the top right and click on the drop down menu to upload your own documents. You can upload a video, audio, photos, or documents. This is unique to TeacherTube, as it's to be used in the classroom or for professional development.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Each form has it's own upload rules. The uploading is relatively easy, but I am going to show you the forms. The nice thing about TeacherTube is that they ask when you upload to make sure that what you decide to upload is NOT classified as pornography, copyrighted material, harassment material, or spam. This is especially great because that's the difference between using YouTube and TeacherTube in the classroom - you will NOT have to worry about scanning videos prior to showing them, unless you so choose.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How can I use TeacherTube and SchoolTube in my classroom?</b></span></div>
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Below is a list of ways that these tools can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Create a step by step video on a recipe<br />
-Show a video on how to use a timeline<br />
-Use to create a video on the phonics dance<br />
-Create a commercial for a book and upload<br />
-Create a video portraying a famous American<br />
-Tell about the rules in a classroom environment<br />
-Use a video to portray students work each month<br />
-Make a rap video about the scientific process and upload<br />
-Record a video of students demonstrating the water cycle<br />
-Work on vocabulary through a presentation uploaded to one website<br />
-Create a video of a book review for other students in the school to view<br />
-Upload videos using American Sign Language to showcase sign language skills<br />
-Make a video of a play to help students identify the emotions of the actors/actresses<br />
-Create videos on math processes and upload to either website for others to learn from<br />
-Use video to create a how-to process for any sort of process you want students to know about</div>
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use TeacherTube and SchoolTube in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-50745013849685900472012-11-11T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-11T06:00:08.293-05:00SlideShare<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today is called <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">SlideShare</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is SlideShare?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">SlideShare</a> is a large virtual community for sharing presentations (especially PowerPoint presentations). SlideShare also supports PDF documents, Word documents, videos, and webinars (by syncing mp3 audio to make it like a podcast). Individuals can also comment, favorite, and download presentations from the website. Organizations also upload documents to share ideas, connect with one another, conduct research, and generate leads for business purposes. The fun thing about SlideShare is that you can download each presentation and either reuse or remix the presentation, allowing you to use a bit of the information, but not all of it.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it free?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">SlideShare</a> is free. There's an option where you can choose the entire program to be free. With this, you receive just BASIC settings, uploads and shares. But, if you want to go beyond this and get extra perks, there are different tiers: Silver, Gold, and Platinum. The descriptions of each plan are listed in the picture below:<br />
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But, if you are a teacher, this are also EDU pricing. The breakdown for the pricing is 50% off the pricing listed above. The chart below details the full amounts and how to get the upgrade:<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">SlideShare</a> bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the Kindergarten classroom to create a presentation about family members to using it in 4th grade classrooms to discuss the scientific process of the life of a pumpkin to a college student creating a webinar on the reasons why we should invest in mutual funds. This tool brings an easier way to create "PowerPoint type presentations," visual aids, and slideshows in the classroom environment, all while giving the ability to share with others around the world.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use SlideShare?</b></span></div>
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Below, I will show examples of how to use <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">SlideShare</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 1:</b> Upload one or more of your own files by using either button - upload (for one upload) or upload+ (for more than one upload).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 2: </b>Begin to enter your information for your upload.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 3:</b> After you have entered your details, hit "SAVE DETAILS." This saves all your information.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 4:</b> That's it! Your file is now uploaded and can be downloaded, shared, embedded, and anything else you would like to do to it!</span></div>
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Show the rules to new students<br />
-Share student work that's the best each week<br />
-Peer editing or review of presentations by classmates<br />
-Presentation on oneself to allow others to 'get to know' you<br />
-Create presentations for various academic subjects for 1:1 learning<br />
-Collaborate with other classrooms on presentations through SlideShare<br />
-Conference presentations for parents when they have to come in and see you<br />
-Have students research using the topics on SlideShare for their own research projects<br />
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-Create photo brochures of countries that are being studied in a foreign language classroom</div>
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-Use as a teaser of what the days events will hold - specific subjects you're going to go over<br />
-Vocabulary words - describe the word, definition, how you could use it, part of speech, etc.<br />
-Find slideshows that are out there about a topic & create a Wiki embedded with presentations<br />
-Assign a famous American to each student and have them research & upload their presentation</div>
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-Assign groups and have each group do a presentation on a chapter from the book you are reading</div>
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-Embed presentations on a specific time period into a class blog, creating a timeline with presentations</div>
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use SlideShare in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-58016233794577301952012-11-10T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-10T06:00:01.008-05:00Dipity<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today is called <a href="http://dipity.com/">Dipity</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is Dipity?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://dipity.com/">Dipity</a> is an online timeline service. Users input real-time sources from social media outlets, traditional search engines such as Google or Bing, and RSS feeds to aggregate them into one interactive timeline presentation that anyone can view and use. Users may also use the search feature to search for events in various timelines, allowing them to find the information they need. Dipity allows the user to be engaged in their work while they create it, as well as be engaged after publishing their timelines.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it free?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://dipity.com/">Dipity</a> is free for anyone who registers. But, this free comes with a price. You're allowed up to 3 timelines, 150 events between the three, 5K/month embedded views, 50MB upload space, and have a standard branding and design. Of course, as with other programs, you can upgrade your account. The chart below will detail the other plans available should you want to upgrade:<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will <a href="http://dipity.com/">Dipity</a> bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the Kindergarten classroom to create a video about the alphabet to using it in 7th Grade classrooms to tell about a famous American inventor, to a college student identifying their time and what they have learned in their internship. This tool brings an easier way to create "PowerPoint type presentations," visual aids, and slideshows in the classroom environment without having to hassle with the transitions between slides, text, and adding your own music (finding it, as well!). </div>
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Below, I will show you the ideas behind <a href="http://dipity.com/">Dipity</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i> This is your dashboard. This is where you create a timeline, find hot topic timelines, and access any other information within your account.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>STEP 1: </b>Create your timeline. Enter the topic name, description, choose the category, timezone, upload a thumbnail, and choose the permissions. Once you've done this, click continue to go to the next step.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 2:</b> Begin adding events to your timeline. This can be done by words, search feature, photos, videos, blogs, music, messaging services (Twitter, for example), other timelines featured on Dipity, and other places. I chose to add a regular event.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 3:</b> Here's what the add event page looks like. Enter in your title, date, description, picture, webpage URL (link), the location, and a potential video URL. This will then upload onto your Dipity timeline.</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">And that's it! You continue this process until your events are all uploaded. Below is an example of a Dipity timeline.</span></i><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Example Dipity Project I participated in during one of my ASL courses in my undergraduate college career.</span></i></b><br />
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<a href="http://www.dipity.com/terpprof/Deaf-International-Community/">Deaf International Community</a> on <a href="http://www.dipity.com/">Dipity</a>.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How can I use <a href="http://dipity.com/">Dipity</a> in my classroom?</b></span></div>
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Create a timeline of your life<br />
-Create a timeline of your family's lives<br />
-View the hot topics to identify current events<br />
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-Use for creating timelines of Shakespeare's life<br />
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-Create a timeline of the lives of famous Americans<br />
-Create a timeline for the works by a favorite author<br />
-Use for creating a timeline of the time spent in the classroom<br />
-Identify the varieties and evolution of car models over the years<br />
-Create timelines to illustrate changes in technology over the years<br />
-Create a timeline of the various wars (WWI, WWII, Korean War, etc.)<br />
-View other timelines to discuss the events happening around the world<br />
-Create a classroom daily timeline with the tweets you compose in your classroom<br />
-Create a timeline for a research project, print out, place on poster board, and present<br />
-Create a goals list for the future in college classrooms (graduation date, job dates, etc.)<br />
-Identify the various earthquakes that have happened on the West Coast (when, where, how long, etc.)<br />
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use Dipity in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-26353614191545936262012-11-09T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-09T06:00:15.671-05:00Google Drive (Formerly Docs)<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today is called <a href="https://drive.google.com/#">Google Drive</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is Google Drive?</span></b></div>
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/#">Google Drive</a> is a cloud storage system. You can store documents, photos, music, videos, and all sorts of other things on this drive. You can also create documents (like Word), presentations (like PowerPoint), spreadsheets (like Excel), forms (which are where kind of like surveys), drawings, collections, fusion tables (which are experimental), and scripts. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it free?</span></b></div>
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/#">Google Drive</a> is free for up to 5GB of space. It's best to have a Gmail account for this, but it's not required. If you would like to upgrade and receive more space, it's $2.49 per month for 25 GB, $4.99 per month for 100 GB, OR $49.99 per month for 1 TB. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will <a href="https://drive.google.com/#">Google Drive</a> bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the Kindergarten classroom to collect information on families in a poll to using it in 11th grade classrooms to make a spreadsheet on mathematical statistics to a college student creating a presentation on a business proposal. This tool brings an easier way to create store your files in a cloud system for free, giving you access to your files from school to home to on-the-go. </div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use Google Drive?</b></span></div>
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Below, I will show you the various features of <a href="https://drive.google.com/#">Google Drive</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>On my own Google Drive, I have lots of files that I have accessed. Therefore, I have a wide variety of types of files. I have documents, forms, spreadsheets, PDF documents, and presentations. Below, I will show the front page of each type of file for you to see what it looks like. How to use each document is relatively simple and (at least, I do not believe) does not require a walk through description of how to use each one. Therefore, I will only show examples rather than detail how to use each type of format.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i><b>This is an example document.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><i>This is an example PDF.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i><b>This is an example presentation.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i><b>This is an example spreadsheet.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i><b>This is an example form. The first one is what we see, the second is what they see (those who fill it out).</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How can I use <a href="https://drive.google.com/#">Google Drive</a> in my classroom?</b></span></div>
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Allow pier editing with the documents<br />
-Create a presentation on a virtual field trip<br />
-Assign homework using the document feature<br />
-Collect website evaluations in a spreadsheet format<br />
-Use documents to create a brainstorming document<br />
-Presentation on oneself to allow others to 'get to know' you<br />
-Use the drawing feature to brainstorm for a research project<br />
-Use google forms for surveys on what students want to read next<br />
-Write a poem in the documents section to share with other classmates<br />
-Use spreadsheet to share data on fitness (heart rate, blood pressure, etc)<br />
-Use spreadsheet for reading response documents for student questions during reading<br />
-Create a commercial about a new product that you want others to buy using presentation<br />
-Assign homework that is collaborative due to the ability of Drive being accessed anywhere<br />
-Vocabulary words - describe word, definition, how you use it, part of speech, etc. using spreadsheet<br />
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-Work on phonics/grammar instruction by creating a document with many errors for students to correct</div>
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use Google Drive in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-85518032748675847652012-11-08T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-08T06:00:01.985-05:00Storybird<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today is called <a href="http://storybird.com/">Storybird</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is Storybird?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://storybird.com/">Storybird</a> is a website where you can make your own stories using images provided by other artists. You can create your own stories and then publish them for others to see. Students can use this website to read stories, make up their own, or work with a peer to develop a storybook as a group.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it free?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://storybird.com/">Storybird</a> is free for all users. Each account requires a username, password, and an e-mail address. BUT if you are a teacher trying to create a class account, you can host up to 30 different people. Students will also be signed up via one e-mail account, not requiring them to have one in order to sign in. There are other options for the plans, though. This chart is below with all the information and perks:<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will <a href="http://storybird.com/">Storybird</a> bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the Kindergarten classroom to create a short story about a pet to using it in 8th Grade classrooms to tell a story about a fictional character to a college student creating a story for their younger siblings or cousins. This tool brings an easier way to create stories while adding a fun aspect to the activity of creating. The images also provide a great starting point for those who do not know what they would like to write about. </div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use Storybird?</b></span></div>
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Below, I will show you the steps of using <a href="http://storybird.com/">Storybird</a>.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Choose how you want your art to look for your story based upon your ideas OR based upon others - you can choose by art, themes, or challenges.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>For my example story, I chose to use the art by Paul McDougall. Now, I have no idea who he is, but I liked his work!</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Here is ALL of his work in one area. As you can see on the webpage, there's step by step directions.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 1. Start writing here.</b></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 2. Find artwork here.</b></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 3. Add or remove pages here.</b></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Step 4. Invite others here.</b></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Under the #4, this is also where you publish your finished story.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">After you've completed your story, you then publish it. But, there's some things you can choose about the publishing. These details are:</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">~The summary</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">~Tags</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">~Whether the Storybird is private or public</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">~The age range for your story</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Here's the example I created for another course:</i></span></div>
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<object height="368" width="586"><param name="align" value="lt"/><param name="scale" value="noScale"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"/><param name="flashvars" value="book_slug=the-christmas-present-9&size=xl&configXML=http://storybird.com/storymaker/paths/"/><param name="src" value="http://media.storybird.com/embedplayer/bin/StoryplayerEmbed.swf"><embed src="http://media.storybird.com/embedplayer/bin/StoryplayerEmbed.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="586" height="368" align="lt" scale="noScale" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="book_slug=the-christmas-present-9&size=xl&configXML=http://storybird.com/storymaker/paths/" /></object><span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 5px 0 10px 0;"><a href="http://storybird.com/books/the-christmas-present-9/">The Christmas Present</a> <span style="color: #666666;">by</span> <a href="http://storybird.com/members/ventres/">ventres</a> <span style="color: #666666;">on</span> <a href="http://storybird.com/">Storybird</a></span>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How can I use <a href="http://storybird.com/">Storybird</a> in my classroom?</b></span></div>
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Use for prewriting<br />
-Create comic strips<br />
-Work on poetry using the images<br />
-Work on reading skills with younger students<br />
-Use as social stories for students with disabilities<br />
-Write a story about what you want to be in the future<br />
-Practice writing stories in a foreign language classroom<br />
-Presentation on oneself to allow others to 'get to know' you<br />
-Use for writing a fairy tale or fable when studying those in units<br />
-Create different movie trailers for books that have been read in real life<br />
-Use for inferencing and have students look at pictures ONLY to tell a story<br />
-Create a story using the 5 W's and How to encourage critical thinking skills<br />
-Assign a group story for students to work on together to bounce ideas off one another<br />
-Use as a teaser of what the days events will hold - specific subjects you're going to go over<br />
-Create a series of stories (representing chapters) to create a novel in upper grade classrooms</div>
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use Storybird in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447178685959277335.post-3737631498635846482012-11-07T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-07T06:00:13.214-05:00Prezi<div style="text-align: center;">
The resource for today is called Prezi.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is Prezi?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://prezi.com/">Prezi</a> is an online virtual whiteboard where presentations are turned into cloud format. According to the website, "Prezi creates a visual storyboard format, with flow and narrative being intertwined with text." Prezi also has a feature where you are in a "meeting" of some sorts. This meeting allows up to 10 people to view and edit the same presentation at a time, allowing for collaboration on the production at hand. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it free?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://prezi.com/">Prezi</a> is free for anyone. There are other options, though, that come with different features. For example, the FREE version of Prezi makes your presentations all public, allows for 100MB of storage space for your Prezis, and the core features of sharing and editing. For $59.00 a year, you can go up to the Enjoy option. This option features private presentations (choose who to share with), you can use your own logo rather than the Prezi logo, premium support (receive help in less than a day), and 500MB of storage space for your Prezis. Finally, you can choose the Pro option. For $159.00 a year, you receive the same as Enjoy BUT you also have the ability to work offline securely and get 2GB of storage space for your Prezis.<br />
Public = FREE<br />
Enjoy = $59.00/year<br />
Pro = $159.00/year<br />
<b>Beyond these, there's also educational promotional pricing. You receive the ENJOY license for free rather than $59.00/year OR the PRO license for $59.00/year rather than $159.00/year.</b><br />
To start out with any of the above mentioned plans that are for cost, you may have a 30 day free trial to test it out. Otherwise, you will be billed yearly.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will <a href="http://prezi.com/">Prezi</a> bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the Kindergarten classroom to create a presentation to tell others of your interests to using it in 4th Grade classrooms to tell about a famous American inventor to a college student creating a presentation on another Web 2.0 tool and how to use it. This tool brings an easier way to create "PowerPoint type presentations," visual aids, and slideshows in the classroom environment without having to hassle with the transitions between slides, giving your presentation a more fluid look with fun interactions. </div>
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Below, I will show you the steps of using <a href="http://prezi.com/">Prezi</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>This is the main page when you log on to Prezi. As you can see, I have two Prezi presentations. The Storybird Prezi will be at the bottom for an example.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>You will also be choosing a theme when you hit NEW presentation. This is where the planning comes into play. Find a style that best fits your presentation. If it's a walk through, you might choose something that has a solidified path. If it's a crowning type presentation, choose something that goes up like a crown.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>This is the main page of a new presentation. Each one has a specific placement for the items you will add. For example, there's a space for a title, subtitle, and places for the information. In this presentation, there are 5 places for information to be input.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>I inputted all my information for the presentation. As you can see, I have text and images, but I could have added videos and so forth. The addition of features is relatively simple, just double click and type, add pictures, videos, and so forth.</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Should you want to change anything, you can also insert shapes, images, PowerPoint slides, YouTube videos, files, and other flow charts. You can also choose your frame for each object in the presentation. Finally, you can change your theme for the presentation based upon the different looks that have been popular around the Prezi world.</span></i></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Here is an example Prezi presentation:</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://prezi.com/lpflrsfhgrxf/storybird-by-christina-sara-the-story-birds/" title="Storybird by Christina & Sara (The Story Birds)">Storybird by Christina & Sara (The Story Birds)</a> on <a href="http://prezi.com/">Prezi</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How can I use <a href="http://prezi.com/">Prezi</a> in my classroom?</b></span></div>
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Show rules of classroom<br />
-Use for mind mapping with groups<br />
-Present a timeline through the transitions<br />
-Create a family tree using the tree template<br />
-Create Prezi presentations on famous explorers<br />
-Use for graphic organizers about topics in the class<br />
-Use in scientific method discussions and presentations<br />
-Presentation on the different countries around the world<br />
-Create a presentation to introduce yourself to the classroom<br />
-Use to tell and create stories in the early childhood classrooms<br />
-Create advertisements for a book, character, or famous person (persuasion)<br />
-Create a presentation about a science project showcasing the scientific process<br />
-Use for vocabulary lessons with the word, a picture of the word, and the definition<br />
-Create a webquest using Prezi presentations about topics across a variety of academic areas<br />
-Create Venn Diagrams for the classroom when comparing two different books about the same topic<br />
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use Prezi in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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The resource for today is called <a href="http://www.wikispaces.com/">Wikispaces</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is Wikispaces?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.wikispaces.com/">Wikispaces</a> is a large space on the Internet where you can share work and ideas, pictures, links, videos, media, and all sorts of other things. You can also embed files, HTML, links, videos, and other media, making it a versatile tool for the classroom environment. Wikispaces also encourages collaboration between groups as each member of the wiki can edit and share files. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it free?</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.wikispaces.com/">Wikispaces</a> is free for anyone to create, BUT in order to make it public, you have to verify the wikispace by a code or paying $1.00. In order to have a Schools & District Private Label wikispaces, the price is $1,000 a year for 100 users. The same is true of Higher Education Private Label wikispaces, as well.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What will <a href="http://www.wikispaces.com/">Wikispaces</a> bring to your classroom?</span></b></div>
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This product can prove to be beneficial in all different grades throughout the education system. From using it in the 1st grade classroom to write acrostic poems across the classroom to using it in 9th Grade classrooms to embed photos of a Wordle about the American Revolution, to a college student embedding YouTube videos of their time spent doing a psychology study. This tool brings an easier way to create a local place to store and share information across many different curriculum areas.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>How do I use Wikispaces?</b></span></div>
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Below, these are some of the features of <a href="http://www.wikispaces.com/">Wikispaces</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>This is the homepage when you first log in to your Wikispace. You can see the home, project, recent changes, pages & files, members, and manage wiki tabs. Each one has it's own job that I will detail below. Also, to the right, you see the "ALL PAGES" box, which is all the different pages of my specific wiki for a course I am enrolled in during this Fall 2012 Semester.</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Here's the pages & files tab. It details the different pages as well as when things were created. You can also add a new page or upload a page. You can ALSO add a tag to each page, which then groups pages and gets you to the right resource based upon a specific word.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">This is the member page. You can send out membership requests via e-mail, which will show up here. This is the great thing about a Wiki - you can add and delete who you want to be on the spaces.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>The last feature I want to share is the Wiki Permissions page. This is IMPORTANT in the areas of who can view and edit your Wikispace page. This is where the verification code comes into play. In order to have a protected or public page, you have to verify your account by either applying for an education page OR pay $1.00 to verify. Or, you can even have a phone call with a code sent to you so you can verify. Since I was verified, I changed my Wikispace to protected where everyone can view, but no one except for the members can edit my page.</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Here are the example pages I currently have set up on my Wikispace. The first page is my Technology Resources (which shows how links are embedded), Web Page Evaluation (which was a project I had to create, showing how a document can be embedded), and Wordle assignment (showing how to embed a picture):</span></i><br />
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Below is a list of ways that this tool can be utilized in the classroom:</div>
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-Write up book reviews to share with other students<br />
-Classroom newspapers for students and parents to see<br />
-Embed a Wordle on oneself to allow others to 'get to know' you<br />
-Create an ABC book about a centralized topic with a page for each letter<br />
-Class debate where students post their feelings about candidates or topics<br />
-Create class encyclopedias on the different topics presented in a classroom<br />
-Provide a links collection where you store student-friendly and SAFE links<br />
-Set up virtual field-trips to have students research & create pages on each place<br />
-What I'm really good at pages for students to discuss and let others know of themselves<br />
-Create a class "books read" page for students to see different books that have been read<br />
-Recipe books for students to share recipes for different holidays or from different countries<br />
-Community nature guides where students share about the plants and animals in the community<br />
-Create a timeline wiki page for the events during a famous war (WWI, WWII, Korean War, etc)<br />
-Create fan clubs on famous people where students work together to add information about each person<br />
-Multi-author stories where students contribute to each other's stories, taking them in different directions<br />
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Honestly, the possibilities are <b><u>ENDLESS</u></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How would YOU use Wikispaces in your classroom? Answer in the comments on this post!</span></b></div>
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Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com0