Tech-Infused+Resources

__ Main Topics (see below for examples) __ Global Perspectives:  some ways to see the events of the world through the eyes of other nations Collecting News (RSS feeds): bring the news to you Discussion Forums: provide a way for students to carry on the conversations after class Sharing Bookmarks: this takes things to a new level Wikis: a must-do. Very easy way for students to construct knowledge with other students from all around the world Google Docs/Office365: these apps open up SO many possibilities Google Earth/Google Maps: another MUST-do! Build maps together. Create and share tours Alternatives to Powerpoint: this one tip alone will change how your students present their work to the class

__** Global Perspectives **__ Sample: site:.ir elections 2011 will return only sites from Iran (Click here for the domain name codes)
 * Beyond basic Google searches
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">Google News <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- specify source (source:new york times Bin Laden)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">FastFlip <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - Fastflip.googlelabs.com
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">Newseum’s frontpages <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - check out top stories in the country and around the world
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">Newsmap.jp- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> hover over to get more info- click to get even more. Suppose to be a way to get the time the article was posted
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">Newspapermap.com <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - good for elementary/middle school

**__ Collecting News (RSS feeds) __**
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__netvibes__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__sample by Michael Wesch__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - can make tabs public or private. Very easy to add widgets and feeds
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__pageflakes__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - similar to Netvibes. Another good choice
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__paper.li__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__tabbloid.com__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__google reader__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - if you’re a Google Apps school then you’ll likely want to use this)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MANY sites have RSS feeds - even wiki pages

__** Discussion Forums **__
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Moodle
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Blackboard
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Edmodo__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|www.todaysmeet.com] - great for backchannels and evening study groups
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Coveritlive.com__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - also good for backchannels with moderation

**__ Sharing Bookmarks __**
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">Diigo <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - make sure you sign in with your school account
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Can make classes and student accounts as well - kids can bookmark, highlight, add sticky notes to the group
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Can make groups for research projects - only their peers see their highlights and sticky notes
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Use sticky notes for discussion among students in class, right there on the website!
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">Delicious <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- does not have ability to highlight and comment
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pearltrees.com
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Portaportal.com

**__ Wikis __**
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">__wikispaces__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - look into their <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__private label__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Cheap and powerful!
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Example of students that have created their own wiki -- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">__http://learninglatinamerica.wikispaces.com/__
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Another example based on that one as an example - <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">__http://regionsdefrance.wikispaces.com__
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__pbworks__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - has some nice features. Check out their <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__campus edition,__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> as well
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Google Sites__]

__** Google Docs/Office365 **__
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Google apps allow for synchronous editing, forms, embedding
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Office apps and Skydrive prove 25 gigs of storage
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You do NOT need to activate the email - but <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__why not__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">?

__** Google Earth/Google Maps **__
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Top blogs
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__gearthblog__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - and <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__on twitter__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, and some of their <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__best tips__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__googlemapsmania__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - and <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__on twitter__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__kmlfactbook.org__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - visualizations based on Google Earth. Based on CIA World Factbook.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Students can collaborate and build maps together
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Students can create tours__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> and share with classmates
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Official GE channel__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> on youtube
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You can embed HTML into the Description field when you put a placemark down... students can create things using web 2.0 tools (glogster, animoto, youtube videos, voicethread, etc)(also schooltube, for those who have youtube blocked) and then embed into the GE tour - NICE MASHUP!

__** Alternatives to Powerpoint **__
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Biggest problem with PowerPoint is that you have to listen to everyone of them. By the end of the second one, all learning stops...
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Show@World__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - select a subject and watch how countries change size to match the data
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__www.uuorld.com__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -- explain the world using maps
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pecha Kucha ( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__pronounced__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> peh-chak’-cha) - 20x20, no bullets. 20 slides, each on for 20 seconds.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Ignite__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - supposed to be funny but for our purposes doesn’t have to be - 20x15 (totals 5 minutes), no bullets
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__funny sample__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - Internet memes
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__The sample I showed__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. 9th grader. (Thanks to Kristin Hokanson for sharing this)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Prez__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">i- AWESOME tool for nonlinear presentations
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Mixbook.com__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - online scrapbook, different way of putting a project together - tell a story!
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">iMovie, Movie Maker, Jaycut