vGottlieb-Quinn - 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

Beyond basic Google searches

Sample: site:.ir elections 2011 will return only sites from Iran (Click here for the domain name codes)

Google News- specify source (source:new york times Bin Laden)
FastFlip - Fastflip.googlelabs.com
Newseum’s frontpages - check out top stories in the country and around the world
Newsmap.jp- hover over to get more info- click to get even more. Suppose to be a way to get the time the article was posted
Newspapermap.com - good for elementary/middle school

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__netvibes__ - __sample by Michael Wesch__ - can make tabs public or private. Very easy to add widgets and feeds
__pageflakes__ - similar to Netvibes. Another good choice
__paper.li__
__tabbloid.com__
__google reader__ - if you’re a Google Apps school then you’ll likely want to use this)
MANY sites have RSS feeds - even wiki pages

Discussion Forums

Moodle
Blackboard
__Edmodo__ -
www.todaysmeet.com - great for backchannels and evening study groups
__Coveritlive.com__ - also good for backchannels with moderation

Sharing Bookmarks

Diigo - make sure you sign in with your school account
- Can make classes and student accounts as well - kids can bookmark, highlight, add sticky notes to the group
- Can make groups for research projects - only their peers see their highlights and sticky notes
- Use sticky notes for discussion among students in class, right there on the website!
Delicious- does not have ability to highlight and comment
Pearltrees.com
Portaportal.com

Wikis

[[ww/home|wikispaces]] - look into their __private label__. Cheap and powerful!
Example of students that have created their own wiki -- __http://learninglatinamerica.wikispaces.com/__
- Another example based on that one as an example - __http://regionsdefrance.wikispaces.com__
__pbworks__ - has some nice features. Check out their __campus edition,__ as well
__Google Sites__

Google Docs/Office365

Google apps allow for synchronous editing, forms, embedding
Office apps and Skydrive prove 25 gigs of storage
You do NOT need to activate the email - but __why not__?

Google Earth/Google Maps

Top blogs
- __gearthblog__ - and __on twitter__, and some of their __best tips__
- __googlemapsmania__ - and __on twitter__
__kmlfactbook.org__ - visualizations based on Google Earth. Based on CIA World Factbook.
Students can collaborate and build maps together
__Students can create tours__ and share with classmates
__Official GE channel__ on youtube
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

Biggest problem with PowerPoint is that you have to listen to everyone of them. By the end of the second one, all learning stops...
__Show@World__ - select a subject and watch how countries change size to match the data
__www.uuorld.com__ -- explain the world using maps
Pecha Kucha (__pronounced__ peh-chak’-cha) - 20x20, no bullets. 20 slides, each on for 20 seconds.
__Ignite__ - supposed to be funny but for our purposes doesn’t have to be - 20x15 (totals 5 minutes), no bullets
- __funny sample__ - Internet memes
__The sample I showed__. 9th grader. (Thanks to Kristin Hokanson for sharing this)
__Prez__i- AWESOME tool for nonlinear presentations
__Mixbook.com__ - online scrapbook, different way of putting a project together - tell a story!
iMovie, Movie Maker, Jaycut