ONE-TRICK TOOLS: WEB 2.0

From scheduling to screencasting to shortening

Links in the presentation:

PREZI

Taking presentations to the next level

Prezi website

Watch the Prezi how-to videos or the Prezi how-to manual for help getting started.

TEACHER TOOLS: WEB 2.0

Mixture of stuff

Links in presentation:

EDMODO

A social network for classrooms

Edmodo website

Help using Edmodo:

Look at the Edmodo help documentation for help getting started with and using Edmodo

Expanding the Power of Primary Sources with Web 2.0 - great article on using Edmodo, and other web 2.0 tools, in the classroom and how it impacts student interaction and critical thinking (link takes you to the article in Academic Search Premier, an ELM database)

Follow Edmodo on Twitter to stay on top of Edmodo happenings

Rubrics for online discussions:

Rubric for chat participation

Multiple different rubrics for different forms of online discussions

Assessing Student Work from Chatrooms and Bulletin Boards - multiple different rubrics throughout the article, and even though it's from 2002, this still rings true today (link takes you to the article in Academic Search Premier, an ELM database)

KEEPING UP & LOOKING BACK

Google News & more

Google News

Google Alerts

Google Fast Flip

Google Reader

Google News Timeline

Google News Archive

DROPBOX

Storing your stuff in the cloud

Dropbox website

Sign up for Dropbox via my link and I get more space and you get more space!

For help using Dropbox, visit the Dropbox Help menu.

EDUCATIONAL VIDEO SITES

WatchKnow

Free educational videos, over 20,000 included, and arranged in categories and by age level. All videos reviewed by educators.

Khan Academy

TED Talks

Collection of videos from the TED conferences. Videos can be a great starting point to discuss something in the classroom.

Extra video site, for all you English teachers out there:

60 Second Recap

60-second recaps of great pieces of literature. 60 seconds on plot, 60 seconds on character, 60 seconds on them, etc. Very engaging videos to get you interested in the literature.

STORYBIRD

Create stories with great artwork

Storybird website

Here's an example of a Storybird I made - Things I Love (just click the link and then click on the Open link to view it)

To learn how to use Storybird, view these Screencast-O-Matic screencasts I made:

• How to sign up for Storybird and manage classroom settings
• How to make a Storybird

TWITTER

Suggestions based upon our conversations

Twitter website

What is Twitter? - Twitter Training Resources for Teachers

Find teachers to follow - twitter4teachers wiki (add your own Twitter account here, too)

Twitter teaching advice - 100 Twitter Feeds for Teaching Advice

More teachers to follow - 18 People to Follow for Real-Time Education

More teaching advice - 100 Twitter Feeds to Make You a Better Teacher

Participate in a Twitter chat, like #edchat

Some suggested teachers to follow:

• Michael Zimmer - @MZimmer557 (his blog is great, too, it's linked on his Twitter profile)
• Jen Legatt - @192TIS
• Jennifer Odau - @Cybrarijen
• Stephanie Madlinger - @cyberteacher
• Silvia Tolisano - @langwitches
• Colin Gallagher - @colingally
• TEDTalks, where you get updated when a new TEDTalk is added to their website - @tedtalks
• You can even follow LeAnn and Ann on Twitter if you want!

To find more people on Twitter, look at who others are following, or, when you find someone you like, look at their profile and on the right-hand side look at the list of people similar to that person.

CONTACT INFO

Any additional questions for us?

Ann Walker Smalley, Director of Metronet

ann@metronet.lib.mn.us

LeAnn Suchy, Program Manager at Metronet

leann@metronet.lib.mn.us

Metronet

1619 Dayton Ave, Suite 314

St. Paul, MN 55116

651-646-0475