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(A) Web 2.0 plus

Online tools that encourage collaboration and are user centered.  This page may open a totally new door for your classroom and for a students ability to express themselves.

Web 2.0  Plus

(B)

A new concept in searching (Web Search - Images - Videos [Youtube] - Files - Blogs - Books - Local          Directory - News -  Weather) 

Search Engine

(C) Space Time Search:  Visual Search -- lets you see what you’re searching for. As you start typing, categories appear that relate to your query. Choose a category, and you’ll see pictures of web pages and newspapers that answer your search. You can review these pages quickly to find just the information you’re looking for.

We’re just getting started on our first step towards creating an entirely new way to search the Web. The quality of your results will vary as we make Search-me better and better.
Visual Search for the Visual Student

 

Space Time Search

(1) School Tube:

This site provides students and educators a safe, world class, and FREE media sharing website that is nationally endorsed by premier education associations 
May be viewed in the classroom

School Tube

(2) Watch-Know:

The Internet is full of useful information, but it's disorganized and often unreliable. The potential of the Internet for education is especially huge.
Imagine tapping into that potential.
Imagine collecting all the best free educational videos made for children, and making them findable and watchable on one website. Then imagine creating many, many more such videos.
Just think: hundreds of thousands of great short videos, and other media, explaining every topic taught in schools, in every major language on Earth.Finally, imagine them all deeply and usefully categorized according to subject, education level, and placed in the order in which topics are typically taught.WatchKnow--as in, "You watch, you know"--is trying to do this.

(Note and Directions: may only view this from home.  
1.  Find a
Categories you like.
2.  Click on the video your interested in.
3.  Just above the video is the description
     of the Video.
4.  Highlight and copy the description to
      the search section of YouTube.
5.  Once you have found the correct video and
     URL in Youtube copy it and then go to Convert
     Youtube listed below.

Watch-Know

(3)  Teachers Domain  You will discover many great videos presentations for all grade levels and all subject.  Truly a great find for all classrooms.

You will need a login and use a password but it is free to use.

Teachers Domain

(4) Teacher Tube:
Keep it safe and flag all Inappropriate Videos. Videos are uploaded for education.  
May be viewed in the classroom

Teacher Tube

(5) Teachers TV:

British Spin on Teachers Tube
May be viewed in the classroom

Many activates on this site for you to view.  Please take your time.

Teachers TV

Teachers Media (1)
School TV Teachers Media
Teachers TV Video Teacher Find
Pro Teachers Video  
This will replace ZAMZAR for downloading videos

This FREE software program will allow you to download the videos quickly and easily.  Once you have download the video you will find it located under MY DOCUMENTS - MY VIDEOS.  You will need to install the free version listed on the right.  You may now download much larger videos.  We have provided a video here if you need help. VIDEO

 Wondershare
for Windows

Wondershare
for Mac

This site displays videos from all over the world.  You only need to type in the area (Subject) you wish to locate for a video.  You are the filter when you use the convert website listed below.  It is imperative that you comprehend you are the filter.  Please view the entire video prior to converting.  This concept will make a substantial change in your teaching style.

Note You must use the convert website listed below to convert from home and brought to school)

(6) Science Hack:  OUTSTANDING VIDEOS
Is a vertical search engine for science videos. Search for science experiments, science projects, science movies and science news. Although this is an excellent site it may only be viewed from home.

(Note and Directions: may only view this from home.  
1.  Find a
Categories you like.
2.  Click on the video your interested in.
3.  Just above the video is the description
     of the Video.
4.  Highlight and copy the description to
      the search section of YouTube.
5.  Once you have found the correct video and
     URL in Youtube copy it and then go to Convert
     Youtube listed below.

Science Hack

(7) Podcasting:

You will discover on the right two files to download (Audacity & LameMP3)  allowing you to create your own Podcast.  The only extra  hardware you need is a microphone.   Depending on your own personal web page you may create your own audio messages.  If you are presently using Pow-Pak as your web page creator you may very easily create and up load your Podcast.  For Pow-Pak websites I have placed a video showing you how.

Lame MP3 Encoder

You will need to down load this file and install it.  Make sure you know where it is installed on your computer.  This encoder will allow you to save your sound as an MP3 instead of a Wav file. Or in other words an MP3 file is 1/5 the size of the same file in wav format. You will only have to link to this file once when asked then the computer will automatically adjust for you.

1.) Audacity

2.) LAME MP3

Website for you if view if you wish to better understand the encoder

Videos on how to Create a Podcast

Watch the videos above and you will not have any difficulty creating your own podcast. Students may download your lecture and play them on their IPOD for review.  Your class will then be 24/7. 

 

Some Reasons for Podcasting

1.  West Salem School
2. Learning in Hand
3.  James town Podcast
4.  FAQ about Podcasting
 
(8) Podcasting:
Cherise Goodrich  discovered something by accident and she wanted to share.  She found podcasts that you may download for free via iTunes about using the Smart Board.  There are 141 one of them so far and they come out weekly.   There are two teachers from Canada that run this site and do the podcasts.  If you go to the website you  see the Smart Board lessons and links they discuss on the podcasts.
 

Podcasting  for Smart Board

SKYPE:  Talk to anyone in the world with Skype! Skype is available in 28 languages and allows individuals to talk to each other over a simple Internet connection. With these great new add-ons you can record all your phone calls and sms conversations and also create a answering machine when you are away or busy!
 

 

(9) Ed.VoiceThread:
is a web-based communications network for K-12 students and educators. Simple, powerful and safe, Ed.VoiceThread is a place for creating and collaborating on digital stories and documentaries, practicing and documenting language skills, exploring geography and culture, solving math problems, or simply finding and honing student voices.

 

VoiceThread

(10) Twitter:

What is Twitter:  Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

You can start this account by clicking on the link on the right.  You may wish for your students to follow your every day move teaching and home life.

 

Twitter

(11) Write4net:
With Write4net you can publish full articles without needing a blog or site. There's no need to login. Just write your text and we'll publish it using your Twitter account. That's it. So easy. And free!
  Create your Twitter account first !

Write4net

(12) Convert:  You now may take the world and bring it into your classroom.  You are in complete control.  You are the filter of what your students are viewing.   This conversation will allow any and all YouTube videos to be converted and changed so that you may bring them into your classroom.  Click on the link to the right and it will take you to several videos that will show you how may do just that.

You will paste the URL of the video to a website and that website will convert your video for you and send it to you in an email you must provide.  Everything you need to know is illustrated for you in the videos.  Major change in your pedagogy

Convert

(13) Convert PDF to DOC

The program listed on the right will convert many different formats.  An example of a very useful one is you may upload a PDF format and have it converted to a doc file.

Zamzar

(14) Wikispaces: Wikis can be revolutionary tools for building communities in classrooms. Wikispaces is and attempt to build a wiki that's easy to use and easy to adopt for all kinds of audiences.  This  tool simple so that teachers may focus on building content, talking with other members (students), and growing your community (Classroom).

 

 

Wikispaces

Click here for Instructional
Videos

(15) Newspapers:  from every State and from every country around the world.  This site displays these daily newspaper front pages in their original, unedited form. Some front pages may contain material that is objectionable to some visitors. Viewer discretion is advised.  The newspapers may be listed alphabetically for you.

Bring the world to your class. 

 

Today's Front Pages

(16)  Visuwords: 

Online graphical dictionary that provides meanings and word relationships.

Educational Uses

  • Illustrates relationships of words Synonyms and homonym
  • Nous, verbs, adjectives, adverbs
  • Great for English language learners
  • Serves as a dictionary and thesaurus.
  • Visuword combines a web 2.0 type visualization tool with Princeton University’s open source Word Net database to create an interactive click and drag type tool that is free for everyone to use.

Visuwords

(17) Space Time Search:  Visual Search -- lets you see what you’re searching for. As you start typing, categories appear that relate to your query. Choose a category, and you’ll see pictures of web pages and newspapers that answer your search. You can review these pages quickly to find just the information you’re looking for.

We’re just getting started on our first step towards creating an entirely new way to search the Web. The quality of your results will vary as we make Search-me better and better.
Visual Search for the Visual Student

Space Time Search

(18)     

Welcome to the Visual Dictionary
Online, the dictionary with a new
point of view.

 

Visual Dictionary

(19) National Archives

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever

National Archives

(20)  Glogster

A New World of Educational Innovation Awaits You.  Glogster EDU is your original educational resource for innovative and interactive learning. Glogster EDU was conceived to imaginatively, productively, and collaboratively respond to the dynamic educational landscape and exceed the needs of today’s educators and learners.

 

 

GLOGSTER

(21) Tagexdo
Welcome to Tagxedo, tag cloud with styles

Tagexdo turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning tag cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text.

 

Tagexdo

(22)UJAM is a cloud-based platform that empowers everybody to easily create new music or enhance their existing musical talent and share it with friends.  Works with firefox and Explore 8.0

UJAM

(23) Pollmo
is the world's simplest polling application. Find out what you want to know today! No account or sign up required - Create a new poll in just three easy steps.

Pollmo

(24) Google Apps
You will discover examples and links to various forms and methods of using Google.  This is a PDF file

Google Apps for Teachers

 

(25)  This free software will allow you to collaborate with other people on line.  You may also upgrade.

 Glasscubes

What is WEB 2.0?      

Web 2.0 is a term that has been generating quite a bit of talk in the last few years. It’s been used in so many ways that many people, when asked, cannot give a clear definition of what it is exactly.  It has been applied to nearly everything "new"  related to the web, which has led to many misconceptions about what the term refers to. The first documented use of the word dates back to 2004. The simplest definition can be traced back to this origin: the web as a platform. That is rather vague, however, so we will attempt to clarify this using some specific examples that we will have in place above as we update this site. 

In our humble opinion, Web 2.0 represents a change in attitude towards how the internet is used, and is not necessarily a change in technology. It is basically a "remixing" of older technologies into new applications.  

Teachers must learn the basics of integrating technology in the classroom prior to using a Web 2.0 attitude.   Although this is a new approach to learning and teaching at the same time it is necessary to use the fundamentals within your new pedagogy scope of teaching.  We will keep this page on the cutting edge.  I must say that since technology and the world must be viewed in exponential terms all teachers must get on board quickly or be left behind.  The revolution has just begun and it is already placing educators who are teaching obsolete excellence using antiquated teaching methods far behind.  This applies to all subjects and all grades.
Our job in computer services is to assist you any way we can to bring you up to the cutting edge.   Today on this date "Jan 15 2009"  I will go out on a limb and say it will not be an easy task but, it should only take a few days consisting of sitting in your classroom to show you how to change your pedagogy.  I must say as a disclaimer  the turning of each month on the calendar will make this a much harder job and take a lot longer to do. 

So do not procrastinate get on board and email me any and all teachers, (dan.hoffman@weschools.org) so I may help you get on the cutting edge.  This will make teaching exciting for you and learning alot more fun for your students. Time is of the essence!!!

Primary items needed in a Technology Rich Classroom and School

1.  Computer connected to the Internet
2.  LCD projector (allowing teachers to share with their students a teachable moment!  You will find that this will permit you to teach and cover your lessons faster and let more students understand what you are showing them.
3.  A computer lab in the school permits teachers to become facilitators and students may learn at the speed of thought! 
At present we are presently working on a revolutionary concept that will allow a teacher to become a facilitator in a classroom of only one computer.
4.  Since the Internet is both visual and audio, speakers are necessary to allow  students to obtain the full impact of what they are learning.
 

List of  some Web 2.0 resources:

 

http://schooltube  Videos for educational use

http://video.google.com/ ‐ another video site, with commercial and free videos available, as well as the ability to add your own videos.

http://del.icio.us/ ‐ tag based bookmarks

http://blogger.com/ ‐ an easy way to start a blog

http://technorati.com/ ‐ a blog aggregator where users tag blogs and makes it easy to find blogs related to the topics you are looking for.

http://wikipedia.com/ ‐ the wiki encyclopedia. If you want to know something about anything, check here first.

http://43things.com/ ‐ a simple social networking site which looks at the goals and wishes people have.