Inschool+Support+PD

=In-school Instructional Support Teacher PD= September 25, 2007 toc

Agenda

 * [[image:HPIM0174.jpg align="left" caption="Reg Block from Jack Kemp in Lloydminster"]]

Introductions** & **General Information**

to discuss current issues in instructional technology to develop a common framework of understanding to develop capacity as an instructional technology leader to become aware of new communication tools to use a communication tool for future networking
 * Objectives**:

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//Photo by LinBow. Uploaded under a [|Creative Common License] from [|Search by Creative Commons]//

[|Alan November] Alan November - podcast Alan November Discussion/coffee -- wiki pages
 * Objective: What stood out for you in Alan November’s presentation?
 * Reflective; How does the information given connect with your own experiences?
 * Interpretive: What needs do you see resulting?
 * Decisional: What has to happen to address these needs with respect to the public you serve? What is your own role?

Form yourselves into six groups (about five/group) and using the laptops provided respond to the following questions. Ask one individual to be the scribe and to synthesize and record the groups responses. Group: One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six
 * Task:**

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 * Flow into Web 2.0**
 * //Life is Like a Box of Chocolates// PowerPoint Presentation (10:30 - 11:30)
 * Time to sign-up, play and experiment with the tools



View Videos: **The Web is Us/ing Us**

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 * Telling the New Story: Kathy Cassidy**


 * What is Web 2.0?**
 * discussion


 * Final Discussion - groups - respond to at least one of the questions. Record your discussion on the wiki.**


 * 1) What is our responsibility as teachers to change about the way that we teach given our new understanding of 21st century learners and web 2.0 tools?
 * 2) What do our students need to learn in order to thrive and survive in the 21st century world?
 * 3) How can we prepare teachers to teach for an unknown future rather than a known past?
 * 4) What happens to time-worn concepts of classrooms and teaching when we can now go online and learn anything, anywhere, anytime?

Group: One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six


 * Debriefing and Segue into November 6**

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 * Feedback**

Blogs
[|Blogger] - [| Edugblogs] - [|Early Literacy] [| WordPress] - [|Classroom Tech Tips;][|Albert E. Peacock Collegiate;][|Educational Discourse] (Thoughts from a Saskatchewan Principal) [| Classblogmeister] - [|I am David] ( A journal writing project); [|Mrs. Sparrow's Grade One Blog;] [|Mr. E's World]

**Wikis**
[|Wikispaces.com] - Meet the Stars (A professional development opportunity for teacher-librarians) [|pbwiki] - [|Arts Education Professional Development]

RSS Readers
[|Bloglines] [|- Donna's Bloglines Account] Google Reader -

[|Protopage] [|Donna;] Reg [|PageFlakes]- Jim Ellis; Amy Williams [|iGoogle]
 * Start Pages**

Productivity Applications
[|Google Docs] (Documents, Spreadsheets and Presentations) [|Google Notebook] - Clip and collect information as you browse the web [|Gmail] [|Spresent]- New Teacher Presentation [| SlideShare] - online storage for sharing Slide presentations - [|The Times They Are A'changin] (Principals' Short Course '07)

**Social Bookmarking**
[|Delicious]- [|Donna's Bookmarks]

Image Generators
[|ImageChef] [|Image Generator] [|Generator Blog] [|Cartoon Machine]

Photosharing
[|Flickr]- [|Donna's photos] Sherron Burn's visual Story, [|Incoming Call] [|Vocabulary Words] [|A Flickr Math Project] [|fd's Flickr Toys]

Digital Storytelling: Slide Shows
[|RockYou] - [|Mrs. Sparrow's Blog] [|Animoto] - music videos from your photos - [|Donna's flowers] [| BubbleShare] [| Pictobrowser] - slideshow from your flickr pictures - again... my [|flower photos] [| Slide] - very easy - very slick looking - [|a family trip]

Digital Storytelling: Multi-Media
[|VoiceThread] - [|Comic Life Project at Lawrence School] [|Splashcast] - A Visit to [|Solar Gardens] [|Photoblog] - A Trip To [|Solar Gardens]; [|Ruddell Canada Day Parade] [|Toufee] - online flash movie maker - see the [|examples]

**Mindmapping Tools**
[|Bubble.us] [|Thinkature] [|Xtimeline] [|Create a Graph]

Video Tools
[|YouTube] [|TeacherTube] [| Flixn] [|Zamzar] - an online conversion tool [|Media Convert] - another online conversion tool: seems to convert some files that Zamzar doesn't (Terry K)

Survey/quiz tools
[|SurveyMonkey] [|Viewlet Poll] [|Stellar Survey] [|Survey Scholar] [|Zoomerang] [|Zoho Polls] [|Response-o-matic] (for websites)

Back Chatter
[|Twitter] - [|Donna's Tweets] [|Meebo]

Audio Tools
[|YackPack] (walkie talkie widget)[| - Kathy Cassidy's Blog with YackPack] [|Evoca] - perfect for sound bites! [|Voki -] see my voki at the bottom of this page [|Skype] - (application not web-based) [|Splice] - make music with the world's most advanced online sequencer

Web Pages
[|Google Page Creator] - [|Bready School Library]; [|Le Lycée North Battleford Comprehensive] [|Piczo]

Podcasting
Once you have created a podcast in [|Audacity] or [|Garageband] you need to upload your audio file to a web storage site. From there you can embed the code on your web page, blog or wiki. [|Odeo]

Social Networks
[|MySpace] [|Facebook] [| Ning:] [|Classroom 2.0;] [|Digital Internship Project]

Learning Systems
[|WizIQ] - An Elluminate-like program for online teaching - a virtual classroom read one user's [|review] of the system

**Content Management Systems**
[|Drupal] - [|NBCHS], [|Bready,] [|Connaught] [|Joomla] - [|McKitrick]

[| Second Life]

Global Project Examples
Flat classroom Horizon Project [|International Teen Life] [|Teen Tek]