Thing #11 Digital Citizenship

My Glog on Digital Citizenship.

I'm not sure why but when I tried to import an image the glog kept locking up. I really had some cute graphics...so after re-doing this several times...here it is. I plan to edit it.




Well now I can't get the glog to import SMALL for the blog...Here is the LINK

Thing #10 Virtual Worlds

I guess I'm just too "realistic" to "get into" Second Life. I recently attended a childrens' conference and the "guest speaker" was "all about this"...I found it so confusing & as I said previously not very realistic.

I "looked into" and read the links but found the it all so complicated. Maybe if someone was willing to "hands on" show me it would be easier to grasp. I work with students who struggle with the simple tasks and not sure they could "grasp" all of the things involved. Our staff is just trying to use some technology (i-movie, brochures, pictures,etc.) to "draw in" & retain ALL the learning possible.

I just can't take the time right now to "investigate" this.

I would certainly use the teen Second Life for safety reasons.

Thing #9 Slideshare

I tried to put this video into the slideshare and couldn't get it to work. So I embeded it. I'm going to try again. Usually something new like this doesn't come easy. I did want to share this video...



OK I haven't been very successful with slideshare.
I tried to download a PPt and got this message
time after time.

Then I got this message.

FINALLY--Slideshare "here we go".

Doing Dewey: Getting Started

View more presentations from William Breitsprecher.

OK To answer the question.....

I can see where this would be so helpful for students.
Goodness you can share PPts, pictures, videos, etc.
IF you can get it to work.

Thing #8 Screencast

This is the glog which I created for my PBWorks wiki. I used Jing....I had to re-create several times to get the "jest" of the whole thing-"capturing, saving, etc"...also, clicked on x-large to fill up the space AND it looks great on the edit page but when I saved it to the blog not all of it showed up...Maybe "large" for a blog???
Each icon on the glog is a link but of course a jing doesn't capture this. AH HA!! When I clicked on one of the icons the jing opened up to the whole glog....Interesting.

so a Jing captured screen could used in a presentation....I use "capture a screen shot" with my Apple all the time.  (shift-Alt-4) and then scroll down the picture..It saves on the desktop.

Thing #7 Video Resources

Hulu video- Our 6th grade study reference skills and the rainforest in their research classes. I could use this video to talk about "deforestation" and what one country is doing about it.

"Earth Day: A Win for Biodiversity -
Costa Rica Reforests Cleared Land"

A video from PBS on George Washington- Our 8th grade studies American History.

Watch the full episode. See more History Detectives.

Video on "How to Use Visual Thesaurus"

Thing #6 --iTouch Apps

1. Download some educational apps to an iTouch - My daughter helped me with this....hmmm just time to play with the apps.

How to download apps on an iphone or ipod touch.

Link for Apps

2. Create a list of ways to use the iTouch in the Library by multiple students (that is different than an iTouch being assigned to students).
# dictionary skills app, Internet access through Safari
#i phone Kindle
#word games


 
How about this article- "36% use Wikepedia" ?  April 27, 2007. I couldn't find the article on 54%

Thing #5-Microblogging

1) Facebook-
I work in a private school in the Dallas area. Our students don't have access to Facebook at school. I have a personal account and have invited friends to my site. After reading several articles about privacy, I went back and "took off" a lot of my information. My daughter says I don't "communicate" enough on my facebook. Of course I think she puts too many details about her personal life on it.

I appreciate the information about "groups" and how to become a member. I guess I haven't explored these sites much as I stay busy just trying to "keep up" with my e-mail accounts.

2) Twitter.-
I created a twitter account for our area librarians, but found it frustrating when I was limited on the words in each posting. Twitter could be used for assignments but there again we have software already in place. As a librarian, I could use Twitter for students to comment on various books.

3) "back-channeling"-Wow what a concept...I thought people were just taking notes from the speaker....Of course I haven't been around many people doing this on their computers.

I liked --6. You don’t have to be physically present to participate.  "Not only can you watch a live videostream of the presentation, but you can also tweet or chat with the physically-present participants." -a webinar!!
I REALLY like webinars. It is such a wonderful way to receive training without having to travel!