Virtual Tour: 9/1
Last class we took virtual tours of the different places around Fredonia that we could locate books:
*Dunkirk Free Library- quiet place to do work, good selection of young adults.
This is the place I went to. Liz, Brittany and I went and discovered the young adult section, as well as got a library card which could be used at any Chataqua Country Library. We got the information we needed, such as location, where the young adult books are, computer rules, what you need to sign up for a library card and sent them to Hannah and John for power point.
Out of all the places we took a virtual tour of, I'd love to to go The Thrifty Reader. They have cheap books and weird hours so check before I leave.
To Do Writing Territories: 9/1
*go to google
*sign in to your account
*go to google docs
*create a new document
*start with what you have written (letters, poems, etc.)
*what you want to write in the future
*content of what i've written about (beach, love, etc.)
*content of what i have yet to write about
*what am i curious about?
*what do i never ever want to write about?
*save
*you can share if you'd like --> click on box next to document --> click share --> select e-mail you'd like to send it to --> choose if you would allow the person to edit your document or not
Nicenet.org: 9/13
Our class discussion for Troy Hicks and Kajder!
-you can make a new topic and post links
-useful source even when we become teachers!!!
To get comments from google blog sent to e-mail: 9/13
*settings
*comments
*comment notification e-mail
Jigsaw Groups: 9/22
needs 3 components:
*tell what the tool is
*show, tell, and coach how to use it
*explain how it could be used (or what it might be good for in the ELA classroom)
Smilebox: 9/27
What is it?
It is animated scrapbooking, greeting cards, slideshows and collages.
How does it work?
-choose from a format or occasion
-from there, there are plenty of different options you can choose in order to personlize your design even more
-once you have your design picked out you can choose how many photos you want to include
-download your pictures from your computer
-drag each picture to where you want tit to be placed
-sometimes quotes come with it, but you can always remove them
-you can pay money and upgrade so your creation has music
-preview it
-with the free tiral you cannot print out or save your works to your computer but you can e-mail them
Ideas for classroom:
-fieldtrip scrapbooks
-open house collages
-end of yera scrapbook
-book talk
-birthday cards for students
-DVD for end of the year for students to take home
*Teachers get a free annual subscription. All you need to do is prove that you're a certified teacher by providing your teacher email, school district, website, and phone number along with your position at the school and what grade level you teach.
Wordle: 9/27
worlde.net
-use before reading a book/poem
-shows themes and authors diction
-check for words too commonly used in an essay
-introduce a concept
-get to know you exercise
-classroom rules/expectations
-self-reflection for students
-you can't really save it (control print then paste it into a document)
Wiki: 9/29
-a free shared space
-discussions- any member can post, but can choose to allow for others to edit their work
-can upload files
-teacher can see when someone logge don and what has been edited
-"interactive" homework space
-may help encourage homework if they prefer typing to writing
-parents can join
-notifications can be sent to email
-collaborative essays/joint research
-helps wit hrevision process because they can go back to original works
Twitter: 10/4
-like FB, it has new feed
-a tweet is like your status, people can respond
-good for following authors and celebs
-authors spill some sentences for upcoming books
-students could follow an author of their choice
-tweet thesis of paper in 140 or fewer characters
-talk about their book very quickly
-haiku or short poetry
-poetry chains
-helps get over writers block
Podcasting: 10/4
-1. record 2. save as MP3 file 3. Upload MP3 to a podcast host suchs as podbean.com (very little space)
-notihng to do with Ipod
-personal on demand broadcast
-to put on Itunes
*support
*submit podcast
*How to submit a podcast
*submit a podcast
*type in the URL
-could record a class
-pretty much have to pay for anything longer than 20 secs
Meebo: 10/6
-social networking site that puts many different networking sites together in one
-chat rooms: send friends URL and password -safe because you need the password
-can add people from AIM and Facebook and they all show up on one buddy list
-the media factor doesn't really work. if it did, then everyone you invite could see the pictures -you can select an option in which only the creator can add media
-Why use it?
*easy to connect with students
*post links during discussion
*instant messaging interaction
*video/audio chat
Photo Voice: 10/6
-photovoice.org
-collections of pictures submitted by people in marginalized areas (all over the world)
-non profitable
-not something you could submit to, more like an applicaiton
-pictures from HIV positive, blind, mentally disabled people, etc.
-if you're reading a novel and if it has to deal with any of the galleries on there you can open them up for the students to show them themes in the book
-some have captions telling of the persons life and why they took that picture
-helps to incorporate arts into the classroom
-have students go on and find a picture that relates to the themes in the novels or emotions the characters feel/ or they feel in reading the book
-how do we capture emotions in other ways than writing?
Tagxedo: 10/11
-like wordle but you can pick your own picture
-book talk (see the themes)
-book report to see what words you use a lot
-there is a save and print option
ScribeFire: 10/11
-you can access your blog and update it from anywhere
-downfall is it deletes everytime you turn on and off the computer
-can type new posts
-find things on the internet to add on
-can access your old posts and edit them
-you can do this at any time while on the internet as long as you have the interface open
-instead of copying a link exactly you can write what you want and create the link to that. Highlight the text that you want to show up for the link just click on the chain link type thing copy and paste the url and thats it
Zotero: 10/11
-helps with citations
-can enter ISBN to get information just click pen with plus symbol
-can enter as many as you need, just click one then hit control and choose the other ones
-in order to create bibliography just right click and choose that selection
Voicethread: 10/13
-a site where you can upload pictures and videos
-any person can change it- write a comment or doodle on it
-slideshows- you can invite your friends with their e-mail
-gives tutorials on how to use it
-can use it for a book talk
-teachers can get feedback on thier work from students
-can link it to FB with "my stuff"
-can voice record or type
-with voice record you can call in with your phone if you don't have a mic
-gives examples right on the website on how to use it in the classroom
Animoto: 10/18
-the "end of slideshows"
-you can upload pictures and videos
-can put music in it
-more creative presentations, not for note taking
-can change the speeds on slides
-can choose the way in which you show your slides
-can put text
- not like regular slide shows, more like a youtube video. you can't stop and click
-you can e-mail it to friends, it's a link to your file
-what will you do on your first day of school. can run it in the background to show the thematic units that you wish to plan during the year
-book reports have been presented as this
-not so much for the teacher but for the student to get creative
Digital Story: 10/18
-recite personal tales, book report, book talks
-not much text, more of a mixture between video and audio
-microsoft photo story 3, adobe, fireworks, media player, itunes, quicktime player, adobe flash player
-most schools don't allow you to download these types of things
-microsoft photo story 3 free but you need a code
-once you upload pictures you can change them (crop, color, borders)
-add text
-can add your own voice
-organize ideas in images, audio, and small text
Survey Monkey: 10/27
-create surveys for free
-only 10 questions
-only 100 responses
-get customer support 24/7
-basically a blank format that you can make your own by picking out of the formats
-surveys stay in surveymonkey.com
-can post it to facebook or other places though by copying and pasting the link into your post
-can create a printable data sheet
-can create deadlines
-can make it so people can only take it once
-use it for attendance, course evaluations
Doodle 11/1
-scheduling website
-great for meetings with groups for a presentation
-doodle.com
-make a title for the even, a description
-don't need to add your e-mail (if you do you just get updates on when people add to the schedule
-pick the dates and times
-send your invitations
-you can hide the results so only you can see, you can make it so only you can comment or edit
-after everyone submits you can see the times that you can all meet together
Adding sound to Powerpoint 11/8
*prepare you slides
-set up the right amount of textual information
-include visuals to help carry your message
*prepare your sound files (they must be stored on the same device as your presentaiton)
-download if you use a digital recorder
-record directly if your computer allows you to do so
-insert --> sound and music --> from file or record sound (goes right into the slide)
www.mfwp101.com/freemusic.htm
Diigo: 11/15
Annotate, Archive, Organize
-have students create their own anthology of literature
-for teachers it is free
-why? collaborative research and writing
-invite others, various groups, public, private
-how?post and organize and comment on photos
-students can collaborative research and collect data and comment on any data collected
-create their own textbook
-can post to blogs
-upload photos, save URLS, save into to a "read later" location
-toolbar- highlight, sticky notes etc.
Poetry: 11/17
-poetryarchive.org
-you can make an account
-once you do you can make a list of poems you want to come back to
-for teachers tab
-so visual that we don't take the time to sit and listen
this archive has readings of the poems by the authors right on the site
-it may help change how your students view the poem, just by
listening to it
-Poetry 180 program
- a poem a day for american high schools
-read a poem a day aloud each day they are in school
-a good way to show that poetry is not scary
Flickr: 11/17
-upload photos
-can share with others and comment
-can sign in with google account
-search others photos
-can add photos as favorites or share it with someone
-can look at pictures form different places around the world
-can put your pictures on a map
-can make callendars or collages
-free
-find pictures that represent a charater in a book and then have students share them with each other and comment on what they think about it.
Classic School Texts 11/17
-she used smugmug.com (14 day free trial)
-Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
-the presentation is on nicenet
http://animoto.com/play/o5zB7rBs47zhNm1I6Bc0Yg
Technology and Story Telling 11/29
-Oral Tradition-stories that are passed down through generations and are recited orraly
-Advantages- becomes a performer, use voice inflections and highlight important parts
-what does it teach our students? -proper grammar use, exposition, sequence of events, development of a story or its characters, how to give a speech, organization
-class activity: have student write out rough draft of story, practice reciting the story to a peer and add corrections and emphasis markings, record story, listen to story as a class, have another student recite original story in their own way!
Metafiction! 11/29
-self-conscious
-introspecitve
-auto-representaitonal
-typically found in postmodern literature
-Hamlet and A Midsummer Nights Dream are two examples
-How to identify
-intertextual references
-inclusion of aspects of literary theory/criticism
-author commenting on his own writing
-directly addressing the reader
-reality as "a highly suspect concept"
Found Poems: 12/1
How to make one:
1. start with passage of prose
2. Select words directly from the text
3. Arrange
YOU CANNOT ADD YOUR OWN WORDS!
Use it:
Intro to writing poetry, component in reader's theater, into to a book talk, exercise to help with close reading, intro to a discussion about the power of words, transition from studying novels to studying poetry
***I did my own found poem in google docs
Publishing Students Work: 12/1
-important to legitimize students work
-gives students encouragement
-gives students a goal for their writing
-allows for students to engage in other students writing
-amphi.com
-teachervision
-publishingstudents.com
-writersnews.co.uk
-zuzu
-writesource- ideas for different grades for creative writing prompts
-teenlit.com
-teachertap
-teachervision
Skype: 12/1
-you can have skype without video
-skype to skype for free (like a phone call over the computer)
-landlines and mobile cost $
-you can sent files and share your screen while on video call
-can have group sessions
-easy way for students to get into contact with each other for outside projects
Scribblar: 12/8
free-collaborative site
multiple pages
draw, doodle and write
just need a link
outlines, flow charts, web diagrams
fun!
teacher collaboration
anyone who is invited can change the page
only downside is that it can be distracting
great for very visual students
Cleaning up our Facebooks. 12/8
what is acceptable? what isn't? these are things we need to think about
Mashable: 12-8
many different stories on many different issues
guidebooks help to teach to use facebook or twitter
Thinkquest.com 12-8
The Marshall....online literature circle
Science Fiction and Science Fantacy 12/8
Fantacy the impossible madepossible. Fiction is the improbably made possible
E-Books: 12/8
-alternate way to view literature
-available to read on various devices
-convienent to have entire library in one place
-free- project gutenberg and manybooks.net
-introduce alternate ways to view literature
-incorporate low-key technology into classroom
Audio Books
-take out at library, purchase at book stores, download online
-openculture
-adds variety
