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PBL HISD

glovely — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:44:13 CDT

The project based learning website: http://lovelyresources.googlepages.com/pbl

This is a collection of tools and resources for finding and sharing resources for teaching and learning.

Livescribe (the cool recording pen gizmo): www.livescribe.com
I need information on the Arab-Israeli Conflict.

Wiki Sites: Wetpaint, PB wiki, and Wikispaces

Easy Web creation tools:
http://www.yola.com
http://www.weebly.com

Media Converters
http://zamzar.com/
http://mediaconverter.org

Other Tools:
http://museumbox.e2bn.org

http://glogster.com/edu

Powerpoint Magic

glovely — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:34:22 CDT

Some Simple "How To Do It" Reminders...

To add a picture:

1. Select "Insert" from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
2. Choose "picture" from the choices.
3. Select "from file" if you have the picture saved somewhere.
4. Find the file and add the picture.

To add clipart:

Select "Insert" from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Choose "clipart" from the choices.
Use the dialog "window" on the right side of your screen to type in what clip art you want (like "frog" to find clipart of a frog).
Choose a clipart image and insert it by double clicking on it.

To resize an image:

Use the CORNER handles on the image and drag it larger or smaller (using the corner handles keeps the image from getting distorted.
Instead you can use the picture format toolbar to size the image by a certain percentage.

To use this toolbar make sure it is visible (on the menubar at the top of the screen select "View" then "toolbars" and make certain there is a check in front of the "picture toolbar".
Then you can select the image and use the SIZE tab in the picture toolbar to adjust the image.

To add a link:

Select the item (image or word(s)) to be made into a link.
Click on "Insert" on the menubar at the top of the screen.
Choose "Hyperlink".
If you are linking to the Internet, type in (or paste) the address to which you will be linking. Remember, to test your link you need to be in mode...

To make words appear one letter at a time:

Type the word or words you wish to have appear one letter at a time
Select the word or words and then using the menu bar at the top, select "Slide Show"
Choose "Custom Animation"
Then you will add an "effect" - in this case it is an "Entrance" effect
Choose "Appear"
NOW edit this effect by clicking on it in the panel on the right, a small down arrow will appear.
Click on this arrow, choose "Effect Options".
On the "effect" tab select "Animate Text" and choose "by letter"
Set the delay between letters.
Click OK.
Remember, to see it work, you need to look at it in "Slideshow mode".

To have simple animation:

Choose the image you wish to animate.
Use the menu bar at the top, select "Slide Show"
Choose "Custom Animation"
Next, "add effect"
Now, choose "Motion Paths".
You will see some paths are already made for you, or you can draw your own path.
To draw your own path, choose "Draw Custom Paths".
I usually use either freeform or scribble for my path.
Draw the path for your object.
Choose the speed and have fun!
Remember, to see your action you need to be in slide show mode.

To add your voice (or a student's voice):

Plug in a microphone.
Using the Menu bar at the top, select "Insert"
Choose "Movies and Sounds".
Then choose "record sound".

To add a music file:

On the slide you want the sound or music:
Click on "Insert"
Choose "movies and Sounds"
Choose "from file"
Use the Effect tab to set when the music starts and stops.

There's more... I will add it later!

Patterns

glovely — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:39:00 CST

Pattern Creatures

Patterns in my Bedroom

Patterns of Sounds

Home

glovely — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:16:12 CST

Welcome to the Wiki for Gail Lovely's Conference Session entitled

"Web 2.0 meets Grade 2.0: Harness the Power of Web 2.0"

http://glovely.wetpaint.com/

Challenges

Balance of freedom and safety
Control content and comments
Low cost or free - move to fees or advertising

Tools

Sharing Images
Sharing ideas
Working together
Creating Resources, Tools and Media

Wikis

student examples

http://middlej.pbwiki.com/Minibeasts
http://kcountingbook.wetpaint.com/page/Home?t=anon
http://primarymath.wetpaint.com/?t=anon
https://monsterproject.wikispaces.com/Mrs.+Valentine%27s+2nd

Collections

http://1000names.wikispaces.com/
http://kcountingbook.wetpaint.com/page/Home?t=anon
http://100thday.wetpaint.com/page/The+Counting+Book?t=anon

Content - like a "wikipedia"

Science: http://room2-wiki6.wikispaces.com/
Language Arts: Choose Your Path Story: http://terrythetennisball.wikispaces.com/
Language Arts: Collaborative Stories: http://room4-wiki.wikispaces.com/
Social Studies: Responsibilities: http://responsibilities.wikispaces.com/

Blogs

Tools

Blogger: www.blogger.com

Remove the Next Blog Bar: http://lowendmac.com/lab/06/0328.html
Take the blog navbar off!!

Blogmeister: http://classblogmeister.com/index.php

Examples:

Kathy Cassidy: http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337

http://www.moturoa.blogspot.com/
Lots of Content and links: http://www.bayareawritingproject.org/bawp41/
Students and Teacher Interaction: http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=41233
Fourth Grade in NYC: http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger/
Student book on blogging (older now, but still good): http://www2.gsu.edu/~coeapd/abc/index.html
THE Classroom blogger, CoolCat: http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/

Other Tools

Graphic Organizers

Bubbl.us www.Bubbl.us
Classtools http://www.classtools.net/
Webspiration http://www.mywebspiration.com/

Office-like Tools

Google Docs http://docs.google.com/
Zoho www.zoho.com

Unusual Tools for Sharing

TinyUrl http://tinyurl.com/
Moo URL http://www.moourl.com/

Tiny Paste http://tinypaste.com

example: http://tinypaste.com/c52a1

Lulu - Publishing tool http://www.lulu.com

example: http://moourl.com/lulubooks

Group Cards (Teacher First) http://www.groupcard.com/

Custom Home Pages

Social Networks

MySpace and Facebook are NOT for this age group. Interactive "communities" such as ClubPenguin (http://www.clubpenguin.com/) may be safe, but the educational value is limited.

Ning: http://ning.com (usually private at the elementary level)

Media Tools

VoiceThread www.voicethread.com

http://www.voicethread.com

Kerpoof

Cartoon and Dialog - (no spoken speech)
http://www.kerpoof.com

Skype www.skype.com

Flickr www.Flickr.com

Fun with Flickr (in some cases for teachers to use FOR students)

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/
http://metaatem.net/words
http://taggalaxy.de/

Picasa http://picasa.google.com/

BubbleShare http://www.bubbleshare.com/

SlideShare http://www.slideshare.net

Podcasting

itunes is an obvious source: http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Great source of educational podcasts http://www.edtechtalk.com/
Gcast - make podcasts from your phone: http://www.gcast.com

Resources for Teachers

The CommonCraft Show (videos explaining much of this)
http://www.youtube.com/user/leelefever

Managing a Class Blog
http://alupton.edublogs.org/class-blogs-management-moderation-and-protection/

One Teacher's Story
http://k12online.wm.edu/its_elementary/player.html

Classroom 2.0 (a ning for teachers)
http://classroom20.ning.com/

A HUGE Collection of Web2.0 "stuff" (not all student-appropriate)
http://www.go2web20.net/

Weblogg-ed - a great source of material to think about
http://weblogg-ed.com/

And 50 Ways to Write a Story (more TOOLS)
http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools

Top Ten Web 2.0 Tools

glovely — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:09:11 CDT

Number Ten - Blogs and Blogging Tools

Tools:
Blogger: www.blogger.com
Blogmeister: http://classblogmeister.com/index.php
Examples:
http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/
http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/
http://weblogg-ed.com/
http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337
http://www.technorati.com/

Number Nine - Wikis and Wiki tools

http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english

Tools
wetpaint, pbwiki and wikispaces
Examples: http://glovely.wetpaint.com

Number Eight - Podcasts and podcasting tools

Tools

gcast http://www.gcast.com/
garageband http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/
audacity (free software for audio editing) http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Examples
http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php
itunes http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcasts.html

Number Seven - Rubistar

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php

Number Six - Ning

Examples: http://www.classroom20.com/
http://www.classroom20.com/
http://pearlsplp.ning.com/
http://techcamp.ning.com/

Number Five - Flickr

http://www.flickr.com

Number Four - YouTube

http://www.youtube.com

Tools to download from YouTube
http://www.zamzar.com
http://mediaconverter.org

Number Three - VoiceThread

http://voicethread.com/

Number Two - Twitter

http://twitter.com

Number One - Google Tools

Google Earth
Google Lit Trips
Google Maps
Google Docs
Google Pages

Honorable Mentions

Please add YOUR favorite Web 2.0 tools for education here:

http://del.icio.us/
http://bubbl.us
http://picnik.com
http://Gcast.com

web wonders

glovely — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:24:50 CDT

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Multimedia Tools

glovely — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:22:19 CDT

Online Office-like tools

Zoho

http://www.zoho.com

Googledocs

http://docs.google.com

NEW!

Acrobat.com (includes Buzzword and pdf maker)

https://acrobat.com

VoiceThread

Images with Voice overs

http://www.voicethread.com

Voicethread Example:

Bubbleshare

http://www.bubbleshare.com

Bubbleshare example:

Images with Pan and Zoom

Voice and music

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

Example: http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/gettysburg.htm

Animoto
http://www.animoto.com

Use this SPECIAL code to register for education account: http://animoto.com/sign_up?promo=EDU08

Animoto Example:

Cartoon and Dialog - (no spoken speech)

http://www.kerpoof.com

This is a simple site which can create simple "movies", still images, etc.

Smilebox

Image Sharing - Cards and More

http://www.smilebox.com

Mixbook
http://www.mixbook.com

(text and images - no sound)

Example:

LitK5

glovely — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:43:19 CDT

Digital Literacy for K - 5

This wiki has been developed to support my ISTE Webinar from May 20, 2008.

You may leave questions or comments on this wiki - there is a thread for discussion below... or email me: gail@GailLovely.com

Thank you for learning with me!

The slides from the Webinar are here:

Links

For "By the Great Horn Spoon!"

Historical Background

http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/index.html
http://www.calgoldrush.com/
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbhome.html
http://www.library.ca.gov/goldrush/sec02.html

http://californialegacy.org/podcast/podcast.xml

Simulation

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/sfeature/game.html

Author Background

http://www.hornspoon.info/sid_write.htm
http://www.sidfleischman.com/biography.html

Skills Practice (bingo card example)

http://www.educationalpress.org
http://print-bingo.com/print-bingo-cards.php

Motivation - food!

http://tiredtwang.blogspot.com/2007/11/november-book-club.html

http://www.calgoldrush.com/

Google LitTrip

http://www.googlelittrips.org/

Resources for Areas of Literacy

Phonemic Awareness

http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html

Phonics

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/picturematch/

http://www.soundpuzzle.com/index.html

Fluency

http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/index.html

http://www.lightupyourbrain.com/stories.html

http://www.bookhive.org/

http://www.storylineonline.net/

Vocabulary Development

http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/

Comprehension (graphic organizers)

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learnin g/lr1grorg.htm

http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/

www.bubbl.us

http://www.mind42.com/mindmaps

Things to Read

http://kids.mysterynet.com/

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

http://www.epals.com

http://www.spaghettibookclub.com/

http://www.technospudprojects.com

http://barwellroades.wcpss.net/toothtally/08tooth.html

Skills Practice

http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html

http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html

http://www.classtools.net/

http://www.readwritethink.org/

Creative Tools

http://www.voicethread.com

http://www.kerpoof.com/

http://www.pikikids.com/

Communication Tools

http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337&l=1143592742

http://middlej.pbwiki.com/Minibeasts

http://terrythetennisball.wikispaces.com/home

http://comsewogue.k12.ny.us/~csinger/projects/braveirene/bravememories.htm

http://www.yackpack.net/yackpack/index.jsp

Non-Internet Tools

Word Processing Tools

Presentation Tools

Video Cameras

Digital Still Cameras

Keyboarding Resources (For learners less than 12 years old)

Please remember that the emphasis is on technique not on speed when first learning to type. We want students to be efficient typists and this means we need to encourage using two hands from the very first. Try placing a ribbon or yarn on each keyboard to "divide" the two hands' territories. Hunting and pecking with TWO fingers (one on each hand) is FAR better than using only one finger. Teach students to press spacebar with thumbs at an early age as well. The use of CAPS LOCK for upper case letters should be avoided - instead teach them to use the shift key.

Given my views here, I am not listing any typing or keyboarding games where the focus is only on speed. These speed-based games tend to encourage students to hit keys with any available finger and technique goes flying out the window!

Finding the keys on the keyboard from ABCya
http://www.abcya.com/standard_keyboard.htm

The BBC's Typing Dance Mat: (Thanks to Linda Perry for reminding me of this one!)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

Tux Typing is Opensource (a free program to download) Has tutorials and games
http://tuxtype.sourceforge.net/

Other keyboarding resources online:
http://www.typing-lessons.org/ (not as exciting or fun - perhaps for slightly older students)

Typing Pal School is not free (about $.55 per student) but well-designed
http://education.demarque.com/visualiser.php?id=32

Paper Keyboards to print:
http://www.teachnet.com/graphics/powertools/neattools/keyboard.pdf (has return key not enter key)

Poster of Finger Chart
http://www.zeeland.k12.mi.us/cgreshaw/Keyboard_Finger_Chart (this keyboard includes number pad)

Photo Story 3

glovely — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:08:38 CST

Where to get Photo Story 3

•http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/dig italphotography/photostory/default.mspx

Examples

By college education students primarily: http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/examples.htm

by K-12 students and teachers:

http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/task/photostory/ps3demos.htm

Lesson Plans

Events that Changed the World

•http://download.microsoft.com/documents/aust ralia/education/resources/resource-eventsthatshaped.htm

Make Book Trailers

•http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.php?articleID=196604857

Other Places to Learn More

•http://www.windowsphotostory.com/

•http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/dig italphotography/photostory/tips/create.mspx

Media Sources

ADULT CAUTION... many media sites contain materials not for young people.

Images

http://www.kitzu.com/

http://www.loc.gov/index.html

http://archives.gov/

http://www.pics4learning.com/

http://www.flickr.com/

http://picasa.google.com/

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml
http://yotophoto.com/
http://classroomclipart.com/

Music:

http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/free.html
(why not use the music creation tool in Photo Story 3???)

Sounds:

http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/index.php

Collections of Links:

http://www.digitales.us/resources/music_sound_sources.php

Collections of Images:

The Civil War: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
The Great American Depression: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html
Maps: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
NASA Images: http://nix.larc.nasa.gov/
US Fish and Wildlife: http://images.fws.gov/
Roosevelt Library (presidential, historical (WWII): http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/photos.html

Ideas for Using Photo Story 3 In Classrooms

glovely — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:44:37 CST

Here's one list of ideas...

http://tre.ngfl.gov.uk/uploads/materials/22434/Photo_Story_3_summary_of_applications.doc

Now YOU add your ideas here: