Speech Inservice

Ann Johnston Instructional Technology Specialist

Speech In-service

February 21, 2008

Agenda

Del.icio.us

Blogs

Wikis

Moodle

Streaming media

Index cards

Write down your two favorite websites on your index card.

Share your two favorites with two people sitting near you

Write down your new websites on your index card (include addresses).

Return to your seat. How will you get these websites to your

favorites?

Del.icio.us: What is it?

Collection of favorites

Social bookmarking site

Community

http://del.icio.us/

Del.icio.us: Terms

Tag – word used to describe a bookmark, this would be similar to a folder in favorites

Cloud – list of tags, tags vary in size based on popularity

Tag cloud example

Benefits

Access bookmarks on any computer

Share bookmarks with others

Search others’ bookmarks

Registration for del.icio.us

Posting screen

My Del.icio.us site

http://del.icio.us/ajohnston Bundled tags –

arrangement of tags into a group

Example - Science bundle: astronomy, biology, physics, STEM, science, space

My network

Other features:

Import from favorites

Subscriptions

Linkrolls and tagrolls

my del.icio.usVUVOX - slideshows, photo, video and music sharingA directory for thousands of podcasts Home Page - Internet2 K20 Initiative Content Provider Programs - Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration AT&T Knowledge Network Explorer: Videoconferencing for Learning Homepage

I am ajohnston on del.icio.us Add me to your network

What’s RSS?

RSS feeds Real Simple Syndication or Rich Site

Summary Allows you to subscribe to sites, then sends

them to your aggregator An aggregator is a collector of feeds (sites) to

which you have subscribed. Google Reader – easy to use

Source: http://garcya.us/blog/51-rss-button-for-your-blog/

Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom

Blogs – short for web log,journal that may be viewed andcommented by others Interactive journaling Teacher communication Student blogs Teacher blogs Speech blog

Tutorial

Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom

Wikis – allow multiple authors to post, edit, and delete information on the web

Tutorial

Wikispaces

Wiki Coordination of materials Editable Video Examples Wikispaces for educators http://iu12speech.wikispaces.com/

Moodle (Modular Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment)

Learner/course management system

Open Source Communicate Interact Assess Share resources

Moodle features

Resources Journal Survey Glossary Discussion forums

Email Choice Calendar Reporting logs File management

http://moodle.iu12.org

Collaboration time

Which one of these tools seems most effective to you?

What ways could you use these tools for your own profession?

Collaboration time

What ways could you use these tools for your profession?

Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom

Podcasts - Podcast = iPod + broadcast iPod not required! Elementary example Psychology podcasts

Podcasts in the classroom Poetry Recitals News & Announcements Audio Dramas Ask an [expert] Tutorials

Streaming Media

Video streaming – Discovery streaming(unitedstreaming)

TeacherTube

Ann Johnston

Program Specialist

Instructional Technology Services

amjohnston@iu12.org

717.624.6449