Integrating Online Tools Integrating Online Tools into into Your ClassroomYour Classroom
Pana Unit #8 Teacher’s Institute
January 3, 2011
Jessica L. Miller
www.mrsmiller4thgrade.com
Online Tools and Web Online Tools and Web 2.02.0 Technology tools accessible through the internet that :
Enhance communication
Provide opportunities for collaboration
Organize information
Seek information from outside the classroom
Appeal to a variety of learning styles
Permit anyone to create or publish information
ExamplesExamples
Online Tools Web 2.0
Search Engines Hotlist
Read information from a webpage
Blogs Wikis Social Bookmarking Video Conferencing Digital Storytelling
Interactive
Add information to the webpage
Organizing WebsitesOrganizing Websites
A hotlist is a convenient way for teachers to find and organize websites on one webpage making research more convenient (Smolin & Lawless, 2003).
ResearchResearch
BoolifySweet Search
Social BookmarkingSocial Bookmarking
Allows user to organize websites by interest
View websites saved and shared by other users
Group websites by content area Login anywhere to view bookmarked sites
Video ConferencingVideo Conferencing
Meet in real time with individuals or groups outside the classroom walls
Make a phone call through use of a web application
Connect to other party through use of a webcam
Purchase a webcam with built in microphone
How can you use Skype in How can you use Skype in your classroom?your classroom?
Connect one classroom to another
Across grade levels
Arrange conferences with book authors or other professionals
Conduct interviews
Connect students with mentors
BlogsBlogs
Post and share thoughts and ideas online
Read and respond to other posts
Invite individuals from outside the classroom to participate in the blog
BlogsBlogs
Mrs. Miller's 4th Grade Blog
How can you use blogs in How can you use blogs in your classroom?your classroom?
KWLs
Reflections
Post a picture in the blog, then ask students to describe what is happening in the photo
Discuss important events and dates
Online discussion about classroom content
Use as an assessment tool
MicrobloggingMicroblogging
Post comments of 140 words or less Post questions to followers Social networking tool Share websites, photos, videos
How can you use How can you use microblogging in your microblogging in your classroom?classroom?
Set up a class Twitter account Have students tweet about a classroom lesson Summarize an activity Students can ask a question about a
classroom topic to others through Twitter
Twitterfall
Twiducate
Collaboration - WikiCollaboration - Wiki
(TeachersFirst, 2010)
Collaboration - WikiCollaboration - Wiki Private access Discussion boards Chat rooms Email Embed widgets into wiki pages Upload documents, photos, videos
Mrs. Miller’s 4th Grade Wiki
How can you a wiki in your How can you a wiki in your classroom?classroom?
(TeachersFirst, 2010)
Reflection activities Create a “travel log”
KWLs Book Reviews
Continue a story Plan Science Fair projects
Create electronic portfolios Organize writing projects
Teacher collaboration Literature circles
Collaborate on classroom instructional materials
Create vocabulary, spelling, or word wall lists
Discussion boards Create rubrics and checklists
Collaboration – Google Collaboration – Google DocsDocs
Available with a Gmail account
Collaboratively create and edit documents
Text, slide shows, spreadsheets Link documents Students can work on projects and save Create forms to embed into a wiki
PodcastingPodcasting
Use a microphone to record audio
Edit audio
Can add music
Save and convert to an mp3 file
Can upload podcasts to the internet for others to listen to
AudacityAudacity
How can you use How can you use podcasting in your podcasting in your classroom?classroom?
Classroom updates
Welcome visitors to your webpage
Radio broadcasts
Research reports
Writing and recording song lyrics, raps
Example -
VozMe
VideoVideo Flip Camera
Easy to use Download FlipShare software
Simple editing tools Add a title and credits
Flip Channel
How can you use video in How can you use video in your classroom?your classroom?
Commercials
Demonstrations of lab activities
Student-led interviews
News broadcast
Reflection activities Embed video into blog or wiki Students discuss what is going on in the
video Peer evaluations
Online Surveys Online Surveys Create an online survey Launch survey Collect data Users can remain anonymous Free of charge (most tools) Post a link to your survey
How can you use online How can you use online surveys in your classroom?surveys in your classroom?
Survey students’ interests
Have students create and launch their own survey
Survey parents
Example
Digital StorytellingDigital Storytelling
Using digital tools to tell a story
Digital StorytellingDigital Storytelling
Digital StorytellingDigital Storytelling
Avatars
Brainstorming
Wordle
How can you use digital How can you use digital storytelling in your storytelling in your classroom?classroom?
Reflection activities
Retelling stories from a different point-of-view
Comprehension assessment
Brainstorming activities
Alternate endings
Character analysis
What if you only have 1-What if you only have 1-2 student computers?2 student computers? All tools presented today can be used in
classrooms with 1-2 student computers
Best if used as station or center
Suggestions to make technology use easier:
Know what your students are capable of doing before planning a computer activity
Plan activities before, during, and after computer use to keep students focused
Try the technology tool yourself first
Technical Guides, Tasklists, and Rubrics
Technology can fail – always have a plan B
Smart Board ToolsSmart Board Tools
Text tool
Shape tool
Magic pen
Screen shade
Interactive and Multimedia tools
Centers
Helpful Articles and Helpful Articles and WebsitesWebsites
Mrs. Miller's 4th Grade Mrs. Miller's 4th Grade ClassroomClassroom To find further information:
www.mrsmiller4thgrade.com
Technology Wiki
Technology Workshop Survey
ResourcesResources
Smolin, L.I., & Lawless, K.A. (2003, Mar). Becoming literate in the technological age: New responsibilities and tools for teachers. The Reading Teacher, 56(6), 570-577.
SREB / AT&T Online Teachers Initiative. (2010). Cool tools for teaching online. Retrieved July 9, 2010 from http://srebonlineteachers.org/Cool_Tools_For_Teaching_Online.pdf.
TeachersFirst. (2010). Wiki ideas for the classroom. Retrieved Dec 20, 2010 from http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/wikiideas1.cfm.
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