Explore

Agenda:

*We will review the basics on how a wiki works, how to edit within the wiki and explore different websites

 *We will create our own wikis and add content

*We will backchannel on edmodo to discuss our progress

(If you have any questions/comments/ideas, feel free to use the discussion tab above.)

**Introductions: **
Personal Introduction: My name is //(name)// and I teach //(level and language)//. I am like a //(object)// because //(your imagination required here)//.

 **Task** - Use the [|Creative Commons] search and find a visual representation of your object.  //Did you know?// In Firefox 3.0, Creative Commons search is one of the toolbar search options.

 //More on copyright// Here are two interactive copyright activities: [|JISC] uses scenarios and is more relevant to post-secondary; [|Cyberbee] uses simple questions and answers. [|Technology & Learning Magazine] has a great article about copyright and a [|handy chart] (PDF).  Where can you find materials to use?  [|Creative Commons] - an excellent starting point, where you can search popular sites for items that give permission for use.  [|Library of Congress] - has terrific collections of artifacts

True Colors:
What kind of learners are we? And what does this have to do with technology?  **Task** - Take the [|True Colors Quiz]. Stop when you reach the screen that has the visual bar graph chart. <span style="color: #ff00db; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Take note of how many points you have for each color. <span style="color: #ff00db; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> For example: <span style="color: #ff00db; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Gabriela Aiello <span style="color: #ff00db; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Orange: 10 <span style="color: #ff00db; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Gold: 8 <span style="color: #ff00db; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Blue: 12 <span style="color: #ff00db; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Green:14

<span style="color: #ff00db; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> *What does this mean about all the different learners we have in each class?*

<span style="color: #ff00db; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|Mary Miscisin's brief overview chart of these colors in the classroom] and [|how best to communicate with specific colors] are interesting and will help our discussion at the charts.

<span style="color: #ff00db; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> //Want to read more?// [|Jennifer Niskanen's True Colors Pages] does a nice job describing the application of the colors in the classroom.

**<span style="color: #2a0e6c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Gathering information: **
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span class="wiki_link">Who are you? Ever need to gather information about your students AND have it at your digital fingertips? Collect it through either a [|Google Docs Spreadsheet] form or a [|Survey Monkey] free survey. Try this survey I created about [|movies.] Let's collect a little information about our group!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> **Task** - complete the [|form](also embedded on the home page) so we can gather some information about the teachers in this workshop! Your answers will show up on my spreadsheet.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> If your students are going to collect and analyze data, here is a possible [|survey checklist.doc] to evaluate their work.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> **Task** - brainstorm ideas on using a Google form in the classroom.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Want to use Google Forms in your classroom? A Form is part of the Google Spreadsheet, which is part of Google Docs. You need a Google Account. You may use any email address as your login for a Google Account ID - and a confirmation will be required. Read more: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Setting up a Google Account ID: [|googleid.pdf] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Getting started with Google docs: [|Google Docs Info.pdf]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Take Google Forms one step further - turn your form into a self-grading activity (think quiz, exit ticket, quick comprehension check, etc.) - learn more with this [|9 minute video tutorial.]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Entering world language characters requires the use of ASCII characters - one option is to use ALT+ the number code you see on [|this table] (scroll down for the extended character table).

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Gmail address aliases (variations using "." or "+") - from [|gmail], or perhaps [|this explanation] or [|this explanation,]

<span style="color: #dc33e6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Our Workspace - Our Wiki!
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Understanding and authoring in the wiki environment.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> ** What is a wiki? ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> A wiki is a type of website where multiple authors can be designated to edit and create content. Wikis have discussion pages, history to view previous edits, and can be public, semi-private, or private.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|CommonCraft] created a video that explains how a wiki works:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** Examples: ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Ah-Bon French middle school wiki <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Bishop Blog Wiki is a high school Spanish teacher's wiki <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|David Warlick's CoLearners] shows how a presenter can put presentations, notes, handouts, and invite participants. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Dorman Data Digest is a history or social studies teacher's wiki <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> FrauLyon high school German wiki <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> LanguageLinks2006 and specifically the Intern Level Methods shows how wikis can be an interactive tool for World Language Methods courses <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Mme Mina Kim, French Teacher, has a fantastic wiki. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Mme Thomas French class wiki <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span class="wiki_link_ext">SpartaFrancais - French class wiki <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Youth Wiki is a collaborative project across several schools <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Wanglaoshi Wiki Chinese K-1 wiki

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> ** Discuss: ** What features did you find?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> **Task. Let's get started! Refer to this handout!** ** [|wiki tutorial.pdf]** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> If you have a wikispaces.com account, then login and "Request to join" this wiki. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> If you don't have a wikispaces.com account, then go to []

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">So if students are creating wikis, how can you assess them? [|Vicki Davis] has a [|wiki grading rubric] and [|Read*Write*Think] has a [|wiki rubric and interesting lesson on protest songs.]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Ready to start your own wiki? [|Visit this page to get the advertisement-free wikispace or click the image below].


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/s/teacher2.php width="180" height="120" caption="external image teacher2.php" link="http://www.wikispaces.com/t/x/teachers250"]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">external image teacher2.php ||

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">And, **need help**? Check out the [|video tours] of Wikispaces to learn how to begin editing your page, add images and media, and personalize your space.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The main page of the Wikispaces Help has quite an array of help topics to chose from. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> For more specific information that has been asked for by teachers, it can be found in the Teachers Section of the Wikispaces help. There are a few more resources about halfway down the page under heading number 8 (a couple PDFs and PowerPoints)

=<span style="color: #d43a71; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Students as creators: =

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. 2008 Latest Edition - Did You Know 3.0 - From Meeting in Rome this Year <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> media type="youtube" key="jpEnFwiqdx8" height="344" width="425"

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> On the American Psychological Association website there is [|a brief article] about Bloom’s taxonomy. The website briefly discusses the original Bloom’s as well as recent iterations of the past 8 years. An interesting diagram is the Cognitive Taxonomy Circle developed by Clark (2002). This visual can provide ideas on products students can create and produce.

<span style="color: #54497e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Digital Storytelling:
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This [|storyboard template.doc] will be a useful planning tool regardless of which digital storytelling tool you select.

<span style="color: #90ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A. **[|Voki]** Allows you to create an avatar and give it voice.

 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|French example]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|German example]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|A French Voki Poems Group on Ning]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Japanese example - students had a print out of 8 backpacks, and had to listen and match the backpack to the Voki.

<span style="color: #501d9f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">B. **[|VoiceThread]**
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Digital storytelling with the ability to have text, audio, video, or doodle commentary on each slide. You must have a VoiceThread account in order to create or comment.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> You can set preferences to allow others to comment as well. [|VoiceThread] is an interesting, easy to use web-based environment for digital storytelling and there is an <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|education portal].

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|Langwitches]describes how she used it with her students and how to get started.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> (//Linked examples:)//


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Spanish example - [|La familia] and [|a story about a horse].
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chinese - [|student example in Chinese,] a [|student sample about the zodiac animals], this [|example] has a teacher record a speech sample and the students repeat and record and here students can hear [|colors].
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">French - a simple use for [|French vocabulary on professions]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">EvenKindergarten students can use VoiceThread
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Read more about how educators are using VoiceThread - there are many examples here!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|This quick start guide can get you started!]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Like VoiceThread? Here is a [|VoiceThread Ning] you could consider joining!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Think VoiceThreads] is a wiki created by educators on the PBwiki platform - great ideas there too!

= =

<span style="color: #e6560f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**C.** Comic/Poster/Page Generators:
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">These tools allow the user to upload or add content, and personalize it. The end product is often embeddable as well.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|Comiqs] <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">can easily pull in your <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|flickr] photos. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|Glogster] allows you to create posters <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|Pikistrips] allow you to create comic strips from your photos. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|Scrapblog] takes scrapbooking online. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|Toondoo]allows you to create your own comic characters and comic strips. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|Xtranormal] is a web-based animated movie-making environment <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|Make Beliefs Comix] [|My example.] This is a good option if you want to print it out for assessment, otherwise I prefer toondoo.com.

<span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">D. [|BubblePLY]
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Allows you to add speech and thought bubbles to any online video. The teacher can draw students' attention to specific features of a video clip. Students can use their language skills to comment on the content of the video by inserting text, graphics, or analysis - they create their own mash-up! Here is [|an example] around the infamous First Semester Spanish Love Song.

<span style="color: #097295; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">E. [|Prezi]
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tired of PowerPoint? Prezi is a tool that allows the user to create multimedia presentations that are more reminiscent of concept maps. [|Learn more about Prezi]and if you are seeking something new and different, Prezi is for you! The key to Prezi is to (1) have all your content gathered and organized graphically (think sticky notes and shuffling them around) and (2) understanding that "paths" help set the order of the presentation!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> And here is [|a Prezi about blogs]and [|a student-created Prezi about animals]. Keep clicking the forward arrow to proceed through the Prezi - notice all the kinds of media embedded in Prezi. Here is David Warlick's [|Convergence: A perfect storm for Change], a Prezi he used on [|June 19, 2009] with Texas School Board members

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">F. [|Wordle]
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wordle creates word clouds. This is a neat tool - one idea for world language educators is to take a reading in the target language, paste the text into Wordle, thus creating a word cloud of the high frequency words for the text selection. Here is an example of a wordle. Can you tell what it is about? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> media type="custom" key="4544228"

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> //Hint:// after you create your Wordle, capture the screen and crop your image down to the Wordle, save as a JPG and you are ready to embed!

This afternoon we will work together to review the information and think about how these tools can be integrated into teaching and learning. This process will (1) help you review and recall the potential applications of these tools as well as better prepare you to create the NJ DOE required documents, and (2) as you are expected to turn-key pieces of this workshop with others, this process will prepare you for discussion with your colleagues!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Process Groups] View more [|OpenOffice presentations] from [|ckendall64].

<span style="color: #b62541; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Another survey tool:
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Gathering information in new ways

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Do your students have cell phones? Use **[|Poll Everywhere]** - students can text message their response. Here is the same poll as was in the initial powerpoint. As you can see there are two views: web-based voting and cell phone texting-based voting. If you didn't vote before, vote now!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Replace [|audience response hardware] with [|Poll Everywhere] || Try this [|audience polling system] at [|Poll Everywhere] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Additional information regarding pricing from [|Poll Everywhere's FAQs]: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> //Our basic plan is free. It allows up to 30 votes per poll. The free plan includes really great features: PowerPoint polls, web voting, widgets, downloadable results, and more. [|Check out our paid plans] if you need more votes per poll or advanced features. K-12 Teachers: We tried to make our free plan useful for you. If you teach the same subject multiple times per day, remember that you can download the results and also clear the results for any poll to reuse it with a different class. Poll Everywhere is free for Title I schools who have not made Adequate Yearly Progress. Email us to set up a school-wide account for all teachers.//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Web Voting Widget** - click here to vote || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Results Chart Widge**t - use the info below to text and see the results as they come in ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What level do you teach? (Limited to first 30 responses) Elementary School Middle School High School University Other ||~ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Value ||~ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Responses ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Elementary School || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">33% ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Middle School || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4% ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">High School || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">14% ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">University || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">33% ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Other || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">14% ||

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> ** Task - ** Create a poll and embed the web voting widget onto your wikipage. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> //Hint// - you must first set up an account at Poll Everywhere, then create a new poll and look for the HTML embed code - which you will insert into the wikipage using the embed widget button and then select "Other HTML" You may also embed the results widget if you choose - I inserted the two above on this page using a table to make them appear side by side.

=<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #e77e7e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">CHOICE! Complete this doodle poll media type="custom" key="4547284" = =<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #e77e7e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">click on the link "participate" and place a check mark under the technologies that interest you for activity development purposes! =

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A. [|Edmodo]
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|edmodo] is like Twitter, but designed for the education community. Privacy is ensured, and teachers can create groups (for example, by class periods or grade level) to easily direct posts to the appropriate group(s). The student only sees the posts belonging to his or her group(s). In addition, you can attach documents and embed objects :-).

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|edmodo:what students think] has some interesting thoughts and examples and [|edmodo:Microblogging (and more) for educators] provides additional insight. Here is what [|a middle school Language Arts teacher experienced].

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|edmodo documentation guide] is available.

I have created a group for our purposes today, (and beyond,) if you would like to join you can create an account and type in this code: xod418

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Twitter is the granddaddy microblogging application. I have bookmarked many [|Twitter resources over on my Delicious account.] I use [|Tweetdeck] to help me sort my Twitter friends. Find educators to follow at [|Twitter4Teachers!]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|2. Ning]
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Ning] is a social networking tool, like facebook. You can set up a closed community. Ning's terms of service indicate the user must be over 13 years of age. the owner of the Ning can control the available features. [|Classroom 2.0 Ning] may be of interest to you!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Here is a link created by participants from this year's technology institute. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Here is a link created by participants from last year's technology institute.

(Thanks to the New Jersey World Language and Technology Institute for providing much of this information!)