MICDS Digital Learning Academy


 

MICDS Digital Learning Academy 2007 

 

The Digital Learning Academy is a three day, hands-on educational workshop focused on helping teachers blend collaborative learning technologies into creative, powerful lessons and projects for K-12 students.  Digital Learning Academy 2007

 

MICDS DLA Agenda.pdf

 

You will be creating several accounts online for use during, and hopefully after, the DLA.

  1. Download the following file and save it to your desktop:  DLA2007 Accounts.doc
  2. Use this page to record your login information. Be sure you are recording the information in the correct location.
  3. Save the completed document.
  4. Delete from the desktop, if necssary. 

Create A Yahoo! ID

Yahoo!

Yahoo! is a directory of the Internet that provides a range of products and services including a web portal, search engine, the Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, news, and posting.

Social Bookmarking with del.icio.us

del.icio.us is a website that allows you to bookmark your favorite sites and access them from any computer.

del.icio.us Quickstart

My del.icio.us links for apples 

del.icio.us/klmontgomery I am klmontgomery on del.icio.us

add klmontgomery to your networkAdd me to your network 

 

Diigo - Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other stuff combines social bookmarking, clippings, in situ annotation, tagging, full-text search, easy sharing and interactions.

Photo Sharing with Flickr

Flickr is a photo sharing resource that allows you to upload and tag your photos for free. Explore classroom applications using Flickr and create visual stories with a digital camera or camera phone. Upload pictures from a camera phone.

 

NOTE: Create your Yahoo! ID before a Flickr Account

 

 

See Examples

 

Additional Flickr Resources

Tracking Down Educators that Use Photo Sharing

 How To Get The Most Out of Flickr

Tips for Flickr beginners

Social Networking with Ning

Ning is the only online service where you can create, customize, and share your own Social Network for free in seconds.

Request an Invitation to Join Web 2.0 for Teachers

Join July Digital Learning Academy Group

Add photos and videos to Web 2.0 for Teachers. 

Use the Ning for Reflective Writing.

Educational Podcasting - Create a Podcast of The Lone Ranger Using Audacity

Audacity audio editor & LAME MP3 encoder - free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds 

Audacity QuickStart Guide

Audacity Basics

Audacity How-To

Gcast - record a podcast entry via a toll-free call
podOmatic - find, create, distribute, promote and listen to both audio and video podcasts 

Wikis

Looking for place online that will allow you and your students to add, edit and share quickly, build a community, collaborate, create picture galleries, manage a project or team, plan an event, share stories, store documents and files and more. You need a wiki. 

pbwiki 

 

Group Wikis:

Podcasting Handbook - Library Group

Getting to Know You - Middle School Group

A Tale of 2 Towns - High School Group

Upload educational videos with TeacherTube

TeacherTube is a more educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners. It is a site to provide anytime, anywhere professional development with teachers teaching teachers. As well, it is a site where teachers can post videos designed for students to view in order to learn a concept or skill. Videos are screened for inappropriate content.

My pbwiki Resources

Think Web 2.0

Think Wikis

Think Educational Podcasting with Windows

This & That

AutoScreenRecorder - Screen Recording Software

SlideShare - SlideShare is a free service for sharing presentations and slideshows.

Google/Gmail - Internet search engine and a free Web-based email (Webmail) and POP3 e-mail service among many other things

Google Toolbar - Integrates with Internet Explorer's toolbar. Features include web search, image search, search site, page rank, and page information. Additional options include a pop-up blocker and form-filler
Google Notebook - Clip and collect information as you browse the web. Clip useful information. You can add clippings of text, images and links from web pages to your Google Notebook without ever leaving your browser

More Google Products

Filamentality - a fill-in-the-blank tool that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet links and turning them into online learning activities without knowing anything about HTML or serving webpages.

Skype - Skype is a little piece of software that lets you make free calls to anyone else on Skype, anywhere in the world.
Unyte - Unyte enables real-time collaboration through desktop sharing and application sharing.
KeepVid  - Download and save videos directly from Youtube, Google, Metacafe, Putfile and more. Simply copy and paste.
Virtual Magnifying Glass - a free, open source, screen magnification program for Windows.
iTunes - a digital media player application for playing and organizing digital music and video files
Flickr Uploadr - allows you to publish a batch of photos into Flickr directly from your computer
Jodix Free iPod Converter - provides an easy and completed way to convert all popular video formats to iPod video
Audacity audio editor & LAME MP3 encoder - free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds 
Photo Story 3 for Windows XP - is a free tool you can use to create media presentations from your digital photos, complete with transitions, music, narration, and special effects

Windows Movie Maker 2.1 for Windows XP - create, edit, and share movies right on your computer

Jumpcut - a free online location where you can use all your media, create great looking movies and publish to anyone you choose

Wiki Ideas for Math 

Web 2.0 Icebreaker.pdf