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Web 2.0 Ideas 5. iGoogle http://www.google.com/ig 6. RSS media type="youtube" key="0klgLsSxGsU&rel=1" height="353" width="425" 7. ikeepbookmarks http://ww2.ikeepbookmarks.com/ Can create folders for fractions, whole numbers, etc. within a math bookmarks site---create one log-in for all the math liasons. This allows you to access bookmarks from any computer (normally bookmarks are saved to specific machine). Can quickly go through bookmarks within a particular folder (visual tour). Cannot delete a bookmark or add a bookmark with this id---give one password to students (protects info) then another password to teachers (to edit bookmarks). To add the descriptions, you can copy and paste the description right off of the websites you are bookmarking. For ease with students, have TA in building add a bookmark to the favorites on machine, export and save to shared drive. Everyone in that building should see "Shared Favorites" in that building --- this will allow you to update your own links and when students access the shared favorite, the students can get to the links you have in the ikeepbookmarks folder.8. Zamzar http://www.zamzar.com/ Refer to document "Downloading and Converting Video from You Tube" in "Box". This will enable you to insert the file into PowerPoint or play the file from your desktop --- without being at the You Tube site. Wise, as there are ads for videos that would NOT be appropriate for students to view; in addition you are not relying on accessing the site and waiting for video to be accessed. Go to Zamzar, Step 1: cut and paste URL from You Tube. Step 2: convert to mpg. Step 3: put in email you can access easily (this will be GWAVA on district email). Step 4: Convert. Process to convert file usually less than 15 minutes---email will come from Zamzar when file is converted. Zamzar will also take a pdf document and convert it to word or convert a word doc into pdf. Limit to convert is 100 MB file size. 9. TeacherTube http://www.teachertube.com/ Made by Google. Student and teacher videos that have been "checked out" for use. Wikis, Staff Development listed on teacher tube. Many of the videos are only what teachers would normally present---better use would be for teachers to look at how other techniques are used. 10. Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/ Check this out to view PowerPoints that have been shared with others. One of the best out there currently---"Death By PowerPoint", which discusses all of the wrong things we do by PowerPoint. Some users that share the PPT do not share the actual presentation, but you may be able to download as a pdf. 11. Bubblesnaps [|http://www.bubblesnaps.com] In a math classroom, maybe use fractions with students adding bubbles of the steps the student took in working with the fractions. You can create a slide, save it as a picture, then students can add bubblesnaps. 12. Refer to Box file "lwsetup.exe". Can copy website address in "LiveWeb Wizard" within PowerPoint---go through the wizard making selections you prefer. Typically in PowerPoint people create a hyperlink on a word within PowerPoint. With the lwsetup.exe, the webpage you wish to view shows up within the PowerPoint slide. You can adjust the size of the webpage box within the slide. REMINDER: You must install live web on any machine you are using the PowerPoint on... 13. Refer to Box file "PowerTalk-1.2.10.exe". Install on machine using the wizard. Uses the computer voices within microsoft and slides will be "read" aloud. 14. Within PowerPoint you can have a "Whiteboard". In Slide show, click on arrow and then select "Printer Options" and "Pen". Even if you do not use it for a whiteboard, you can use the pen to emphasize key components of the PowerPoint slides. Meeting adjourned: Ethel stated we should act on box.net right away. 15. Jott http://www.jott.com/ 16. Voki [|http://www.voki.com]
 * 1) Wikispaces: online collaboration; teacher lesson plans; staff meetings; student study groups; debates online; each page has individual student names on left navigation bar once users are set up as a "wikispace". Select "Apply Template" to have same content appear on individual pages for wikispace users. How to set up a Wikispace: 1. Create a Template first on "Home" page---save it as a template page. Then select "Apply Template" to teacher pages. You are able to cut & paste text into wikispaces. At this point you are not able to change color of font. Can set up wikispace to send you an email notification that someone has accessed the wiki and altered the wiki. "Wiki" means "quick, quick".
 * 2) Online file storage [|http://www.box.net] Provides 1 GB of file storage for free. (More than your P-drive.) Teresa has shared her folder to "box" on wikispaces so we did not need password. We can set up our own logins---free so we can share files with one another. For this meeting Teresa shared "My Box/Resources". Can easily create new folder, add files, and select files to upload and share with anyone with the account information. Once you go back out to "my box" you can download the files to your own machine, p-drive, etc. For sharing files: set up a new account and send those you wish to access the account the login and password. Can set up particular passwords/folders you wish to allow access. We need to play with this to be certain of security. If you set up multiple accounts, you earn ONE Gigabyte / login. Ethel suggests we set these up with our curriculum documents, math boxes, lesson, etc. right now. Must download file to make changes and then upload edited file to folder. Utlimate in file backup. Remember this is twice the size of your p-drive. Sara recommended setting the password as the course name: EM Games, Algebra, etc.. Positives---more reliable than portal. If put a file into box.net, your widget in the wikispace will automatically update. HUGE for COMMUNICATION. Could use for listing assignments and have parents view if made members. Example: 1000 name wikispace for a first grade class. People logged on and gave their name...now way over 1000 names. To create a "box.net" account go to [|http://www.box.net] and "Register for Box.net". Teresa suggests you create/use a different email so your registration information is not blocked by GWAVA in district mail.
 * "box" is new to wikispaces. This is set up as a widget. You can select "embed" into wiki or blog---just copy code--edit this page
 * login to "box.net": trush@topeka.k12.ks.us
 * password for "box.net": topeka
 * 1) iTunes http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ To learn current technology uses in classrooms, start listening to podcasts. When you download itunes, it downloads directly to the machine. So...download on the machine you will use the most. When installing deselect using itunes as your default media player. On the machine you use most, we suggest you do have it update regularly. Remember to listen to a podcast, you can do so on your computer, mp3 player, etc. In iTUnes set up assistant, have iTunes organize your music folder--select "yes". Refer to "How to Find Podcast" word document from my box---download to P-drive. Go to iTunes Store and select on Podcast. Customize your search to "Education". Can select "See All" to view what is categorized as education. These are similar to radio shows that new segments are added periodically---could be daily, weekly, monthly, etc. To find out more details about a listed podcast, click on the title and scroll to read the podcast description. Reviews are also included (out of 5 stars). In the index of a particular podcast, be aware of the release date to detemine if the podcast is current and if the description is of interest. Students taking spanish classes could subscribe to podcasts "practicing spanish"--podcast "Learn to speak Spanish"; also shows other podcasts listeners subscribed to on bottom right of window. When you "Subscribe" to a podcast, when you return to iTunes in the future, updates will download. Under the iTunes "Edit" menu select "Preferences" and then the "Podcast" tab to set up when to check for new episodes, etc. Be sure you set up these preferences on the machine you will utilize most frequently. When you intially subscribe to a podcast, the most recent podcast will download. You may also do a "Power Search" by description, category. The "Clean" tag can be added when a podcast is created--which means free of profanity. If you right click on the title of the Podcast, you can select to delete the podcast and any files associated with the files. The podcasts are stored under "My Documents\My Music\iTunes\...". To get podcasts onto an ipod Nano---just plug in the Nano and the files will sync to the Nano. To get "the best" of the podcasts Teresa Rush listens to, you can import files- --- go to my box widget (above) and download Podcasts.opml. iTunes is working in two ways: as an aggregator for searching and as a player. Remember when you click "Subscribe" there is no money involved. Just play with it. You can aslo get free audio books.
 * 2) Blogger https://www.blogger.com/start
 * http://digitalageclass.blogspot.com/ The difference in blogs and wikis is how people interact with it. On a blog, you can set up members, but the members cannot change the original information. Example: A lesson plan for Everyday Math can be shared but NOT changed. The blog would be a place for users to comment on the lesson plan originally provided. Classrooms are using blogs for parents to look at lesson plans, the blog creator can set up the blog so comments are not posted until the creator of the blog releases the comment. This could be used as a forum for communication related to a book study. Could be a place to share websites (eg. What are some good websites on fractions?". Blog creator is sent an email that a comment has been added---monitor how you set up the blog. Monitor use is key---not about blocking everything. You could set up an assignment---teachers could share how using a new algorithm worked with students.