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Recording (Video)

Topic:  iAuthor an iBook
Special Guest: Megan Wilson


Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions: (links shared by participants during the session are added at the end of the list)

LiveBinder Link: http://livebinders.com/play/play/110653
(Note: Click on tab for iAuthor an iBook-June 18, 2011 in the LiveBinder.)

http://www.ipodsibilities.com/iPodsibilities/Home.html (Meg Wilson’s website)
http://www.ipodsibilities.com/iPodsibilities/iPodsibilities_Blog/iPodsibilities_Blog.html (Meg Wilson’s Blog)
Apple’s ePub template for Pages http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4168
Apple’s iBooks app in iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibooks/id364709193?mt=8
Apple’s Pages software for Macs: http://www.apple.com/iwork/pages/
Calibre: ePub creation tool http://calibre-ebook.com/
Feedbooks: Publish your ePubs online http://www.feedbooks.com/share
Dot-e-Pub: Javascript brower based ePub auto creation http://dotepub.com/
ePub 3.0 Draft Specifications http://idpf.org/epub/30
Bookworm: Read ePubs online http://bookworm.oreilly.com/
Using Classroom Publishing to Teach Outside the Box-blog post by Kay Tracy  http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2011/06/using-classroom-publishing-to-teach.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FWcSF+%28The+Innovative+Educator%29
A Collection of Online Publishing Opportunities for Student Writing-National Writing Project http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/3138
Best Tool for Online Student Publishing-Anne Mirtschin http://murcha.wordpress.com/2008/08/24/best-tool-for-online-student-publishing/
Online Publishing Sites http://www.sitesforteachers.com/resources_sharp/language_arts/la_pub.html
Student Publishing resources by Shamblesguru http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/studpub/
Issuu online publishing site-Upload any kind of document and issuu converts it into an onfline format-three different view modes: Magazine, Presentation and Paper. http://issuu.com/
Online Opportunities for Young Writers-Authentic Audiences: Publications which accept student submissions http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/basic/yngwrite.html

Links shared during presentation by participants:

Apple - iPad 2 - App - iBooks YouTube Overview Video  http://youtu.be/5xz2wzmWOpA
iAuthor an iBook YouTube video created by Meg for today’s show http://youtu.be/ULnROx5iebw
Meg's Presentation Resources from Mobile Learning Experience 2011 Conference http://www.ipodsibilities.com/iPodsibilities/iPodsibilities_Blog/Entries/2011/4/12_Mobile_Learning_Experience_2011.html 
Meg's Presentation coming up at ISTE 2011: http://www.isteconference.org/2011/program/search_results_details.php?sessionid=60749744&selection_id=67894423&rownumber=1&max=6&gopage=
Meg's second session at ISTE:  http://www.isteconference.org/2011/program/search_results_details.php?sessionid=60715975&selection_id=67894423&rownumber=5&max=6&gopage=
jhengstler: Very handy resource for students to determine if they can use content: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1085/CanIUseIt.pdf
EdReach-great resources for innovation in education shared by Meg Wilson. http://edreach.us/
iEAR.org-Education Apps Review created by Scott Meech:
http://www.iear.org
http://www.isteunplugged.com

 
 
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Recording (Video)

Topic: SweetSearch and findingDulcinea Updates
Special Guest: Mark Moran


Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions: (links shared by participants during the session are added at the end of the list)

LiveBinder Link: http://livebinders.com/play/play/110653
(Note: Click on tab for SweetSearch-June 11, 2011 in the LiveBinder.)

findingDulcinea Home
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/home.html

Web Guides
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/guides/Technology/Internet/Dulcineas-Guide-to-Searching-on-the-Web.xa_1.html

Web Guide to Education
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/guides/Education.xa_1.html

Web Guide to the 1930s
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/guides/Education/US-History/1930s.xa_1.html

Web Guide to Asthma
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/guides/Health/Asthma.xa_1.html

Beyond the Headlines – Education Category
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news.html?topic=%2Fcategories%2Feducation

Beyond the Headlines – History of Libya
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Middle-East/2011/Feb/Libyan-History.html

On This Day, The Berlin Wall Comes Down
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/November/The-Berlin-Wall-Comes-Down.html

Happy Birthday, Michael J. Fox
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/f/michael-j-fox.html

SweetSearch Biographies
http://www.sweetsearch.com/biographies

How We Help Social Studies Teachers Integrate the Web into the Syllabus
http://blog.findingdulcinea.com/2010/08/how-we-help-social-studies-teachers-integrate-the-web-into-the-syllabus.html

SweetSites
http://www.sweetsearch.com/sweetsites/categories/high-school/teachers

SweetSearch2Day
http://2day.sweetsearch.com/

SweetSearch (Note the Toolbar Add-On)
http://www.sweetsearch.com/

Why SweetSearch is the Best Search Engine for Students
http://blog.findingdulcinea.com/2010/11/why-sweetsearch-is-the-best-search-engine-for-school.html

SweetSearch: A Search Engine for Educators
http://blog.findingdulcinea.com/2011/05/search-engine-for-educators.html

SweetSearch4Me (tip re: kids or students as keywords)
http://4me.sweetsearch.com/

Educator Reviews of SweetSearch and findingDulcinea
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/info/main/media-kit.html

Review by FarmgirlWrites
http://farmgirlwrites.com/blog/2010/12/04/sources-for-research/

Get the Widget
http://www.sweetsearch.com/widget

Dirty Little Secrets of the Search Skills of the Lost Generation
http://blog.findingdulcinea.com/2011/02/a-lost-generation-a-response-to-the-dirty-little-secrets-of-search.html

SweetSearch for School Librarians http://www.sweetsearch.com/schoollibrarians

SweetSearch Social Studies Tips  http://www.sweetsearch.com/socialstudies

Ten Steps to Better Web Research  http://www.sweetsearch.com/TenSteps

findingDulcinea Blog  http://blog.findingdulcinea.com/

9 Ways We Help Educators Teach Students to Use the Web  http://blog.findingdulcinea.com/2010/08/9-ways-we-help-educators-teach-students-how-to-use-the-web.html

Transforming Web Research-SweetSearch and yolink  http://blog.findingdulcinea.com/2010/09/transforming-web-research-for-students.html

yolink Search Enhancement Tool  http://www.yolink.com

Saving and Sharing yolink Enhanced Search Results  http://www.yolink.com/yolink/help/plug-in/

XtraNormal video: You Can't Just Google It http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11558390/you-cant-just-google-it

The Bixby Letter and Teaching Students the Fragile Truth of History http://blog.findingdulcinea.com/2010/11/the-1998-steven-spielberg-film-saving-private-ryan-finds-its-premise-in-the-bixby-letter-which-was-read-in-the.html

SweetSearch Overview/Demo/Introduction Recording and Links on March 6, 2010 (a great supplement to today's webinar that focuses on the updates and new resources available now) http://live.classroom20.com/1/post/2010/03/sweet-search-search-engine-for-students-special-guest-mark-moran.html

Links shared in chat log during session by participants:

Information Literacy resources compiled by Shamblesguru-Information Literacy and Fluency (including search skills/lessons-THE WORKS) http://www.shambles.net/informationliteracy/

Larry A: Mark - I'll be encouraging students to use these tools more in the study system platform I have at http://www.yoursuccessinschool.com/

Maureen@bcdtech: I use a lot of exercises, info from http://21cif.com How will this be structured differently from the units they offer?

@plnaugle(Paula Naugle): Can use http://www.allaboutexplorers.com/ to help elem students learn abt validity of things found on the web.

(Kim Caise): Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar on All About Explorers http://live.classroom20.com/1/category/allaboutexplorers/1.html

blairteach 1: Internet Detective: http://www.vtstutorials.ac.uk/detective/

zmidler: On our LMCWiki, we include specifics on how Google works. It always leads to a good conversation about how to view Google results.
http://flagstaffacademylmc.wikispaces.com/Google+Tips+%26+Tricks

Mark Moran (@findingDulcinea): Write any time - mark.moran@dulcineamedia.com