Date:  
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Time:
9:00am Pacific/10:00am Mountain/
11:00am Central/12:00pm Eastern
Location: Elluminate


Recording (full): https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2010-11-20.0654.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350

Tiny URL for recording: http://tinyurl.com/parentengagementCR20LIVE

Recording (chat): http://wiki.classroom20.com/CR20LIVE+NOV202010

Recording (audio):http://www.humyo.com/FQxmsff/CLASSROOM%202.0%20LIVE%20connectingparents.32K.mp3?a=7UENCBeAvDQ

Recording (video):  http://blip.tv/file/4409408

Topic: Connecting with Parents Using Technology

Special Guest:  Lorna Costantini

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

Gl.am Link for 11/20/2010:  http://gl.am/GCNT5

http://www.ourschool.ca (Lorna Costantini-Parents as Partners Blog-Connecting Parents and Schools Using Technology)
http://www.education.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/DCSF-RW004.pdf
(Engaging Parents in Raising Achievement Do Parents Know They Matter? Anne Harris, Dr. Janet Goodall, Warwick University)
http://debbiepushor.com  (Dr. Debbie Pushor’s web site)
http://www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000/  (National Network of Partnership Schools)
http://www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000/tips/index.htm (Teachers Involving Parents in School Work)
http://ncrsc.niagaracatholic.ca/Pro/index.html  (Niagara Catholic District School Board Parent Reaching Out Project)
http://ncrsc.niagaracatholic.ca/Pro/handbook.shtml  (Parent Reaching Out Handbook)
http://www.southwestiowanews.com/articles/2010/11/07/council_bluffs/doc4cd61de0eceb2779388716.txt  (First graders Use Facebook)
http://www.ourschool.ca/?p=3433  (Toronto District School Board using social media)
http://blog.parentella.com/2010/how-to-engage-parents-at-a-title-i-school/
(Parentella: How to Engage Parents at a Title I School blog post)
http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/edutopia-home-to-school-guide.pdf  (Edutopia: Home to School Connections Guide Tip List-#1 Go where parents are)
http://www.guide2digitallearning.com/blog_brad_flickinger/creating_facebook_page_your_school  (Creating a Facebook page for your school)
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/08/6-ways-to-use-cell-phones-to-strengthen.html (Lisa Nielsen: 6 Ways to Use Cell Phones to Strengthen the Home-School Connection)
http://www.ourschool.ca/NiagaraCatholic/sylphonecall.shtml    (A Simple Phone Call-The Best Way to Ask for Help)
http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=628   (Digital Parent Engagement - Lorna Costantini Presentation for K12 Online Conference 2010)
http://www.elearningcenter.ca/course/view.php?id=9  (Digital Parent Engagement course)
http://digitalparent.wikispaces.com  (Digital Parent Project)
http://www.connectedprincipals.com/archives/727  (Larry Fliegelman’s post “Inform, Invite, Perform (and Feed): A Plan to Increase Parental Involvement”)
http://mstechnology.wikispaces.com/Parent+Ed  (Matt Montagne Parent Education wiki)
http://voicethread.com/share/346039/  (Student-led Parent-Teacher Conferences)
http://www.curriculum.org/secretariat/studentled/index.shtml  (Canadian Curriculum services Student-led Parent-Teacher Conferences)
http://kidblog.org/missdunsigersclass  (Student/teacher blogs kid blogs-Class Kidblog  for Aviva Dunsiger, Grade 1)http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/resources/parents/#t2  (PBS Frontline Digital Nation Parent Survey)
http://twitter.com/liveclass20 (Classroom 2.0 LIVE on Twitter)
http://live.classroom20.com/archive-and-resources.html (Classroom 2.0 LIVE Archives and Resources for all recordings and links)
http://groups.diigo.com/group/classroom-20-live (Classroom 2.0 LIVE Diigo Group-please join and share your links with everyone)

Topic: Screencasting
Newbie Question of the Week: What is screencasting and how can I use it in the classroom with students?

Sharetabs link: http://www.sharetabs.com/?classroom20live04042009

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:
http://www.lornacostantini.com/?cat=7 (Lorna Costantini: Home page for projects, resources and bio)
http://blip.tv/file/1279948 (Lorna Costantini/Matt Montagne: K12Online Presentation Teaser)
http://dotsub.com/view/31d4877f-1431-4ab3-afdc-1fccc19d1ae4 (Lorna Costantini/Matt Montagne: Parents as Partners K12Online Presentation)
http://www.classroomblogging.com/mov/beginning_blogger.mov (Lorna Costantini: Beginning Blogger Screencast movie)
http://live.classroom20.com/tour-our-site.html (Lorna Costantini: Tour of Classroom 2.0 LIVE Screencast)
http://classroomblogging.com/mov/ett_live.mov (Lorna Costantini: Screencast-Overview of how to participate in EdTechTalk webcasts)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screencast (Explanation of screencasting on Wikipedia)
http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/files/Idealware_reprint_retooling_screencasting.pdf   (Beth Kanter: Introduction to Screencasting)
http://screencastingprimer.wikispaces.com/primer  (Beth Kanter: Screencasting Primer)
http://bethkanter.wikispaces.com/screencastsvideo (Beth Kanter: Screencasts and Instructional Videos)
http://www.screencast.com/users/NTEN/folders/Default/media/422e1938-e3f5-4bc2-9fe0-c48d82b23efe (Beth Kanter: Knowledge Sharing with Tags screencast example)
http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/digitalmedia/2005/11/16/what-is-screencasting.html?page=1 (Jon Udell: What is Screencasting?)
http://screencastacademy.wikispaces.com/   (Screencast Academy Wikispace-excellent tutorials, examples, suggestions for student uses of screencasting)
http://teachj.wordpress.com/2008/12/31/screencasting-solutions-on-a-budget/ (Robert Courtemanche: Screencasting Solutions on a Budget)
http://www.jasonohler.com/pdfs/storyboard_template.pdf
http://www.masterymaze.com/masterycastchat-list   (Episode 5- Podcasting in Moodle for Review)
http://www.bbsoftware.co.uk/BBFlashBack.aspx   screencast recording software
http://www.jingproject.com/   (Jing Project - screencasting software and video host site)
http://www.efl537.com/screencast/how-jing (Jeff Lebow: Screencast of how to make a screencast with Jing)
http://www.screentoaster.com/    (Free online screen recorder-web-based screencasting tool that can record your desktop from any computer with a browser and Java. It's great for quick demonstrations, and for beginners.)
http://camstudio.org/      (Free screencasting application)
http://www.flowgram.com (Browser-based tool that allows you to compile and share your important sites: add content from any web page, PowerPoint, Flickr, Facebook, etc. Annotate with voice, notes and highlights and share on your blog, Facebook or via email.)
http://www.flowgram.com/p/66p65shxd9uwy6 (Flowgram example: What is Web 2.0 and Useful Tools for Educators)
http://www.flowgram.com/p/jenewrfqrdy8a9 (Flowgram example: A Quick Look at Friendfeed)
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/ (SnapzPro X for Macs-$69.00-captures everything on your screen including movies)
http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp (Camtasia Studio for PCs-$299.00-captures everything on your screen but not available for Mac or Linux yet)
http://www.shinywhitebox.com/home/home.html (iShowU Mac application-$20.00-designed to record anything on your screen, instantly--both audio and video)
http://www.telestream.net/screen-flow/overview.htm (ScreenFlow-Mac application-captures the contents of your entire desktop at the same time as your video camera, microphone and computer's audio-$99.00) 
http://mashable.com/2008/02/21/screencasting-video-tutorials/   (Free and commercial screencast applications)
http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/    (Screencast - o - matic application with free hosting)
http://www.bobyte.com/   (Aviscreen: free screencast application)
http://goview.com/goldwyn/spring/play?method=indexPage (Free screencast website)
http://www.utipu.com/app/   (TipCam: free screencast recorder for recording and sharing your screen in a video-named by PC magazine as one of the best free softwares of 2009-download required for Windows XP and Vista only)
http://www.debugmode.com/wink/ ( Wink: tutorial and presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software-freeware for Windows and Linux)
http://vyew.com/site/ (Vyew: Vyew is a web-based screen sharing and live annotation tool. Features include live desktop sharing, whiteboard and the capability to present files to your audience from whatever platform, since you only need a compatible browser.-PC,Mac,Linux-no installation required)
http://www.diigo.com/list/darrendraper/screencast_tutorial-software (Darren Draper: Compilation of bookmarked sites on Diigo for screencasting tools)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHl296-BjDg (Diigo Screencast example)
http://blip.tv/file/1030933 (Screencast by Liz B. Davis re Plurk Basics)
http://www.slideshare.net/shareski/going-global-going-public? (Dean Shareski: Going Global, Going Public-screencast example on SlideShare--called Slidecast)
http://bumpontheblog.net/2009/02/google-sites-screencast-2-setting-up-a-new-google-site/ (Brian Grenier: Screencast example-Setting Up a New Google Site)
http://panopto.com/ (Panopto: Book tour presentation with closed captioning: Thomas Friedman, author and New York Times syndicated columnist, "Hot, Flat, and Crowded"MacMillan publishing selected Panopto to capture Thomas Friedman's book tour lecture in Washington DC. You can search on any text within his lecture to get to the content that interests you the most.)