Classroom 2.0 LIVE! - Resources

Creating Great PowerPoints-Special Guest: Alvin Trusty

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:43:22 -0800

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

ShareTabs links for today's show:
http://sharetabs.com/ywz

http://www.alvintrusty.com (Alvin Trusty blog) http://vimeo.com/trusty (Alvin's Vimeo site with more tips and tricks) http://vimeo.com/3137992 ( How to create a PowerPoint without breaking the law 2.0)
http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=23489 (version 1.0)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=747900678343307365&ei=z_RtSvKwJ5LXlQfk5PFr&q=alvin+trusty&client=safari (developing effectively online content) http://www.slideshare.net/proftrusty/presentations (technology and education) interesting short slide show that makes the point about using technology
http://www.vimeo.com/4309393 (Alvin Trusty: Narrating PowerPoint)
http://delicious.com/atrusty/greatppt (Alvin Trusty: Delicious bookmarks--a treasure trove of resources)
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=20370 (Don McMillan: humorous video but with great advice--"Life after Death by PowerPoint"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC1OixM_118 (Dean Shareski: PowerPoint Extreme Makeover)
http://www.garrreynolds.com/Presentation/slides.html (Garr Reynolds: Top Ten Slide Tips)
http://informationfluency.wikispaces.com/Digital+Storytelling+and+Reforming+PowerPoint (Joyce Valenza: Digital Storytelling and Reforming PowerPoint-excellent compilation of PowerPoint resources)
http://blog.duarte.com/2009/02/lessons-from-ted-5-simple-tweaks/ (Doug Neff: 5 Simple Tweaks for PPT presentations based on TED Talks)
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/01/really_bad_powe.html (Seth Godin: Really Bad PowerPoint-tips for creating effective PowerPoints-4 components to a good presentation)
http://www.slideshare.net/selias22/taking-your-slide-deck-to-the-next-level (Scott Elias: SlideShare presentation with audio-Taking Your Slide Deck to the Next Level)
http://www.authorstream.com (slide sharing site) http://www.slideshare.net
http://www.slideboom.com

Telling Stories with Digital ThreadsFollow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:46:44 -0800

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

Gl.am links for today's show: http://gl.am/5Ya3k

Slide 25: Photo Collection- http://tinyurl.com/nthyt7
Slide 31: Video Collection- http://tinyurl.com/lql6j8
Slide 52: Visualization 1- http://tinyurl.com/nbn444
Slide 52: Visualization 2- http://tinyurl.com/m4qf5t

Tweetdeck: http://tweetdeck.com/beta/
Trending Tools: http://delicious.com/bigenhoc/trends
Twitter Tools: http://delicious.com/bigenhoc/twitter
Visualization Tools: http://delicious.com/bigenhoc/visualization
XMind: http://www.xmind.net/
Jing: http://www.jingproject.com/
Mind Mapping Tools: http://delicious.com/bigenhoc/mindmapping
Mashable: http://mashable.com/
Snagit: http://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp
Camtasia: http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp

http://www.slideshare.net/bigenhoc/telling-stories-through-digital-threads (This is where I have placed the slides on the Internet)
http://dlp4success.com/nais2009/index2009.htm (Chris Bigenho- NAIS Classrooms of the Future Project Learning Adventures)http://www.dlp4success.com/ (Chris Bigenho: Development, Learning and Performance resource presentations)
http://www.dlp4success.com/nais2009/virtualgames/arg.htm (Chris Bigenho Presentation: NAIS Annual Conference 09 Adventures in Worlds: Second Life)
http://live.classroom20.com/ (Classroom 2.0 LIVE website home page)
http://wiki.classroom20.com/Classroom+2.0+LIVE!+Show (Classroom 2.0 LIVE wiki for making suggestions of show topics)
http://www.classroom20.com/ (Classroom 2.0 Ning Network)
http://live.classroom20.com/archive.html (Classroom 2.0 LIVE archive of session recordings)
http://www.futureofeducation.com/ (Future of Education Ning Network)
http://www.conversations.net (Conversations Ning Network
http://www.classroom20.com/group/classroom20beginnergroup (Classroom 2.0 LIVE Beginner Group forum and event announcements for Beginner Series with Sue Waters)
http://www.clicktools.com/survey?iv=b511e98485ee875 (Permanent survey link for Classroom 2.0 LIVE weekly shows

Elluminate: Special Features for the Classroom Special Guest: Tammy Moore

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:02:16 -0800

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

Gl.am links for today's show: http://gl.am/9_v3T

http://www.learncentral.org/group/11405/creative-elluminate-wbd-lab (Learn Central group specifically on the topic of interactive, dynamic slide design)
http://www.gimp.org/ (free graphics tools to help you modify and create graphics)
http://www.virtualhomeschoolgroup.com/ (Tammy Moore: School website)
http://www.learncentral.org/search/wbd (LearnCentral resource search on the term wbd for interactive wbd slides that are made and ready to go in your Elluminate room)
http://www.learncentral.org/search/prop (LearnCentral resource search term to bring graphics objects that have been shared. Lots of chemistry props have been shared so far)
http://webclipart.about.com/od/msub64aa/School_Clip_Art_Links.htm (About.com's Clip Art Directory)
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (Wikipedia Commons is a great place to find images. Most images are public domain or CC)
http://www.elluminate.com/support/docs/9.0/moderator-pdf/Elluminate%20Live!%20Whiteboard%20Tools%20Quick%20Reference%20Guide%20v9.pdf (Whiteboard Tools Quick Reference Guide for Moderators)
http://support.elluminate.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=2653 (Elluminate Knowledge Base tutorial: Using the "Insert Clipart Button"

Glogster EDU-Special Guest: Jim Dachos

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:32:52 -0800

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

Gl.am links for today's show: http://gl.am/NDAbg

If you have questions or need technical assistance with your Glogster EDU accounts, feel free to contact:
jim.dachos@glogster.com
andrew.connelly@glogster.com
Andrew Connelly: 888-GLOGS4U will get me live!

http://www.glogster.com/edu/
http://www.slideshare.net/glogster/glogster-edu-education-20 (Slideshare tour of Glogster EDU)
http://www.glogster.com/
http://www.glogster.com/what-to-do/
http://www.glogster.com/category/School/
http://www.glogster.com/edu/register/ (Registration site for classes on Glogster EDU)
http://www.glogster.com/edu/faq/ (Glogster EDU Frequently Asked Questions)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/14750322/how-to-use-Glogster (Scribd doc: How to Use Glogster)
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dgqwv5cr_127g7nqc8fm (Traci Blazosky: Excellent Glogster.EDU tutorial)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80NISdsoouE (YouTube video tutorial of the content on the Scribd doc by Traci Blazosky)
http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/denvirtcon/ (Discovery Education Virtual Conference featuring Glogster)
http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/columnists/dyck/dyck037.shtml (Brenda Dyck on Education World: Hooked on Glogster-Posters 2.0) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRdb_N6CBWE (Glogster in the classroom-Whitehall High School, PA) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2_1Of6zzJ8 (Glogster in the classroom-Fairview Park High School, OH) http://lyssalea.glogster.com/Darfur/ (Powerful Student Glog about Darfur) http://rosesunrise65.glogster.com/I-love-Glogster-because/?w1 (Student Glog-I Love Glogster Because...) http://civilwarsallie.wikispaces.com/ (Civil War Glog and PA Award Winner)
Examples of educator wikispaces that use Glogster for their interactive home page
http://newtoolsworkshop.wikispaces.com/ (Joyce Valenza: New Tools Workshop) http://ktitraci.wikispaces.com/Glogster (Traci Blazosky: Excellent use of Glogster) http://farroutlinks.net/blog/?tag=blogginghttp://s018.calgaryscienceschool.glogster.com/NancyPanel3? (American History resources-private site but glogster page is accessible)
http://mr-js-science-space.wikispaces.com/Glogster+Projects (several student Glogster science projects linked from this page and student survey about using Glogster)
http://carlaarena.glogster.com/ListeningPlus-NewBeginning? (Carla Arena: Listening-Plus Glogster re hurricanes)
http://nnorris.glogster.com/Math-SitesI (Nadine Norris: Hotlist of Math Sites)
http://kmakatche.glogster.com/Web-20 (Katie Makatche: Glogster of Web 2.0 Tools and guides for classroom uses)
http://2pointohteaching.blogspot.com/2009/01/glogster-in-classroom-and-light-sabres.html (Jared Nichol: Blog post about how he uses Glogster for a HS poetry project)
http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/suzieonline (Suzie Vesper: Glogster home page for web 2.0 blog, wikis, tools--fantastic resources)
http://cybrarian.glogster.com/glog-71 (Pond Animals Glogster)
http://ktitraci.wikispaces.com/Glogster (Traci Blazosky: Video tutorial on how to use the free CamStudio to add Voicethreads, Vokis, Animotos and much more to your Glog)
http://thinkinginmind.blogspot.com/2009/03/creating-historical-timelines-with.html (Neil Stephenson: Blog post on using Glogster for creating historical timelines)
http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=558 (Box of Tricks/Jose Picardo: Blog post re Integrating Glogster into Lessons)
http://jpegchatham.glogster.com/j/%3Fvoucher%3D23d1b8f319989b24bb289a74106d9977?(Animoto Newsletter #1 using Glogster with embedded Animoto videos)
http://thetechtiger.glogster.com/de (Selena Ward: Introduction to unit on generations using Glogster)

BUZZ about LearnCentral-Steve Hargadon & Gailene Nelson

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:57:50 -0800

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

Gl.am links for today's show: http://gl.am/S3MNr

http://www.learncentral.org (Learn Central home page)
http://www.learncentral.org/about_lc (Learn Central Frequently Asked Questions)
http://www.learncentral.org/user/vroomreg (Sign up for a free VRoom in Elluminate on Learn Central)
http://twitter.com/learncentral (Follow Learn Central on Twitter)
http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2009/04/10/learncentral/ (National Center for Technology Innovation description of Learn Central)
http://blog.edtuit.com/2009/05/18/edtuit-com-is-now-learncentral-org/ (Gailene Nelson: EdTuit is now Learn Central)
http://www.edstimulus.org/discuss.html (Steve Hargadon: Discuss EdStimulus on LearnCentral)
http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2009/04/20/developing-tomorrows-leaders-through-innovative-technology-free-webinar/ (Recording of panel presentation for webinar on Developing Tomorrow's Leaders Through Innovative Technology-includes info from Steve Hargadon re Learn Central)
http://www.learncentral.org/node/3432 (Host your own webinars-This is the application and information group for those wanting to run large group meetings through Elluminate on Learn Central)
http://live.classroom20.com/1/post/2009/02/social-networkingning-and-more-special-guests-steve-hargadonrick-ruden.html (Classroom 2.0 LIVE recording of conversation with Steve Hargadon and Rick Ruden introducing Learn Central)
http://www.learncentral.org/resource/view/3521 (Getting Started with Learn Central video tutorial)
http://www.learncentral.org/node/6735 (LearnCentral Preview: The No Educator Left Behind Tour with Steve Hargadon & Rick Ruden)

http://live.classroom20.com/ (Classroom 2.0 LIVE website home page)
http://wiki.classroom20.com/Classroom+2.0+LIVE!+Show (Classroom 2.0 LIVE wiki for making suggestions of show topics)
http://www.classroom20.com/ (Classroom 2.0 Ning Network)
http://live.classroom20.com/archive.html (Classroom 2.0 LIVE archive of session recordings)
http://www.futureofeducation.com/ (Future of Education Ning Network)
http://www.classroom20.com/group/classroom20beginnergroup (Classroom 2.0 LIVE Beginner Group forum and event announcements for Beginner Series with Sue Waters)
http://www.clicktools.com/survey?iv=b511e98485ee875 (Permanent survey link for Classroom 2.0 LIVE weekly shows)

Images4Education and EVO-Special Guest: Carla Arena

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:21:03 -0800

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

Gl.am links for today's show: http://gl.am/2tOeQ

http://explorations.bloxi.jp/ (Carla Arena: Award-winning Teacher Blog for Edublog Awards 2008)
http://collablogatorium.blogspot.com/ (Carla Arena: Further Exploration Blog)
http://images4education.pbworks.com/FrontPage (Home Page for Images4Education course wiki-6-week session on exploring images for 21st century classroom-how images can be used in educational settings for photo sharing, storytelling, slideshows and comics creation, as well as understand how Creative Commons licensing can be beneficial for classroom use)
http://images4education.ning.com/ (Companion Ning site for Images4Education class where participants supported each other and shared their creations, lesson plans, etc.)
http://groups.diigo.com/groups/images4education (Bookmarks shared on Diigo for Images4Education)
http://evosessions.pbwiki.com/FrontPage (Electronic Village Online Home Page)
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/TESOL/EVOL/portal.htm (The CALL Interest Section of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL) offers language teachers world-wide the opportunity to participate in the Electronic Village Online (EVO), a professional development project and virtual extension of the TESOL Convention. The intended audience for this project includes both TESOL convention-goers and those who can participate only virtually.
http://images4education-ning.pbworks.com/(follow up activities after the session was formally over)
http://www.flickr.com/groups/schoolsaroundtheglobe/(Flickr group we just started and will use for a collaborative international project suggested by one of the members of our session)
http://www.flickr.com/groups/images4education/ (Images4Education Flickr group)
http://www.slideshare.net/carlaarena/images4education (slides of talk)
http://brazilbridges.pbworks.com/Cybersurfing-with-Young-Learners

Image sources
http://www.compfight.com/ (Flickr images search using Creative Commons and safe search options)
http://www.sxc.hu/ (Stock.xchng - the leading free stock photography site)
http://www.kartoo.com (Kartoo image search engine)
http://hcmc.uvic.ca/clipart (UVIC's Language Teaching Clipart Library)
http://photobucket.com/groupsearch/Featured/?type=category (Can create group albums and upload photos to share with others--thousands of albums/photos available to search)
http://www.photoxpress.com/ (free stock images available for download)
http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/2008/06/28/finding-and-adding-creative-commons-images-to-your-blog-posts/ (Sue Waters: Finding and Adding Creative Commons Images to your Blog Posts)
http://sites.google.com/site/freetoolsoutthewazoo/copyright-friendly-images (Rushton Hurley: Links to copyright-friendly images)
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (Wikimedia Commons: database of 4,568,004 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute).
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pictures_and_images (Wikimedia Commons Pictures and Images)
http://www.diigo.com/list/pgeorge/photo-sites_cr20_phoenix(Peggy George: Compilation of photo creation sites as example of Diigo lists and webslides)
http://www.shambles.net/pages/school/clipart/ (Chris Smith/Shamblesguru: Compilation of photos, images, clipart and graphics)
http://www.pics4learning.com/ (Pics4Learning: a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers)

Editing images
http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/services/28-online-photo-editing-websites-to-have-fun-with/
http://www.photobie.com/index.php (A free software for photo editing, scrapbooking, animation, screen capture and more-requires download)

Google Search Tips-Special Guest: Lisa Thumann

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:55:05 -0800

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

Gl.am links for today's show: http://gl.am/LlS0v

http://thumannresources.com/ (Lisa Thuman: Website Home Page)
http://thumannresources.com/2009/04/28/searching-googe-in-a-snap/ (Lisa Thumann: slides for Google Search presentation)
http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html (Google special search features: Everyday Essentials, Local Search, Query Refinements, Reference Tools, Trip Planning, Search by Number, Choosing Keywords)
http://google.com/insights/search/# (Google Insights for Search, you can compare search volume patterns across specific regions, categories, time frames and properties.)
http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en (Language Tools)
http://books.google.com/ (Google Book Search)
http://scholar.google.com/(Google Scholar Search)
http://news.google.com/ (Google News Search)
http://blogsearch.google.com/ (Google Blog Search)
http://www.google.com/alerts (Google Alerts)
http://www.google.com/coop/cse/ (Google Custom Search)
http://www.google.com/educators/gta.html (Google Teacher Academy)
http://groups.google.com/group/google-for-educators?pli=1 (Google for Educators Discussion Groups-use this space to start discussions with fellow K-12 teachers)
http://www.googleguide.com/ (Google Guide: online interactive tutorial and reference for experienced users, novices, and everyone in between--more information about Google's capabilties, features, and services than what is on Google's website. --Nancy Blachman
http://udlatrutgers.edublogs.org/ (Universal Design for Learning Blog at CMSCE for Rutgers-Lisa Thumann blog contributor. The Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education is located on the Rutgers University campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey. We provide professional development in-district as well as at our Digital Teaching and Learning Lab at the Center.
http://edtechvision.org/?p=711 (Tech Tip Tuesday: Favorite Google Tools by Colette Cassinelli)
http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/2008/11/29/using-google-alerts-to-monitor-incoming-links/ (Sue Waters: Using Google Alerts to Monitor Incoming Links)
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgkxbfp9_16f42fdcmm (Google in Education: Frequently Asked Questions)
http://www.google.com/educators/posters.html (Tips on improving search results and using popular Google products like Google Earthtips on improving search results and using popular Google products like Google Earth)
http://newstimeline.googlelabs.com/# (Google News Timeline is a web application that organizes information chronologically. It allows users to view news and other data sources on a zoomable, graphical timeline.)
http://similar-images.googlelabs.com/ (Similar Images allows you to search for images using pictures rather than words)

http://gl.am (Home page for gl.am--create your own link pages for free!!)

Student Web Radio Broadcasts-Special Guest: Matt Montagne

Fri, 29 May 2009 21:36:55 -0800

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

ShareTabs: http://www.sharetabs.com/?classroom20live05302009

http://www.castilleja.org/ (Castilleja School Website)
http://middleschoolblog.blogspot.com/ (Matt Montagne's blog-The Digital Down Low)
http://castillejatech.wikispaces.com/ (Castilleja School Technology wikispace)
http://castillejaglobal.typepad.com/ (Castilleja School Global Week Blog: The Global Initiative at Castilleja has as its aim to promote global education as a part of every student and faculty member’s educational experience.)
http://gatorradio.blogspot.com/ (Gator Radio Experience Blog and recorded broadcasts)
http://gatorradio.wikispaces.com/ (Gator Radio Wiki)
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gator-radio-experience( Gator Radio Ustream.tv Channel for live listening and archived recordings)
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df86v9z9_0fgxghzfq&hl=en (Matt Montagne: Parental Permission Form)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjmonty/3422185279 (Matt Montagne's home broadcasting studio)
http://www.jgi-shanghai.org/ColumnList.aspx?NodeID=2 (Shanghai Roots & Shoots-website for students on Earthcast09 Shanghai)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjmonty/3443271162/in/pool-earthcast09 (Earthcast09 photo pool: Green Home Construction Site Tour)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjmonty/3468384650/in/photostream/(Hardware and Software Anatomy of Earthcast09-Photostream)
http://earthbridges.net/taxonomy/term/4 Earthcast 2009: Archived recordings including 3 segments with Gator Radio- Hours 3,4,5)
http://www.youtube.com/castischool (YouTube Channel for Castillejo School)
http://edtechtalk.com/parentsaspartners (Parents as Partners on EdTechTalk-Matt Montagne show co-host)
http://hsbj.org/learning/index.php (High School Broadcast Journalism website: For teachers interested in new and creative ways to teach students about broadcast and multimedia, HSBJ offers many tools designed to spark interest and generate excitement about broadcast journalism-includes lesson plans)
http://www.luhsd.k12.ca.us/Departments_and_Courses/KGAR_Radio/Index.cfm “Tiger Radio” is a hands-on broadcast educational facility that ensures that all students in the Lemoore Union High School District be provided the opportunity to learn the field of Radio Broadcasting and its various adjacent fields. This includes, but is not limited to, public speaking, audio and music production, studio operations and technology, and related fields."
http://webcastacademy.net (The Webcast Academy is a hands on, collaborative community for people interested in learning how to produce and host live, interactive webcasts. Great tutorials on recording and editing audio for web streaming.)http://ustream.tv (Ustream.tv is FREE, LIVE INTERACTIVE VIDEO FOR EVERYONE. All you need to stream is a computer, internet connection, a microphone and a webcam or video camera.)http://www.livestream.com (Formerly Mogulus, now LiveStream: free, online web streaming)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ (BlogTalk Radio: Talk Radio Podcast-Using an ordinary telephone and computer hosts can create free, live, call-in talk shows with unlimited participants that are automatically archived and made available as podcasts. No software download is required. Listeners can subscribe to shows via RSS into iTunes and other feed readers.)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/elikeren (BlogTalkRadio show with Liz Kolb and Jeff Stanzler on using cell phones for learning)

Bonus link from chat shared by Shamblesguru: (Radio Station Tools/Resources) http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/radio/

Interactive Stories/Handhelds in Action-Special Guest: Tony Vincent

Sat, 23 May 2009 10:23:15 -0800

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

ShareTabs: http://www.sharetabs.com/?classroom20live05232009

http://www.learninginhand.com/index.html (Tony Vincent: Learning in Hand website)
http://learninginhand.com/blog/ (Tony Vincent's Blog)
http://azk12.org/content/technology (AZ K-12 Center Technology Resources)
http://tonyvincent.net/iweb/index.html (Follow Tony Vincent's latest blog, twitter, AZ K-12 Technology updates)
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1445088(Ustream.TV recording by Tony Vincent- Tony Vincent shares some of his favorite iPod touch and iPhone Apps for Education)
http://sighc.iste.wikispaces.net/ (SIGHC is the ISTE special interest group that is an advocate for mobile learning worldwide, and promotes meaningful integration of mobile devices in teaching and learning in formal and informal learning environments. Members of SIGHC include teachers, administrators, technology coordinators, university faculty and researchers, and representatives from profit and non-profit entities, including government.)
http://www.learninginhand.com/articles/interactivestories/index.html (Learning in Hand: Interactive Stories)
http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/studentwork/iseverts2005/index.html (Choose-your-path stories by Miss Everts' Fifth Graders)
http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/p5/projects/stories2004.html (Interactive Stories: Planet 5th - Mr. Vincent's Fifth Grade)
http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/p5/projects/interactivestories/resources.html (Interactive Story Lesson Plans)
http://www.learninginhand.com/articles/interactivestories/is.swf about creating interactive stories)
http://friedafoxworth.edublogs.org/2009/05/08/interactive-story/(Freida Foxworth: Interactive story modification of Tony's original approach)
http://www.learninginhand.com/netbooks/index.html (Tony Vincent: Netbooks)
http://www.learninginhand.com/mobileweb/index.html(Tony Vincent: Mobile Web)
http://www.learninginhand.com/pda.html (Tony Vincent: PDSs-Schools have been using Palm handhelds and Pocket PCs for a number of years. Devices running the Palm Operating System or Windows Mobile are called PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants).
http://learninginhand.com/blog/2008/10/flip-video-camera.html (Tony Vincent: Flip Video Camera-fantastic digital storytelling tool)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature004.shtml (Education World-Teacher Feature: Tony Vincent)
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=128 (Choose Your Own Adventure: A Hypertext Writing Experience)
http://www.infinite-story.com/ (Infinite Story.com - discussion of how to create youtube videos that allow viewers to choose own adventure)
http://www.prleap.com/pr/130080/ (Choose your own adventure iPhone app)
http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/content/cyoa_video.mspx (Reading is Fun: Journey under the Sea choose your own adventure online book)
http://www.plkr.org/ (Plucker software to read offline Web and free eBook reader for handheld devices)
http://www.1000000monkeys.com/snippet.html?branch=13506(One Million Monkeys Typing: Choose Your Own Adventure)
http://www.net2.com/nvu/ (Nvu: free software to create web pages)
http://www.cellphonesinlearning.com/ (Liz Kolb: From Toys to Tools-Cell Phones in Learning)
http://cc.mlearnopedia.com/(Mobile Learning/Judy Brown: mLearnopedia content community collects and organizes the best information from around the web that will help you learn and stay current on mobile learning)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/guhlin/guhlin011.shtml (Miguel Guhlin: 5 Lessons for Mobile Device Implementation-Administrative focus)
http://www.tikatok.com/help/teachers (Tikatok online reading/writing student book publishing site)
http://discoverychange.pbworks.com/Writers'-Workshop (Tikatok student books examples created by Jackie Gerstein's students in Writing Workshop)
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ (Sea Monkey is a free HTML editor from Mozilla)
http://learninginhand.com/stt/Moravian_-_Wesleyan_Handhelds/Interactive_Stories.html (Interactive Stories written by 6th graders in the Virgin Islands)
http://learninginhand.com/ipod/content.html (Information about using iWriter to create interactive stories to be read on click-wheel iPods)
http://tinyurl.com/istory (iPod touch/iPhone app for reading user-generated interactive stories)
http://istoryweb.appspot.com/(The site where users create their interactive stories for iStory)

Mathcasts-Special Guest: Tim Fahlberg

Sat, 16 May 2009 08:34:00 -0800

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

ShareTabs: http://www.sharetabs.com/?classroom20live05162009

http://mathcasts.org/ (Tim Fahlberg: Mathcast/Math247 Website)
http://math247.pbworks.com/ (Tim Fahlberg: Math247 Wiki)
http://math247.pbworks.com/Presentations%20about%20mathcasts (Tim Fahlberg: Presentations about Mathcasts)
http://math247.pbworks.com/Why%20Should%20Students%20create%20mathcasts (Tim Fahlberg: Why Should Students Create Mathcasts?)
http://math247.pbworks.com/K-7+Mathcasts+500+Project (Listen to Wes Fryer, Karen Montgomery and Tim Fahlberg discuss wikis, mathcasts and the Mathcast 500 Project--goal to create a library of 500+ mathcasts for K-7 math using many student and educator voices)
http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/mathcastsorg/ (Will Richardson: Weblogg-ed post on Mathcasts.org)
http://www.mathplayground.com/mathcasts500.html (Colleen King: Math Playground website for Mathcasts 500 Project)
http://smartboards.typepad.com/smartboard/2008/02/smart-board-a-1.html (SmartBoard and Mathcasts-Step 2; solution for creating Mathcasts quickly and easily using your SMART Board and the Sketchcast website. Sketchcast will allow you to create, store, and share your Mathcasts.)
http://math247.pbworks.com/South+Paris+Collaborative%27s+Mathcast+Portfolio (Lisa Parisi/Christine Southard South Paris Collaborative 5th grade student mathcasts-VoiceThreads contributed to the K-7 Mathcasts 500 Project)
http://wildaboutmath.com/2007/11/29/the-first-ever-wild-about-math-mathcast/ (Blog post by Sol Lederman: The First Ever Wild About Math! Mathcast which includes a Voicethread example)
http://annickpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/mathcasts-kids-teaching-kids.html (Annick LIVEbrary Online Classroom: Mathcasts-Kids teaching Kids)
http://ripplingpond.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/mathcasts-500-project-from-math-playground/ (Kathy Shields: Mathcasts 500 Project from Math Playground-Blog post reflection following a Women of the Web 2 webcast on EdTechTalk with Colleen King of Math Playground)
http://teachersteachingteachers.org/?cat=227 (Teachers Teaching Teachers webcast on EdTechTalk where they explore the power of tagging, teachers using tumblogs, mathcasts, VoiceThreads in health, speech, history, math, music, technology, and EFL classes.)
http://cegsa.editme.com/Mathcasts (Computers in Education Group of South Australia-Mathcasts including information about using Jing to create mathcasts)
http://www.mathtrain.com/mathtrain/mod/resource/view.php?id=7 (MathTrains: Student Created Mathcasts with math video lessons created by middle school students-can subscribe to the math videos
www1.etf.ukim.edu.mk/SCM_C021A06/conference/E3-1.pdf (eLearning Materials for Mathematics: Mathcasts, Self-Testing and Interactivities by Linda Fahlberg-Stojanovska and Vitomir Stojanovski-downloadable pdf providing rationale for Mathcasts)
http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/12/21/technology-shopping-cart-podcast02-wikis-voicethread-and-mathcasts/ (Wes Fryer: Podcast 211-Wikis, VoiceThread and Mathcasts with Tim Fahlberg, Karen Montgomery and Wes Fryer)
http://jingproject.com (Free online program for both Macs and Windows that allows you to capture your screen, record a video of on-screen action and share instantly over IM, email and web)
http://voicethread.com (collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.) Users can doodle while commenting, use multiple identities, and pick which comments are shown through moderation. VoiceThreads can even be embedded to show and receive comments on other websites and exported to MP3 players or DVDs to play as archival movies.
http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp (Camtasia Studio-screen recorder software for Windows that offers free trial (fully functioning) for 30 days and $299.00 for purchase.
http://www.telestream.net/screen-flow/overview.htm Screenflow Mac Screencasting software

NOTE: We had an awesome bonus in our show today with Graeme McNeil (The Math Maker), Colleen King (creator of the Math Playground) and Shamblesguru who shared a great resource page for screencasting. Be sure to download the chat log to get some additional links that weren't included in the original Sharetabs!
http://www.themathmaker.com/
http://www.mathplayground.com
http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/screencast/