Category: Lornacostantini

Connecting with Parents Using Technology-Lorna Costantini

11/20/2010

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)

Screencasting-Presenter: Lorna Costantini

4/4/2009

Date: Saturday, April 4, 2009

Time: 9:00am PDT/10:00am MDT/11:00am CDT/12:00pmEDT

Location: Elluminate

Recording (full): https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2009-04-04.0911.M.07B3D1CF85BD9C2DF7E7A513C7949A.vcr

Recording (audio): http://audio.edtechlive.com/cr20/screencasting.mp3

Recording (chat): http://wiki.classroom20.com/CR+20+LIVE+4+Apr+09

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.)

17 Jan 09 - Google Forms

1/26/2009

Feedreader Follow-up Tutorial

The show hosts of Classroom 2.0 would like to share a very special treat for you! Lorna Costantini created a fantastic screencast of how to use a feedreader and add feeds. It is a few minutes long and is filled with excellent information. Viewing this video will answer any questions you may have had after participating in the live or recorded show. Click on the image to launch the video and enjoy! Popcorn anyone?

Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009

Time: 9:00am PST/10:00am MST/11:00am CST/12:00pm EST/5:00pm GMT
The session room will be open for 30 minutes before the actual start time for anyone who wants help or to make sure you connect correctly.

Duration: 1 Hour
Recording (audio): http://audio.edtechlive.com/cr20/cr20live17jan09.mp3
Recording (full): https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2009-01-17.0914.M.E3162F7795F38E59D810DA9587F1C2.vcr
Chat log: http://wiki.classroom20.com/CR+2.0+LIVE+17+Jan+09

Sharetabs: http://www.sharetabs.com/?classroom20live01172009
Wiki to share show topic and newbie question suggestions: http://wiki.classroom20.com/Classroom+2.0+LIVE!+Show

Agenda:
* Newbie Question of the Week: What is a feedreader and why do I need one?
* Booktalk/Blog Post/Article of the week: 10 Google Forms for the Classroom by Tom Barrett, UK
http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/2008/08/23/10-google-forms-for-the-classroom/
Let's Talk About It!
*Topic: Google Forms

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

Surveys Vs Google Spreadsheets-Darren Draper             http://drapestakes.blogspot.com/2008/02/surveys-via-google-spreadsheets.html
Google Gets It-Kristin Hokanson http://khokanson.blogspot.com/2008/03/google-gets-it.html
Turn Google Spreadsheets into a Self-Grading Quiz-Vicki Davis (includes screencast) http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2008/11/turn-google-spreadsheets-into-self.html
Example of a class quiz on GMT and time zones (form view)        http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p2cvNbF37wpXOqrYm6VOrIw
Surveys and Forms with Google Docs-Miguel Guhlin    http://www.edsupport.cc/mguhlin/archives/2008/08/entry_7660.htm
Easiest. Forms. Ever. - Dan Schellenberg http://dansramblings.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/easiest-forms-ever/
Link to screencast from Dan's blog post -   http://www.screencast.com/users/DanSchellenberg/folders/Jing/media/9dfec60e-0464-459e-b658-cab5d7c0db2c
Quick and Easy Forms with Google-Lynette Chandler,TechBasedMarketing    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxYZKkusg-Y
Example of student tech survey (getting to know you)    http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pz8kbIbukiobrOyIG-pY5Vg
Example of college technology course survey form at beginning of course-Dean Mantz    http://21cteaching.wikispaces.com/week-01
Example of survey results page from favorite holiday poll http://winterwonderland.wikispaces.com/Holiday+Polls
Example of project registration sign-up form on wiki   http://winterwonderland.wikispaces.com/Register
Classroom Clicker via Google Forms-Chris Duke    http://www.cmduke.com/2008/09/classroom-clicker-via-google-forms/
Google instructions for creating forms http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=87809&topic=15166
Podcast with Jennifer Wagner creating a Google form step-by-step to help a teacher automate daily lunch count procedure (Making Connections#37/EdTechTalk/8-28-08-chat log includes link to a sample Professional Development teacher survey) http://edtechtalk.com/node/3277
Commoncraft Video: RSS in Plain English http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english
What is RSS? - video created by Shawn Wheeler (can be viewed online or downloaded) http://portal.peoriaud.k12.az.us/News/PUSDRSS/PUSDRSS.aspx

Screencast tutorial created by Lorna Costantini on how to set up a feed using Bloglines.
http://www.classroomblogging.com/how-to-set-up-a-feed-using-bloglines.html

Connecting with Parents Using Technology-Lorna Costantini

Screencasting-Presenter: Lorna Costantini

17 Jan 09 - Google Forms

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