Thursday, July 19, 2007
Reflection/Suggestion
I have a suggestion to anyone who feels like they will be using blogs in their classes. I feel like livejournal.com is very user-friendly and easy to learn. I think this site would be good to use and perhaps even more beneficial to a class than blogger. Using this site instead of blogger, allows you to have a "friend" page, which means you subscribe to other people's blogs and it shows it all to you on one page. Anytime you comment on someones posts, they receive an email and they can comment back to you in a chain. You are able to see the thread of comments in the order they occurred. You receive an e-mail for each comment and are alerted when you receive one. Basically you can reply to another person's comment, which creates a conversation in a way. There are also things called communities on livejournal. Communities are basically areas for people with similar interests to post blog entries about a certain topic. You can ask each other questions and help each other out. This can be useful in a classroom when talking about certain subjects. You can also make the blogs private so only the students in your class can view them and post comments. This is just something to keep in mind when using blogs in the classroom.
This is what a thread of comments looks like in livejournal. You can see the chain of events, who commented first, then someone commented on their comment and so on. Every user gets a little icon as well to identify themselves.
I hope everyone enjoys the rest of their summer vacations and good luck in your next school year!
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
ASSURE Lesson Plans
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Podcast Creation Guide/Upload Services
Sendspace.com is a website where you can upload files for a certain period of time for free. These are useful for sharing files with other users, or if you are formatting your computer and you need a site to temporarily hold your files. They will stay uploaded for about a week, depending on the site. If you are interested in downloading the podcast PDF file, simply click on the link I have provided below. When you click on that link, there is a flashing red arrow pointing at the button you need to click for the download. Most free upload services typically look like this.
Podcast Creation Guide:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/nja4sh
Free upload services you may want to check out:
megaupload.com
yousendit.com
mediafire.com
sendspace.com
Monday, July 16, 2007
Podcasts in Education
While doing research for my PowerPoint presentation on educational podcasts, I found many useful resources for educators. These links include general podcast information, podcast search engines, and educational podcast web sites. I never really thought about all of the possibilities of podcasts in the classroom. My favorite idea for using podcasts in class, was to have the students create a walking tour of their town for visitors to download. The students can have fun learning the history of their town while incorporating technology in the classroom.
General Podcast Information:
http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/21-podcast-hosting.htm
http://www.edupodder.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting
Podcast Search Engines:
http://www.podcast.net/
http://digg.com/podcasts/view/education
http://www.digitalpodcast.com/browse-educational-20-1.html
http://www.podcasting-station.com/showrss.php?category=Educational%20Podcasts
http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_genres.php?pod_genre_id=7
http://www.podcastingnews.com/forum/link_6.htm
http://www.epnweb.org/
Education Podcasts:
http://blog.podcasting.oln.org/
http://digg.com/podcasts/view/education
http://www.podcastforteachers.org/
http://www.educational-feeds.com/
http://www.digitalpodcast.com/browse-educational-20-1.html
http://www.idiotvox.com/Podcasts_About_Education_19.html
http://ask.metafilter.com/31426/Educational-podcasts
http://www.apple.com/education/products/ipod/podcasting.html
http://www.podcastingnews.com/forum/link_6.htm
http://www.epnweb.org/
Friday, July 13, 2007
HTML
blog html
basic html intro
basic structure tags
basic html commands
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Useful WebQuest Links
Links:
WebQuest.Org
This site was good for learning how to make them and it also had a good search engine.
Science WebQuests
Math WebQuests
History WebQuests
English WebQuests
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Creating WebQuests
Design Process
This rubric might also be helpful for evaluating the webquest that you create.
Instructor's Rubric
Good Luck!