30 in 60

livebinders
Screenprezo - screen capture on PC

http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=63074

Mac Tricks

checkout the handout - it is that good

http://2011.ncceconnect.org/f712

altitude desktop

have folder DTM (desktop mess)

spotlight dictionary - can also be switched to thesaurus and wikipedia

Reader in Safari - save as pdf and then annotate
Safari - sticky notes select, add notes, add URL, save/print
Safari - read text (services)

Digital Storytelling

Defining Digital Storytelling - sharing stories through words, pictures, video and audio

http://www.arnieabrams.net/handouts.htm

Still pictures work well for a time saving alternative

Students read out loud their own script - great reading learning tool
Have students write the script and have it graded before the digital story is started
Learning to create and interpret visual messages is very important
Interactive - stop the story and guess what happens next, alternative endings with option buttons, have students present their story to enhance presentation skills, global audience - post them

Premier night - have popcorn and invite parents. make a classroom dvd

Steps
1. Start w/ a good story
2. Write an outline/ script
3. Storyboard
4. Brainstorm visual ideas, music (circle keywords and think of ways to illustrate)
5. Find visuals, shoot

Story Web - write down random thoughts/memories about the topic on blank piece of paper
Circle the main ideas
Create a flow chart from the ideas

Then sequence page - fold blank piece of paper, choose thoughts and put them in order

Storyboarding - index cards work well
Shot #, picture, words the order can be laid out and adjusted
Then sort these by location, graphics need, maps, etc.

6. Edit visuals
7. Add titles, graphics
8. Record narration
9. match visuals to audio, add music
10 produce, revise, present, distribute

Read very slowly! or shots will pass to quickly. Pause where scenes are going to change (easier to edit)

Ways to build
stills in folder
powerpoint - can bring in up to 35 pics at a time
slide show program
video editing program
animation & flash
dvd authoring
codecs

Software options
iPhoto
iMovie
Microsoft Photostory (free download) - only stills

Look for this in software
easy but flexible
slide show or video editing software
multiple audio tracks (original video sound, voice, music, sound effects) - at least 3, 4 is better
output options

Add copyright disclaimer to website

Social Technology & Digital Citizenship

w/ Annette Lamb
http://eduscapes.com/sessions/socialtech/

Many companies still restrict use for those under 13, but it is no longer law. Check license agreements.

Schools must have computer restrictions in order to receive funds. However, there is not a minimal level of restrictions.

Schools with federal funding must be "education minors about appropriate online behavior" <-- this is LAW! This needs to be part of the curriculum.

Terms of Service (TOS) - contracts not laws

Filters should not inhibit access to ideas.

Have students look at the top Liked causes on Facebook and research platforms to see if they really agree with the cause.

Cyberbulling websites:
STOP cyberbullings
national crime prevention network
check Annette's site for more

Free Speech _________________________ Defamation
admissions personnel and future employers "cybervet" (check social networks)

Matthew Shepard Action (2009) adds gender, sexual orientation, and disability to hate crimes list

Intellectual Property
Know the terms of service - Issues of Ownership - when uploading the teen may not keep all ownership rights
Fan Art - not always okay, make sure to give credit

Copyleft - creative commons

Scratch program - look at remix rights for ideas in creative commons

Instruction in privacy settings

Acceptable Use Policies - think of these as guidelines for "responsible use" rather than a list of what "not to do."
Instead think about what it means to be a digital citizen and what the rights and responsibilities are. CIPA requires you to have an AUP

More than 3/4 of students think digital abuse is a serious problem.
AASL 21st Century Learner Safe and Ethical Behavior
ISTE Nets Digital Citizenship

Stage 1 - Obedience
Stage 2 - Self-Interest
Stage 3 - Conformity
Stage 4 - Authority
Stage 5 - Human Rights
Stage 6 - Universal Human Ethics

True or Opinion or False
Legal or Illegal or Mean
Teasing or Fraudulent
Exaggerated or Biased

Spreading teen pregnancy rumors
modified photo to look like peer shoplifting
exaggerated story about a sexual exploit
an illegally downloaded song
the photo was funny, but embarrassing for peer

What's at stake
Who will be affected
Why is this hard to solve
What is my decision
What are my reasons

Examples
Scenarios
Case Studies
Dilemmas
(increasingly complex) the more complex the less eye rolling :)

Examples... what is... learn concepts
Scenarios... describe a situation and context, students test out ideas, over simplistic
Case Studies... in-depth exam of specific situation, allow for exploration
Dilemmas... situation with many options but none are acceptable...students select and defend their choice... approach can overwhelm but is very effective

While taking photos for social issues class, realized a student was in the pictures. Photos must be uploaded.

Common Sense
Digizen
Read the "About Us" section for info about biases

Open Source Software

Top 10 Open Source Software Programs for K-12 Education

Everything on this list is available Mac and PC

1. Browser - Firefox (better than counterpart because it is safer, has choices, large number add-ons
AD-Block Plus - no ads on the page (ie CNN without ads)
Video download helper - download movies
Corel IE Tab - opens a page in IE (if not working in Firefox well
Choose search engine(s) for search tool

Browser - SeaMonkey - basically Firefox with html editor

2. Email - Thunderbird (alternative to Outlook)
use with home programs, gmail, yahoo. but as a download rather than online client
link to multiple accounts

3. Open Office (NEO Office on Mac) - STAR Office (another with a few more bells&whistles)

4. Images (GIMP) Graphic Image Manipulate Program (Adobe Photoshop or iPhoto) w/o organizer tool

5. Video Player (VLC) - plays all standard formats include YouTube formats

6. Student Art Creation - TuxPaint (elementary drawing program) similar to "KidPix"
has sound effects
alternative: ArtRage - mix your own paints

7. Sound Recording - Audacity

8. Screen Capture - CamStudio
Screen Capture - Jing

9. Graphic Organizer - Freemind (kidspiration)

10 Desktop Publishing (Scribus) - Publisher

10.1 Typing Tutorial (Tux Typing) K-2

10.2 Rip DVD's - Handbrake

10.3 Desktop Operating System - Edubuntu

STEM in the Elementary Years: Why i'ts Critical to Start Early

Session 1: STEM
STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering & Math

Room change - too many people!

Learning.com

Philosophy of integrating subjects. Combining subjects and focusing on the application.

STEAM (add the arts)

Engineering Grand Challenges to excite and enthuse students.
Make solar energy economical
engineer better medicines
provide access to clean water
restore and improve urban infrastructure

Fun ideas
soap packaging
toy
roller coaster
baseball bat
snow board
ice cream

IDEA: School wide STEM project each quarter

get copy of powerpoint for videos on fun idea engineers in real life

robotics club, science experiments, computer programming (math), bottle rockets, science fair

Practical Examples of STEM in the Classroom
grades 3&4 teacher
some canned lessons (video for classification)
create your own lessons

students log in to access lessons
check out Flipnotes (standard on DSi) http://www.nintendodsi.com/flipnotestudio.jsp
wallwisher http://www.wallwisher.com/
vocab on wallwisher - create a visual dictionary

Good point: limited home access to technology is a GREAT reason to use the technology at school.

TL Summit Part 2

All programs are irregular, partial, hit or miss

Few if any are comprehensive (all students) predictable (grade to grade/school to school),
Accountable (measured & reported)

TL can't personally teach info literacy to every student, they need to make sure that have the opportunities to learn. TL role is of teaching AND planning, managing and coaching. The balance and role depends on the context and situation.

LIT = Library, Information & Technology program

Big 6 by the month (incorporate 6+1???)

Sacred Cows
Collaboration --> becomes cooperation & coordination
Flexible Schedule --> fixed & flexible
Plagiarism --> create a culture of citing (everybody cites all the time) - classroom teachers cite sources too
Collection development --> common core collection (75-85%) district, region, state...
Wikipedia is bad --> good place to start
Books!!!--> I'm a techie!!! (and I like books!)
Reading & Writing --> Process & Produce

Tired of a lesson? Find a game. (The future of education is a game).

MISSION:
To ensure that students are effective users and producers of ideas and information.

Music in library on Friday's? The library is everywhere. Think of this as a free from the shackles of the space!

Back @ NCCE - Teacher Librarian Summit

Thoughts:

Not "this is what I am going to do." Try "How can I help support your curriculum?" Look up CBA's from WA.

Cite Sources. Why??? Try "Give Credit."

Drop of water information idea.

Final Thoughts

As another semester winds down it is nice to look back at all the new information and look forward to using it. For me, I only have one class left, and then I'm a certified librarian. I'm really glad I took this class towards the end of the library program - hopefully I'll get a chance to use all these great tools before they're obsolete! I have really enjoyed using a sprinkling of Web 2.0 tools.

Prezi has been on my radar for quite some time, but I haven't had the opportunity to use it. I think it is a fun, easy to use, intuitive presentation tool. I hope my group mates liked the final product as much as I did. That was another unique experience for this particular class. In the 65 online credits I have completed, this was the first group experience. It was both challenging and rewarding. Communication was huge!

The podcast was fun to make. So many people have MP3 players these days that the podcast is a simple way to provide a lesson. A video, such as one made from Jing or Camtasia would be a great way to demonstrate computer research for students. The slideshow videos of OneTrueMedia or Audacity are great for student projects. Glogster is a great poster making site. I'm glad it was introduced in the quiz. I have seen this tool in practice students really seem to enjoy this paperless poster concept.

It has been a fun semester. The many projects used both sides of my brain!

Podcast Activity 1

I downloaded and listed to Tech Chicks from the School Library Journal website.

This podcast reviews educational podcasts that are available for students. art history, dance, math, vocabulary, book talk, science podcasts are features in this particular audio file. There are several references to an article in SLJ, which I will definitely be looking for in the archives (Dec 2007). Its amazing how many different, quality podcasts existed in 2007 - let alone today!

The sound of the podcast is very simple and amateur. Which creates a feeling of friendly advice rather than professional production, I like it. It also allows users to realize that podcasts need not be perfect, highly technical pieces, but rather can be made simply as well.

I like that they also include clips from the featured podcasts so that the listener "sees" what they are talking about.

One draw back is that its difficult to remember which podcasts are most appealing. It would really help to have the article to reference and star to remember which sites are most appealing.

Check out Learn Out Loud great site with lots of information (even free stuff!)

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators

http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/
©2006. Kathleen Schrock. All rights reserved.
What makes a good podcast?

When you listen to a podcast, or when you are making your own, think about these qualities of a well-done podcast.

Your name: Mrs. F.
Date: May 4, 2010
Title of podcast: Tech Chicks: Listen Up!
Feed URL (or URL) of podcast: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=audiocastPlayer&element_id=2140133103&industryid=47162

Creator of podcast: Anna Adam and Helen Mowers

	YES	NO	N/A
1. Did the podcast include content that was useful / relevant for your purpose?	X
2. Were the technical qualities (audio, slides, etc.) acceptable in the production?	X
3. Was a written transcript of the podcast available?		X
4. Was the podcast linked from a site which included subject tags?	X
5. Was the podcast linked from a site which included links to other resources?	X
6. Did the podcast adhere to the copyright guidelines in its use of music, pictures, etc.?	X
7. Was the length of the podcast appropriate for its content? (20 min. or less)	X
8. Was the podcast part of a regularly scheduled series?	X
9. Did the subjects in the podcast have “personality” to keep you interested?	X
10. Did the podcast flow smoothly (introduction, content, summary)?	X
11. Was it obvious how to add the podcast feed to your aggregator? (RSS)		X
12. If the item was an enhanced podcast, did the use of slides enhance the content?			X
13. If the item was an enhanced podcast, was it available in various file formats to allow viewing on various hardware devices?			X

MP3's for School Success!

Growing number of students use MP3 players as a study tool

I really enjoyed this article. Maybe now I'll be a little less quick to judge the teen at the grocery store with ear buds - maybe s/he is learning Spanish!

Podcast - Activity 2 & 3

The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt

For this activity I recorded Mary Howitt's "The Spider and the Fly." I choose this poem because it was very popular with high school students for the Poetry Out Loud contest. And I thought having two characters and a narrator would create a fun audio recording.

I used GarageBand for recording and editing. Thanks Smith School for letting me use your MacBook for this process. First I recorded the spider's part, then the fly's, and then the narration. I kept the parts on different tracks so that I could then manipulate the sound for each track and have different "voices" for each part. I quickly learned that I needed to click the microphone on and then wait before speaking, otherwise the mic cut off the first word or so. Then I edited out the dead space at the beginning and ending of each section.

Next I added a music loop to the background. I "ducked" the music so the volume changes if there is a vocal part. You may notice the music is louder when there is no narration and quieter when there is narration.

Uploading the MP3 file to Blogger required a little research since Blogger only allows links, image or video files. I found that I could create a Google Site and upload the MP3 to it and use the URL to link to this blog. By clicking on the link in the blog the MP3 automatically downloads. This is how I created the link at the very beginning of this post.

However, I wanted an embed feature. So a little more research lead me to divShare. This site allows the account holder to store 5GB of information (audio, video, image, etc) for free. After uploading my MP3 I selected embed and then pasted the HTML code on this blog. This creates the MP3 player on the second line of this blog post.

This was a fun project that I can easily see being used in the library curriculum. Students could create podcasts of school news, new books, interesting tidbits that they researched or to create audio books (or chapters). I could create podcasts to create audiobooks for younger readers, provide lessons (citations, research tools, etc) or library announcements. Grammar Girl is a popular podcast in our HS English classes, the library lessons could follow a similar format.

Video Editing 2.0

The latest assignment for my library technology class was to create a book trailer using an online video editing device. I choose One True Media as my editor. And "A Ranger's Guide to Day Hiking in Yellowstone" by Roger Anderson & Carol Shively Anderson for the trailer. This particular guide book is one of my favorites. Last summer we spent 4 days hiking 30 miles in Yellowstone - all hikes from this particular book. We found it to be amazingly accurate, right down to the "turn at the burned tree" and 3-4 hour hikes taking exactly 3.5 hours with picture breaks.

Anderson, R. & C.S. Anderson (2005). A Ranger's Guide to Yellowstone Day Hikes. Helena: Farcountry Press.

One True Media was easy to use. Upload images/video, upload music (or use the in house music), change the order and viola. However, I wanted to add captions to make the video a little more understandable, and that's a "premium" option. So I decided to splurge and get a month subscription for $3.99 and be able to add text screens and captions. I think it adds to the project and since we didn't have a text this semester I could afford to splurge a little :) While One True Media is adequate many of the cool features are under the premium, which makes sense but would be somewhat frustrating for students. They allow the creator to edit with all the premium things, but they are taken out of the video before sharing.

I used the in house music provided by One True Media. I choose to use rap first just to clash with the theme of YNP. The bird chirp marks as a transition to nature and getting out of the crazy urban world. And then folk for the part highlighting the features of the book because the tune is relaxing and unassuming. The images are my family's with the exception of the book cover which obviously the publisher created.

I tried out several other video editing sites including: Animito, XtraNormal and one other that I can't remember the name. Each definitely has its pros and cons. I really wanted to use XtraNormal - however, it does not allow images to be added to the video (instead you create a script and use the characters and settings that they have) so it wouldn't really work for this assignment. But it was fun to play nonetheless.

The other really cool site I explored was Voice Threads. I love it!!! I had to share with colleagues who are now trying to figure out how to best incorporate the site. If you haven't seen it, check it out. Truly innovative Web 2.0.

http://tiny.cc/cs1nl

Make an on-line slideshow at www.OneTrueMedia.com

$250,000 Free Technology

CIM Solutions will be giving away $250,000 worth of technology this year. To enter the monthly drawings register on http://www.cimav.com/giveaways/.

Motiving 5th & 6th graders with Programming

This is another session for my Business/Computers hat. notes...

LOGO, Alice

John Newson
Bonnie Brodd
David Miller

Teachers.lakesideschool.org/ms/tech/ncce2010
handouts
powerpoint
downloads


Computer Skills
45 min 1 day/wk
Keyboarding
Email and email etiquette
copyright
Office 2007 basics in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Programming 5th LOGO and Alice 6th Scratch
support the curriculum so drop what they are learning in computers to help with the other class projects


Introduction to Logo
Walking the Turtle around a square
FD
RT
tape shapes on the floor and walk out the steps
The Challenge draw a house using procedures (walls, roof, door window, not draw, etc)
practice on the smartboard and then individual
Then Challenge draw a face (circles, etc)
add an input and use it in your procedure
Fun with Turtle (change color, width)
Final Project
create a design or drawing of your choice
multiple pen color
different pen widths
multiple turtles
procedures
procedures within procedures

LOGO Terapin upgrade lab license of 20 is $300
10 weeks for unit 45min/week

ALICE - Free
http://www.alice.org
worlds-templates
objects
tools

First Project
Create a new world using the water template
add the island from the gallery
add the shark
position the shark so it looks like it is swimming to the left of the island
create a second world and add three objects

Moving Objects
create a new world using the winter template
add a snowman and snowwoman from the gallery
switch to cars

1 new alice thing each week

SCRATCH

Logo Linear, Text based
Alice Object Oriented Built-in Movements 3D Graphics
Scratch Object Oriented, Open Ended

students go to class website for initial instructions
The Spot
Three before Me

computers on the edge of the classroom
The Spot - minimize distractions (turn off screen, sit on hands) do what they need to to pay attention (independent)
Teachers and students both can use the spot
inside voices (mutual respect finish before stopping)
Three before me (verbally communicate - don't grab mouse)

Scratch Project
An editing recording of yourself reciting your poem using audacity (free for audio editing)
two animated sprites
two backgrounds
1 imported image
3 color-coded block categories
This was based upon the English class memorization of a poem
these are minimums students must stretch themselves

What went Well
collaboration
knowledge sharing
peer review
motivation

Lessons Learned
concept was too abstract for first Scratch project
Did not account for gap between classes

next time give mini-projects first

handouts at MIT website

Tools that complement Scratch
Atomic Learning ($)
Jing
Audacity
Photoshop ($)
Sketchup
Picoboard

Benefits of Programming
Independent learning
collaboration
critical thinking
problem solving
creativity

This would be a great addition to any computer applications class!

Teacher Librarians

Colet Bartow - from Montana OPI is one of the presenters
Steve - President Elect

http://NCCETeacherLibrarianSummit.ncce.wikispaces.net
information from the Summit on Wednesday - this will be streamed video soon :)

Title "Teacher Librarian" to emphasis the Teaching role of the Librarian
Bridge the link between Information and Technology literacy
effective users and producers
Library & Information Technology Program (LIT)
Mission: To ensure that students are effective users and producers of ideas and information.
3 essential functions
1. Information Technology Instruction
2. Reading Advocacy
3. Information Management

Bar on the left is the agenda from the summit

wallwisher - tool to gather ideas
join and contribute to the wiki

Then we broke into groups to discuss what needs to be done to move our libraries forward. This session was very motivating and I came out of the session reinvigorated to move forward. I have some ideas that I would love to incorporate into my library. More later...

Keeping Up with the Googlebots

Dr. Patrick Crispen

netsquirrel.com

look for Google 201 shows the advanced Google features (free presentation)
tinyurl.com/googncce
check out windows tab

In the search....
conversions
weather sea
calculator 2+2 (2*2)/pi*G (gravity)
1 mile in smoots
Capital of Belgium
Population of France
many answers before pressing enter - similar to AskJeeves

More options - search blogs, specific date (last week, etc)
archive.org has archived back to 95 (the evolution of the web)

nearby - local hits based upon IP address
custom location - you choose

wonder wheel - your search term in the middle with spokes of other search terms and the click on another search term and it continues creating wheels - brainstorm search terms, click on web and then search for currently highlight search

timeline - wardrobe malfunction

images from the page - 2-3 pictures from the page and display on the search results
page views - thumbnail of the page prior to loading
fewer shopping sites (more shopping sites)
limit to discussions - Q&A sites (yahoo answers, etc)
images - more options - sizes, face, photo, clipart, line drawing, color
video - time, quality, slide shows, CC, cartoons
image-swirl.googlelabs.com

filter - images and languages built into google
google.com/preferences and click Lock Safe Search - password protected cookie for all google sites (this must be done on each browser) - you know safe search is on if you see balls on your screen
fastflip.googlelabs.com
Google Buzz - social medium center - contact lists and profile are public by default
neutering or disabling Buzz - in preferences to make private or disable altogether
Google Chrome (web browser) - google.com/chrome - best features: security and speed - minimalist approach - each tab a seperate application (one tab goes down - others available)

youtube.com/disco (pandora)- playlist from youtube
youtube.com/html5 (safari 4 and chrome)
feather "lite" version of youtube - reduce latency (beta)
Google Public DNS - Domain Name Servers (code.google.com/speed/public-dns) - use google DNS server to speed up searching DON'T do this on a laptop
Google.com/moderator
function space to zoom (some computers)

autocompleteme.com
googlegoggles (for android)google.com/mobile/goggles take a picture of anything with words and google will search for those words, or take a picture of something (ie golden gate bridge) and search,
images.google.com/hosted/life -
dictionary.google.com pronunciations (audio sometimes), conjugation, related phrases and languages
google.com/support

Google Story video
4 blogs on PowerPoint (squirrelnet) to keep up with google

Last Day

It's Friday, usually that means excitement for the weekend and ready to crash. Today however has mixed emotions, I'm exhausted, but there will be time to sleep on the bus ride home. Right now I just need to be the most absorbant sponge I can be. I'm sad that the conference is almost over...

Used Book Sale

What a great finale to a wonderful day! The Elliot Bay Book store in Seattle has a 60% of Used books sale! Many award winners and honorees.

Good Night!

Microsoft Office 2010

I decided to attend this workshop based on my other hat as a Business/Computer Teacher. Right now our school district runs Office 2003 on all the computers except the HS Business classes - who purchased their own licenses for 2007. I am MS Certified in Excel and Word 2007. So this new version intrigues me - perhaps its a chance for the rest of the school to get caught up and then we'll be back to one version of Office. Perhaps I will be teaching this in a Business class. Maybe I'll need to become certified in these as well. Should be interesting to see how different 2010 is from the the very different 2007. Compatibility is another issue I want to learn more about.

So here are the notes...

PowerPoint will allow embedded video
pretty funny MS2010 trailer on you tube - see if I can find it
http://netsquirrel.com
Next version of Office 14 (they're skipping 13)
No major interface changes - just minor updates (yeah!!!)

2007 Change - make it easier to find things (Top 10 Requests were things MS already did - people just couldn't find it)

Major focus online storage, editing and collaboration
Release unknown - June 15?
7 Different Suites available - no free upgrades

Office Button returns to File - takes away from the document and goes "backstage"
=rand(5) inserts 5 random paragraphs of text
permissions now built in
Print and Print Preview are now combined (hooray!)
Paste Preview
Merge Paste (keeps formatting such as bold, italics but converts to be the same)
Ribbon now in all applications
Ribbon can be customized
Minimize/Maximize ribbon with "smoosh" button

Edit video (to shorten add a few effects)
Text effects replaces WordArt (similar to Excel chart effects)
Screenshots on insert tab - much faster than print screen
Background Removal tool - get rid of background of picture
More SmartArt
Windows Live SkyDrive - 25GB harddrive free - sharing and editing capabilities with limited web version
Simultaneous co-editing on the cloud
Control F - find feature enhanced more like Adobe and Google Books
Broadcast slide show live
Record Slideshow
Animations has its own tab
Equation Editor now in PP
Sections in PP and then close to
Animation Painter



Embed 2007
delete watch v
www.youtube.com/v/filename

Open PowerPoint
Office Button
Options --> Popular turn on Developer Tab --> ok
Developer Tab --> more tools --> add Shockwave ActiveX Control --> ok
Draw box with cursor
Properties