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Danbury High School**
 * These are my notes from technology seminar, April 3, 2008

wikispaces.com

You can have multiple pages w/in one wikki, or multiple wikis linked to your main wikki.

Kansas State Univ. -- student work on the life of a student today
 * movie clip:**

copyright: "creative commons" -- Larry Lescher/Lesser (?)

Tivo for radio blog attachmnets audio or video web feed --audio and video-- Huckleberry: 10 or 11 dollars/macbook and macbook pro version mirror so you can record what's in front of the laptop can go right into imovie! server on web sends the RSS feeds that you've subscribed to it doesn't stream -- it is downloaded to your itunes library aggregates your video and audio feeds
 * PodCast: ipod + broadcasting**
 * itunes:**

macbook can create all kinds of audio and video content imovie allows you to splice out the video and keep the audio

skype** free software download turns your computer into a telephone makes good quality calls to anywhere in the world 100% free if two computers have skype but it costs to go to computer to phone or vice versa
 * To Create Audio:

gizmo project.com -- free open source program but far fewer have this red button near call button to record phone conversations -- creates MP3 file audacity: audio editor -- free -- to edit/add/revise can also bring into imovie xtreme mac voice recorder -- hooks up to **ipod Also don't forget PalmPilot Outsourcing podcast providers:** evoca.com and to get phone #, can leave voice mail from your phone -- it turns it into a subscribable podcast gcast.com (sign up and have PIN)gcast.com (sign up and have PIN) -- can also upload audio files to this
 * great for interview project:**

you call it an create an account and creates an RSS feed you can subscribe to can subscribe within itunes good for "note to self"
 * [|http://cinch.blogtalkradio.com]**


 * K7.net** does same thing will email you the audio file -- this is a Seattle phone number so it does cost something

put up image and build conversation around it: can add different types of notes around it: text, audio or video digital story-telling tool can restrict access ed.voicethread.com -- may need credit card on file to authenticate and add users and provide added security
 * [|http://voicethread.com]**

www.flickr.com it is "delicious" for images and pictures but concern about photos! watch out flickr searched (key words -- watch them if you are using in front of students) can control your own by managing one account on behalf of your students can post, tag, search for tags can restrict access
 * flickr**


 * youtube, teachertube and google video**

"download youtube" will allow you to do this tip: flashvideo need to change: issquint.com free version software and allow you to turn PC into mac versions and you can put them into your aggregator to house video can tag your video and search -- must tag your video's carefully with underscores everywhere to filter results tip: no more than 10 mins and 100meg; google vid has more space for you [ask Bob about downloading]

best of both worlds: on-line study and face-to-face study blend them in curriculum -- keep what works EX/ google apps account -- another place to share docs box.net -- free file share as sidebar (widget) meebo.com -- instant messaging account -- use yahoo chat account to link with other chat accounts
 * Blended Learning: 8th grade social studies**
 * Social publishing platform (FOLIO) -- hosted by egublogs ? Similar to Moodle**

Social Productivity (Goodgle Apps) -- word, exel, powerpoint: on-line collaborative word porcessor only w/o links or videos vs. wikispaces is a collab web site has cool survey results feature that imports results into the excel workbook but if you have these programs in CITRIX, you may not need these
 * Social Network (Ning)**

tip: put into google search field: define: [ ] you'll get a google dictionary

screencast.com -- will copy your key strokes and voice for teaching/training

less security blocked for this reason (older audience, in general, than myspace)
 * facebook:**

more security (14 and under for most part)
 * myspace:**

[|http://www.ning.com]** social networking white box company that specializes in your area -- you create it allows you to build social network like facebook type you can control who is in and not...so it is secure sign up for one ning account, and you can join others (like wiki spaces)
 * Safe, collabarate, social place to work in:

you can look at calendars you can subscribe to calendars and you can overlay multiple calendars
 * Google Apps**


 * flickr** maps? google it

an aggregator that shows all the changes/updates you've made to keep you organized aggregates changes on your blog, wikis, delicious remix and re-organize those sites; espec if using in class for tracking students
 * Tumblelog:**

[|http://www.tumblr.com] one place where you can see all your blogs, posts, etc. almost like your own web page, but is automated to do it for

subscribe to info resrouces and pull them into an aggregator [|www.bloglines.com] (don't panic, it's not just blogs) allows you to subscribe to RSS feeds (it's on a web page, and it's also on a "feed" which is just content, not format) http://www.google.com/reader
 * Aggregator:**

(ctkennedy@gmail.com)

coming soon -- your one user name and password for sites that allow for open ID]
 * [open.id**

cataloging and accessing tools favorites -- on your browser window: limitations/computer/not searchable/computer prob -- you lose it social bookmarking solves lots of thos probs: http://del.icio.us/ (purchased by Yahoo, now being bought by Microsoft) you publish it out to your own space on the web you control if you want them to be pubic or restricted
 * Social bookmarking:**

http:www.technorati.com searches blogs
 * blog search engine**

has world of extensions or add-ons; can download and it is integrated into the browser; there is a delicious toolbar and you can quickly "tag" your favorites onto your delicious site
 * Firefox**

you can tag your pages: user has control for tag/tag can say whatever you want - i.e. by key word can search by all public tags if you choose a very specific tag, you can, as a group, make sure you use a tag that will limit your results you could tag your book list, for example -- give students the web site to find (Pam has a mythology site already up -- double check for next year) (Linda Tiel -- from Ray's room: mythology)

micro-blogging: twitter: [|http://twitter.com] jaiku pounce
 * BLOGS**

free account micro-blogging tool 140 chars or less to follow groups of people you want to stay connected to in real time you publish to the world and if people want to subscribe/follow you, they can

[|http://edublogs.org] may or may not be appropriate to replace or use instead of Moodle. Published work. Some static pages and blogging for timely entries. Diary format.
 * wordpress.com** -- on-line blogging tool. web-based publishing platform.

Has multimedia functionality -- audio and video Call this a "folio" -- rather than "blog" -- b/c kids published work goes here; student work can be spun off once the graduate (?) so they can control it and show recruiters
 * Portfolio possibilities:**

youtube google videos
 * teacher tube not block?**


 * embed vids, etc -- SHOW US HOW**


 * show us how to download videos off google/other web sources

Bringing it in the classroom:** Folios/publishing collaborate and make source lists subscribe to feeds from student blogs (?)/Moodle Google/download utube
 * Embedding video into wiki space to avoid filters

share your feedback with Clint via his email: see above.**

google reader -- subscribe to podcasts there, and it stores them on the side and you don't need to go to itunes. organizes your feeds in one place subscribe to podcasts: on itunes on the web -- click on the purple icon
 * Google:**

listening to podcasts: grammar girl ABC News podcasts You can watch on the site itself, or "RSS" means you subscribe to the feed; or you can click on itunes to send the one podcast to your itunes library teacher: calls his "study cast" -- 10 minutes of a study cast problems loading? save them by right click: save as quick time movie (need quick time pro) and save to H drive
 * How are students using podcasts:**

book reviews daily announcements Powerpoint -- audio in garage band and add the audio to powerpoint and save as ??? what??? Strever poetry class my Othello project
 * create their own podcasts:**

Podium -- on our PCs: three PC lcaptops; CITRIX has microphone jack -- they will look into it this summer Audacity: free download -- to record just audio; doesn't have special songs in background

iPod with digital recorder -- good for shy students -- can go to quiet place to record and upload the file later

enhanced audio podcast is like a simple movie with a podcast; still photos that match the audio content, but emphasis is on the audio portion constrain your photos

name project title of poem and last name staff poetry link: faculty poetry web site off the podcast site (Koeller)