Web+20+Linear+Preso

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About
This is the linear set up of my presentation. I decided to create it for presenting remotely from from PDE's CFF Boot Camp to TRETC. I was not confident enough to be able to successfully manipulate the MindMeister format I usually use from afar.

Begin the Conversation
- What is your level of experience with Web 2.0 Tools?

Idea Generation
Where do you get your ideas?

- Discuss with your PLN. Twitter, ListServs, NING, etc.

- Eduwikius This free site has over 600 members world-wide and contains information on over 2,000 free resources.

- PDESAS This site provided by PDE has state standards along with many other useful tools.

- Keystone Commons The site created by PAIUNet is designed to teach students how to use Social Networking in a safe environment.

- Other wikis and resources.

-- WSD's eToolBox courtesy of Dianne Krause.

-- NBASDCFF shameless plug for New Brighton's wiki.

-- Web 2.0 Guru courtesy of Cheryl Capozzoli.

-- Karen Ditzler's Teacher Resource Wiki courtesy of Karen Ditzler.

-- CoolToolsforSchools this wiki is a great resource. Thanks for @bpasquale on Twitter for reminding me of it!

- Check for existing ideas
- iTunes U.

- Thinkfinity

- Scholastic.com

- Discovery Education

- SAS Curriculum Pathways

- Shmoop

- Evernote to organize your information.

The Lesson Itself: Collecting Information
- Hosting the Lesson

-- Edmodo a free online classroom site for educators. The full site looks like facebook, the mobile app like a Twitter feed.

- Research -- Evernote

-- Sources
--- Data

Primary Resources: Library of Congress, Discovery Education, Google Custom Searches.

--- Images

Google Advanced Image Searches, Creative Commons Searches, Discovery Education, Library of Congress.

- Communication -- Students: I use Textmarks Lite along with an Online Calendar and an announcements made within Edmodo.

-- Parents: I use same tools, I just make my announcements to classes public in Edmodo.

Early Childhood/Elementary Resources
- MeeGenius website and fee app on mobile devices. Interactive e-books for kids.

- StarFall website and mobile app. Pre-reading through early reading skills.

- Storybird website to create free e-books.

- ZooBurst website to read and create free e-books

- Mouse Skills for early childhood through elementary children.

- Collaborative Writing Project Karen Ditzler's project, now with over 200 classrooms world-wide participating.

The Lesson Itself: Student Creation
- Tools

-- Glogster make sure you use the educational version!

-- Flipcams/Digital Recorders

-- Online Multimedia

--- Vuvox pictures and images into interactive media.

--- Voicethread pictures and images into interactive media.

--- Podcasting, sites such as iPadio, Yodio, and hosting on Podbean, or other such sites, even iTunes.

-- Online Digital Books

--- Mixbook online photo albums for free.

-- Convert Traditional Formats

--- Animoto pictures to video. Free upgrade for educators and their students.

--- Screencastomatic free online screen recorder

-- ScreenToaster free online screen recorder.

Publishing of Student Work
- Wix.com a free web builder and hosting site.

- Wikis.....There are tons of examples of student projects.

-- Here are my two student centered wikis. The classroom wiki and the Student Project wiki

Lesson Wrap-up
- Teacher Blog.....My blog is here.

- Student Blog.....My students blog here.

Feel free to contact me with suggestions dsalvucci {at} nbsd.k12.pa.us