Mini-geekfest_Links_3-14-11

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 * LiveBinder link for tonight's resources:** http://livebinders.com/edit?id=51493 (Click on tab for March 14, 2011)

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 * Survey link for tonight's webinar: Whether you participate live or view the recording you may complete the survey and request a 1-hour professional development certificate.**


 * Slideshare link for tonight's slides:** []

Peggy's Resources and Links for March 14, 2011
**WordSift** (Shared by Kathy Schrock in her S.O.S.: Help for Busy Teachers free email list-Sites of the School Days) Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators on Discovery Education [|http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/]

** [|http://wordsift.com] ** ...a tag cloud creator which, when putting your text in the box, also brings up Google Images, the Visual Thesaurus, and pulls out the most relevant parts of the text from the tag cloud Text for St. Patrick's Day to create the tag cloud: []

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 * Voki Lesson Plans**

[] Lesson Duration: 1 Day for researching of background information, 1 day for creating the Voki Activities: 1. Use textbook to define New Jersey Plan, Virginia Plan, Great Compromise, 3/5ths Compromise 2. Have students complete a Venn diagram comparing the plans. 3. Have students discuss why states would want one plan vs. another (NJ Plan over the VA Plan) 4. Pair students up and assign each pair a state 5. Using the population list students will apply their knowledge of the plans for government and choose the plan that would be right for their state 6. Pairs will create a Voki to represent their assigned state at the Constitutional Convention. The character must voice their state’s opinion as to which plan would be right for them and why (Ex. []) 7. Pair assigned to Connecticut will talk about the Great Compromise and why it works better 8. The pair assigned to Pennsylvania will suggest the 3/5ths Compromise 9. Share all of the Vokis in class

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 * The ZebraPrint Blog** (2 sisters-gr. 1 & 5- create this blog to share videos, things they're learning and creating, books they're reading)

[|Episode 04: Great Books for Girls and Tips for Drawing Dogs]
In [|this episode from August 9, 2010], Sarah shares four great books for girls, and Rachel shares tips for drawing a dachshund.



[] "Zipcast™ is the new way to meet online It's free and simple. No downloads for anyone. Public when you want your ideas to spread. Private when it's you and a colleague. Zipcast in 1 click 1. Click Zipcast on any Slideshare presentation 2. Select Public or Private 3. Start Zipcast & enable live video 4. Invite friends on Facebook & Twitter 5. Your Zipcast is ON"
 * Zipcast** (webconferencing alternative using Slideshare)

[] The Parent Toolkit is designed to give parents, caregivers, and educators a better understanding of:
 * All Kinds of Minds (resources for teachers and parents to accompany the book-includes PDF of discussion questions)**
 * Managing Differences**
 * Learning processes
 * Insights into difficulties
 * Strategies for responding to difficulties
 * Resources for learning more
 * Use the navigation (Attention/Mathematics/Reading/Writing/Resources/**
 * Case Studies and Strategies) to explore the Parent Toolkit.**

[] When you find blogs you really like, follow them so you'll see their latest updates. Classroom Blog: [|http://mail.msad35.net/~jbogard/]
 * Mrs. Bogard's Classroom Blog (student writing as digital stories in video)-3rd Grade**



(View Smackdown here) http://www.palmbreezecafe.com/ (Vote for your favorite tool from the Smackdown here) http://www.palmbreezecafe.com/smackdown/
 * Bonus site: Palm Breeze Cafe Smackdown and Voting**

CoolIris.com presented by Lee Keller Googleartproject.com presented by Kim Cavanaugh Kbears.com presented by Frank Gorora KidsKnowIt.com presented by Heather Farmakis Storyonline.net presented by Heather Farmakis Scholasitic.com I-Spy Games presented by Lee Keller Creaza.com presented by Kim Cavanaugh Funbrain.com presented by Frank Gorora Funschool.com presented by Frank Gorora Visuwords.com presented by Heather Farmakis Thinkfinity.com presented by Lee Keller Pixlr.com presented by Kim Cavanaugh Middlespot.com presented by Kim Cavanaugh MindLab presented by Frank Gorora Fotoflexer.com presented by Heather Farmakis Acrobat.com presented by Lee Keller

http://foldables.wikispaces.com/ The purpose of this wiki is to provide a place for K-12 educators to learn more about the Foldables® that can be used across the curriculum and to share success stories and creative ideas about how to use them in the classroom. **Subject areas: **
 * Foldables: Using technology for “hands-on” activities and lessons for students (and teachers!) **
 * **LA **
 * **Math **
 * **Science **
 * **Social Studies **
 * **Unified Arts **
 * **ESL **
 * **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Test Prep **
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.958333em; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1.5em; padding: 0pt; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Technology **
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.958333em; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1.5em; padding: 0pt; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Cross Curricular **

An example of one activity that is remarkable…. Foldable for the story of Wilson Bentley http://foldables.wikispaces.com/Snowflake+Bentley Provides:
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.16667em; line-height: 1.20089em; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1.5em; padding: 0pt; text-align: left;">Concepts, Skills, Big Ideas and Essential Questions
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.16667em; line-height: 1.20089em; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1.5em; padding: 0pt; text-align: left;">Rubric
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.16667em; line-height: 1.20089em; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1.5em; padding: 0pt; text-align: left;">Visual directions

Foldable® Directions [|How to Make a Pocket Book Foldable] [|How to Make a Response Journal Book Journal] [|How to Make a Layered Look Book Foldable] [|How to Make a Venn Diagram 3 Tab Foldable®] [|How to Make an Interest Bound Book Foldable®] [|How to Make a Two-Tab Cause and Effect Foldable®] [|How to make a Two-Tab Book point of view]

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.16667em; line-height: 1.20089em; margin: 0.28125em 0pt 0em; text-align: left;">A podcast for the students, teachers and community in the Madison School District. <span style="display: block; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.19792em; margin: 0.239583em 0pt 0em; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Because of Mr. Terupt **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">with Michelle Hoffman, Library Associate, Madison Park Middle School <span style="display: block; font-size: 0.833333em; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0.197917em 0pt 0em; text-align: left;">[] <span style="display: block; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.19792em; margin: 0.239583em 0pt 0em; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The Brooklyn Nine **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">with Deborah Reker, Head Librarian, <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.19792em; margin: 0.239583em 0pt 0em; text-align: left;">Madison School District <span style="display: block; font-size: 0.833333em; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0.197917em 0pt 0em; text-align: left;">[] <span style="display: block; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.19792em; margin: 0.239583em 0pt 0em; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Paint the Wind **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">with Deborah Reker, Head Librarian, Madison School District <span style="display: block; font-size: 0.833333em; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0.197917em 0pt 0em; text-align: left;">[]
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Mad About Books **

Mrs. Dewberry, 8th Grade Language Arts Madison Meadows Ms. Atkinson, 1st Grade Madison Simis http://dewberryskypeproject.wikispaces.com/ media type="custom" key="8695262"
 * Skype Buddies Project **

It is easy! It is fast! Teachers love it! No mo’ kick, kiss, etc. with YouTube! []
 * Quietube… **

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 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Tammy Worcester **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">Tammy ****<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">’ ****<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">s Technology Tips for Teachers **
 * Tip of the Week
 * Ideas-Activities
 * Internet Resources
 * Training Handouts

Internet Resources>Just for Fun>Cameroid-Use your webcam to take photos on line!. As you can see, I spent a little time “monkeying around” in this site…pun intended! http://cameroid.com



Links and Resources Shared in the Live Session
Scroll down the posts till you see Year 11 IT Friday 11th Student project with images – animating them using only original images. Suggestion for tools they could use: two types of image slideshows: Vuvox and PictureTrail http://www.vuvox.com/ http://www.picturetrail.com/ The blog post was at http://murch.global2.vic.edu.au/2011/03/11/year-11-it-friday-11th/ Students downloaded Kodu on their laptops http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=57a23884-9ecd-4c8a-9561-64bfd4fa2d3d&displaylang=en%29 Created a game each using KGL and shared the projects among friends in your class and also with the Malaysian students
 * Anne Mirtschin-Australia:** http://murch.global2.vic.edu.au
 * Linkup with Malaysia re MS Kodu:** http://murch.global2.vic.edu.au/2011/02/27/linkup-with-malaysia-re-kodu/

Japan: before/after photos http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami.html?hp How a reactor works: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/12/world/asia/the-explosion-at-the-japanese-reactor.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2
 * Emily (AZ):** Pi Day video http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1948828 What Pi sounds like.
 * Emily (AZ)** New York Times interactive

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/alelhddbbhepgpmgidjdcjakblofbmce
 * Emily (AZ)** Awesome Screenshot--Capture the whole page or any portion, annotate it with rectangles, circles, arrows, lines and text, blur sensitive info, one-click upload to share. Support PNG and shortcuts. Google Chrome Extension
 * Emily (AZ)** Diigo Web highlighter and stickies-Firefox Addon https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/diigo-web-highlighter-and-stic/
 * Emily (AZ)** Storybird http://storybird.com/create/


 * Moderator (Kim T AZ)**: http://www.storyjumper.com/

Personal Development Rubric created with rcampus: http://www.rcampus.com/rubricgradeeditf.cfm?purpose=edit&code=E5338C&s=yes&framed=yes Forest_Lawn password: Teacher To test this rubric, click on one cell per row. Then press [show score] at the bottom of the screen to see calculated score.
 * Karena:** www.rcampus.com


 * Laura Sheehy:** https://studyboost.com/
 * Laura Sheehy:** FreeReading http://free-reading.net/ open source free reading intervention for PK-6