Integrating Online Tools Integrating Online Tools into into Your ClassroomYour Classroom

Pana Unit #8 Teacher’s Institute

January 3, 2011 

Jessica L. Miller

www.mrsmiller4thgrade.com 

Online Tools and Web Online Tools and Web 2.02.0 Technology tools accessible through the internet that :

Enhance communication

Provide opportunities for collaboration

Organize information

Seek information from outside the classroom

Appeal to a variety of learning styles

Permit anyone to create or publish information

ExamplesExamples

Online Tools Web 2.0

Search Engines Hotlist

Read information from a webpage

Blogs Wikis Social Bookmarking Video Conferencing Digital Storytelling

Interactive

Add information to the webpage

Organizing WebsitesOrganizing Websites

A hotlist is a convenient way for teachers to find and organize websites on one webpage making research more convenient (Smolin & Lawless, 2003). 

ResearchResearch

BoolifySweet Search

Social BookmarkingSocial Bookmarking

Allows user to organize websites by interest

View websites saved and shared by other users

Group websites by content area  Login anywhere to view bookmarked sites 

Video ConferencingVideo Conferencing

Meet in real time with individuals or groups outside the classroom walls

Make a phone call through use of a web application

Connect to other party through use of a webcam

Purchase a webcam with built in microphone

 

How can you use Skype in How can you use Skype in your classroom?your classroom?

Connect one classroom to another

Across grade levels

Arrange conferences with book authors or other professionals

  Conduct interviews

Connect students with mentors

BlogsBlogs

Post and share thoughts and ideas online

Read and respond to other posts

Invite individuals from outside the classroom to participate in the blog

BlogsBlogs

Mrs. Miller's 4th Grade Blog

How can you use blogs in How can you use blogs in your classroom?your classroom?

KWLs

Reflections

Post a picture in the blog, then ask students to describe what is happening in the photo

Discuss important events and dates

Online discussion about classroom content

Use as an assessment tool

MicrobloggingMicroblogging

Post comments of 140 words or less Post questions to followers Social networking tool Share websites, photos, videos

How can you use How can you use microblogging in your microblogging in your classroom?classroom?

Set up a class Twitter account Have students tweet about a classroom lesson Summarize an activity Students can ask a question about a

classroom topic to others through Twitter

Twitterfall

Twiducate

Collaboration - WikiCollaboration - Wiki

(TeachersFirst, 2010)

Collaboration - WikiCollaboration - Wiki Private access Discussion boards Chat rooms Email Embed widgets into wiki pages Upload documents, photos, videos

Mrs. Miller’s 4th Grade Wiki

How can you a wiki in your How can you a wiki in your classroom?classroom?

(TeachersFirst, 2010)

 

Reflection activities Create a “travel log”

KWLs Book Reviews

Continue a story Plan Science Fair projects

Create electronic portfolios Organize writing projects

Teacher collaboration Literature circles

Collaborate on classroom instructional materials

Create vocabulary, spelling, or word wall lists

Discussion boards Create rubrics and checklists

Collaboration – Google Collaboration – Google DocsDocs

Available with a Gmail account

Collaboratively create and edit documents

Text, slide shows, spreadsheets Link documents Students can work on projects and save Create forms to embed into a wiki

PodcastingPodcasting

Use a microphone to record audio

Edit audio

Can add music

Save and convert to an mp3 file

Can upload podcasts to the internet for others to listen to

AudacityAudacity

How can you use How can you use podcasting in your podcasting in your classroom?classroom?

Classroom updates

Welcome visitors to your webpage

Radio broadcasts

Research reports

Writing and recording song lyrics, raps

Example -

VozMe 

VideoVideo Flip Camera

Easy to use Download FlipShare software

Simple editing tools Add a title and credits

Flip Channel

How can you use video in How can you use video in your classroom?your classroom?

Commercials

Demonstrations of lab activities

Student-led interviews

News broadcast

Reflection activities Embed video into blog or wiki Students discuss what is going on in the

video Peer evaluations

Online Surveys    Online Surveys     Create an online survey Launch survey Collect data Users can remain anonymous Free of charge (most tools) Post a link to your survey

How can you use online How can you use online surveys in your classroom?surveys in your classroom?

Survey students’ interests

Have students create and launch their own survey

Survey parents

Example 

Digital StorytellingDigital Storytelling

Using digital tools to tell a story

Digital StorytellingDigital Storytelling

Digital StorytellingDigital Storytelling

Avatars

Brainstorming

Wordle

How can you use digital How can you use digital storytelling in your storytelling in your classroom?classroom?

Reflection activities

Retelling stories from a different point-of-view

Comprehension assessment

Brainstorming activities

Alternate endings

Character analysis

What if you only have 1-What if you only have 1-2 student computers?2 student computers? All tools presented today can be used in

classrooms with 1-2 student computers

Best if used as station or center

Suggestions to make technology use easier:

Know what your students are capable of doing before planning a computer activity

Plan activities before, during, and after computer use to keep students focused

Try the technology tool yourself first

Technical Guides, Tasklists, and Rubrics

Technology can fail – always have a plan B

Smart Board ToolsSmart Board Tools

Text tool

Shape tool

Magic pen

Screen shade

Interactive and Multimedia tools

Centers

Helpful Articles and Helpful Articles and WebsitesWebsites

Mrs. Miller's 4th Grade Mrs. Miller's 4th Grade ClassroomClassroom To find further information:

www.mrsmiller4thgrade.com

Technology Wiki

Technology Workshop Survey

ResourcesResources

Smolin, L.I., & Lawless, K.A. (2003, Mar). Becoming literate in the technological age: New responsibilities and tools for teachers. The Reading Teacher, 56(6), 570-577.

SREB / AT&T Online Teachers Initiative. (2010). Cool tools for teaching online. Retrieved July 9, 2010 from http://srebonlineteachers.org/Cool_Tools_For_Teaching_Online.pdf.

TeachersFirst. (2010). Wiki ideas for the classroom. Retrieved Dec 20, 2010 from http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/wikiideas1.cfm.

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