Session 2 - Jan 15, 2011

Passwords - Why would someone use this password?

     MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofySacramento

VoiceThread assignment from last session.

Google Docs "Sandbox" to play in - http://tinyurl.com/yacognx

Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds
     http://wordle.net/
     Fifty Interesting Ways to Use Wordle in the Classroom

Wordle Tutorial
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhL5D9nz5aI

How to use Wordle
    http://www.slideshare.net/digitalmaverick/how-to-use-wordle-presentation

Here are two Wordles created from the Google Form questions "Who do you want to win the Super Bowl" and "use one word to describe The Week That Was." Examples of how you can use Google Forms to do a quick survey of students and then use Wordle for a discussion starter. (Poll taken in ED521 Jan 29, 2011)
    http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3063436/ED521_Super_Bowl_Poll
    http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3063453/ED521_That_Was_Our_Week


Super Bowl poll using Poll Everywhere
     http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MjU0MTAzMjQ0/web

     Texting options - http://twitpic.com/y68v5
     This free version of Poll Everywhere has a limit of 30 responses

Left over from last years notes: Live streaming from FETC in Orlando, FL using uStream
     http://www.ustream.tv/channel/adora-svitak
     From earlier today - http://twitpic.com/y6b17
     and of course I found out about this from Twitter

Personalized Learning - an ongoing topic in this course!
     Personal Learning Networks (PLNs)

Twitter - http://twitter.com
     Twitter Resources (click in the left navigation bar)

Diigo - http://diigo.com
     Delicious - http://delicious.com
     Diigo Resources (click in the left navigation bar)

Reading Assignment:
Teaching with Wikis: Toward a Networked Pedagogy      

Anything below are comments, notes, ideas, etc. All class members are encouraged to add content to any of the wiki pages "below the line."

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Backchanneling - ongoing online discussion taking place during a meeting or presentation.
     What is backchanneling and how can you use it in your classroom?
          http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=2886


Etherpad - no longer an option - bought out by Google and they incorporated this into Google Docs
There are several sites that still run the original Etherpad code like iEtherpad - useful if you don't want your students to get a Google Account.

     iEtherpad - http://ietherpad.com/  - no registration required     Today's Meet - http://todaysmeet.com/ - no registration required
     CoverItLive - http://www.coveritlive.com/