Google Form to report your account information -
http://tinyurl.com/4a43sjcNote: We are doing the "heavy lifting" the first part of this course to give you time to work on the major tools. Fewer "heavy" tools will be introduced the last few weeks.You will backchannel during this presentation using Twitter and the hashtag #ed521msu
or TodaysMeet -
http://todaysmeet.com/ed521msu - each of you are expected to add at least three posts pertaining to today's class. Just the kind of quick notes you might make in a notebook.
Backchannel from Bernajean Porter's presentation to the MDEC this past Tuesday -From my shared notebook in Evernote -
http://www.evernote.com/pub/cnansen/sharednotebookFirst a video - to show the power of technology - and this is on an iPhone!
Two "cloud" based resources you should find invaluable-Dropbox - http://www.dropbox.com/Evernote - http://www.evernote.com/Weebly - an easy way to create web sites. http://weebly.com (general account)
http://education.weebly.com (educational account for teachers)
http://students.weebly.com (student accounts)
Student Page You are required to set up a personal site for this class using Weebly.
You will use this site to gather your assignments - since you are to publish them and not print them :-)
Other options you could explore: Google Sites (part of Google Apps Education Edition) - a Wiki and web site tool
log in to your Google account
PBWorks.com (an easy to use Wiki - it's as easy as making a Peanut Butter sandwich!) Here is an example of a PBWorks Wiki -
Twitter4Teachers Blogs You are required to set up a blog using one of these three blog sites.
WordPress Craig Nansen's Wordpress -
http://cnansen.wordpress.com/ Craig Nansen's MPS Wordpress -
http://pages.minot.12.nd.us/craig Learn to use Wordpress -
http://learn.wordpress.com/ Blogger (Log in to Google, it is part of Google Apps Education Edition)
Edublogs Google Reader - a way to follow blogs - log in to your Google account
Bloglines - a way to find and follow blogs