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=** Work Smarter, not Harder, with Technology ** = =**Maureen Miller** = = February 24th, 2009 = = = =Middle School Institute Day* = = = ** http://tinyurl.com/09Institute **

= = Image of "Networked Teacher" by Alec Couros *Printed instructions used in session RSS iChat GoogleDocs

= **“Big 3 Ideas” of a PLC**  =   =How will Technology help? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(34, 28, 160);"> = =<span style="color: rgb(17, 26, 166); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> =
 * ==<span style="color: rgb(17, 26, 166); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Learning** ==
 * ==<span style="color: rgb(17, 26, 166); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Collaboration** ==
 * ==<span style="color: rgb(17, 26, 166); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Results** ==

<span style="color: rgb(34, 28, 160); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Really simple syndication- Aggregate Readers__
<span style="color: rgb(34, 28, 160); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(45, 13, 165);">(Link to "How to RSS"- http://www.screencast.com/t/FhcMYBlm)

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<span style="color: rgb(34, 28, 160); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(17, 26, 166);"> Purpose:** Stay current with latest information. Content comes to you rather than you finding content.

<span style="color: rgb(34, 28, 160); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(17, 26, 166);"> **Product-** Choose a reader and subscribe to at least 2 feeds, try it out for at least 2 weeks, promising yourself you will check in at least twice a week.
 * Suggested Reader- Google Reader**
 * <span style="color: rgb(17, 26, 166); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Account Set up - https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount
 * <span style="color: rgb(17, 26, 166); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Tour <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: rgb(17, 26, 166); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - <span style="color: rgb(17, 26, 166); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">http://www.google.com/intl/en/googlereader/tour.html
 * <span style="color: rgb(17, 26, 166); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Getting Started Guide**-**http://www.google.com/support/reader/bin/answer.py?answer=113517
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(17, 26, 166);"> Google Reader Help **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(34, 28, 160);">http://www.google.com/support/reader/

Other readers- bloglines, newsgator, feedblitz Choice of reader is a personal preference- how you view, email or web page, etc.. <span style="color: rgb(34, 28, 160); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(17, 26, 166);">(Link to "How to iChat"... http://www.screencast.com/t/ll3TksjZo) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(34, 28, 160);">

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(17, 26, 166);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(34, 28, 160);">**Purpose-** quick messages to teammates or other colleagues, sharing files and presentations in real time (synchronous communication) set up ichat and bonjour lists

=<span style="color: rgb(34, 28, 160); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="color: rgb(34, 28, 160); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Google Docs =
 * Product-** set up iChat/Bonjour account <span style="color: rgb(34, 28, 160);">

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(17, 26, 166);"> (Link to "How To Create a Google Account with your district email" <span style="color: rgb(34, 28, 160); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(17, 26, 166);">... http://www.screencast.com/t/nig51WnUA0d)

Purpose:** Collaborate on documents, presentations and spreadsheets, create forms to gather data, data automatically populates a spreadsheet <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(17, 26, 166);">
 * <span style="color: rgb(17, 26, 166); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Account Set up - https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount
 * <span style="color: rgb(17, 26, 166); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Tour - http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.html
 * Product-** create a google account using your **school** email address, create a document and share it with a colleague.

Other recommended google app- **Google Calendar**- keep track of more than one calendar- team, personal, district <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(34, 28, 160);"> <span style="color: rgb(34, 28, 160);">

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">**Interventions**- if your head is spinning and you need some one-to-one tutorials, here are the links for you.

Atomic Learning- atatomiclearning.com – online tutorials for tech content Google Help Center- http://www.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=portal_more.cs iChat Help- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2515?viewlocale=en_US


 * Enrichment** - activities, for those of you who have completed your “products”

Sites I like to use... > > <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);"> Others that are worth looking into.... > <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">Wikispaces [| www.wikispaces.com] - collaborate on documents and pool resources
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">Jing Project [|www.jingproject.com]-tired of explaining how to do something over and over again, "jing" it.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">Screen Cast[| www.screencast.com]- free storage for podcast, jings, anything!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">Tiny URL http://tinyurl.com/- webaddress ridiculously long, make it tiny!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">Animoto - http://animoto.com (Animoto for Education) – professional looking “music videos” with your photos
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">Google Forms -http://docs.google.com- you can create a form in minutes.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">Wordle - http://www.wordle.net - Enter any text to create a visual "word cloud."
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">Zamzar - http://www.zamzar.com - Convert a variety of common file formats
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">Poll Anywhere [|www.pollanywhere.com-] your team can text their response to a survey, view the results LIVE on the web.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">Voicethread - http://voicethread.com - Tell a digital story using images and as many audio comments as you like.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">Create-a-Graph - http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">Gliffy http://www.gliffy.com/ - concept mapping and diagrams (sort of like Inspiration).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">LetterPop - http://letterpop.com/- drag-and-drop newsletters, scrapbooks and flyers * PollDaddy -
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">TimeGlider - http://timeglider.com- Use text and images to create an elegant, interactive timeline.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">30Boxes - http://30boxes.com Easy, sharable, embeddable online calendar.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">Box.net - http://www.box.net - 1 GB of free, secure online file storage.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">Moourl - http://moourl.com - Convert a long URL into a tiny one.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">Picnik - http://www.picnik.com/- Edit digital photos in your browser. No hotoshop needed!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">Ta-da List - http://www.tadalist.com/- Easy to use to-do list.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">Blabberize - http://blabberize.com - Turn any photo into a "talking" cartoon using your recorded voice.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">MixBook - http://www.mixbook.com - Create interactive books using original photos or artwork.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">Pikistrips - http://pikistrips.com-Create custom comic strips using your own photos
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">Quizlet - http://quizlet.com/ Create and share interactive study materials
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">Slideshare - http://www.slideshare.net/ - Upload a Powerpoint presentation and share on any website.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">ToonDoo - http://www.toondoo.com/- Create and share your own comic strips
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(31, 22, 223);">Weebly -http://weebly.com Create a drag-and-drop website in minutes -- no technical expertise necessary!