Monday, February 9, 2015

Animoto & Glogster


Agenda
To register for Glogster - http://edu.glogster.com/ (School Code will be provided by Instructor)

Video tutorials are below:

How-to use Glogster:
https://youtu.be/IbDweD2G6_c
http://tutorials.glogster.com/

How-to use the Glogster iPad App videos:
https://support.glogster.com/support/solutions/folders/5000252715

Animoto Racial Identity Development assignment ** If you create a project on a mobile device, you can finish editing the video on the web. You cannot revert back to the mobile device once opened with our online website. However, this does not work the other way around. If you create a project with our online website, then you will not be able to access or view the video on your mobile device.***

To Sign-up
  Learn more about an educator account

Education account allows for 10 second video clips, up to 10 minute video, and you can have one song. You are allowed about 50 styles out of the 94 styles that are offered. 

Copyright

Excerpts (from songs) should include no more than 10 percent of the whole work or no more than 30 seconds in length.
 - See more at: 
http://cnc.ucr.edu/copyright/rulesofthumb.html
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr280b.shtml#sthash.ZsdVQkmX.dpuf

Jamendo - https://www.jamendo.com/en  (Royalty free music)

Google Images: (choose Images via Search Tools - then for reuse or noncommercial reuse)




Common Sense Media: http://search.creativecommons.org/ (Images, Music)

Copyright types:
(1) CC-BY (Attribution) : enables users to distribute, remix, arrange, and adapt your work, even for commercial purposes, provided that credit of the original creation of the Work is attributed to you by citing your name. 

(2) CC-BY-SA (Attribution - Sharing under the Same Conditions) : enables users to remix, arrange, and adapt your Work, even for commercial purposes, provided that credit is given to you by citing your name and that the creations derived from your Work are distributed under identical conditions. 

(3) CC-BY-ND (Attribution - No Derivative Works) : allows redistribution, whether or not for commercial purposes, provided that the original work is distributed unmodified and in its entirety, with attribution and citing of your name. 

(4) CC-BY-NC (Attribution - Non-commercial Use) : enables users to remix, arrange, and adapt your Work for non-commercial purposes and, although the creations derived from your Work must credit you by citing your name and not constitute a commercial use, they shall not be distributed under the same conditions. 

(5) CC-BY-NC-SA (Attribution - Non-commercial Use - Sharing under the Same Conditions) : enables users to remix, arrange and adapt your work for non-commercial purposes provided that you are credited by citing your name and that the creations derived from your Work are distributed under the same conditions. 

(6) CC-BY-NC-ND (Attribution - Non-commercial Use - No Derivative Works) : this license only authorizes users to download and share your Works provided that you are credited by citing your name, but they may not be modified in any way whatsoever nor used for commercial purposes.

Digital Storytelling Resources

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Support Reading with Animoto and Toontastic

How do you find quality apps?

Apps - Blooms Taxonomy
Interactive Ladder to assign apps to Bloom's Taxonomy:
Kathy Schrock Bloomin Apps - http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html
edtechteacher.org (Where do I begin?) - http://edtechteacher.org/apps/

Search for App by Content Area, Grade Level
Apps evaluated by Educators – http://www.graphite.org/
Common Sense Media - https://www.commonsensemedia.org/
Children's Technology Review - https://childrenstech.com/
Education Apps Store - https://www.educationalappstore.com/

Pinterest - search for Reading Apps, Reading Apps Lesson Plans

Lesson Plans using Inspiration - 
15 Apps to Improve Reading Comprehension
50 Popular Apps for Struggling Readers
Reading Comprehension Strategies Chart

Animoto for Education - http://animoto.com/education
Sign up information - http://help.animoto.com/entries/20239847-Getting-Started-with-Animoto-for-Education

Six ways to use Animoto in the Classroom - https://animoto.com/blog/education/education-videos/

Free music - www.jamendo.com

Examples:





Flickr.com - For images
http://www.flickr.com/

Library of Congress - Prints and photographs online collection - For images
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/

Google Images - For images
http://www.google.com/imghp

Chicago Public Library - For book summaries, reviews, and book cover images
http://www.chipublib.org/

Amazon.com - For book summaries, reviews, and book cover images
http://www.amazon.com/

Toontastic
Lesson Plan 1: Pre-writing with Toontastic

Lesson Plan 2:  BrainPop Inspired Movies (Create using Toontastic)

Additional Toontastic Lesson Plans:

Ideas for Integrating into Classroom

Digital Book Reporter - http://classwithapps.com/2013/04/digital-book-reporter/

eBooks - www.wegivebooks.com (free ebooks!)
Whole group instruction - connect mobile device to projector, students take turns reading and discuss scene
Pairs - students read story together, take turns reading narration and dialogue
Reenact story
Ideas for integrating app on graphite.org - (check under How Can Teachers Use it)





Friday, December 5, 2014

Hour of Code - Dec 8 - 14 - Computer Science Week





Computers are everywhere, but fewer schools teach computer science than 10 years ago. Good news is, we’re on our way to change this. If you heard about the Hour of Code last year, you might know it made history. In one week, 15 million students tried computer science!
Computer science was on homepages of Google, MSN, Yahoo! and Disney. President Obama, Shakira and Ashton Kutcher all kicked off the Hour of Code with videos. Over 100 partners came together to support this movement.
This year, let's make it even bigger. I’m asking you to join in for the Hour of Code 2014. Please get involved with an Hour of Code event during Computer Science Education Week, December 8-14, 2014.
Get the word out. Host an event. Ask a local school to sign up. Or try the Hour of Code yourself -- everyone can benefit from learning the basics.
Help us reach 100 million students by the end of the year! Get started at http://hourofcode.com/us
Teachers, check How-To get started:  http://hourofcode.com/us/resources/how-to
Hour of Code resources:  http://hourofcode.com/us/resources

Learn in one hour how to code with your favorite characters to include Angry Birds along with
Elsa and Anna from Frozen!
http://code.org/learn

Pinterest - Hour of Code ideas

There are also prizes!  http://hourofcode.com/us/prizes

If you are in the state of Georgia - check out the Georgia Hour of Code - Dec 10th!

Happy Coding!  #HourOfCode



Friday, September 26, 2014

Apps to support High School Science

How do you find quality apps?


Kathy Schrock Bloomin Apps - http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html
How to find good educational apps that have been evaluated by educators – http://www.graphite.org/
Search for App by Content Area, Grade Level
Common Sense Media - https://www.commonsensemedia.org/
Children's Technology Review - https://childrenstech.com/
Education Apps Store - https://www.educationalappstore.com/


Build Content Knowledge
 BrainPop –
www.brainpop.com
 netTrekker –
www.nettrekker.com

Organization – Mind mapping - Brainstorming

BrainPop - Make-a-map

http://www.brainpop.com/educators/community/video/introducing-make-map-tool-brainpop-powered-ideaphora/

Inspiration/Kidspiration  -  PC/Mac

Inspiration Map – iPad
Brainstorming Visually - grades 6 thru 12
http://www.inspiration.com/sites/default/files/filemanager/file/Brainstorming%20Visually.pdf

Mind Maps - tapping prior knowledge and Developing Ideas
http://www.inspiration.com/sites/default/files/filemanager/file/Mind%20Maps-Tapping%20Knowledge.pdf

Additional Inspiration Lesson Plans:
http://www.inspiration.com/lessonplans/inspiration

QR Codes
QR code generator:  http://www.qr-code-generator.com
Productivity Tool Apps
Apps designed to help teachers and students plan, develop materials, communicate, and keep records.
Science Apps for HS
3D Cell Stain
AtomsInMotion
Cells
Gravity 2.0
Labtimer
Nature_HG
Newton's
Periodic Table
Sparkvue

 UDL Tools
Supports multiple means of representation to give learners various ways of acquiring information and demonstrating what they know

Monday, September 8, 2014

Apps to Support Reading


How do you find quality apps?

Apps - Blooms Taxonomy
Interactive Ladder to assign apps to Bloom's Taxonomy:
Kathy Schrock Bloomin Apps - http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html

Search for App by Content Area, Grade Level
Apps evaluated by Educators – http://www.graphite.org/
Common Sense Media - https://www.commonsensemedia.org/
Children's Technology Review - https://childrenstech.com/
Education Apps Store - https://www.educationalappstore.com/

Pinterest - search for Reading Apps, Reading Apps Lesson Plans

20 iPad Apps to Teach Reading
15 Apps to Improve Reading Comprehension
50 Popular Apps for Struggling Readers

Reading Comprehension Strategies Chart

Ideas for Integrating into Classroom
eBooks
Whole group instruction - connect mobile device to projector, students take turns reading and discuss scene
Pairs - students read story together, take turns reading narration and dialogue
Reenact story
Ideas for integrating app on graphite.org - (check under How Can Teachers Use it)

Learn with Homer App

Bluster! (builds vocab skills)
Students select activities based on grade level
Pair students - play in Versus mode to see who can make the most matches first.