EDT+674+Saturday+2

=Weekend 2- Saturday =

====**External Links for Professional Learning Communities Nings are no longer going to be free, so many are fading. That's very sad! Let's make a twitter account together.**====

Twitter in Plain English:

media type="youtube" key="ddO9idmax0o" height="385" width="480" Here's what a Seymour teacher has to say about Twitter: John Steltz's Blog Here are most of Seymour's teachers already on Twitter: @http://tweepml.org/?t=406517

Come on! Try it out.

1. Make an account at @http://www.twitter.com. - you can tweet from here, but it's confusing here. 2. If you really want to take advantage of your twitter experience, download Tweetdeck (@http://www.tweetdeck.com) for your computer, Iphone, Itouch, or even Black Berry. 3. After you install Tweetdeck, you can make desired columns. I recommend the following four (A. ALL FRIENDS, B. MENTIONS, C. DIRECT MESSAGES, D. #EDCHAT) These four columns will give you a great start. 4. Don't worry about not having anyone to follow. In this situation, it's not about what you necessarily give...it's about what you receive. 5. The trick to finding awesome teachers to follow is to use Tweepml. Try this particular search (@http://tweepml.org/follow/?q=education). I also included the list of Seymour teachers. Anyone that talks about #edchat is probably someone interesting to follow. 6. Let's try to follow everyone in the room. I'm jbrogley. When you make your twitter handle, write it on the board.

Take a moment to explore these other links at some point. [|Google for Educators]Great ideas and useful tools brought to you by the creators of Google. [|Microsoft Innovative Teachers Network] Many resources for staying connected with teachers [|Discovery Learning Network]This site offers blogs, forums, and a whole lot more to stay connected to others in the learning community. [|PBS Teacherline] More outstanding ways to be connected with peers in the learning community. [|Linked In] A site where professionals meet online [|Classroom 2.0]A professional learning networks for educators. Second Life A virtual reality where you can interact with lots of teachers. Twitter This should be at the top of the list! Twitter is your #1 PLN.

**A ****ctivity 17: There's Just So Much Out There.** Let's each do a round robin on a cool website and tell each other about it. Nothing grand...just a quick share. Hey...you could tweet out your cool site to everyone. Let's try that! :)

[|Bubbl.us] A simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online. (Free) [|BrainPop] This is a wonderful site for building background knowledge of students. It has little movies on just about any topic you might teach. Downside: You can sign up for a free trial but you will eventually have to pay a fee. [|Discovery Streaming] Go here to get ideas for lessons and short video clips that you can use in the classroom. Downside: You can sign up for the 30 day trial, but then you'll have to pay a subscription fee. [|Easy Tech] An amazing set of interactive teaching videos that require purchasing, but some are offered for free. [|World Book Online Encyclopedia] A wonderful resource with versions for older and younger users. (pay) [|Read, Write, Think] This site is created by the Internationa Reading Association and NCTE. Lots of great resources. (Free) [|Top 100 Sites for Teachers] This site lists the top 100 sites every teacher should know about. (Free) [|iknowthat] A wonderful teacher resource! (free) [|Kathy Schrock] An indispensable on-line tool for teachers. (Free) [|Kids Konnect] A list of sites organized for teachers by subject area. (Free) [|Thinkfinity]This used to be the old Marco Polo site. It's very useful to teachers for ideas, lesson plans, and resources. It can also be used by students. (Free) [|Math Playground] An amazing math resource for students. (Free) [|Graph Maker] Use this free and easy site to make graphs with your students. (Free) [|Kid Sites] Need a science resource? Check this site. (Free) [|Top 20 Science Websites] All of the best are listed here. (Free) [|Interactive Sites for k-12] A collection of interactive activities (free) [|Web 2.0] Go here to find links to Web 2.0 information [|Survey Monkey] A free site for creating simple surveys with the option to purchase added features. [|Edutopia] Many movies, articles, and resources pertaining to education.

Tutorials
[|FIlamentaility Tutorial] A fill in the blank tool that guides you through picking a topic, searching the internet, gathering good internet links, and turing them into online learning activities [|Power Point Pointers] A tutorial on power point Inspiration Tutorial A tutorial on how to use inspiration [|Microsoft Training] Look along the left side and select the Microsoft application you want to know more about. [|Culture Grams Tutorial] A tutorial for the culture grams site [|WIndows Vista Tutorial] This site will show you the ins and outs of Windows newest version.

**External Links for Virtual Field Trips**
[|Utah Education Network] In each curriculum area, your students will be able to take unique virtual field trips. [|Tramline] This site provides a variety of virtual field trips and it also allows you to build your own. [|Internet 4 Classrooms] A collection of virtual fieldtrips to use in the classroom. [|U.S. Department of Housing and Ubran Development] Gives students an opportunity to become good citizens in their community.

=PLEASE CONSIDER DOING THIS OVER THE SUMMER - [|30 GOALS!] Do it with a friend. Tweet about it. Challenge yourself!=

===Activity 19: Claymation (Chapter 5: Nonlinguistic Rpresentation) ===

media type="custom" key="5975985" After reading the novel "The Contender" I had my students (with special needs) retell the best part of the book using claymation.

Your task: Let's create a 30 second Claymation movie.

Basic Steps: 1. Form groups 2. Assign tasks 3. Create scripts 4. Mold characters 5. Create set 6. Start Filming - encourage students to use little camera movement 7. Import into Imovie or Moviemaker 8. Create title and credit slides 9. Add music (less than 30 seconds) 10. Upload to Youtube if desired

[|Ms. Daniel's Webage] teacher who uses claymation in the classroom [|Claymation in the classroom] A youtube video about claymation in the classroom [|Claymation Station] Tips and tricks for claymation

**Photo Story**
[|Photo Story Teacher Tube Video] [|photo story tutorial .pdf] [|photostorytutorial.pdf]

**I-Movie**
[|I movie tutorial .pdf]I-Movie Tutorial [|Imovie tutorial2.pdf]I-Movie Tutorial

To complete the KWHL- what have you learned from the readings, activities and discussions from this course about using technology with your students?


 * I was nice meeting you! I hope to keep sharing ideas with you! ||