21st Century Learning: CreateCommunicateCollaborate Free Software Programs To Make Show and Tell COO

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21st Century LearningCreate-Communicate-Collabor
ate Free Software Programs To Make Show and Tell
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• Howie DiBlasi
• Emerging Technologies Evangelist
• Digital Journey
• howie_at_frontier.net
• www.toolsfortheclassroom.com
• N.M.S.C. Presentation Nov. 2008

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Conference LinksTools For The
Classroomwww.toolsfortheclassroom.comBLOGhttp
//toolsfortheclassroom.blogspot.comWIKIhttp/
/toolsfortheclassroom.wikispaces.com/e-mail
howie_at_frontier.net
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Change Is Good You Go First
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Leadership Tasks

• Build the Vision
• Manage Change
• Change the culture
• Staff Development
• Classroom Management and Tech Support
• Communication and input
• Monitor and sustain the change

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Conference CDs

• Free Software for the Classroom
• BLC- Projects for the Global Classroom
• Teaching Brock To search
• Web 2.0 Tools
• Digital Story Telling
• Google Guide-49 Secrets

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Who said that.

• I am not complacent at all John. I have gone
  through experiences such as this for a very long
  time. I know I am right. I make the good
  argument, write the wise articles, and the
  persuasive letters. And sometimes I feel as
  though I am preaching to a stack of wood. People
  do not easily embrace change. Convincing them to
  turn in a new direction requires a patience and
  persistence that tax everyone. It does not help
  matters that the course we are attempting to
  follow could get us all hanged
• Ben Franklin talking to John Adams , June 7, 1776

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Did You Know? V

• Durango Florida Texas California
• To China to Norway to???
• You Tube 385,000 Views

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Think Different ..Apple 1997.
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Think Different..Apple 1997
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Name the 17 people in the Apple, 1997 commercial

• You have 3 min.

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The following projects have the following
criteria associated with each and our goal is to
teach our students how to
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1. Deal with massive amounts of information2.
Become self-directed3. Create global
communications and connections4. Create
life-long learning skills5. Collect and/or
retrieve, organize and manage information6.
Interpret and present information7. Evaluate the
quality, relevance, and usefulness of
information8. Generate accurate information
through the use of existing resources9.
Information and effective communications
skills10. Thinking, problem-solving
interpersonal skills11.Self-directional
skills12. Use digital technology tools 13.
Teach and learn in a 21st century context.14.
Understand Digital Age Literacy15. Understand
Inventive Thinking 16. Produce High Productivity
content
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Create
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ZAMZAROn-line file conversionConvert iPod
files into other formatsWeb link
http//www.zamzar.com/
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Photo Story Windows - FREE

• PowerPoint on steroids
• EZ transitions
• EZ import of photos
• Can add music easily
• Can create your own music easily
• Can have 2 songs in the story
• Can add voice to each slide
• Can edit photos within the program
• Can change transitions
• Limit of 300 slides
• Can not put 2 photos on one slide BUT .
• But ITS FREEEEEEEE

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Lets look at a sample PhotoStory
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Google SketchUpSoftware that you can use to
create, modify and share 3D models. It's easier
to learn than other 3D modeling programs, which
is why so many people are already using it.
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Wikis
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Whats a Wiki? Why

•   Online database
• Built for collaboration
• Access to free information
• Kids can synthesize and produce content
• Global collaboration
• Writing across the curriculum
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•     Example http//www.wikipedia.org

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Natalie Watt Pitot House, on the site

• Natalie Watt has taught her third graders in New
  Orleans how to deeply understand the
  inner-workings of Wikipedia by organizing the
  class to publish an article about a local
  historic mansion, the Pitot House, on the site

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Pitot House
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Create Your own Wiki

• www.speedwiki.com
• http//www.wikidot.com/?gclidCP3Nn_uXzIkCFSgDYgod
  qkMBDw
• http//www.wetpaint.com/
• http//www.hivewiki.com/Signup.aspx
• WikiSpaces do a Google search
• BEST FREE
• www.pbwiki.com
• http//www.wikispaces.com/

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6 Steps To Problem Solving

• Define the problem and set a goal for change.
• Brainstorming options.
• Evaluate options.
• Making a plan of action.
• Evaluation
• Modification.

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Lets solve a problem

• Groups of 3
• Winner group will receive a Workkshop CD
• As soon as you are sure you know the answer have
  your group come to the front

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Knock to the Noggin

• A man wanted to enter and exclusive club but did
  not know the required password. He waited by the
  door and listened. A club member knocked on the
  door and the doorman said, TWELVE. The member
  replied ,SIX. And was in. A second member came
  to the door and the doorman said, SIX. The
  member replied, THREE and was let in. The man
  thought he heard enough and walked up to the
  door. The doorman said. TEN and the man
  replied, FIVE. He was NOT let in..what should
  he have said?

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ThreeThe doorman lets in those who respond with
the number of letters in the word he says
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Blogs
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Millions of amateur reporters now have their own
digital printing press. They are editors who
blog. ( Pein, 2005)
BLOGS
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What is a blog?

• The term blog is a shortened computer-lingo
  word for web log.
• Online discussion thread
• Weblog database of writing and links
• Organized by date
• Sorted by topic/category
• Updated regularly current
• Allows users to read the comments of others and
  to respond with their own comments.

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Will Richardson collects ideas for Web logs
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David Warlick 2 cents Worth
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Top 100 Education Blogs http//oedb.org/library/f
eatures/top-100-education-blogs
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There is a buzz about blogging

• Web publication gives students a real audience
  to write to and, when optimized, a collaborative
  environment where they can give and receive
  feedback, mirroring the way professional writers
  use a workshop environment to hone their craft.
• techLEARNING.com Technology Learning - The
  Resource for Education Technology Leaders

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My First Blog Experience

• I created a blog and in the first 24 hours this
  was posted
• Hey Howie-hows it goin..Im Kristy and I just
  moved to Durango.I would like to meet a nice guy
  like you. I came here 2 weeks ago and I have
  nothin to doI read your profile and youre cute
  and I liked what you had to sayI am 21-f-/single
  and I like a guy who is easy to be comfortable
  around. I really like guys who are a little bit
  older than me and 64 is just about right. I have
  posted my profile and have lots of photos of
  me.come check it out ..OK

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Ideas for using blogs

•    Topic discussions
•     Share information
•     Online Portfolios
•     Student Journaling
•     Personal Portfolios
•     Collaborative Knowledge Base
•     Research Coordination and Collaboration
•     Curricular and Cross-Disciplinary
  Coordination  

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Skills for successhttp//www.graduateopportunitie
s.com/career_advice/graduate_skills

• So what skills do employers seek in their
  graduate recruits? Although it varies
  considerably from industry to industry, and from
  job to job, there are some capabilities commonly
  valued by most graduate employers. Academic
  achievement is obviously important, but it is not
  everything. Core skills which employers seek
  include

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Skills for success

• Team work
• Adaptability
• Literacy and numeracy
• Time management and organisation
• Oral and written communication
• Creative problem-solving
• Initiative and enterprise
• Critical and analytical thinking
• Ability to apply discipline knowledge and
  concepts
• Information gathering, evaluation and synthesis
• Emotional intelligence interpersonal skills
• Balanced lifestyle and capacity to manage stress
  levels
• Community involvement
• Personal attributes such as ambition,
  self-awareness and an inquiring mind.

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What they dont want

• Poor teamwork skills
• lack of leadership skills
• Poor attitude / lack of work ethic / poor
  approach to work
• Lack of interpersonal and communication skills
  (written, oral, listening) Lack of drive,
  motivation, enthusiasm and initiative
• Arrogance / selfishness / aggression/ dominating
• Lack of commitment / high absenteeism/ lack of
  loyalty
• Inflexibility/ inability to accept direction,
  challenges or change
• Poor or inappropriate academic qualifications or
  results
• Lack of emotional intelligence, self-awareness or
  self-confidence
• Lack of commitment / high absenteeism / lack of
  loyalty

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• How much (if any) of our curriculum is centered
  around authentic problem-solving, teamwork and
  information literacy? 

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Critical Thinking and Problem Solving kills
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Students and Teachers From K to 12-
Hit the Podcasts
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Podcasting-What is it?

• Tivo for radio-an audio broadcast similar to a
  news or entertainment radio show.
• Audio- images video) online and uses the
  Internet
• Works on any Internet-enabled computer
• Can be downloaded to MP3 player (iPod)
• Configure the latest episodes of your favorite
  Podcasts to automatically download to your
  computer and/or audio player whenever it is
  updated.
• You can subscribe to a Podcast through services
  like iTunes, Podcast Alley and Yahoo Podcast,
• Anyone with a computer and a microphone can
  record a show about any subject

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Why Podcast ?

• Allows students and teachers to publish to a
  global community ..with global content
• Distribute information
• Share performances
• Improve verbal skills
• Oral presentation
• Skill development
• Address Multiple intelligence
• Adjust to various learner skills
• All learners can be successful

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2nd Grade PodcastCongratulations to Chrissi
Weaver and Helaine Ortiz
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Project 13 Audacity - FREE Audio
Editor/recorder
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Lets Make a digital story using Memories On
The Web
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Memories On the Web
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FreePlay Music -

• welcome to freeplay music FREEPLAY MUSIC REACHES
  OVER 8,000,000 PAGE VIEWS TO OUR WEBSITE!! We're
  adding new music constantly, so check out our new
  releases.

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Play a sample of FreePlay Music
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Royalty Free Music

• Jamendo
• www.jamendo.com

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Create Photo Sites
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Picasa
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• Picnik - There are a plethora of image editing
  sites in the world of Web 2.0, but Picnik stands
  out for a few reasons. For one thing, its
  pretty. The site is well laid out, easy to
  navigate, and incredibly intuitive. You can use
  the website without even registering, making it
  incredibly education-friendly. It may not have
  every feature that Photoshop has, but it does
  allow you to crop, resize, eliminate red-eye,
  adjust color and brightness levels, and save in a
  variety of formats. Throw in the ability to
  import directly from Flickr, and export to a
  variety of services including Flickr, Photobucket
  and Kodak Easyshare, and you have an app that
  integrates well into the rest of the 2.0 world.

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Pixamo www.pixamo.com
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Cooliris for the WebTransform your browser
into a lightning fast, cinematic way to discover
the Web.http//www.cooliris.com/
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Jumpcut Free video editing
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• Google Docs and Spreadsheets - Im sure that
  there are 100s of features missing from Googles
  version of Word and Excel, but I cant seem to
  figure out what they are. Docs and Spreadsheets
  also has one clear advantage over the desktop
  version its collaborative. While editing a
  document, you can invite other people to work on
  it with you. Windows or Mac, Firefox or Explorer,
  Docs and Spreadsheets has everything youd expect
  in a word processor and spreadsheet program.
  Throw in the ability to import and export in a
  variety of formats, including Office, OpenOffice,
  and PDF, and you have a full featured replacement
  for zero cost.

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Scratch http//scratch.mit.edu/
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Gliffy http//gliffy.com/
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LetterPop http//letterpop.com
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Communicate
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Jing Projecthttp//www.jingproject.com
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Voicethread http//voicethread.com/home
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• GCast - With Audioblogger gone, GCast is
  recognized as the most popular platform for
  MobCasts (podcasts created via cell phone).
  However, it is also a powerful solution for
  podcasters who dont quite understand how the RSS
  piece works. Anybody can upload audio files to
  GCast, organize them into a single or multiple
  podcast feeds, and then generate a flash player
  that is incredibly easy to embed into a blog or
  web site. The flash player includes subscription
  links, allowing listeners to subscribe via iTunes
  or email. While the site doesnt look or feel
  like a typical Web 2.0 site (no Ajax, no drag and
  drop, no bubbly letters), it is such a simple and
  elegant solution to the most challenging part of
  the podcasting process, and rightfully deserves a
  slot in the list.

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Download YouTube Videos
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http//keepvid.com/
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Del.icio.us
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Think.com http//www.think.com/en/
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Imbee http//www.imbee.com/
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Whiteboard http//writeboard.com/
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Collaborate
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Project -My Hero
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Who is your hero?
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http//www.myhero.com/myhero/go/create/index.asp

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My Hero Sample Project My Grandpa Said.Using
Photo Story
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IVC - Skype Global Connections
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Check out a IVC
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I.V.C. Equipment
Tandberg videoconferencing Solutions
Polycom VSX 7000 Camera 4,000-includes all items
below
Speaker
Mike
Remote Control
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SKYPE
WEB Cameras - 19.95 - 89.95

• 49.99 camera SkypeIVC-WebCast

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3. SKYPE
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1st Grade - Seahorse
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E-mail from a teacher

• Howie,
• Thank you for keeping in touch. I have to share
  one thing that I have done this week. Out of all
  of the suggestions you shared last week I was
  most intrigued with the ePals program.  I
  immediately registered and posted a profile. I
  literally got goosebumps when I sent my first
  international email-----which was to Greece. Over
  the last few days I have heard back from schools
  in Japan, Germany, and Colombia.  I cannot even
  begin to tell you how excited my students are
  about this project! Thank you for telling me
  about it.  I will share more projects as we go.
  Beth Still

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E-Pals Blog---FREE
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e-Pals Projects

• ePals The home for meaningful learning through
  global collaboration
• Safe and Protected E-mailSecure,
• Award Winning Blogging
• TechnologyConnections with other classrooms
• Collaborative Projects Language Practice
• Robust Tools and Learning Resources for Schools
  and Districts

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Classroom Matchhttp//www.epals.com/about/tour/cl
assroommatch.tpl
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• You can find a classroom in several ways
• Find a classroom by searching on a topic or
  interest.
• Find a classroom using maps.
• See all the new classrooms that have joined
  ePals.
• There are many more options in our advanced
  search
• When you find a match, click the "Contact" link.

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Where Do I go to find Global Partners?
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Is this what will happen if we do NOT provide our
Digital Kids with 21st Century Skills?
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