Monday, July 30, 2007

Workshops at Del Oro High School

CTAP conducted five 90 minute workshops at a technology staff development day at Del Oro High School in Loomis, Ca. The titles of the workshops included: Introduction to Podcasting, Wikis and Blogs, Non-Linear PowerPoint, Google Pages, and Google Tools.

The following resources are available to teachers:

Introduction to Podcasting
Download Audacity Software
Audacity Tutorials
Podcasting Tutorials
RSS Feed Tutorial

Non-Linear PowerPoint
Non Linear PowerPoint Tutorial
Recorded Online Non-Linear PowerPoint Workshop (2hrs, 18 minutes)

Wikis and Blogs
Blog Sites
http://room9nelsoncentral.blogspot.com/
http://ctap3podcasting.blogspot.com/
http://priestsic6.learnerblogs.org/

See things from, Mr. P, an administrator's point of view
http://mr-ps-blog.blogspot.com/

See student portfolios and hear students' reflection on their work.
http://areallydifferentplace.org/blog/37

SmARTHistory features two art historians teaching art through technology.
http://www.smarthistory.org/blog

Wiki Sites
http://www.wikipedia.org/
http://flatplanet.wikispaces.com/

Other wikis worth visiting:
http://memorizable.com/
http://1000names.wikispaces.com/
http://classroomgoogleearth.wikispaces.com/

Google Tools


Why should teachers be integrating technology in their classrooms? See the video below: Did You Know 2.0
An updated version of Did You Know? (a.k.a. Shift Happens). See http://tinyurl.com/2mbgnx for more info. Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod.

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Wednesday, October 11, 2006