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October 16, 2007 Published by: Lani

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2007-New-Tools

New Tools “Flat Agents of Change”

October 16, 2007 Published by: Lani

Cheryl Oakes
Wells, ME, USA
Blog: http://www.cheryloakes.com/

Bio
Cheryl Oakes is currently a Content Coach for Technology K-12 in the Wells Ogunquit CSD, where she has taught for 10 years and previously as a K-4 technology integrator in the same district. Cheryl is a member of the Seedlings@bitbybit group, a member of WoW2, a Webhead and a Webcaster with the Worldbridges and Edtechtalk networks. Cheryl also blogs with the TechLearning.com/blog group. You can find her skiing in the snow or kayaking on any available waters in Maine.

Bio Page
https://k12online07presenters.wikispaces.com/Cheryl_Oakes

Bob Sprankle
Wells, ME, USA
Blog: http://www.bobsprankle.com/

Bio
Bob Sprankle is a Technology Integrator in Wells Elementary School in Wells, ME, USA. His students have received world-wide recognition for their “Room 208 Podcast.” Bob was awarded Maine’s Technology Teacher of the Year in 2006 from ACTEM. Bob has his own podcast, “Bit by Bit”, to help teachers incorporate technology into their classrooms. Both podcasts can be found at www.bobsprankle.com.

Bio Page
https://k12online07presenters.wikispaces.com/Bob+Sprankle

Alice Barr
Kennebunkport, Maine, USA
Blog: http://alicebarr.com/

Bio
Alice Barr is the instructional Technology Integrator for Yarmouth High School in Yarmouth, Maine. She facilitates a 1:1 laptop environment in grades 9 – 12. Alice also teachers in the summer at The University of Southern Maine and provides professional development sessions during the year. Alice is also a member of Seedlings@bitbybit

Bio Page
https://k12online07presenters.wikispaces.com/alicebarr

Presentation Title
“Flat Agents of Change”

Description
This presentation is for those folks who are starting out.
All participants will join our ning, seedlings@bitbybit.ning.com. Go to the address for the ning and follow the numbered steps with movies on how to join. The structure for our show will be displayed from the planning to the presentation on ning in order that any teacher could reproduce the journey in their own content or classroom area. By engaging the participants in the ning social network the conversations will continue, as well as the support to become a proficient podcaster and blogger. As with everything we do, we will talk about the purpose and how important this is to the final piece.

Join our presentation Ning at http://bitbybitseedlings.ning.com/

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“Take My Hand”

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Classroom 2.0 “Motivating Student Writers by Fostering Collaboration through Tagging and Aggregating”

October 16, 2007 Published by: Lani

Vance Stevens
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Blog: http://writingmatrix.wikispaces.com

Bio
Vance Stevens is a computing lecturer at The Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi, and founder, coordinator, and frequent contributor to Webheads and other online communities of practice and distributed learning networks. He presents, publishes, and blogs on topics such as multiliteracies and aggregation of content on the Internet and their impacts on computer mediated communications and pedagogy.

Bio Page
https://k12online07presenters.wikispaces.com/writingmatrix

Nelba Quintan
La Plata, Argentina
Blog: http://writingmatrix.wikispaces.com

Bio
Nelba Quintana is a Teacher of English Language and Literature who is working as a web and blog content developer, and teacher trainer. She is a Webhead member.

Bio Page
https://k12online07presenters.wikispaces.com/writingmatrix

Doris Molero
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Blog: http://writingmatrix.wikispaces.com

Bio
Doris Molero is an EFL Professor at Universidad Dr. Rafel Belloso Chacin, Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Bio Page
https://k12online07presenters.wikispaces.com/writingmatrix

Saša Sirk
Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Blog: http://sasasirk.blogspot.com/

Bio
Saša Sirk is a Webhead since 2005, an EFL teacher at Vocational College of Tehnični šolski center in Nova Gorica and a member of The Slovene Association of LSP Teachers. She likes exploring Web 2.0. tools and connecting to the world. Her class blog is at http://www.rostilj.blogspot.com/ and personal at http://sasasirk.blogspot.com/.

Bio Page
https://k12online07presenters.wikispaces.com/writingmatrix

Rita Zeinstejer
Rosario, Argentina
Blog: http://writingmatrix.wikispaces.com

Bio
Rita Zeinstejer is a teacher in Argentina, and Self Access, Laboratory and Multimedia Coordinator at the Asociacion Rosarina de Cultura Ingles, Rosario, Argentina.

Bio Page
https://k12online07presenters.wikispaces.com/writingmatrix

Presentation Title
“Motivating Student Writers by Fostering Collaboration through Tagging and Aggregating”

Description
The presenters play with boundaries through the simple expedient of having student bloggers in different countries tag their blog posts with the unique tag term writingmatrix. Searching on that tag in Technorati, the student bloggers in four locations in three different countries have managed to locate one another’s posts, leave comments for one another, and have subsequently interacted in other ways as well. The presenters explain how they started the project and how it has branched into other online and even face to face activities involving the students in the participant countries. The presentation is made not only through the voices of the presenters, but with the students themselves lending their voices through their blogs and videos.

Presentation
iPod ready
http://k12online.wm.edu/writing_matrix.mp4 (38:02 Run Time; mpeg4, 76.6 MB)
Original
http://k12online.wm.edu/writing_matrix.wmv (38:00 Run Time; wmv, 8.2MB)
Audio only
http://k12online.wm.edu/writing_matrix.mp3 (38:01 Run Time; mp3, 34.9 MB)

Supporting Links
http://writingmatrix.wikispaces.com/

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“Take My Hand”

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Classroom 2.0″Putting the Pedagogy into the Tools”

October 16, 2007 Published by: Lani

Anne Davis
McDonough, Georgia, USA
Blog: http://anne.teachesme.com

Bio
Anne Davis is an educator with over 20 years experience as an elementary classroom teacher, an instructional lead teacher, a reading specialist, and an instructional technology specialist. She currently works at Georgia State University in the Instructional Technology Center in the College of Education as an Information Systems Training Specialist. Anne has created numerous blogging projects with students and teachers over the past five years.

Bio Page
https://k12online07presenters.wikispaces.com/Anne+Davis

Presentation Title
“Putting the Pedagogy into the Tools”

Description
This presentation includes specific ideas, tips, and mini lessons centered on the pedagogical use of web 2.0 tools. All teachers need ways to easily and effectively weave these tools into the curriculum/instruction. These are quick takes on an activity that could be done with the tools in an engaging way. Most are quick, easy to implement and designed to have beginning web 2.0 teachers feel “Yeah, I could do that!” Those of us who have been using the tools could think “Yeah, what a great idea. I’m going to do that too!” or “I know just the teacher who would love trying this!”

Presentation
Original
http://k12online.wm.edu/putting.mov (2:00 Run Time; mov, 2.8 MB)
Audio only
http://k12online.wm.edu/putting.mp3 (2:03 Run Time; mp3, 12 MB)

Supporting Links
http://pedagogytools.pbwiki.com/

What is “Take My Hand”?
“Take My Hand”

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2007-New-Tools

New Tools “Oodles of Googles”

October 16, 2007 Published by: Lani

Sharon Betts
Industry, Maine, USA
Blog: http://sharonsshare.blogspot.com

Bio
Sharon Betts is currently an Educational Technology Coordinator in Turner, Greene and Leeds,Maine, where she has worked for 3 years. Sharon has been in education for over 30 years, having taught at Iran Dokht, a girls’ high school in Iran, Dept. of Defense schools in Germany, and public schools in Ohio and Maine. She believes that technology should be a staple, not a privilege and is always striving to bring her passions, children and technology, together for the betterment of both. Sharon is a member of WoW2, Women of Web, the Webhead Class of 2006, and a Discovery and MarcoPolo Educator. She has presented on Open Source and web tools in education at local, state and national conferences. Her offline time is spent with her family and two leonbergers in the hills of Maine.

Bio Page
https://k12online07presenters.wikispaces.com/Sharon+Betts

Presentation Title
“Oodles of Googles”

Description
This presentation is for teachers that wish to move student writing projects from paper to the web. Google applications will be demonstrated as tools for simplifying and collaborating through the four steps of producing a writing project: Investigation – research; Preparation – organization;Presentation – the product; and Summation – reflection / feedback / archiving. These tools are free and available with only an internet connection. Many colleges and businesses are beginning to take their work online. See how easy it really is.

Presentation
Original
http://k12online.wm.edu/intro.mov (43 sec. Run Time; mov; 2 MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/investigation.mov (3:33 min. Run Time; mov; 38 MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/preparation.mov (2:10min. Run Time; mov; 26 MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/presentation.mov (4:33 min. Run Time; mov; 28 MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/summation.mov (2:38 min. Run Time; mov; 25 MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/summation_student.mov (2:38 min. Run Time; mov; 18 MB)
Audio only
http://k12online.wm.edu/googling.mp3 (13:13 min. Run Time; mp3; 6 MB)

Supporting Links
http://googling.wikispaces.com

What is “Take My Hand”?
“Take My Hand”

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