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SchoolTube – Moderated Collaboration

Chandell Asuncion — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:37:39 +0000

SchoolTube is for students, teachers, administrators, parents, school boards, IT managers, and school affiliates. SchoolTube is unique in that all the content that is uploaded is held in queue, until the moderator (teacher) has approved the work, at which time it can be made public. It’s very similar to moderating comments in your blog. I’m still reviewing the site myself but from what I can tell already this is a resource that answers many of the concerns educators have regarding “open sharing”.

To learn more about School Tube, visit the URL below:
Please visit http://www2.schooltube.com/AboutUS.aspx

View: Copyright Guidelines for SchoolTube -by MENC.org
“Because SchoolTube uses streaming technology, the videos you’ll be posting are considered “performances” rather than “recordings.” To determine if you need a performance license, first determine the type of musical work/performance.” (see guidelines for detailed information and links).

Challenge: 30 Days to Being a Better Blogger

Chandell Asuncion — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:12:33 +0000

Join Steve Dembo and educators around the world to take the 30 day challenge. Each day Steven will post a new blog tip, and encourage users to share the blogs and their comments with each other. The challenge officially kicked off on November 1st and will run until the end of November 2008. To be a part of this challenge or just pick up a new blogging skill each day mosey over to Steve Dembo’s blog at Day 1: It’s all about the “About” page. Your readers will want to know who the author is and what you will be writing about.

Day 2: Play in the traffic (site traffic). Although this is a very useful tool it is not available on your KS blog at this time.

Day 3: Write a thank you note: When it comes right down to it, a blog is like a business you have to let people know what you are doing, and thank them for their patronage and their references in order to grow your audience.

Day 4: Own your CContent. Protect your intellectual property by establishing a Creative Commons license based on your terms, either “All Rights Reserved” or “Some Rights Reserved”. NOTE: This post is very thorough and offers extended post with more helpful information.

Day 5: Globalize Your Blog using clustermaps and Google Translate. Clustermaps allow you and your visitors to see who is visiting your blog and where they are in the world. Google Translate allows your visitor to translate your blog into their native language, however Hawaiian is not available, yet. BTW, the clustermap widget has already been added to your KS blog at the bottom of the page.

Day 6: Get Some Fresh Perspective: Is your site user friendly, clear and easy to navigate?

Day 7: Invite a Guest Blogger:

Day 8: Comment onto Others:

The Arts & Creativity

Chandell Asuncion — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:38:20 +0000

It’s not your mother’s refrigerator that’s for sure.

Today children are asking mom to put their “art work” online, in a blog designed to bring out the creativity within and receive feed back from family, friends and new acquaintances alike. Check out “Theblog Weemade” to see how budding artist of all ages are making use of social networks. http://theblog.weemade.com

If a picture is worth a thousand words, imagine the stories these images could tell us about the hearts and minds of their creators.

AuthorStream.com

Chandell Asuncion — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:52:40 +0000

Present and Share Your PowerPoint Presentations Over the Web

So much as happened in just a year. It seems like I went to sleep and when I woke up Web 2.0 was born. Here is another Web 2.0 application, called AuthorSTREAM, that will allow you to convert and share your PowerPoint Presenations. Take a look

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Publish your PowerPoint Presentations to the web with audio, animations and transitions with this “free” Web 2.0 application. Author Stream even lets you convert your presentations into iPod, iPhone, or video format that can be sent to YouTube, TeacherTude, GoogleVideo, or Break.com or embedded in your blog or Network.

View Sample PowerPoint presentations that have been converted to flash using the free desktop utility called AuthorPOINT lite (PC users). Each of the samples are available in the Flash output and the AuthorSTREAM output.

“Sometimes the best way to appreciate a new technology is to see it in action.” ~ AuthorSTREAM

WizIQ.com

Chandell Asuncion — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:16:06 +0000

Live Online Classes from Anywhere in the World

Imagine being able to collaborate with classes in another school, state, or country, using a free online account from WizIQ.com.

WiZiQ invites online educators, trainers, and students to use its free virtual classroom equipped with live audio/video, text chat, document/whiteboard sharing, and session recording capabilities, this web conferencing tool is available for unlimited free use.

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