Online Communication

Session #6

Please complete the following items prior to our next class on 4/30.

*  Join a PD community.
*  Post and/or reply to a comment in the PD community.
*  Be prepared to share about your new community and why/how it’s a resource for your teaching & learning.
*  Review Twitter for Teachers
http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/w/page/22554534/FrontPage
*  Find at least 3 teachers you’d like to follow (due class 7).
*  Review the Twitter for Teachers handbook (due class 7)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/14062777/Twitter-Handbook-for-Teachers

*  Review homework from class 5

*  Discussion and feedback on review of Weblogg-ed and
2 Cents.
*  Optimizing/resizing video and audio files

• Why convert?
• Embedding audio files into your blog.
• Using Video Download tools to download
  Youtube videos
• Video Resizing
• Embedding video files into your blog.

*  Online Communication tools for professional  use
and development

• Ning
• Grownupdigital
• Innovative Educator
• Classroom 2.0
• Edutopia
• Twitter Video

Session #5

* Review homework from class 4
* Share PD Communities
* Google
* Uses for Google Forms in the classroom
* Embedding Google forms in a blog
* Uses for Google Docs in the classroom
* Embedding Google Docs in a blog
* Uses for Google Calendars in the classroom
* Embedding a Google Calendar in a blog
* Shelfari
* What is Shelfari?
* How can I use Shelfari in the classroom?
* How do I embed a bookshelf?

Session #4
4/9/2012
Please complete the following assignments by our next class on 4/16.

* Create a Post on your blog that includes a picture.
* Create a Post on your blog that includes a file attachment
* Review the following educational blogs:
http://weblogg-ed.com
http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/
* Review the ISTE NETS-S standards covered in class.
* Identify the standards you’ll be addressing by using your blog as a venue for communication and sharing in your classroom

Today in Class we’ll cover:
* Review homework from class 3
* Discussion and feedback on teacher’s experiences in
having student comment to their post
* ISTE Standards
* Review of ISTE standards – NETS-T, NETS-S
* Share standards that are being addressed through
this course.
* Managing the Media Library
* What is the Media Library?
* How is the Media Library organized?
* File size limits – (5MB per file)
* Resizing picture file sizes for web publishing
* Adding items to the Media Library
* Adding Photos
* Adding files (review supported files types)
* Adding an image to a post
* Uploading directly from the original source
* Adding from a URL
* Adding from the Media Library
* Attaching a file to a post

Session #3
4/2/2012
Please complete the following assignments by our next class on 4/9.

 Review the post titled “What makes a good education blog”, found on the course blog site, and add a comment.
 Develop your own classroom guidelines for student posts and review it with them.
 Create a new post in your blog for your students to comment on, related to a current classroom activity.
 Create a static page on your blog.
 For class 4, bring digital picture files to class.
 For class 4, visit the ISTE site and learn about NETS:
http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=NETS

Classwork:
 Review homework from class 2
 Tags
o What is a Tag?
o What’s the difference between a Category and
a Tag?
o Adding Tags to a Post
 Adding Comments to a Post
o Setting comment options as an administrator
o Suggested guidelines for student Posts
 Guiding your students to publish
appropriate Posts.
 Moderating Comments
 Pages
o What are Pages?
o What is the difference between a Post Page
and a Static Page?
o Adding additional static pages
o How do I change my Post Page?
 Guidelines for blogging
o Copyright and Fair Use guidelines

Session #2
3/5/2012
Please have the following assignment completed prior to our next class meeting on 4/2. Enjoy your spring break!

1. Create and Publish a Post
2. Assign a category to your post
3. Use the following link to review blog basics:  See the table of contents and review the topics.  http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/blogworkshop
4.  Use the following link to review how other educators are using blogs (pay special attention to the class and individual teacher blogs).  http://edublogawards.com/

Objectives:

Working with Posts    (http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/)
What is a Post and a Comment?
Who can add posts and comments to your KS blog site?
Creating a Basic Post
Adding a Post Title and Description
Text Formatting Options
Publishing Options
Previewing and Previewing a Post
Editing a Post
Changing and Updating a Post
Using the Quick Edit feature
Hiding a Post
Deleting a Post
Categories (http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-categories/)
What is a Category?
Using Categories to Organize Your Blog site
Creating a Category
Editing a Category
Assigning a Category to a Post
Deleting a Category

Session #1
2/27/2012

Please have the following assignments completed prior to our next class meeting on 3/5.
1. Determine a list of objectives for your blog. What do you hope to accomplish with your KS Blog? You will answer this question by commenting to a post.
2. Select any KS Blog, and note one aspect of it that you may want to incorporate into your KS Maui Blog. Please be prepared to share. http://blogs.ksbe.edu/ksusername

Objectives:
By the end of class today, you will know:
What a blog is
Typical Blog Features
Navigating through a blog
How blogs are used in education: KS Blogs, Other educators

KS Blog Basics
Logging in
Dashboard
Main Menu Options
Setting the General Appearance of your blog
Posting comments to a blog

Mahalo! :)Kelly & Val