Week+2

Week 2 begins May 27,2013 **If you have NOT entered the URL to your website on the Google form on Week on yet, do that IMMEDIATELY** **Everything will be graded and view from your website.**

**Note:** You will be creating lots of accounts for a variety of educational websites, make sure you have a system and keep track of all your logins and passwords. Write them down!! ** 1. ** Create an account, add your The Teaching Channel entry to your website with the links to the 2 videos. ** 2. ** Add your Bio and Thinglink image to your AboutMe page. ** 3. ** Reflection and resources: Digital Footprint ** 4. ** Reflection: **Resources; Edutopia, E is for Explore & Web 2.0 Guhu** ** 5. **2 Fun with Text Projects and reflection. **iPad Users:** Check out this amazing resource from the Buhler School District Professional Development site for iPad resources. It was create by my friend Mary Frazier. Buhler is going to be a 1:1 school in the fall and they trained their teacher on the iPads this year. Tons for you to learn here. http://buhleripads.wikispaces.com/ iPad Users: **THINGLINK: GOOD NEWS**, just learned to day (May 29th) that Thinklink now has an iPad app, and it is FREE.

@https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/thinglink/id647304300?ls=1&mt=8
=__Understanding "Fair Use" in a Digital World __= @https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teaching-students-fair-use?fd=1

Length
6 minutes Lesson Objective Determine the 'fair use' of material using two videos Questions to Consider Find more information and related lesson plans from our partner Common Sense Media. =__Welcome to Teaching Channel __= =All Grades, All Subjects, All Teachers = @https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/welcome-to-teaching-channel Learn about the videos and tools available on TeachingChannel.org **Length** 3 min **Questions to Consider**
 * How does the opening discussion about fair use prepare students for examining the videos?
 * How are students encouraged to defend their choices and provide evidence for their conclusions?
 * Why is the fair use of material an important distinction for students to understand?
 * The above video is an example for the Teaching Channel. Now watch............... **.
 * Lesson Objective**
 * How can you connect with a community of educators through Teaching Channel?
 * What is the most helpful thing you've found on Teaching Channel?
 * Set goals to spend some time every day or week learning and sharing with our community of educators.
 * Learn about our Notes feature
 * 1) Create a **FREE** account and explore, explore, explore.
 * 2) Next, locate 2 videos you could use yourself. Remember, this is professional development and is intended to be used by teachers for professional growth. As you locate each video (//feel free to find more than 2 //) add the videos to the built in **Lesson Planner**. And take notes in the **My Notes** section as you watch the videos.
 * 3) Now that you have watched your 2 vides and taken notes, **create** an entry on your blog/website about each video.
 * 4) Additionally, include details about the Teaching Channel website, how can this site benefit you as a teacher.
 * 5) Include the links and titles of your 2 videos.
 * 6) Don't forget to include screen captures
 * 7) Keep in mind your website is not just for you, it is a place to share resources with your colleagues, other teachers, your instructors, etc.
 * 8) All information should be in one blog entry and ** Title the Entry **, **The teaching Channel.**

** Adding your Bio and Thinglink image to the About Me Page **
 * 1) Write a little description of yourself to go on your **About Me** Page of your website. Read mine on my Blog, Technology Bits, Bytes and Nibbles ( pin it ) and look at about me pages on the blogs from the list Week 1 for more ideas of what to write. Basically, tell just a bit about who you are and maybe why you want to be a teacher or maybe your teaching philosphy. I would type this in a word processor and save it. You will find you will need a description like this quite often on various websites. And who wants to recreate things over and over.
 * 2) After you have edited your description and it is just the way you need and want it, copy and paste it to the **About Me** page. See the video in the **Help section** for step-by-step instructions on how to add your Bio and Thinglink photo to your About Me page.
 * 3) Add your Thinglink image below your Bio text. See the video in the **Help section** for step-by-step instructions.
 * 4) Then publish/update.


 * NOTE: ** The instructions for adding your Thinglink to the About Me page using the embed code and the Text tab are what you will use everytime you add something that uses embed code. Also, Thinglink mentions on their site that it is optimized for the Google Chrome Browser. You might find you have to install Chrome to copy the embed code.




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You have discovered some great resources and ways to grow for you as a teacher from the Teaching Channel site, now let's learn about a few more resources you can use as a teacher. ** 1. Edutopia ** @http://www.edutopia.org/ First read.watch the video: A Word from George Lucas: Edutopia's Role in Education and yes this is really George Lucas the filmmaker. Then make sure you explore EACH of the sections on the website and watch a few of the videos. And since this is a technology class, play particular attention to the technology integration sections.

====2. E is for EXPLORE is a one stop resource for teachers and parents. We develop unique learning activities, and search the internet and compile additional great ideas from other sources. Our index helps you find what you need quickly and easily. Where we have posted ideas from other sources we provide easy links to those websites. Please visit those as well to see what else they have to offer. All E is for Explore activities conform to state common core curriculum standards. ==== @http://eisforexplore.blogspot.com

3. Web 2.0 Guru: Top Web 2.0 MUst Haves for Every 21st Century Classroom: http://web20guru.wikispaces.com/Web+2.0+Resources

1. I hope you were taking notes as you explored the three sites above. 2. Add an entry (reflection) about what you discover and learned. 3. Make sure you discuss at least 2 examples from each site. 4. Include images (screen captures) for each item discussed as well as hyperlinks. 5. Title this entry: **Resources; Edutopia, E is for Explore & Web 2.0 Guhu**

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