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The ONLINE class officially begins May 20, 2013. The CAMPUS class officially begin July 1, 2013. = =

** 5. ** Details of Weekly Blogging Reflections, 2 reflections each week added to your website. Add your first two Reflection for the Teacher blogs, include am image & hyperlinks

 * NOTE: ** There are **video tutorials** under the **Help Logo**, just scroll down, please take advantage of these tutorials, some are ones I have made and some are ones I have found that others have created. Needless to say, YOUTUBE is an extremely valuable resource, you can learn to do about anything........

__** Purchase your Web Server Space IMMEDIATELY........... and add your information to the Google form. **__ @https://smore.com/krfh

//Note: You will be learning to use Smore very shortly.//
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 * Complete the Google form with your website information. **

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[|Make Your Images Interactive - ThingLink]
1. Create your Account at Thinglink: @http://www.thinglink.com/ 2. It is you choice, but I suggest you sign up using your Email rather than Facebook or Twitter.

3. Upload your picture (the one of of YOU) an add not less than **5 spots** of interactivity to your image.Think of this as a little resume. 4. For Help using [|Thinglink]: @http://pinterest.com/cyndidk/thinglink/ 5. Now that you have the interactivity added to your image, we will learn how to add the picture to your **About Me** page of your website **Week 2 online or Day 2 Campus**. Just get it made. **6. 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
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7. Here are several **tutorials** about HOW to use Thinglink.

 * =** Burgettstown Area School District http://www.burgettstown.k12.pa.us/Page/268 **=
 * A short demonstration on how to use the website ThingLink to create an interactive image. @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBWwzK7hKn0
 * Slideshare, a Thinglink Tutorial: @http://www.slideshare.net/waterborneidentities/tutorial-thinglink
 * ** @http://pinterest.com/cyndidk/thinglink/ **

8. Link to a teachers presentation on **27 ways to use ThingLink in the classroom**. Take a look. @http://mrsgage.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/5/5/11556360/ways_to_use_thinglink_in_the_classroom.pdf

You will need no less than ** 250 educational resources by the end of the semester **. That divides out to about 30+ a week in the online class and about 15 a day in the campus class. My advice....... do a few everyday, look at my Pinterest, follow me and other teachers including those suggested in the document below. Also, pay attention when you are re-pinning, they will be worth following. The more you follow, the more resources you will find. Look for Pinterest buttons on websites, for example, the teacher blogs you are exploring, they are excellent choices to follow.
 * Setting up your Pinterest account and begin Pinning. **

And of course, add the resources you are learning about in this class, links to tutorials and tools and examples, etc. Make sure you have added the Pin It button to all your browsers (Firefox, Safari, Chrome). Then you can pin (save) resources as your find them. Don;t just depend on re-pinning.

If you already have a Pinterest account, you may continue to use that account. You will notice on my Pinterest account has a few boards that are personal, although, the majority of mine are educational boards. The more specific your boards, the easier it will be to find the resources you need later when creating lesson plans and teaching.

[[image:ded318spring2013/Screen Shot 2013-01-29 at 10.52.00 AM.png width="124" height="123"]] **Pinterest App:** @https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pinterest/id429047995?mt=8
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 * Setting up your WordPress Website. **


 * Campus class, we will tackle this in class on Day 2. **

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[[image:ded318spring2013/Screen Shot 2013-01-29 at 10.54.03 AM.png width="113" height="111"]]**WordPress App:** @https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordpress/id335703880?mt=8
Tutorials for WORDPRESS are below under the How-to **HELP logo**, scroll down for HELP & HOW-TO, but follow the steps in this document first and refer to the tutorials when needed.




 * Blogging in the Classroom: Weekly reflections (15 total, 2 each week online or 1 a day for the Campus class) **

NOTE: Week or Weekly refers to the ONLINE Class, Day or Daily refers to the CAMPUS class. ==== We will be looking for new digital resources ( // and pinning them // ) throughout this class. In fact, you should always be on look out for new ways to improve our teaching and learning strategies. One of these strategies is to read what other teachers write. Of course, to do this you will need a list of education websites created by teachers to follow and get you started on your way to learning. Many of the blogs mentioned below were the finalists for Edublogger Awards 'Best Teacher Blog for the year. And some are past winners or just my personal favorites. **The list is in no particular order. But there are plenty to select from.** ====

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Each week, select two blogs/websites from the list to explore and write your reflection. **You will write two reflections each week** ( // 15 total weekly for online or daily reflections for campus // ). Each week or day, select from the list below and write your reflection about what you learned, discovered, your wow moment, what surprised you, etc. The reflection each week or day is added to your website/blog **with the specific title**. =====

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Make sure all your writing is hyperlinked. Hyperlinked means that it has live clickable links to what you are discussing, ( //like you are finding on this page // ). Always include live links for everything you are discussing on your website, ALWAYS, not just for these posts, but for **every post** on your website. =====

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Additionally, make sure all reflections and text on your website include hyperlinks and at least one image ( //but the more, the better // ) that goes with the story. Take a look at my blog as well as pay attention to the blogs you are reading, You will discover they include images and links too. //Kinda boring without them....... //===== **Campus Class:** we will learn how to add links, add the reflection, add images, etc. in class on day 2.

NOTE:

 * ==== How to make a Hyperlink in WordPress is under the Help Logo below ====
 * ==== How to make a screen capture in below under the Help Logo below ====


 * Select different blogs/website from the list below EACH time. ** If you find a blog you really like, you may use it more than once. It is your choice. But you will need to have 15 reflective writings by the end of the semester from not less than 8 different blogs/websites.

Fifteen reflections total and ** up to 5 additional reflections may count as extra credit. ** So you could have as many as 20 if you choose to do the extra credit. =**TITLE your reflection as follows:**= = MAKE SURE IT IS TITLED PROPERLY...................PLEASE = = Please MAKE SURE IT IS TITLED PROPERLY = =The more specific the title, the better.= =Don't forget to add categories and tags.Categories and tags are explained in a video below under the Help Logo ( In the Campus class we will discuss these in class Day 2). I have had added some categories and tags for you to use, but feel free to add more as appropriate. The more specific you are, the better. Categories and tags are how you index your website and make it searchable.= > >
 * =//Reflection Week/Day 1: title of the blog and the exact title of the Post you are reviewing ////Reflection Week/Day 1: title of the blog and the exact title of the Post you are reviewing //=
 * =//Reflection Week/Day 2: Title of the blog and the exact title of the Post you are reviewing ////Reflection Week/Day 2: Title of the blog and the exact title of the Post you are reviewing //=
 * =Reflection Week/Day 3, Title of the Blog. etc and so on each week. =
 * ** Top 25 Educator Blogs for 2013 **
 * ==Cyndi's Blogging in Education Pinterest Board:@http://pinterest.com/cyndidk/blogging-in-education/==
 * AssortedStuff – Tim Stahmer
 * Bianca Hewes
 * Blogging through the Fourth Dimension – Pernille Ripp
 * Blogush – Paul Bogush
 * Box of Chocolates – Cecilia Lemos
 * Classroom Chronicles – Henrietta Miller
 * Cool Cat Teacher – Vicki Davis
 * Ctrl Alt Teach – Catherine “Cat” Horton Flippen
 * e Learning for life – Kimberley Rivett
 * Edulang – Brad Patterson
 * Integrating Technology – Kathleen Morris
 * Kevin’s Meandering Mind
 * Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day
 * LeavingCertEnglish.net – Evelyn O’Connor
 * Levdavidovic – Fintan O’Mahony
 * Ollie Bray
 * Ozge Karaoglu’s Blog
 * Speech Techie – Sean J. Sweeney
 * speech-language-therapy.com – Caroline Bowen
 * Sylvia’s English Online
 * Teach them English
 * Teacher Tom
 * Teaching using web 2.0 – Ann S. Michaelsen
 * The Frog Blog
 * The Learning Spy – David Didau
 * The Nerdy Teacher – Nicholas Provenzano
 * The Tempered Radical – Bill Ferriter
 * Upside Down Education – Amanda Dykes
 * Wright’sRoom
 * wwwatanabe – Tracy Watanabe
 * Free Technology for Teachers - Richard Byrne
 * Moving at the Speed of Creativity - Wesley Fryer
 * Practical Theory- Chris Lehman
 * Dangerously Irrelevant - Scott McLeod
 * Durff's Blog - Lisa Durff
 * EdTech Vision - Colette Cassinell
 * iLearn Technology - Kelly Tenkely
 * Langwitches - Silvia Rosenthal Tollsano
 * NCHs Tech - Kevin Barrett
 * ==== The Honor Roll: 50 Must-Read K–12 Education IT Blogs ====
 * ==== EdGalaxy: Cool Stuff for Nerdy Teachers ====

__** ThingLink, WordPress, Screen Capture Tutorials **__

__** THINGLINK **__

Here are several **tutorials** about HOW to use Thinglink.

 * =** Burgettstown Area School District http://www.burgettstown.k12.pa.us/Page/268 **=
 * A short demonstration on how to use the website ThingLink to create an interactive image. @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBWwzK7hKn0
 * Slideshare, a Thinglink Tutorial: @http://www.slideshare.net/waterborneidentities/tutorial-thinglink
 * ** @http://pinterest.com/cyndidk/thinglink/ **

__** WORDPRESS **__

A PDF with step-by-step instruction in writing, you might want to download this, be warned it is lengthly, so check the number of pages before you choose to print.

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**How to make a Hyperlink in Wordpress**
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@http://www.mcbuzz.com/wordpress/how-to-make-text-link-using-wordpress/
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 * How to make a screen capture on all devices (Mac, Windows, iPad) **

** Screen captures on a Mac........ **** Command > Shift > 4 **
> media type="youtube" key="eGQnkUl70RY" width="560" height="315" > > =__**Screen captures on Windows**__= >> [] >> [] > > = = > =__NEW Firefox and Chrome Add-on for making Screen Captures.__= > ====Are you struggling to make good screen captures on your windows computer. We all know it is super easy on Mac, ** Command > Shift > 4 **, select the area you want,. But on a Windows machine, it is a little more complicated. I just discovered this **FREE**Firefox and Chrome add-on. It seems to work quite well. Give it a try...==== > > =__**Pixlr Grabber 2.1.1**__= > ====by Ola Sevandersson, Grabbing screens and pulling images from the web just got a bit easier. With the Pixlr Grabber add-on, you can copy, save, share or even edit your final grabs - including any image or background - with just a right-click. @https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/pixlr-grabber/====
 * ====Command > Shift > 4 for a selected an area (//or 3 for the entire screen//)====
 * ====You will see a Crosshair, Drag around the area you want.====
 * ====It will snap a picture of that area.====
 * ====The image will be located on your desktop.====
 * It is a bit more complicated on a PC (like everything). Below are links to several options.
 * ====Snap a picture of your screen using [|JING], (also works on Mac) [|http://www.jingproject.com]/. JING is a great little program, give it a try. Video Instructions for HOW-to make an [|image capture] using Jing.====
 * ====Video Demonstration: []====
 * ====How-to-Do-a-Screen-Capture-on-a-PC====
 * ====Screen Capture Utilities for Windows []====
 * ====How to Take a Screenshot in Microsoft Windows====

=__**Still having troubles with doing Screensshots on your PC, check this out.............**__= =[]=

> =__How to take a screen shot on an iPad__= > @http://www.wikihow.com/Take-a-Screenshot-With-an-iPad > ==== Skitch for iPad, Free: @http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skitch-for-ipad/id490505997?mt=8 ==== >
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