1. EDU614 SESSION 4

2. • Thank you for your understanding. I will
certainly answer any questions you have
on these materials or the those from
session 3 in the question and answer
forum.
• Again please plan to spend a few hours
on this session and write a second blog
post discussing each technology.

3. • Questions? Post to forum and I will respond to you as soon as
possible.
• Project - we can talk next week or you can email me
• Wikis
• Skype
• Presentation Tools - I’ll help with slideshare next week.
• Podcasting

4. FEEDLY
• RSS (really simple syndication) reader
• bring updates of blogs to your Feedly
• a visual display
• organize into folders
• can use on iPad
• take a look
• Feedly Tutorial

5. SUBSCRIBING TO A BLOG
• Have Feedly open
• in another tab or window have the blog open
• copy the url of the blog
• on Feedly click + Add Content
• paste the url
• organize into folders to make your life easier

6. BLOGS
Some blogs to start with:
The best of the best- Educators share the best
blog posts
Educational Blogs by Discipline
RSS Feed - Blogs to follow

7. WIKIS
The most famous ~ Wikipedia
Wikis in Plain English
Great for collaborative learning
Wiki Resources
50 Ways to use wikis for a more collaborative and interactive classro

8. WIKIS
Best embeds for a wiki
Several free wiki sites to choose from:
pbworks
wikispaces
wikia

9. EDMODO
Edmodo
a little like ning
a little like Facebook
calendar
gradebook
library
upload documents
create links
Edmodo Blog

10. EDMODO CONTINUED
• A Blog Post - why you should give Edmodo a
try
• Edmodo Blog
• How to Set up Teacher Account
• Math Community for Edmodo

11. SMART BOARD
RESOURCES
• Smart Exchange - great lessons are shared
• Teachers Love Smartboards
• Smarttech free tutorials
• fine tune your results for free tutorials
• Scholastic IWB lessons
• Cybrary Man - HUGE list of links
• Free Templates for all grade levels and subject areas

12. MORE
• Scholastic-great examples including copyright
friendly
• Let’s get Smart - a great blog about using
Smart
• Wes Fryer’s Blog post including great game
template file to download
• Curry College - video tutorials

13. POWERPOINT OR
KEYNOTE
• Present information
• Very easy to use
• Presentation Advice - please be sure to read this blog post
• Keynote - tutorials
• Powerpoint Activities
• Parade of Games in Powerpoint
• Powerpoint Templates for Teachers

14. GOOGLE PRESENTATION
• Create on Google or upload a powerpoint (no keynote)
• limited bells and whistles
• need internet connection
• can publish and have viewers join in
• Great for collaboration
• Upload your presentation

15. PREZI
• Dynamic presentation
• Ability to share online
• Slick
• Go to Prezi
• try it out
• The Ultimate Guide to Prezi

16. MATH RESOURCES
• Math Lessons for the Smartboard
• A Collection of math lessons
• Mr. Vizza
• Tom Reardon - smart and TI resources

17. PODCASTING
• Legal Guide
• Podcasting Booklet
• PodOmatic
• make free podcasts
• Check out iTunes U for podcasts

18. PODCASTING HOW TO
• Podcasting 101
• What is podcasting
• How to subscribe
• Podcasting 102
• Recording your own show
• Podcasting 103
• Recording a Skype conversation