8. Free online Conversion sites such as ZAMZAR will allow you to convert flash video (flv) to other formats such as Windows Media Video (wmv) that will play in PowerPoint.
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10. Download a Free Video converter Download a free video converter to your computer Ex. Any Video Converter (It’s really called that!) http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/
11. Download a Free capture utility Download a free capture tool such as: Jing by TechSmith Gadwin Printscreen * Snipping Tool included in Windows 7 … many others
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13. Free at Home desktop search Professional version - $49
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15. How do I transfer my presentation? USB Key eMail Google Docs online storage DropBox online storage Other free services - slideshare Tip USB keys or thumb drives work well… but they can be lost easily and security is a concern. If your presentation includes video files it is important that you keep all of the required files inside the same file folder Remember – USB keys can be misplaced/stolen Be careful with confidential student/teacher data
22. Google Extras – Tips and Tricks Page 2 Demonstration of: Custom Search Engine Google Bookmarks http://www.google.com/cse/ http://www. google.com / bookmarks
23. Google Sites – Tips and Tricks Page 16 Demonstration of: Google Sites http://sites.google.com/ http://sites.google.com/support/
24. Google Calendar – Tips and Tricks Page 29 Demonstration of: Google Calendar http://www.google.com/calendar/ http://www.google.com/support/calendar/
25. http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ http://www.ocsb.ca/ Google Apps Last year we had a successful pilot of Google Apps This year all staff and all students will have a Google Apps account for optional use. You need an account before you can take advantage of the Google Apps features such as online forms and document collaboration.
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28. http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ http://www.twitter.com Twitter Twitter is a great tool for educators. Sign up for free! Follow me on Twitter – TDOttawa http://twitter.com/#!/who_to_follow/search/tdottawa Search for topics of interest on Twitter http://search.twitter.com/
29. http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ Recommended Site Create your own motivational posters for staff and students Upload your own photos and add your own caption to make motivational posters (free download) or to order merchandise. http://diy.despair.com /
33. Cloud Creators Wordle Create graphic “Clouds” in less than 30 seconds – for free! Easily create clouds for free download from this site using text you upload, or text you paste, or from a website URL / http://www.wordle.net/
34. This sample was generated from Mashable RSS http://mashable.com/ http://www.wordle.net/create
35. Cloud Creators Tag Crowd Create graphic “Clouds” in less than 30 seconds – for free! Easily create clouds for free download from this site using text you upload, or text you paste, or from the URL of any website / http://tagcrowd.com/
36. This sample was generated from our Board website URL http://www.ottawacatholicschools.ca http://tagcrowd.com/
40. http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ Diigo Social Bookmarking – group resources and networks http://www.diigo.com/learn_more Optional educator accounts allow for the creation of secure class/student accounts as well. Search groups such as Web 2.0, SmartBoards, etc. http://www.diigo.com/
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44. http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ Consider purchasing a docking station, wireless keyboard and wireless mouse to use with your laptop With a docking station and a wireless mouse and keyboard your laptop can function like a desktop at the office and a laptop when you need portability. A docking station eliminates the need to reconnect power, printer cables, network cables, etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUUecthuAj0 Docking station
45. http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ Dual Display with your laptop With a dual display you can have one image on your laptop and an extended image or different program running on your monitor. Above I have my calendar open on one screen, and the presentation on another. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C0AZZ92J-4 Extended desktop display
Presentation for teachers Note that everything can be downloaded
Mention that the presentation can be downloaded and that we will do this together as we explore resources
Where to go for help – Google has the answers Need to be able to connect a projector Watch online presentations Use header filter of searching for videos only
Search in Google using filetype:
Practice
Show example of advantage of using Bing and hover feature
Often find that you need a different type of filetype, for example have publisher but need word or convert to pdf
Show demonstration of Internet Explorer with Cntrl enter Also show Google Chrome and how it acts like google home page where you can type search items directly
Mention that this is an excellent and free utility Demonstrate youtube sample
Demonstrate Jing Mention Gadwin
Mention new search utilities – book Getting Organized in a Google Era Demonstrate use of Desktop search
Demonstrate how to use Copernic desktop search
How to share large files
Mention that this presentation can be downloaded from slideshare
I like this site because it includes freely reproducible handouts
Free with permission to reproduce guide – Google for Teachers
Ask how many people feel that they are using Google search effectively and efficiently
For Related Search – mention that it is more than what appears on page 2 Show a regular search for cnn news Demonstrate: Google Search related:www.cnn.com and then demonstrate related:www.ottawacatholicschools.ca Mention no spaces in the search title Demonstrate: Wonder Wheel – mention that there are differences between Google.ca and Google.com Go to google.ca and type in teaching and then selected wonder wheel – nothing different Go back to google main page and select goto google.com Now type teaching and wonderwheel and see the difference Select Teaching – Lessons – Lesson plans – etc to demonstrate Go back to Google.ca Type in quotes “Canada Confederation” (ask the difference between two words in quotes and not in quotes” Select timeline and then explain how it shows chronology related to the searched terms (make sure you have gone back to standard view after looking at wonder wheel) Go back to google.com Mention that they have been asked to prepare a presentation on differentiated instruction Demonstrate search advanced – “differentiated instruction” and then select filetype and drop down to ppt for powerpoint Now demonstrate the dropdown for pdf Go back to main page and demonstrate use of filetype:wmv in the main search engine principal filetype:wmv Now provide time to practice these types of searches
Go through each example For the ~ (tilda) mention that this uses similar terms, ie. cheap, affordable, inexpensive, etc. For the three … this provides a range, for example find items between $200 and $800 Mention for comparisons, it is the word “in” that tells google to create the comparison Have the group go to the link and look at the many search options available within Google
Go to http://books.google.com/ and mention that Google is in the process of digitizing all of the World’s books Mention that Google had scanned more than 12 million books as of last February (Using scanners that scan 1000 pages per hour) Show search with limit to years and title Sign-in using tdamico613@gmail.com and demonstrate my 21 st Century learning library Go to http://scholar.google.com Enter a search term such as “French Immersion” and then open a selected pdf file Limit the search by selecting 2010 in the date dropdown menu Mention that some are complete articles and some are abstracts Go to http://news.google.com/ Demonstrate side bar with topics/categories of news Demonstrate Images option Demonstrate Headlines option Note the time since updating in the top right corner to show how current the news is Demonstrate the “add a section” feature in the top right corner Go to http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/ Demonstrate how to access sample news articles Go to www.google.com/alerts Enter sample search terms and demonstrate use of the + button “ St. Pius” +Ottawa +principal Demonstrate the drop down menus Give time to review
Mention that I do not currently use either of these tools but they may find them interesting For custom search mention that they must have a google account For Bookmarks mention that they must have a google account They can review both of these towards the end of the session – after they have created their account and/or with their Board account
Mention that this is how they will create their own website home page if they wish This will be done within the google site This can be worked on also at a later time
Mention that the Google Calendar can be created once they have created a google account It can then be shared with staff, admin teams, spouse, etc. The advantage is multiple calendars that can be viewed on top of one another or on their own Quickly demonstrate the tech calendars – must be logged in to do this
Demonstrate sample creating a form for pizza day
Demonstrate shared folder in my account Demonstrate shared document Have everyone sign in and add to the agenda Have everyone log in and create a document and share it with someone in the room Demonstrate use of a form and spreadsheet Create form – choose template background – create title and help questions Copy URL Past in browser Answer questions View Spreadsheet totals
Visit Google Labs Demonstrate one of the services Allow time to explore
Explain what site does
Explain how this poster was created
Explain what this site does Read sample article Explain how it can be used by an administrator
Link to site Demonstrate address reverse look up – ask for volunteer to give their postal code and enter it online Demonstrate reverse lookup based on someone’s phone number
Explain what a Wordle is Explain how text can get entered
Demonstrate worlde for Mashable site Explain what Mashable is Explain what RSS is
Explain difference with Tag Crowd Explain adv of using a site URL
Demonstrate Tag Cloud from our Board website
Provide time to work on a wordle and tag cloud
Explain some risks of demonstrating from YouTube Ads Links to inappropriate videos Easy to be distracted and move on to other videos demonstrate video captured from You Tube – use live link
Provide time to try safeshare
Mention how I use Diigo and receive weekly updates
If time, link to YouTube video to show explanation of Wikepedia
If time, visit howcast to demonstrate a video
If time, visit Common Craft and HowCast
Explain the use of a docking station Demo the video
If time, click link to YouTube video
If time, demonstrate uses of iPOD touch Mention that the links are to sites that recommend apps for education