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= =  Class - What we are about to do is something all educators engage in. In the next two meetings, we will be having a mini-**conference** with a panel of speakers on each topic.

Speakers - Please present with confidence Share what you have learned from your web search on your special topic. The information you found is beneficial for everyone.

Audience - Please listen carefully and behave respectfully. It will give you a great foundation to know about the various topics researched on in class. Even better if you find yourself asking a question. And remember to give a round of applause after each presentation.

= **PRESENTATION SCHEDULE** : 15 minute Presentations per group = Tue Class Nov 29 Digital Photography, Social Networking Dec 6 SmartPhones, Cyberbullying

Wed Class Nov 30 Cyber Presence, Cyberbullying, Cybersafety Dec 7 Social Networking, Smartboards, Assistive Technology

Friday Class Dec 2 Cyberbullying, Cybersafety, Web Design Dec 9 SmartPhones, iPads, iPads in Sped

=November 15, 16, 18=

1. Clean up your wiki.
The article + presentations will be graded together. Reminder: The following rubric will be used to score your work Please check your work against this rubric. You are aiming to get at least 3 on all 4 categories.

@http://mttsonline.org/standards/standard_I/tasks/scoringTool.html

Your group wiki page should follow this flow: a. Banner b. Names of group members c. Frostburg State University d. Your article (introduction, sub sections, conclusion/recommendation, list of references). The whole article should be in one font style. e. There should be in-text citations and list of references following proper APA format. f. Date Finished should be added after the list of references. g. There should be accompanying photographs. Photographs should be appropriate and should be placed to support your written text. h. Your prezi presentations, in the order that it will be presented, follows after the list of references.

Notes and other materials should be taken off at this point.

2. Glogster
We will get started with Glogster. Glogsters are tools for creating online posters. At Glogster.edu, a teacher can have a class account. Students will have their own accounts and the teacher can monitor activities by each students. Teachers usually ask students to demonstrate their understanding or share research reports through a Glogster. This tool is also supportive of student creativity.

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a. Go to @http://edu.glogster.com/ b. Log in using the nickname and password given below. c. Locate your profile. Put your name, add a photo, and change your password. d. Get started with Glogster. Create a glogster about your topic. e. Embed your Glogster on your page. click on Edit, Widget, select Poster. If you're logged on your Glogster account, your glogster should appear here. e. Print and submit a hard copy of your glogster.

Wednesday Class: Name / Nickname / Password = = Friday Class: = =
 * 1 || Alkire,Katelyn Aubrey || s115.edtechprof . || u0gmo70478 ||
 * 2 || Athey,Stacie May || s116.edtechprof || 4u46dh1rkj ||
 * 3 || Carr,Ashton Brianne || s117.edtechprof || 1e9y9wldbs ||
 * 4 || Chessler,Rebecca Lynn || s118.edtechprof || p62sfiswh6 ||
 * 5 || Cupp,Tiffany Lynn || s119.edtechprof || xb0az0ksgs ||
 * 6 || Davis,Jennifer Anne || s120.edtechprof || e5di1exv3n ||
 * 7 || Dordevic,Travis Joseph || s121.edtechprof || 1vnm2p0u1l ||
 * 8 || Glotfelty,Whitney Rae || s122.edtechprof || uprpg3tpvf ||
 * 9 || Kretchman,Windi Dawn || s123.edtechprof || sfw9pez20n ||
 * 10 || Lloyd,Kelli Kristine || s124.edtechprof || b57tmiae89 ||
 * 11 || Loftus,Kevin Joseph || s125.edtechprof || noa4ogjsum ||
 * 12 || Lonergan,Brittani Nicole || s126.edtechprof || bo57ubh6od ||
 * 13 || Pagenhardt,Meredith Amber || s127.edtechprof || mtwnezpmll ||
 * 14 || Perkins,Allison Renae || s128.edtechprof || 8k0qe94bgp ||
 * 15 || Quan,Lynda Anne || s129.edtechprof || j6e0cjqy9i ||
 * 16 || Riesett,Susan Kathleen || s130.edtechprof || o347991z2v ||
 * 17 || Ringer,Tabitha N || s131.edtechprof || hl8ivcjkzf ||
 * 18 || Rotruck,Lisa Katherine || s132.edtechprof || jyarfic1f6 ||
 * 19 || Rowley,Tara Lyn || s133.edtechprof || bxdtgyfgl6 ||
 * 20 || Russo,Alissa Corin || s134.edtechprof || d0wl2sk6sm ||
 * 21 || Sage,Jessica Lynne || s135.edtechprof || 3ryxbzbks5 ||
 * 22 || Vance,Andrea Leigh || s136.edtechprof || bzcij386t6 ||
 * 23 || Wisnewski,Jackie Melissa |||| s137.edtechprof 0w8pfnbf4z ||
 * Fri || Name || Nickname || Password ||
 * 1 || Ahalt,Mary Rebecca || s138.edtechprof .  || dtw3vlbigr ||
 * 2 || Alt,Brittany Lynn || s139.edtechprof || 8ub3e851b9 ||
 * 3 || Andrews,Elizabeth Marie || s140.edtechprof || 12dwgr0f0h ||
 * 4 || Caruso,Ashley || s141.edtechprof || 6aclqq46k9 ||
 * 5 || Collison,Zelie Mae || s142.edtechprof || gvkd5vfiv1 ||
 * 6 || DeVore Jr,Roy Victor || s143.edtechprof || hilcmkqro6 ||
 * 7 || Farace,Amanda Elizabeth || s144.edtechprof || 4fj2g6tpfm ||
 * 8 || Harris,Richard Joseph || s145.edtechprof || 6mqis16sth ||
 * 9 || Jones,Stephanie Nicole || s146.edtechprof || 46gtd57v43 ||
 * 10 || Leatherman,Megan Ann || s147.edtechprof || ifc5lgkwpn ||
 * 11 || May,Kathleen Marie || s148.edtechprof || il4x6fzl73 ||
 * 12 || McCoy,Raymond Alan || s149.edtechprof || w93vgvb4cf ||
 * 13 || Pekar,Ashleigh Donna || s150.edtechprof || 322cxitvqv ||
 * 14 || Rice,Scott Robert || s151.edtechprof || ki0a9k2i2a ||
 * 15 || Rosenberger,Devin Jon || s152.edtechprof || 2obiity3tm ||
 * 16 || Rowles,Alexandra || s153.edtechprof || l75s8pcaur ||
 * 17 || Sheets,Juliana Elizabeth || s154.edtechprof || zc15vtwke5 ||
 * 18 || Vena,Nicole Lynn || s155.edtechprof || x2l3au2s9g ||

= = =November 1, 2, 4= Finish your prezi! :)

When done, embed your prezi on your wikipage. To embed: 1. Have your prezi open in one browser window, and the wikipage on another browser window. 2. Go to prezi. If you're in editing mode, click on EXIT to get to the public page. Look for SHARE. Click SHARE, then **EMBED**, wait for a couple of seconds for the code to load, then click COPY CODE. The button will turn to COPIED when it is done. 3. Go to your wikipage. Click on EDIT. Select a place to put your prezi (below your List of References). Click on **WIDGET**, OTHER HTML, paste the embed code inside the box. Save.

Tada! Your prezi has been embedded! Enjoy the show!

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=October 26, 28: Costume Party!=

PHOTO EDITING CONTEST

Applying the design principles you have learned, create an image which has the following:

1. an original image you have taken yourself (you took the photo) 2. A sentence - e.g. a quotation, a saying, something that works for the photo 3. Your name/s in one corner of the image.

Post your entry to the page on PHOTO CONTEST.

= Week 8 (Oct 19, 21, 24) =

1. Review: Design Principles

2. Fabulous Fonts

3. Getting started with Prezi

Understanding Prezis @http://www.atomiclearning.com/highed/movie/83182/play_window

Editing your Prezi: @http://www.atomiclearning.com/highed/search = = = = = = =Week 7 (Oct 12, 14, 17)=

1. Design Principles

What is good PowerPoint design?

11 ways to use images poorly in slides

2. Productivity Tools: PowerPoint, Slideshare, Slide Rocket, and Prezi

Slideshare - Use this to publish your PowerPoint presentation. Create an account, upload your ppt, then copy and paste the embed code into your wiki as a widget.

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Slide Rocket - This is an online presentation tool. You can create presentations, very much like using PowerPoint. There's an app you can download for iPads.

Prezi is an online presentation tool as well, also with an iPad app.

3. Prezi Tutorials

Home Page: @http://prezi.com/index/

Getting Started: media type="youtube" key="4o5LtFpaAu8" height="315" width="560"

Understanding Prezis @http://www.atomiclearning.com/highed/movie/83182/play_window

Editing your Prezi: @http://www.atomiclearning.com/highed/search

media type="custom" key="10818408" = = =NOTE: Please consider attending ** The Ultimate Money Skills ** seminar offered by the Center for Advising & Career Services, Lane Center 113, October 12 at 3 pm. Knowledge and skills in this area addresses the standard on "Digital Citizenship."=

** 1. Online Web Albums **
There are programs online that can help you keep and organize your photographs. Some of you may have already created albums within Facebook. For teaching purposes, it is useful to create albums that will be accessible to our students and their families. Here are three possibilities:

Flickr: @http://www.flickr.com/ Photobucket: @http://photobucket.com/ Picasa: @https://picasaweb.google.com

I prefer to use Picasa because it has more room for photographs and also because we can easily embed a Picasa web album within our course web sites, such as in this wiki and in Blackboard. Today, we'll work on creating an album on Picasa.

Steps; a. If you don't have one yet, sign up for a Google account. You'll use the same username and password for all the other Google apps we will use in the future, so please remember this information. b. Go back to Picasa. Look for UPLOAD. c. Name your album "My First Album" d. Upload your photos. e. Go to Album Properties. Look for VISIBILITY. Make it visible to the public. Close the window. f. Right hand side menu, look for LINK TO THIS ALBUM. Click on EMBED SLIDESHOW. Make it Large. Check Show Captions. Copy the embed code. g. Go to your group wikipage. Click on WIDGET. Select Other. Paste the embed code. Save. h. Save.

** 2. Photo Editing **
Since photographs are great instructional tools, teachers should be skillful in manipulating digital images. Often times, we have a photograph in which we need to point out significant details. Labeling such a photograph comes in handy for a teacher. In this activity, you will edit an original photograph you have taken. Here are two programs we can use for this activity.

Prepare the photograph you took. Preferably one that goes with your topic.

Plan A Go to Picnik: http://www.picnik.com/app Since this is a Google app, you may still be signed in after working Picasa. Otherwise, please sign in using your Google username and password. Open your photos from Picasa. Double click on one photo to select it for editing. Edit your photo. Add text and stickers. If the text is difficult to read, create a duplicate of a different color, then superimpose thus creating a shadow. This makes the text more readable. Add a line that says, "Photo take by (your name) (date)" Make this small and position it in one corner of the photograph. Click on the last tab, Save and Share. Save to computer. Give it a name you can remember. Upload your edited photo on your group wikipage.

Plan B Go to Photoshop.com @http://www.photoshop.com/ Create an Account (follow the prompts). Go to ONLINE TOOLS. Select Photoshop Express Editor Upload a photo you can edit. Try out EDIT and DECORATE tools. **Add: Text** to support the photo, Photo taken by (your name), and the date today. Save your work onto your computer. Upload your edited photograph on your group wiki page.

For a video tutorial, go to http://screencast.com/t/NGY3NTk4O

Student Work Samples: http://techtoysforteachers.wikispaces.com/Flash+Drive







Week 5 (Sept 28, 30, Oct 4)
Featured Teacher: Ms. Mia Gatmaitan

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**1. Camera Symbols**
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Wilson's Digital Photography: @http://sites.google.com/site/wilsonsdigitalphotography/compositional-techniques
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**4.** **Macro**
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@http://www.digital-photography-school.com/digital-photography-tips-for-beginners

**6. Task:**
Take at least 3 well-composed photographs. Keep the compositional techniques in mind (rule of thirds, lines, etc.). Take at least one action shot and one macro. Be ready to share electronic copies of your photographs. Next week we'll discuss photo editing and ways of publishing your photos online.

**1. Digital Photography, Using Photographs in Education and Creative Commons**
Adding images and photographs on your written work will help your audience understand your message better. Images and photographs will also help your audience remember your message, especially if your image has a strong impact or stimulates a strong emotional reaction from your audience. We cannot, however, just use any image we find online. Copyright law protects the intellectual rights of creators. Teachers and students in the classroom are provided some leeway so long as we follow Fair Use guidelines. There are also sources of images and photographs that are provided for teachers and students.

==== Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines  ==== ==== Fair Use defined: @http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.pdf   ====

Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines Chart: http://www.halldavidson.net/copyright_chart.pdf

Creative Commons
==== Creative Commons is an organization that supports the sharing of original work. You can search for work that creators are willing to share using the search engine. You can also share and license your own work through the Creative Commons. ====

Creative Commons: @http://creativecommons.org/

Creative Commons Licenses: @http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

How to Attribute a Creative Commons Work: http://www.wikihow.com/Attribute-a-Creative-Commons-Licensed-Work

If you want to know more about Creative Commons, you can do the online workshop at Atomic Learning, beginning with this training video: @http://www.atomiclearning.com/highed/movie/74162/play_window?type=Workshop&sid=2180

Sources of Copyright Free Images
** Pics4Learning ** is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers. Unlike many Internet sites, permission has been granted for teachers and students to use all of the images donated to the Pics4Learning collection. You may also want to donate your own photos to this site for other teachers and students to use.


 * Flickr Creative Commons **- Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license.

**Photobucket** - @http://photobucket.com/ Photos from Photobucket may also be shared. Double check on the license.

TASK:
Locate at least one appropriate photograph for your group wiki. Download the image to your Pictures folder. Insert it on your group wiki page. Remember to attribute properly.

**2. Group Work**
Edit your paper. Go over it with your group. Add introduction and conclusion. Put together your reference list, in APA format.

Homework:

Finish your paper. It should be ready for grading next week.

Bring a digital camera, if you have one.

1. Turn a document into PDF
PDF - Portable Document Format Open your Search Log Print -> PDF -> Save as PDF -> Name File: Last Name Search Log

If you're on a PC and do not have Adobe Acrobat Professional, here's a free program you can use to convert your Microsoft Word documents (or other documents) into PDF: []

2. TaskStream
Log on to TaskStream Click on ENTER CODE on left hand side. Enter code TechFall2011 Follow the prompts. Start working on your DRF. Take a look at the page that opens. This is where we will be submitting your Search Log and other assignments. I'll show you how next week.



3. Atomic Learning
We have purchased Atomic Learning hoping this will be a valuable tool for you this semester. Atomic Learning provides tutorials on a variety of technologies. To get started, go to the Atomic Learning web site. Log in with your FSU email address (yourusername@frostburg.edu) and your password is"atomic". Remember to include "@frostburg.edu" when typing your username.

@http://www.atomiclearning.com/highed/

Start exploring the site. Go to BROWSE AVAILABLE TRAINING and WORKSHOPS. Put a check mark on WORKSHOPS. Put a check mark on APA 6th Ed RESEARCH PAPER BASICS. View the training videos. View //General Overview of APA Guidelines//. Then click on the plus sign before section D, Reference List. Click on //Referencing a Web Page//. Here is the direct link to this particular video:@http://www.atomiclearning.com/highed/apawkshp

4. Why APA?
Basic APA Style Tutorial: http://flash1r.apa.org/apastyle/basics/index.htm Atomic Learning APA Workshop: ** __APA (6th Ed.) Research Paper Basics__ **

Citation Machine: @http://citationmachine.net/index2.php

KnightCite: @http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/index.php

5 Group Work
Meet with your group. Discuss interesting information you have researched so far. Determine your subtopics. Assign a subtopic to each group member.

Homework: Work on your individual contributions to your group paper. Add 2-3 paragraphs on your sub topic to your class wiki.

Week 2 (Sept 7, 9, 13)

 * SEARCH LOG ASSIGNMENT

1. PPT/Wiki Lesson: Creating a banner using PowerPoint

 * 1. Create your Banner on PowerPoint**
 * Use Spotlight to locate PowerPoint. The spotlight is a magnifying glass that is located on the upper right hand corner of your Mac screen.
 * Launch PowerPoint.
 * GALLERY - Look for a style you like. You want one with high contrast so it is readable.
 * Go to FILE, PAGE SETUP, scroll down to BANNER. Type in 9 x 1.5. OK.
 * Type in your title. Type in your names on the sub title. Make the text as large as possible.
 * SAVE AS PICTURE, type in a unique name you will remember. Save on your document folder.


 * 2. Rename your slide **
 * Launch FINDER. Look for your slide. Click on it two times slowly and edit the name. Or click on File, rename. Put a name that will be unique for your topic. Remember, wiki only saves one copy of a document. In case different documents with similar names were saved, wiki will only save the last one with the name given.

Post your banner on top of your wiki page.

 * Go to your group wiki page.
 * Click on Edit.
 * Locate the button named FILE. Click on this to insert file. Browse for your slide.
 * Upload your banner. Give it a few seconds.
 * Click on the banner image to insert it on your page.

3. Practice the same steps on a new program: Photo Booth

 * 1) Use the Spot Light to locate Photo Booth. Type in "Photo Booth." Click on Photo Booth on the list that comes up. This launches Photo Booth.
 * 2) Pick one computer and take a group picture. Smile!
 * 3) Save the picture. Right click on the image at the bottom of your Photo Booth screen. (Remember how to right click?) Export. It will get saved on your "Pictures" folder. Give it your group name (e.g. 003 topic grouppic).
 * 4) Post your group picture below your banner on your group wiki page. Go to your page. Click on Edit. Upload File. Browse for your group photo. Click to insert.

Assigment next week: Finish the evaluation portion on your Search Log. Bring a hard copy and an electronic copy next meeting. Post notes from at least 3 articles on your group wiki. You may copy and paste as this point, but remember to include your source.

First Lessons on the Mac: To right click, hold down control button then click the mouse button. Use Safari as web browser. Locate your documents folder on the dock. To increase/decrease font sizes, command + or command - Bookmarking

Visit our Blackboard Course Site Go over syllabus TaskStream - @https://www.taskstream.com/pub/

Take a look at the MTTS Standards - @http://www.mttsonline.org/

Form groups of 2-3 people.
=== Select a technology topic to work on. Read the list of suggestions below. You are not limited to this list. Inform the professor which topic you have selected or if you have a different (but related) topic you would like to work on. ===

Digital Citizenship Use of Images in Teaching Cyberbullying Cybersafety Social Networking in Education (e.g. Dr. Scarloss) Emerging Technologies (smartphones, iPads, 3D) Digital Photography Tips and Tricks Web Design Do's and Don'ts

*What else is important for teachers to know?

** 4. Get started with the wiki **

 * Add this site to your Bookmarks Bar. On Safari, click on the plus sign in front of the URL box. Click on the up/down arrows to get to "Bookmarks Bar." Click Add. You may want to add it to your Top Sites, too. This way, you can easily find the site whenever you log on the computer you are using now.
 * Click on Join this Wiki. The link is located on the left hand menu. You will be asked to sign up for Wikispaces. Follow the prompts.
 * Return to the Class Wiki by clicking on your bookmark.
 * Wait for your request to be approved. The professor will announce names as they get approved. Refresh your page after you have been approved.
 * Create your group page. Only one person in the group will need to do this. Click on NEW PAGE (on the left hand menu). For the page title, type in your section and a short form of your topic title. For example, 001 Digital Cameras. Click CREATE. Your page will come up in Edit mode. Write the names of the members of your group. Click SAVE. Return to the home page then click on your page to check that it is working.

Assignment for Next Week: Search Log and Research Notes
Read the assignment details for Assignment 1 and 2 on Blackboard. Read the assignment details on the MTTS Web Site: [|http://mttsonline.org/standards/standard_I/tasks/]

Download the following document: [|Standard I Web Log.doc]

Open the Search Log on Microsoft Word. Start your web search. Evaluate each site using the web site evaluation form. Log the web sites you are finding on the search log. Post a comment of your evaluation on the comment column. Save an electronic copy of your work. Print and submit a hard copy.

Use the following as guide to your evaluation. @http://www.mttsonline.org/standards/standard_I/tasks/webEval.html

To get a full score, you want to hit at least 4 items on this list per web site.


 * IMPORTANT: Be sure to sign up for a TaskStream account by next meeting.**