Westside_Workshops-07-08

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Click here for Welcome email from Shawn with related links for preparation for the workshop.

[|Workshop Evaluation form] to be completed at the end of the workshop. Click on the link below. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=4pTkVIDMH4NlLcPY5Pk1EA_3d_3d

Westside AzTEA is proud to offer our final workshop of 2008 with yet another challenging and rewarding technology skills class for you--completely free. If you have wondered what podcasting is all about, or would like to know how to get started with a great hands-on tutorial session, this workshop is for you. Come and learn, obtain 2 hours of professional development re-certification credit and have fun! Shawn Wheeler, Workshop Presenter Director of IMT for Peoria Unified School District** http://shawnwheeler.name/aip/
 * Say it Again with Podcasting… The workshop

Spend an exciting two hours learning how to give your student a second, third even a fourth chance to hear what was said in your class through podcasting. Want to give your parents an opportunity to hear rather than read updates about your classroom? Want to give your students a voice and audience to share what they have learned through podcasting?

Join Shawn Wheeler for this two-hour workshop where you will create a podcast site at podomatic.com and learn how to create a podcast using Audacity (free open source software), edit, add music and upload the completed podcast to your Podomatic account.

4:00-6:00 pm** 2 Hours of Professional Development re-certification credit 30 Mac laptops available--feel free to bring your own laptop with wireless connectivity if you prefer.
 * Cartwright Training Center** (4242 N. 51st Ave, Phoenix, S/W corner of Glen Rose and 51st Ave.--1 block north of Indian School)
 * Monday April 28, 2008

Target Audience: K-12 Teachers, Administrators, Pre-service teacher educators, Library Media Specialists, Curriculum Integration Specialists


 * Sign up now! Click here to RSVP**

Bring your teacher friends and principals. Come and join the fun! If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Peggy George (pgeorge@mac.com).


 * Please share this invitation with anyone you think might be interested in attending.**

Sincerely, AzTEA Westside Leadership Team

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The Westside AzTea is proud to offer yet another challenging and rewarding technology skills class for you to take. Cartwright Training Center (4242 N. 51st Ave, Phoenix, S/W corner of Glen Rosa and 51st Ave.--1 block north of Indian School) Wed. 02/27/08 4:30—6:00 pm (snacks provided) 1.5 Hours of Professional Development 30 Mac laptops available--feel free to bring your own laptop with wireless connectivity if you prefer. Target Audience: K-12 Teachers, Administrators, Pre-service teacher educators, Library Media Specialists, Curriculum Integration Specialists
 * VoiceThread: The Most Powerful Collaboration and Publishing Tool of the Decade**

A revolutionary tool that allows students to present material, to receive feedback on their presentation and collaborate with others. All while building on the Traits of Fluency and Voice. VoiceThread allows teachers a free account where they can create sub-accounts (Identities) for each of their students. Students are then able to upload pictures, documents or video to create a multimedia project. Each student will be able to record their own voice as a narration over the video or pictures and then share it with the class or even the world. Others, if given permission, can view the project, make verbal or written comments and even doodle on it. It is a powerful tool that teachers across the world are making a regular part of their instruction. Sign up now!

VoiceThread preview: http://voicethread.com/#home.b409.i3113

Sincerely, Dave Beard & Sunshine Darby Technology Training Specialists david.beard@dysart.org sdarby@dysart.org

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=Workshop Follow-up: Here are some additional resources for you to explore from teachers/educators who are using VoiceThread in their classrooms.= ===Teachers are just beginning to explore the power of VoiceThread with their students and colleagues so many of the current VoiceThreads have experimental comments. However, each one gives you an opportunity to see the creative uses being explored to enhance education and engage all students. "Borrow" their ideas and create your OWN VoiceThreads. :-)===

http://arllennium.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/voicethread-in-action/
 * VoiceThread in Action (excellent compilation of VoiceThreads in education** with links to blog posts about many uses for VoiceThreads-created for a course "Information Technologies for Learning")

http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/ The purpose of this wiki to gather **examples of how educators are using Voicethread in their classrooms (or for professional development)** and to share those examples. Categories include: K-2;3-5;6-8;9-12;College;Admin;Ed Tech;ESL/EFL;Resources Take a look at what is posted and feel free to contribute your own examples to share with others. Be sure to click on the links in the menu for Resources and Best Practices. New examples and tips are being uploaded regularly! You can also view a wiki of her VoiceThread presentation here. https://edtechvision.wikispaces.com/VoiceThread
 * Voicethread 4 Educators Wiki** (organized by [|Colette Cassinelli])

An outstanding presentation created by Suzie Vesper, NZ, on conceptual uses of VoiceThread in the classroom with examples for each concept. Teachers will really understand the power of VoiceThread when they see all of the potential applications shared in this presentation. media type="custom" key="2907973"

Awesome tutorial shared by [|Wes Fryer] (downloadable in PDF format). Provides step-by-step visuals for navigating VoiceThread. Presented at the Survive and Thrive Conference, Edmund, OK, June 14, 2008.
 * Digital Storytelling with VoiceThread**

http://voicethread.com/#q+mobile+learning.b9073-.i461574
 * Mini-tutorial on VoiceThread with lots of tips/tricks from educators around the world.**

http://enviroscims.wikispaces.com/earthcast08+VoiceThread Earth Day is on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008. To celebrate the day, we will be working collaboratively with people around the world to produce and air a live webcast which will last for the entire 24 hours of the GMT day! This is a HUGE challenge and we're hopeful that you'll participate! //More About the 24 Hour Earth Day 2008 Webcastathon// http://enviroscims.wikispaces.com/Earth+Day
 * Earth Day VoiceThread-**created for EarthCast 24-hour celebration on April 22, 2008. Check it out and add your voice and those of your students to the VoiceThread.
 * What:** This is intended to be a 24 hour long conversation about thehttp://enviroscims.wikispaces.com/Earth+Day health of our planet. We hope to have participants from around the world moderate an hour long conversation. This conversation can be planned at the discretion of the moderator(s) for that hour. Potential guests could include local leaders, student environmental advocates, scientists/engineers, politicians, grassroots leaders, etc.
 * When:** Tuesday, April 22nd 2008. We will follow the 24 hour GMT day (et-we'll use the time in Greenwich, England as the standard for planning the time blocks.
 * Why:** The goal is to help our participants (both listeners and moderators) form a more global perspective on the issue of sustainability and the health of the earth.

[|http://math247.pbwiki.com/South Paris Collaborative's Mathcast Portfolio]
 * MathCasts VoiceThreads created by students** (Dave showed you one of these examples in the workshop)

http://math247.pbwiki.com/Why%20Should%20Students%20create%20mathcasts
 * Why should students create their own MathCasts?**

http://ed.voicethread.com/#q.b62276.i322457
 * Many Voices on Darfur (comments on political cartoon-high school)**

http://voicethread.com/#q.b19258.i111630
 * Scarlet Letter-book review-VT includes video from Discovery**

http://murch.globalteacher.org.au/2008/03/11/a-day-in-a-voicethread/
 * A Day in a Voicethread**

http://voicethread.com/#q.b24192.i135282
 * Global Warming-a student project explaining global warming**--basically a report using visuals but no interaction on the content.

It's "Mr. Meech" from Illinois. He has some interesting presentations on his wikispace. Nice page on VoiceThread with some **general resource, tutorials and examples. :-)** http://smeech-presos.wikispaces.com/Voice+Thread

http://voicethread.com/#u3245.b49076.i257500
 * Mathlincs Geometric Landmarks**

http://voicethread.com/#q+database.b4799.i37307
 * Why I love Databases-VoiceThread by Joyce Valenza with a great explanation about the uses of databases in a school library**

http://voicethread.com/#u2530.b1191.i13695
 * Classroom 2.0-World map with voices/comments from people around the world who are using/exploring VoiceThread as an educational tool**

Silvia Tolisano’s **project inviting students to create a story about traditions… What Could it Mean?** http://voicethread.com/share/48359/

http://voicethread.com/#q.b7946.i58412
 * Students learning to speak/write in Spanish**

A **Wiki organized for students to post their VoiceThreads of short text summaries of fiction books they are reading.** Students from around the world are posting their VoiceThreads--US, Canada, China, Australia, Thailand. Page includes a PDF with instructions about how to embed a VoiceThread in a wiki. http://booksgoglobal.wikispaces.com/Fiction

http://voicethread.pbwiki.com/ Why did I create this? In my opinion VoiceThread is one of the greatest Web 2.0 tools out there. There are infinite ways to use this tool, and as brilliant as we all are (ha ha ha), we can't think of all of them ourselves. Please share **samples of how you have used VoiceThread personally, professionally, or with students.**
 * VoiceThread wiki!** (new wiki and content is just beginning to be added)

http://www.technospudprojects.com/Projects/eggroll2008/ervoicethread2008.htm
 * PDF with voicethread tutorial** found on Jennifer Wagner's EggRoll site:

Another great blog by Suzie Vesper (New Zealand) on VoiceThread resources and a PDF tutorial about setting up a VoiceThread account. She plans to add additional examples of VoiceThreads and provide one example she created herself for a workshop. You'll love her accent! :-) http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/VoiceThread This is the home page for her blog that is just loaded with great Web 2.0 tools. Be sure to check it out. http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/

This is a great example of a teacher using **VoiceThread as a tool for sharing information in an online professional development session** for the K12 Online Conference (October, 2008). Jennifer Wagner (CA) and Kim Cofino (Bangkok) invited educators to share their ideas and experience with Global Collaborative projects so they could use the information in their presentation. It's not only a great example of a way to use VoiceThread, but the content about "Communicating Across Continents" is outstanding. They shared ideas about: how does your classroom go global, what are the benefits of going global, highs and lows of going global, what tips would you offer first-time global collaborators, and they shared their project links for others to join them. If you'd like to view this VoiceThread full size so you can read the text comments, go directly to this URL on VoiceThread. http://voicethread.com/share/177736/

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=Westside AzTEA Workshop-Social Networking-January 17, 2008= http://westsideleadershipteam.wikispaces.com/Workshop-Social+Networking**
 * We had a great workshop on social networking on Thursday, January 17, 2008. If you missed the workshop you can access all of the links and presentations here:

What is "social networking?" Examples of some of the sites being used by students are MySpace, FaceBook, Teen Second Life. According to Wikipedia a social network service focuses on the building and verifying of online social networks for communities of people who share interests and activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others, and which necessitates the use of software and/or the internet. Most social network services are primarily web based and provide a collection of various ways for users to interact, such as chat, instant messaging, email, video, voice chat, file sharing, blogging, discussion groups, and so on.

We had our first Westside workshop of the year on Monday, October 22, 2007. We were a small, but mighty group and we had a fantastic time exploring and dialoguing about the K12 Online Conference. We had so much to say we were all talking at the same time. We learned about several wonderful new tools and tried one of them out while we were together (Voicethread). That is an awesome application that you will want to explore for use in your classrooms. I listened to a live podcast on Oct. 31 with the co-developers of Voicethread on Teachers Teaching Teachers/EdTechTalk and they have some amazing new components that are coming to this tool. There were about 20 educators online from around the US participating in the chat and they shared some great ideas for how they were using Voicethread in their classrooms. There are some really promising uses related to foreign language and support for ELL and special needs students. Joyce Valenza shared how she is using Voicethread with her high school students to encourage them to use databases for their research. It was a very exciting hour!

During our Westside workshop we decided to create our own Voicethread to share our ideas about what we learned from watching the presentation done by Wendy Wolfe called "[|If All My Classes Did This.]" We had a few challenges recording our comments and we have added some since our workshop, but we're going to share it anyway. We have shared it with the K12online conference leaders to add our excitement about the conference. You can view our Voicethread called Westside AzTEA LAN Party [|here]. Be kind, we'll only get better. :-) It was a great evening of collaboration! Ask us about ToonDoo, Comic Creator, Gcast, Zoho, Gliffy, Scrapblog--we learned more about all of them in Wendy's presentation. Peggy George

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