ICTFair

=Welcome to the EDC448 Mini ICT Fair!=

You've had a chance to read about several uses of ICT in content-area classrooms and note their benefits for literacy and learning. Here's a chance to explore some examples of how teachers in elementary, middle, and high school have adapted these technologies to meet their own curriculum needs.

[|You Can't Be My Teacher]: If you don't know the internet you can't be my teacher, I need someone who knows what I know. Meet me on the web, at least half way. [|Alternatives to Writing: Create a YouTube video]: See this example from a third grader as an alternative to a writing assignment. [|Alternatives to Writing: Create a Video Podcast for an Author Study Project] [|Alternatives to Science Lab Homework: Create a Voicethread of a Science Experiment] [|Ain't Gonna Hold Us Back] Award Winners [|I Like Big Binders:] High School Teachers Remix Rap to encourage students to keep a binder for his class

**Please select one of these readings to read for homework:**


 * The New Media Consortium (2009). Horizon Report for 2009: K-12 Edition** This report provides an annual overview of emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, research, or creative expression within education around the globe. For this assignment, you only NEED to read the Executive Summary (pages 1-9) but you can certainly skim other sections if you are interested.[[file:2009-Horizon-Report-K12.pdf]]


 * Alvarez, M. (2007). Second life and school: The use of virtual worlds in high school education**. This paper explores the possibility of the use of virtual worlds in high school education to teach or supplement classes.[[file:Trinity 2007 Second Life.pdf]]

Other Resources
 * [|Having Our Say] - Middle school students have their say to let you know what they are looking for from teachers and school - Here's the paper they published with the actual results from their study [[file:Having Our Say 2008.pdf]]
 * [|I Need My Teachers to Learn]: A YouTube video about how the world is changing and teachers need to keep up
 * [|A Vision of K-12 Students Today]: This project was created to inspire teachers and district level leaders to use technology in engaging ways to help students develop higher level thinking skills.
 * [|Internet Sharks]: Are we preparing them for their world or ours?
 * [|A quick vocabulary test for you]...100 Top Online Learning Tools 2008
 * [|Surfing Second Life] (Oishi, 2007) in Technology & Learning Magazine
 * [|Teaching Generation Y or "Millenials"]: Things to think about when you design your learning activities

=**Station 1: Classroom Homepages**= How do the teachers below use their classroom webpages? What features appear to be useful and engaging for their students?

Be prepared to share two features of a particular classroom homepage that you think might be useful on your own homepage.
 * Elementary School
 * [|Mrs. McGowan’s First Grade] participates in many online projects with classes from around the world
 * [|Mrs. Taverna’s Second Grade] publish many stories and informational research projects online
 * [|Mrs. Kreul’s 4th Grade Class] participates in online projects, posts to their blog, writes book reviews, and much more.
 * [|Mr. Romer’s 5th Grade Polar Bears] have a unique discussion board and daily log that students write
 * Sarah Chauncey's Grandview Elementary School Library Media Page
 * Secondary School
 * Science
 * [|Mr. B’s Homepage] for High School **Physics**
 * [|PKY Science Agenda] - Daily online work for students - very creative
 * [|Mr. Rapp’s High School **Chemistry** Help Site]
 * [|Mr. B's Science **(Chemistry)** Site]
 * [|Ms. Barber's Physics & Honors Chemistry]
 * [|Mr. Runyon's **Biology** Webpage](nice class organization ideas and integration of Quia activities)
 * English Language Arts
 * [|** Mr. Burke's Weekly Reader (for high school **English** students)]
 * [|** Ms. Miller's High School World Literature and Composition]
 * [|English Matters - **English** Department] Grades 7-12 in Australia
 * [|Mrs. Acton's Middle School **Language and Literature** Webpage]
 * [|Mrs. Madecki High School **English**]
 * [|Mrs. Bagchi's English & Journalism Headquarters]
 * [|Mrs. Morrow's Teach42Morrow Digital Bookshelf]
 * History and Social Studies
 * [|** Mr. Langhort’s Web Classroom for 8th Grade **History**]
 * [|** History with Mr. Sanders]: Amazing use of Google applications to foster learning (see his [|class blog] for daily instruction and
 * [|Mr. Donn's **Ancient History** Page]
 * ** [|Angela Cunningham's Blog] with History videos and related links for highschool (click on Social Studies too)
 * [|Browse the World with Mr. Dowling] (History and Current Events)
 * Stingray's U.S. History Wikispace
 * [|** Dan McDowell’s **History** Webpage] with a wiki for AP History and a blog for World History
 * [|Mr. B's American History Page] (lots of study guides and instructional supports)
 * [|Collaborative Social Studies Workshop] (wikispace with topical posts and projects)
 * Resources for History Teachers K-12 (just more for your information)
 * Math
 * Hartford High School Hurricane Math Wiki
 * [|Darren Kuropatwa's Advanced Math Blogs] (see right frame about 1/2 way for links to his class blogs)
 * [|Mrs. Ingram's High School **Math** Page]
 * [|Mrs. Leary's **Math** Web Page] (with links to [|Math Bits.com] resources)
 * [|Mrs. Mann's Math Site]
 * [|The Exponential Blog:]high school math teacher's website for students who struggle with higher level math concepts
 * World Languages
 * [|Mrs. Toom's World Language Website]
 * [|Senora Halvorson's Foreign Language Department]
 * [|Mrs. Herberich's French Courses]
 * [|Senora Vakos' Spanish Website] (with student designed wikis)
 * [|Student Designed French Projects]
 * [|ESL and World Language Resources]
 * [|Mr. Ostmoe's German Classroom]
 * [|Jim Becker's Best German Websites]
 * [|*** Teaching Foreign Languages K-12: Learner.org Video Library of Classroom Practices]
 * Technology / Business
 * [|**242 Tech Talk with Mr. Wetzel]: Technology blog and collaborative discussion place

=Station 2: Quia - [|The Online Quiz Maker]= 1. Take a [|quick tour] of Quia: Quintessential Instructional Archive to learn about its features. 2. Explore the many [|different quiz formats] you can use to design your online activity almost immediately. 3. Visit the [|Shared Activities Center] to search for interactive quizzes already created on a certain topic.

Be prepared to describe an idea for an online quiz you would like to design for students in your content area.

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=**Station 3: Classroom Blogs and Podcasts**= Explore the resources below to find an example that you think captures the potential of using either blogs or podcasts for learning.

Be prepared to describe a short-term project in your content-area that might work well as a project-based blog.


 * **[|Edublogs International Blog Directory]**: search blogs by topic and grade level - many great ones here!
 * **Elementary**
 * [|Lilian's K-1 Garden] (from United States)
 * [|Classroom 2 Kids:] Reading Writing and Blogging (from Canada)
 * [|Mary Kreul's 4th Grade Class Blog] (from United States)
 * [|Mr. Miller's Grade 6 Blog] (from United States)
 * [|The Ripple Effect] (Elementary Students) - notice use of Vimeo
 * **Secondary**
 * [|Year 7 History Blog]
 * [|Teaching and Learning Spanish]
 * [|VCE Biology] (from Australia)
 * [|Blog for Science Teaching & Learning] (from Hong Kong)
 * [|TechnoMaths] (from Australia)
 * [|Write Out Loud] (Musings in 7th Grade English - from United States)
 * **Classroom Content-Area Blogs**- Click on Archives on the right margin to view the posts
 * [|ISpeakMath]: Many practical ideas from a middle school teacher who integrates technology and hands-on activities into her classes
 * [|Scribe’s Post Hall of Fame] (A Math Blog lists the award winners in a wiki, but you can also visit the Applied Math, Calculus, and Pre-Calculus Blogs for all the postings) – Click on Archives on the right margin to view the posts
 * [|Sargent Park Math Zone] (Grade 8) and [|background] for the Scribe Site
 * English: [|Student Newspaper Blog of Pepplebrook High School]
 * [|Room 613 Student Blogs] for 6th Grade social studies students
 * [|Applied Science Research Blog]
 * [|Mr. Keatley's World History Blog] for AP Students
 * [|A History Teacher's Personal Blog] for Teaching with technology in the 21st Century
 * [|7th Grade World History with Mr. Pennington and Mr. Holman]
 * [|Room Twelve (Grade 3) Student Blogs]
 * [|Grandview Library Blog] to support the school curriculum
 * [|Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog]
 * [|Teaching Math With Technology] from Nancy Kent (a high school math teacher)
 * Mrs. Fetko's History Podcast Center
 * **School Podcasts**
 * [|Radio Willow Web] (Radio for Kids, By Kids)
 * [|Teachers Shake up Shakespeare with Digital Media] (Youtube videos and podcasts) - [|MacBeth Rap]
 * [|Mabry Online Podcasts] (Content Area Learning Podcasts)
 * [|Long Elementary Podcasts] (Responses to Literature by Elementary Students)
 * [|Our City Podcast]: Students from around the globe promote their cities
 * [|Speaking of History]: Eric Langhorst's podcast series with a focus on education, technology, and history
 * [|Test review and study guide podcast for history] - Mr. Behrendt
 * School Wikis
 * An entire school's set of classroom wikis from Edgewood City Schools in Trenton, Ohio
 * BalancedEdTechnology: Activities, Projects, and Units incorporating wiki technologies and student group work
 * **School Video (YouTube)**
 * [|Latino Students Speak Their Mind Through Digital Media>>]
 * Social Studies Example: [|Mi Barrio]
 * Vocabulary through YouTube
 * Additional Readings: [|Learning Spaces for Blogs from Annette Lamb]

= = =Station 5: Multimedia Online Project Tools= Scan the list of online project tools at http://edc448uri.wikispaces.com/Multimedia+Project+Tools Select two that pique your interest. Explore each and share your thoughts about how this tool might foster more student engagement or otherwise enrich your instruction or students’ creative responses to a learning task.

= = **Additional Stations to Explore**

=**Station 4: Webquests** – [|The Webquest Page]=

1. Explore the webquests below. Notice the common structure, including how each begins with an authentic issue, explicitly describes the task, distributes the learning across small groups assigned to a particular role, directs students to particular resources, and includes a rubric-based assessment to measure student performance. Be prepared to share some part of one webquest you believe to be particularly effective. Also, what is one thing you might change?


 * Math**
 * [|Break the Code: Inverse Matrixes in Middle School]
 * [|Should I Buy or Lease My Car? Alegbraic Connections in High School]
 * Science**
 * Middle School: [|Genetic Disorders Investigation]
 * High School: [|Chemicals at Home]
 * English**
 * [|Contraversial Issue Webquest on Gun Control] (and Six Traits of Writing)
 * [|Inherit the Wind Webquest]
 * History**
 * High School: [|Memories of the Lost Voices: Japanese-Americans in WWII]
 * Middle School: [|Golden Apples & Wooden Horses: The Trojan War]
 * Elementary School**
 * [|Peeping at Penguins] (Science)
 * [|Dinosaur Snacktime] (Science)
 * [|The Pilgrims and Me (Social Studies)]

a. Use the [|Search page] or [|Webquest Matrix] at The Webquest Page b. Use Google and search for Topic+Webquest+grade level to peruse your findings
 * 2. You can also search for other webquests in two ways:**

3. What else is there besides Webquests? Explore the series of [|Filamentality Activity Formats] if you're looking for additional ideas.

=**STATION 6:** **Interactive Online Resources To Engage Students with Content**=


 * How might the following interactive resources be useful to (a) __activate__, (b) __assess__, and/or (c) __build__ students' prerequisite knowledge for your lesson/unit? How might a particular resource activity engage students with your content in ways that enrich your instruction?**

MATH
 * [|Annenberg's Math Interactives]
 * [|The Maths Dictionary for Kids]
 * [|NEIRTECH Math Portal]
 * [|InterMath Dictionary]
 * [|Cool Math]
 * [|Math Videos.com]: Instructional Videos and calculators about geometry, algebra, and probability
 * Simulations for the Pythagorean Theorem and [|The Quadratic Equation]

HISTORY
 * [|History Ease]
 * [|BBC History Interactives]
 * [|Pathways to Freedom]
 * [|Images of American Political History]
 * [|American Memory Photo Collections]
 * [|History.com Historical Speeches]
 * [|Annenberg's History Interactives]

ENGLISH/LITERATURE
 * [|Interactive Shakespeare Project]
 * [|Knowing Poe (Edgar Allan Poe)]
 * [|World Creation Myths]
 * [|ENotes Video Study Guide for Shakespeare's MacBeth]
 * [|Annenberg's Literature Interactives]
 * [|The Academy of American Poets]
 * [|Indigenous People’s Literature]

SCIENCE
 * [|Brain Pop Videos] (click on science and explore free videos)
 * [|BBC Science and Nature Interactives]
 * [|EPA Climate Change Kids Site]
 * [|Science Simulations]
 * [|Annenberg's Science Interactives]
 * [|Kids Health]
 * [|Cogitio.org: Connecting Young Thinkers Around the World]

FOREIGN LANGUAGE > [|high school Spanish students] are using this collection
 * [|Instructional Podcasts for Learning Spanish as a Second Language]
 * [|Ed Gate World Language Center] - 6 different languages and related cultural information
 * [|Learn Spanish:] A free online tutorial - generate customized quizzes too - use the tabs along the top
 * [|Spanish Pop Music]
 * [|BBC Language Sites]for High School Students
 * [|International Children's Digital Library]: click on "read books" and search by language or learn how


 * [|PERSONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS]!** see this parody chat on XtraNormal between Learning Management System and Personal Learning Environment to start to understand


 * FLIPPED CLASSROOMS** - [|Success story at Clintondale High Schoo] in Detroit, MIl and all of their lessons online!

[|Teen Second Life] featured in Edutopia
 * Additional Reading:** I'm casually gathering resources in other areas to eventually create another station or two about different technology integration issues. Bear with me as I work to organize the following resources over the next little while....
 * **[|TILT: Teacher Improving Learning with Technology]**
 * Many great ideas here for integrating technology into your content area instruction
 * [|Student created graphic organizers] with Powerpoint, Prezi, and more
 * **Alternatives to YouTube**
 * [|TeacherTube] and [|SchoolTube]
 * [|TeacherTube Blogspot] (Companion to TeacherTube)
 * [|Ain't Gonna Hold Us Back] Award Winners
 * [|Shakespeare Meets You Tube] (Article on Edutopia)
 * **VoiceThread**
 * [|VoiceThread Group Conversations Tool]
 * [|VoiceThread for Educators] Ning
 * VoiceThread 4 Education Wikispace- with grade level teaching ideas and student examples
 * [|K-7 Mathcasts 500 Project]
 * Other Middle School Examples
 * [|Top 100 Online Tools] for Learning
 * **Second Life**
 * [|Introducing Second Life to K-12 Educators] - powerpoint slide show by Sabine Lawless-Rel
 * Oishi, L. (2007). Surfing second life. //Technology & Learning.// Retrieved January 12, 2008 from []
 * [|Kathy Schrock's MUVE resources] (Second Life [|websites for learning])
 * [|One Bite at a Time in Second Life]
 * [|Second Life and School: The use of virtual worlds in high school education]
 * [|Second Life Grad Student Colony]: Examples of SimTeach
 * [|Teen Library in Second Life]
 * [|Videos and blog about Virtual Worlds]
 * [|Global Kids Digital Media Initiative] and The International Justice Center in Second Life


 * TPACK Resources**
 * GOT TPACK 2010 from New Literacies Institute in Massachusetts
 * [|TPACK Introduction Online Tutorial] from Brigham Young University and [|Examples of Student Projects]