Technology Integration Podcasting, Blogging, Teacher Web, WebQuests, Faculty Websites, & RSS Feeds

Podcasting □Advantages: ease of use, students familiar with podcasting, integration □iTunes □Search using the following terms □Education □Science □Teaching □Technology and Teaching

Blogging □Blogging can be used as an ongoing journal to promote writing, and allow students to synthesize content presented during class. □Students can create a blog based on online teaching resources that can be used during their future careers. □

Examples of Education Related Blogs: □ □ ucationalweblogs/ ucationalweblogs/ □

Teacher Web □ □Easy for students to access and use. □Web based software that students can continue to use in their future careers. □ Teacher Web offers a template for students to create and upload WebQuests---free.

WebQuests □Millions of quality WebQuests that students can access, modify, implement into their teaching strategies. □One more method of teaching students how to use online resources to research and use an inquiry based approach to learning.

WebQuests □ □ New Teacher Survival WebQuest □ /index.htmhttp:// /index.htm □ Be the Change □ /index.htmlhttp:// /index.html □ Life of a Gaucho □ aucho_webquest/index.htmhttp://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~rgp6722/websites/g aucho_webquest/index.htm

Faculty Websites □Hosted by the Faculty Development Center. □Contact Shariq Ahmed x4720 so that a site can be initiated for you. □Many faculty have used the Faculty Development Center server: □

RSS Feeds □Advantages: □Allow for others to subscribe to your site □Receive the updated content on site □Information is sent out to the subscribers □Readily available with Blogs □CSUF’s Home Page has an RSS feed □

RSS Readers □ □iTunes □(requires additional coding and search features)