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2 Introductions  Name?  What do you want to get out of this session?  To follow along with this presentation go to

3 What is a digital native?Digital immigrant? What is a digital native? Digital immigrant?  Digital Natives: A person for whom digital technologies already existed when they were born, and hence has grown up with technology such as computers, cell phones, the internet, etc.  Digital Immigrants: Those who were not born when digital technologies existed and are not familiar with the use of digital technologies.  Discussion:  Do you think the concept of digital natives is true?  Can people be born good at something? Can people who are seen as digital immigrants become digital natives?

4 Some Statistics about Digital Natives  On average digital natives spend the following amount of time doing these activities before they go to college-  10,000 hours playing video games  Over 200,000 s and instant messages sent and received  Over 100,000 hours talking on cell phones  Over 20,000 hours watching T.V.  Over 500,000 commercials seen  At the very most, 5,000 hours of reading books

5 Are you a digital native?  What are the following? Do you use them?  Social networking  Twitter  Facebook/MySpace  Web 2.0  Blogs  Wikis  Podcasting  Texting  Take out your cell phone and let’s see! 

6 “The Dumbest Generation “The Dumbest Generation?”  Book: “The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future” (Mark Bauerlein)  Claims that Generation Y is the dumbest generation. Why?  Kids are writing more, but its online or in text messages.  Social networking sites give kids the illusion they are the “center of the universe.”  There are no true role models anymore.

7 “The Dumbest Generation?”  Is Generation Y really the “dumbest generation?” If this is true, why is it true?  Why is the integration of technology necessary in order to best meet the needs of our students?  What can we do to get students to use technology effectively?  What is the benefit of using technology in our classrooms?

8 Web 2.0 Tools and Other Interactive Websites  Slideshare  Allows students to upload their PowerPoints online and share with the world.  Voicethread  Allows group conversations around documents, images, etc.  Gabcast  Allows the creation of podcasts through your cell phone.  Timerime  Create timelines online that you can add pictures, sound, and information to.  Ning  Create a social network for anything.

9 Continued…  Animoto  Create short music videos in minutes.  UStream TV  Create your own live TV show.  Survey Monkey  Create online surveys  Online Newspapers  View newspapers online from all over the world.  iCue  View thousands of video clips from the NBC archives  Mindomo  Create online mind maps

10 Continued…  Qipit  Turn pictures from your cell phone into documents.  Scribble Maps  Scribble on maps.  Open Zine  Create your own online magazine.  Prezi  Create online presentations in an interactive way.  Web 2.0 Tools  Hundreds of websites that are identified as the “second- generation” of digital tools.

Discussion  How can students benefit from us knowing about technology?  What can we teach students about technology?  How can we integrate these technologies into our classrooms? Academies?

12 What is a wiki? What can it do for me?  A wiki is a website that can be edited by others.  What can it do for me?  Allows you to communicate with parents and students  Allows you to post documents  Allows you to post video  Allows discussion  Allows you to embed a calendar to keep students updated about assignments  The possibilities are endless!

13 Examples of Wikis      

14 Creating a Wiki Go to This will allow you to sign up for a wiki that is free of advertisements.

15 Create a username and password. Enter a valid address. Create a wiki name. This will be your website name. For example: You only need to enter what will come after www and before wikispaces.com Select “protected.” This will allow anyone to see your website, but only those who you choose will be able to edit it. Check “I certify this is for k-12 education.”

16 The Shell of Your Wiki Should Appear

17 Creating Your Home Page This is your home or welcome page. Do not create a separate homepage. Click on edit on the right and delete all of this writing. Type whatever welcome message you want here.

18 Create a New Page 1.Click on New Page 2.This creates a distinct page from your “home” page and you can create as many new pages as you want. For example, you might want to make a new page for each unit you teach. Note: New pages will not show up on the left side of your wiki until you enter content within the page.

19 Create a New Page 1.Choose whatever name you would like for your new page and click on the Create button.

20 Your New Page 1.Type whatever you want here and click on the Save button. Reminder: If you do not type anything in the text section of your new page, Wikispaces will not recognize the new page.

21 The Editor Toolbar This is where you can make what you write Bold, Italic, or Underlined.

22 Continued… This is where you go to change the font, size of font, font color, or alignment of the font.

23 Continued… This is where you go to create a numbered or bulleted list. This is where you go to insert links.

24 Uploading a Document 1.To add an image or file (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) place your cursor where you want the file and click on the insert images and files icon. 2.This page will appear. From here, click the upload files tab.

25 1.Once you are under the upload file tab, click browse, find the file you want, select it, hit open and then push upload. 2.This will upload it to your insert file page, and you will then need to double-click the file to insert it on your page. 3.When the file inserts into your page (remember you are editing this page, it will look a little funny, but once you save it, the file will look better. Visual examples are provide 4.Click Save Double click this file to insert it into your new page. Important: Wherever your cursor is on your new page, that is where the file will go.

26 This is what the file will look like until you click the save button. Uploading a Document

27 Uploading a Document This is what the file looks like after you click the save button. Note: These adds will disappear in a few days.

28 Uploading a Video To embed a video, click on the embed widget icon and select video from the left.

29 Uploading a Video Select which service provider your video comes from

30 Uploading a Video You will need to open a new window by clicking the Internet Explorer icon so that you can search for the video you want to upload.

31 Uploading a Video After clicking on the video you want, find the embed section to the right of the video, highlight it (it can be pretty long) copy it, and then paste it back on the Wiki.

32 Uploading a Video Right click in this box and paste the embedded code here. Then click Save.

33 Uploading a Video The video should appear on your page. Click Save.

34 Uploading a Video The video now appears on your page. You can simply click play and it will start.

35 Adding a Calendar Go to Google’s home page, click on the down arrow next to more and select calendar.

36 Adding a Calendar You must create or sign in to your Google account.

37 Adding a Calendar Once you have signed in, this is the screen you should see.

38 Adding a Calendar Click on the down arrow next to available calendars and select Calendar Settings.

39 Adding a Calendar Name your calendar and give it a description and continue filling out all the necessary information. Do not click save.

40 Adding a Calendar Click on the share this calendar tab and check the make this calendar public box.

41 Adding a Calendar Click back on the calendar details tab and find the embed this calendar section.

42 Adding a Calendar Copy the embed code.

43 Adding a Calendar Go back to your Wiki and click the edit tab. Once in the edit screen, click on the embed widget icon and select Calendar. Select the Google calendar.

44 Adding a Calendar Paste the embedded code into the window and click Save.

45 Adding a Calendar It will look like this until you click Save.

46 Adding a Calendar Now your calendar is on your page. Whenever you update your Google calendar, it will automatically update on your Wiki.

47 How to Manage Your Wiki Click on Manage Wiki

48 Continued… Click on Pages to see a list of your pages and to Delete, rename, or lock the page. Click on Files to see a list of all of the files you have uploaded. You can also delete files here.

49 Continued… Click on Look and Feel to change the color or style of your wiki.

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