1. Building a Bigger Builder: Combining the DE Builder tools with Web 2.0 Widgets and Applications Matt Monjan

2. Cool!What’s a Widget? The web widget is a portable chunk of code that can be installed and executed within any separate HTML-based web page by an end user without requiring additional compilation. They are derived from the idea of reusable code that has existed for years. Nowadays other terms used to describe web widgets including: gadget, badge, module, capsule, snippet, mini and flake. Web widgets oftWiken but not always use DHTML, JavaScript, or Adobe Flash.HTMLcompilationDHTMLJavaScriptAdobe Flash Wikipedia contributors, “Widget,” Wikpedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_widget (accessed 12/28/2007). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_widget

3. Building it Bigger – and better! Incorporating Web 2.0 widgets into your builder There are hundreds of widgets that you can find. Take advantage of these free tools to add another dimension to your builder We’re going to look at four.

4. First Things First – Creating a Builder Tool But we’ll come back to that…

5. Creating a Writing Prompt Log into www.discoveryeducation.com Click on the “Teacher Center” linkwww.discoveryeducation.com matt.monjan *********

6. Click on the Writing Prompt Icon

7. Creating and Searching Type a keyword in the Search box to search for existing Writing Prompts, choose DE Writing Prompts, and then click on the Search button teacher

8. Previewing and Copying a Writing Prompt Click on the preview to see the Writing Prompt and copy/edit to add the Writing Prompt to your content

9. Creating and Searching Click on the Create New button to create a new Writing Prompts

10. Create a Title, select a Subject Area, Writing Type, and Grade Level “Out Damned Spot” Save to an Existing Folder or Save to a New Folder and place inside an Existing Folder Shakespeare 2.0 Builder 2.0

11. Enter a keyword and choose “image,” “clip art,” “full video,” or “video segment.” Select up to three assets (images, clip art and/or video) and then click on the “Add” button Shakespeare

12. Review and/or modify your selections and customize your border size

13. Enter the Writing part of your Writing Prompt 2,000 character maximum

14. Add code from Youtube, Animoto, Voicethread and more! Go to any Web 2.0 page (i.e. youtube) and copy the embed code. Click on the HTML button inside the Builder Paste code Click on the Update button Click on the save and continue button

15. Preview your work

16. Assign Your Work Provide your students’ the link above. The link can be embedded on blackboard and moodle pages, websites, blogs, wikkis and more…

17. Viewing The Results Go back to My Content and click on your folder/writing prompt, etc. Pull down the drop down menu next to your prompt Select Grade Book and click on the Go button Click on your prompt to see the date completed, status, and to view the prompt response (grade)

18. Creating an Interactive Quiz Log into www.discoveryeducation.com Click on the “Teacher Center” linkwww.discoveryeducation.com matt.monjan *********

19. Click on the Quiz Builder Icon

20. Creating a New Quiz Click on the Create New button

21. Adding Information to Your Quiz Fill out any field marked by a * Select where you would like to save (bookmark) your quiz –A folder that you’ve already created (Save to Existing Folder) Shakespeare 2.0

22. Or create a new folder –Note that this folder must live in the My Content folder or another folder that has already been created Adding Information to Your Quiz Continued Shakespeare 2.0

23. Fill in all of the boxes and check the Display to Students Box Choose your Quiz Options Click on the Save/continue button Watch the video and then take the quiz To understand Shakespeare “the Man” and how he developed his writing style Don’t let Matt sit next to Hall! Receive an Email notification when a student completes this quiz Display quiz questions in random order Present the quiz “question by question” instead of “all at once” Allow student to view the graded quiz (with correct answers revealed) Allow student to take the quiz more than once

24. Adding Content To Your Quiz Choose the type of Material You would like to add to your quiz Search My Content or Discovery Education Library Shakespeare

25. Adding Content to Your Quiz Continued Click on the link to view Place a check mark next to anything that you would like to add Click on the Add button

26. The content that you selected shows up in the My Quiz Materials Box

27. Adding Questions Create your own question or use one from the quiz data bank

28. Creating your own questions Choose your Question Type: Multiple Choice (single answer) Multiple Choice (multiple answer) Short Answer/Essay True/False Then click on its link

29. Adding a question 1.Enter your question 2.Provide a hint (e.g. watch the movie) 3.Provide a note when correct answer is chosen 4.Provide a note when wrong answer is chosen 5.Enter your quiz answers and select the correct answer 6.Click on the Save Question button Shakespeare expanded the roles of two characters in his version of Romeo and Juliet. Those two characters were _____. Watch the movie Great Job! Oops try again Mercutio and Nurse Paris and Mercutio Lady Capulet and Nurse Friar Lawrence and Tybalt

30. Two New Features! 1.You can add a video that is displayed when a question is presented to student 2.Your can add a video that is displayed when the student answers a question incorrectly

31. Choosing questions from the Quiz Databank Create your own question or use one from the quiz data bank

32. Choosing questions from the Quiz Databank Enter a Keyword and click on the Go button Shakespeare

33. 1.Place a check mark next to any of the questions that you want to add 2.Click on the question link to see how it is formed 3.Click on the Add Selected Questions to Quiz button

34. Preview your quiz Print out your quiz in Word w/or without the correct answers

35. Assign Your Quiz Provide your students’ the link above. The link can be embedded on blackboard and moodle pages, websites, blogs, wikkis and more…

36. Snazz it up with slideshare.net Slideshare.net is a free Web 2.0 application that lets you upload and search for PowerPoint presentations, share them, and embed them into the “Builders.”

37. Inserting Into Your Quiz Go to any Web 2.0 page (i.e. slidehare.net) and copy the embed code. Click on the HTML button inside the Builder Paste code Click on the Update button Click on the save and continue button

38. Inserting presentations Embed PowerPoint presentations Link directly to specific pages within presentation Great way to assess value of student created presentation (open book quiz) SlideShare.net

39. Viewing The Results Go back to My Content and click on your folder/quiz, etc. Pull down the drop down menu next to your prompt Select Grade Book and click on the Go button Click on your quiz to see the date completed, grades, and to view the student responses (grades)

40. Creating an Assignment Log into www.discoveryeducation.com Click on the “Teacher Center” linkwww.discoveryeducation.com matt.monjan *********

41. Click on the Assignment Builder

42. Creating your own Assignment Click on the Create New button to create a new Writing Prompts

43. Enter in your instructions, objectives and teacher notes (for your eyes only) and then click on the save/continue button Don’t let Billy sit next to Suzy during this session To understand how Shakespeare developed his writing style All the world’s a stage! Shakespeare has been called the greatest writer of the English language, but who was Shakespeare? What kind of a world did he live in? Why is he so great? Watch the videos attached in this assignment, and in combination with your research, provide an inside look at Shakespeare’s life and times, his use of language, and the nitty-gritty of Elizabethan drama.

44. Adding Information to Your Assignment Fill out any field marked by a * Select where you would like to save (bookmark) your quiz –A folder that you’ve already created (Save to Existing Folder) Shakespeare 2.0

45. Or create a new folder –Note that this folder must live in the My Content folder or another folder that has already been created Adding Information to Your Assignment Continued Shakespeare 2.0

46. Add Material To Your Assignment Add Videos, Segments, Images, etc Or Add Quizzes and/or Writing Prompts

47. Add Material To Your Assignment Type in a keyword – search streaming library or My Content then click on the Search button Shakespeare

48. Add Material To Your Assignment Shakespeare Click on the link to view Place a check mark next to anything that you would like to add Click on the Add button

49. Add Quiz or Writing Prompt To Your Assignment Shakespeare Type a keyword and search for a quiz or writing prompt Place a check mark next to anything that you would like to add Click on the Save button

50. Add Material To Your Assignment Add a links to other websites

51. Add in your links, give them some description and click on the Add a Web Link button Discovery Interactive Atlas streaming.discoveryeducation.com/hotbox/atlas/in dex.cfm Launch the Atlas and explore four countries that Shakespeare Mentions in his plays

52. Add Material Instructions (optional) For each asset that you choose (videos, websites, etc) you can add individual instruction. Click on the Continue button Watch the video and come to class with a report Listen to the Gcast quote from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Name three more of his tragedies and get a bonus if you can add a quote. Get even more extra credit by staging a 2 minute play!

53. Assignment Builder +

54. Assigning Your Assignment Provide your students’ the link above. The link can be embedded on blackboard and moodle pages, websites, blogs, wikkis and more…

55. Other widgets to explore and add… www.blabberize.comwww.blabberize.com – Make your Pictures Talk and tell a digital story www.animoto.com – Turn your images into a music video! www.flickr.comwww.flickr.com – go on a photo safari www.swivel.comwww.swivel.com – insert graphs into a quiz or assignment

56. Contact Me! Matt Monjan Matt_monjan@discovery.com 240-338-9388