1. Keeping Up with the Kids: Teaching Tips for Using Free Internet Tools (Ga ETC) Lorraine Schmertzing Cliff Landis Richard Schmertzing

2. Origin of Information Tantalizing Technology ITED 8500: Leadership in Instructional Technology Beacon Bulletins Qualitative Data Analysis (off track) How to’s Personal Use An online guide for the exploration of issues related to Leadership in Instructional Technology. Each summer, educators and instructional technologist work together in an online environment to produce the LIghThouse Annual. An online guide for the exploration of issues related to Leadership in Instructional Technology. Each summer, educators and instructional technologist work together in an online environment to produce the LIghThouse Annual. An online guide for the exploration of issues related to Leadership in Instructional Technology. online guide Each summer, educators and instructional technologist work together in an online environment to produce the LIghThouse Annual.

3. Communication: Instant Messaging These programs allow you to chat in real- time with friends. Some allow you to chat in groups, share pictures, use talk or video, or text via cell phones.  AIM AIM  YM YM  MSN Messenger MSN Messenger  Jabber Jabber  Google Talk Google Talk  Skype Skype  Meebo Meebo

4. Communication: Social Network Services These websites allow users to join groups, share photos, converse on message boards, and build profiles that express their personalities.  WebCT WebCT  Blackboard Blackboard  Facebook Facebook  MySpace MySpace  Tribe.net Tribe.net  Friendster Friendster  Orkut Orkut  Yahoo Groups Yahoo Groups

5. Marketing: Blogs and News Feeds Blogs - Short for web logs, blogs are online journals that are kept by individuals, institutions, and groups.  Slashdot Slashdot  LiveJournal LiveJournal  Blogger Blogger  WordPress WordPress  Gaggle Gaggle Feeds allow users to find out about the latest stories/updates at a particular website or blog without having to go to the website.  Atom feeds Atom feeds  Bloglines Bloglines

6. Marketing: Photosharing & Podcasting  Flickr Flickr  Photobucket Photobucket  Webshots Webshots  GCast GCast  YouTube YouTube

7. Collaboration: Wikis A subset of web pages that anyone can edit. Some are open to the public. Some are open only to authorized contributors.  Wikipedia Wikipedia  Atmospheric Visualization Collection Wiki Atmospheric Visualization Collection Wiki  ALA New Orleans 2006 Wiki ALA New Orleans 2006 Wiki  urbandictionary.com urbandictionary.com

8. Collaboration: Citation/Bookmark Management Lists of web bookmarks, that you can organize and share.  del.icio.us del.icio.us  CiteULike CiteULike  ikeepbookmarks.com ikeepbookmarks.com

9. Research  GALILEO Quick Search [About it & The product]About itThe product  E-Journals [A-Z Full Text Journal Title List]A-Z Full Text Journal Title List  ILLiad - ILLiad  GIL Express GIL Express

10. Enhance Teaching and Learning with Free Technology Tools: Lorraine Schmertzing Cliff Landis Richard Schmertzing

11. NOTE: The rest of these slides are notes for me to remember about the different student comments.

12. Communication Tools: Instant Messaging  AIM (not allowed in many schools) AIM  Yahoo Messenger (just-in-time chat) Yahoo Messenger  MSN Messenger (school wide admin) MSN Messenger  Jabber Jabber  Google Talk (only 1-to-1) Google Talk Parents who can’t make a meeting From computer lab to classrooms  Skype Skype Foreign language classes Expert interviews Higher Ed – feedback for online classes

13. Communication Tools: Social Networking  Facebook Facebook  MySpace: some schools block it MySpace headaches, way to help students with homework Build a space for a book, author, or poem Group work Send home lit on the dangers of using it Use it to discuss the dangers of predators, teach naming techniques, making private and choosing who gets in Under 15 already private  Tribe.net: groups like childrens’ books Tribe.net  Friendster: used for discussions, emailing assignments, group collaboration, not as user friendly as my space but more blocking features Friendster  Orkut Orkut  Yahoo Groups: going to a new grade? Yahoo Groups

14. Marketing Tools  Blogs: Students keep math journals Teachers discuss issues Advisory committee meetings Upload pictures Promote events  News Feeds: save time with world coming to you (current events at school) Science teacher uses it for biology class  Photo Sharing: Save school server space, students share summer vacation photos, yearbook folks use it, check the site to see if the pictures disappear; relationship building activity for online students

15. Marketing Tools  Podcasting/Vidcasting (upload videos) Delivering instruction - remediation Introductions of self Explanation of assignments Demonstrate math problems Communicate with parents and students You Tube: easy, private groups available, can be linked to your web page without you having to go to You Tube

16. Collaborating: Wikis  Subset of webpages anyone can edit (public & authorized) Often used for research not collaboration Website evaluation: looks official but it is not Provides resources for other sources on a specific topic Demonstrates ease of spreading incorrect information TiddlyWiki: keep online journals

17. Collaborating: Resource Sharing Web-based therefore access all the time Teachers could share resources for different projects Some students were overwhelmed by del.icio.us – preferred ikeepbookmarks.com (especially for younger kids) In higher ed students suggested they keep all their resources from classes here so they could have them in later classes With citeulike you can create groups & allow folks to join  (eg.- folks you meet at a convention, students in a group project)  ALSO creates an RSS feed  some said it wasn’t user friendly and was somewhat complicated to figure out

18. Activities for Collaboration Tools  Learning to search the web as a math class, everyone can find a game and store the information in the same place  For schools where students can’t surf the web, teachers put the links students can go to on the page  Create summer reading list for students  When topic is dangerous to surf (like Holocaust) teachers can limit the places students can look on the web.