1. Tanya Chiasson, St. Pius Gayle Dauterive, Fatima 2010 Region IV Mini-LACUE Conference

2.  Theme is an abstract concept that is hard for students to grasp.  Involve peers to make the abstract concrete!  Both classes read The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton  Exchange concrete details, real world examples, and opinions about given themes  Involve asynchronous and synchronous exchanges

4.  Monday ◦ Introductions ◦ What we expected each group to do (sample post, parts of a response, how to respond) ◦ The parts of a blog screen and cyber safety issues ◦ Timeline for completion (Tues.-Thurs. blog posting)  Tuesday-Thursday ◦ Open for troubleshooting  Friday ◦ Intel Visual Ranking Tool group activity ◦ Student-led round table discussion of activity, process, and product ◦ Goodbyes

6.  Safety issues ◦ Never use full name or school name ◦ Never give out personal information (phone number, address, IM, Facebook, MySpace information, etc.)  Begin with groups  Model everything! ◦ Appropriate responses ◦ Affirmation ◦ How to disagree

7.  Comment moderation is key to keeping unwanted comments out of the blog  Moderation means that the comments will need to be approved (read and allowed) before the post will appear on the site

8.  Skype http://www.skype.comhttp://www.skype.com  Blogger http://www.blogger.comhttp://www.blogger.com  Mrs. Chiasson’s Blog http://www.speakingofliterature.blogspot.com http://www.speakingofliterature.blogspot.com  Intel’s Visual Ranking Tool http://www.intel.com/education/tools/index.htm http://www.intel.com/education/tools/index.htm

9.  Intel’s Visual Ranking Tool

10.  Use discussion board, Ning, wiki, Google Docs, or email to exchange information  Use another video conferencing software like Windows Live or VoiceThread that may not be blocked  Have quiet students participate through a chat instead

11.  Students ◦ liked being able to see, hear, and textually communicate ◦ understood theme ◦ shared what they did with others ◦ wanted to Skype and blog again

13. Sources from Around the World in 80 Days http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=481 http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=481  Around the World with 80 Schools http://aroundtheworldwith80schools.wikispaces.com http://aroundtheworldwith80schools.wikispaces.com  Online Projects4Teachers Ning http://onlineproj4tchrs.ning.com http://onlineproj4tchrs.ning.com  Skype for Educators http://skypeforeducators.comhttp://skypeforeducators.com  Skype with Other Classrooms http://edublogger.edublog.org/want-to-connect-with- other-classrooms http://edublogger.edublog.org/want-to-connect-with- other-classrooms  Skype in an Author http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.comhttp://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com  EduSkypers Phonebook http://skypeintheclassroom.wordpress.com http://skypeintheclassroom.wordpress.com  Skype http://skypeinschools.pbworks.comhttp://skypeinschools.pbworks.com

14.  Questions?  Comments?  Handouts: http://chiassonenglish.wikispaces.com/Handouts http://chiassonenglish.wikispaces.com/Handouts  Tanya Chiasson, St. Pius Elementary ◦ Tanya_chiasson@stpiuselementary.org Tanya_chiasson@stpiuselementary.org ◦ Tanya_chiasson@hotmail.com Tanya_chiasson@hotmail.com  Gayle Dauterive, Our Lady of Fatima ◦ gdauterive@olf.com gdauterive@olf.com