Concurrent+Sessions

= Concurrent Sessions = View all the NECC 2009 handouts by clicking [|here]

Immigration Imagined
Presented by Sher Wall 7th grade LA and SS teachers check out Williamsburg Middle School's presentation on Immigration Imagined. It was a wonderful cross curriculum unit including the two core subjects, the library and tech dept. It's quite extensive but you can break the unit down into smaller sections, doable in a week. We have the complete CD with all the lesson plans, directions, etc. for this presentation in the BRMS library.

10 Best Web 2.0 Tools
Presented by Steve Dembo, [] Click [|here] for a link to the presentation.

__Live Blog from Terry Lowry at Hylton HS:__
 * Bloglines** - aggregator – [|http://www.bloglines.com] – keep track of all your favorite blogs, news, searches and more – check out other subscribers – see who they subscribe to – use as “human filter”.
 * Delicious** – social bookmarking site – may not have the most features – simple – does what it does really well – [|http://delicious.com] – searching delicious – only get sites human beings have looked at and decided if it is worth saving – another human filter – can then check out what others have bookmarked – ones with common interests – using tags – “steal” their bookmarks – wealth of info they’ve already aggregated together – can then subscribe to them – using RSS – and can see each post they add – add into Bloglines – subscribe to that person’s bookmarks – can also “bundle” links – to aid in research – under teacher or class names – Hylton’s Delicious is at []
 * Sharetabs** – share your links as tabs – [|http://sharetabs.com] - very neat – don’t have to have all the urls, just the one, Sharetab, URL – nice preview version – thumbnails – even works in IE 6.0 – will still show tabs – nice, especially since our district is still using IE 6.0!
 * Drop.io** – [|http://drop.io] – can upload files and give others access to them – upload it, share it, fax it in, etc. – you can even call in whatever you want to “drop” off – FREE – can even do a whole podcast for free from a mobile service – [] - can share audio files via iTunes, too – parents ask “How was your day, today?” – they can LISTEN to how it was using this – podcasting using cellphones – this makes it easier – 100 megabytes for free – lots of features with this tool! – provides embed code
 * JayCut** Online – full video editor in your browser – like older JumpCut that is now gone (sad) – looks pretty intuitive – has everything that MovieMaker offers – [|http://jaycut.com] – unlimited size! – multiple users can use it – pull from same “bucket” of media and then they rename it on a save – gives them a nice starting point to the build their own media – provides embed code
 * Edmodo** – like Twitter – but designed to be used with students – [|http://edmodo.com] – microblogging with your students – is behind a password – private – option to “send to” specific groups – nice for classes – version 3.0 is on the verge of being released – allows you to embed media files, too – what Twitter would have looked like if it had been planned for a school environment – more enterprise features coming – may have an iPhone app for it – Tweet zemote (?) on Twitter for questions on this
 * Poll Everywhere** – [] – classroom response system for every teacher for ever classroom that parents pay for – done via text messaging – USING CELLPHONES! – nice example of instructional use of cell phones – 30 votes per poll for free – good for classes of 30 – each poll gets 30 votes – can download results to excel – then clear them and be ready for next class – can also download as ppt – results show “live” in ppt - standard text messaging rates DO apply J – do have a for cost school version – can also use computer/laptop stations to do this for kids without cell phones
 * Xtranormal** – [|http://xtranormal.com] – used to create animations – text to movie – good for ESOL and World Languages – can even change the voice to match the language – nice for digital storytelling, too – can change camera angles (getting lots of ohhhhs and ahhhs with this!) – can change animations, too – very nice tool – “action” equals rendering – can take a little time – keep that in mind for classroom management – extraordinary tool – changes the paradigm – and does provide embed code
 * Livestream** – TV studio in your browser – [|http://www.livestream.com] – can even use your cell phone as a camera
 * Prezi —** [|http://prezi.com] – different type of presentation tool – what ppt would look like if there were no borders or slides.

An Introduction to Open Source Software and Open Technologies
Presented by Steve Hargadon, steve@hargadon.com [|http://www.k12opensource.com] __**Top Free and Open Source Software in Education:**__ 1. [|OpenOffice] is a complete office suite, including word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, vector drawing, and database. 2. [|Mozilla Firefox] is a secure and efficient web browser. 3. [|Mozilla Thunderbird] is an e-mail client with spell checking, anti-spam filtering, and RSS feed reader. 4. [|The Gimp] is a professional drawing software that does photo retouching (similar to Photoshop). 5. [|Inkscape] is a professional vector drawing software. 6. [|Scribus] is a professional desktop publishing software that allows for print shop quality output. 7. [|Audacity] is an audio editing software that is often used for podcasts. 8. [|Freemind] is a mind mapping software that allows you to create, present, and export mindmaps. 9. [|VLC] is a media player that plays audio and video files and streaming. 10. [|Kompozer] is a web page editing software. 11. [|Blender] is a 3D animation and rendering software. 12. [|Tuxpaint] is drawing software for kids (similar to Paint). 1. [|The Open Disc] - CD of Open Source Software for Windows 2. [|K12 Open Source] - Open Source Information 3. [|K12 Open Tech] - CoSN K-12 Open Technologies Project For a full list of Open Source Software for schools, click here:
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Totally Cool Google Tools for the Classroom
Presented by Tammy Worcester, tammyw@essdack.org [|www.tammyworcester.com] I have ordered Tammy Worcester books at [|www.toolsforteachers.com.] There was so much amazing information in the workshops that you couldn't possibly process in two one-hour workshops.

1. iGoogle 2. Blogger 3. Google Docs 4. Google Forms 5. Google Maps 6. Google Calendar 7. Google Alerts 8. Google Earth __Google for Educators__: [] __Google Apps Education Community__: Join to access video tutorials and connect with educators: [] Click [|here] for a handout outlining all the Google Tools you can use in the classroom. __Google Apps Quick Tour:__ media type="youtube" key="kJT3pagjd8s" height="344" width="425"
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