Welcome! Please find links to the workshop materials below. All the materials here are shared under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike-Noncommercial copyright license. In other words, feel free to share them with others.

View and print two-page handout.

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Podcast Panopoly

View Session Resources - Learn how to do podcasting the cheap, easy, and simple way, whether you’re using a Mac or Windows computer. You’ll also discuss how to use podcasting to enhance classroom learning.

Blog Your World!

View Session Resources - Blogging is a fun, exciting way to engage students in the writing process. Learn how to apply Nanci Atwell’s In the Middle writing workshop principles to publishing and tracking student writing with blogs. This workshop has a technical component that will enable you to setup your own blog using either a free, web-based service (edublogs.org) or using free, open source software tools.

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• Learn more about Twitter in the Classroom

Externalize Your Learning with A Blog or Wiki of Your Own.

1. Start your own blog or wiki—use Edublogs.org, Wordpress.com, Blogspot.com, or for a wiki use Wikispaces.com (here are some more resources you can fall back on including videos)--and
2. Tag your blog entries with ITC2008 so that people will know what’s going on.
3. Focus on sharing your insights, reflections of what is being discussed at ITC2008. Your shared experience WILL connect with others out there provided you are authentic, transparent in your learning, and willing to be vulnerable (e.g. admit ignorance, share surprise/joy).

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