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.

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Digital Storytelling via the Web

(Offered June 10 from 8:30 - 11:30 AM)

View Session Resources - Children like to tell stories. Amid the push for high-test performance, that desire for storytelling and listening may be neglected in schools today. What if you could tap into that desire in a way that reinforces content-area essential knowledge and skills, as well as models appropriate technology use?

Digital storytelling is one way to accomplish that. Implementing digital storytelling in your classroom can be as easy as providing access to the VoiceThread.com site, setting up a free account, crafting a story, then sharing it online with the world via a blog or wiki.

Blog Your World!

(Offered June 10 from 1:30–4:30 PM)

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—and Tony Stead’s Non-Fiction Writing—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.

Podcast Panopoly

(Offered June 11 - 8:30–11:30 AM)

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. You will learn how to use Audacity software to create your podcast, and learn how to share it on the podcast sharing site, Podomatic.com.

Diigo the Web for Education

(Offered June 11, 1 hour duration from 1:00 - 4:30 PM)

View Session Resources - This hands-on workshop guides you through the ins and outs of social bookmarking for instructional purposes. Learn how to use social bookmarking tool—Diigo.com—in your classroom, in the office, and board room to share ideas and resources with others. You’ll also learn how to add stickies to web pages and share them with groups of people to facilitate idea sharing and learning.

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