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Student first and last name and photo on the web. Really matter for the natives? Use this so that when googled, good stuff will show up. Change in mindset.....a big one! MySpace and age...why ask age? Legal, marketing, under 16 will default to as private as possible.Middle schoolers 68 years old. Middle school mentality. :) Don't think things through....this lingers around. College Confidential Forum...parents, students, admissions, colleges checking out. Beckerboy1225 on the site actually hacker. Facebook, privacy settings. Caution, if you are friend with someone who allows everyone in...you have given access to all their friends. Profile, private to friens, family and groups. Most don't understand how privacy works. Google Gone Realtime - twitter posts If digital immigrant educators really want to reach digital natvies they will have to change...Marc Prensky WiZiQ http://www.wiziq.com/ "Don't spend more time on the internet".....take the time to establish your own network....be more efficient with the time you do spend. What can you learn in 30 minutes?delicious/museummobile/scvngr(geogaming platform)/10 things your students can blog about today/ dougbelshaw.com/blog - changing mp3 files to online book Spaaze - check out Twitter hash tags....check out and learn more...Peggy? "Things you didn't know google docs could do" http://www.online-tech-tips.com/google-softwaretips/google-docs-publish-to-blog/ Another one to check out...http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/12-things-you-didn-t-know-google-docs-could-do-658921 username check AtomKeep.com Twitter in school districts...send out info to community. What is missing? People. One way info. "Involvement vs. Engagement" Twitter in schools....Seattle school, kindergartener's at Meridian school Edmodo, behind firewall Ambient Intimacy - light touches Jeff Utecht - nice quote Center node - passing info along Discovery Educator Network Social Media Resume - Looking to the Future Craft a permanent record with your students.... What comes next? What should be know about? Real time broadcasting (ustream) qik...via cell phone livestream, entire tv studio within your browser NPR, USA Today using this) Geo-applications...Almost.at (beta) foursquare Augmented Reality Mindspace solutions...Imaginality Incredible!!!!!! Box of Legos syndrome.....build only what is on the front of the kit/box. They are just bricks, we fixate on the picture on the box Breakthroughs occur at the intersection of fields, discovery and cultures Exploration and Innovation Google Earth mashups....Literature Google Lit Trips
 * Keynote: Steve Dembo "My Life as a Native"**

Justin Karlow Science Challenges students can enter, change to win [|3M Young Scientist Challenge] Win $50,000 in savings bonds and other amazing prizes! [|Enter here]. My Classroom - where teachers set-up for their students Streaming type to choose....Flash, runs a bit slower, not as much refresh Download type....Flash, can go straight into Smart Notebook....check it out before sharing this tip Attaching citation to a video download....copy text in citation, go to properties of downloaded video, paste in properties - put in Summary tab My Builder Tools....learn more about to share with MICE and teachers Assignment URL....puts code in for you automatically Teacher Center
 * Navigating the Stream - Tips and Tricks for DE Streaming**

denblogs.com** Starting the school day...how do you start yours? Calendar Journal writing Current Events Vocabulary word of the day Daniel J. Gulchak Using Nings and Other Apps** __Ning__ __Skype__
 * Beyond the Stream - Integration Strategies for DE Streaming**
 * Jen Dorman
 * Teacher Center
 * Discovery Atlas, interactive (Culture, government, history and natural world
 * China, The Art of Tai Chi, how they start their day (plug and play, no download required)
 * Add to Smart Notebook, google earth, etc.
 * Share tab
 * Copy link (can only be viewed by people who have a Discovery account)
 * Google Earth
 * Placement marker....way cool! Put link in Description (dynamic text field) Great for critical questions....(what do the people in China do first thing in the morning?)
 * Great Book series, learn about this aspect of DE
 * Student user account
 * District uploads by admin
 * SHARE WITH MICE....SEE IF THERE IS A NEED FOR THIS....JANE VANCOTT? MARY KONCZAL?
 * Calendar
 * What is happening each day....history, math, science, etc. resources
 * ie., Anne Hutchison tried for heresy, many resources provided
 * Teacher in Penn, transient population. Wanted to focus class community, use of tech, give students opportunity to speak in front of class without fear....go to their birthday on the calendar, find 4 items on this date and put into a PPT, telling why their birthday is important.
 * All one format, not by grade level or readability
 * Way to get around grade levels....turn off sound on a video and narrate it yourself to meet the needs of your students
 * Filtering....narrowing search results, left side. Will note what filters (You have selected:) you have chosen. Can go back and remove as well.
 * Advanced search - much like filtering, but much more extensive. Work with over 180 publishers (PBS, Animal Planet)
 * Want kids to be able to use this as a building block for their learning
 * Adding video segment to PPT
 * For Notebook, use Flash to embedd
 * For PPT, use Windows Media
 * Always add citation
 * Copy and add the citation to clip properties
 * Blue screen in Window Movie Maker???
 * Could add a hyperlink to the video, takes a bit longer
 * Better to embed
 * Insert....a movie....play when clicked or auto...best to pick when clicked
 * Size video, add something else to page to add to the lesson (critical questions, etc.)
 * Remember, this is not in PPT, it is linked to the video. Advised, create a folder for PPT and video. Keep them together! Suggestion, create folder first then house items.
 * Writing Prompt Builder
 * Search to find writing prompts
 * Can add up to three media resources
 * Students can login and write to these prompts (can take anywhere)
 * Go to MyClassroom to see status and view
 * Consider asking PARK AEP classes to participate....Rhonda, Chris and ?
 * Web Qwest......Assignment Builder
 * Use content from Discovery and outside web links
 * TIP...there is so much media, use MyContent in the Search
 * MyContent Folder
 * Folders and sub-folders to organize
 * Quiz Builder
 * Allows you to build differentiated quiz
 * Look into aspects of this....?prescriptive? Teacher must build? Add resources for remediation.
 * Tuesday
 * customizable
 * place to for conversations that didn't happen during a meeting
 * ning vs. wiki - ning more refined interface
 * free
 * do have to sign up with ning
 * RSS feed available
 * audio and video calls
 * newer version allows screen sharing

Share, Remix, Learn**
 * Karen Fasimpaur
 * OER Open Educational Resources OER Commons www.oercommons.org
 * Digital, free and open for anyone to use, adapt, and redistribute
 * Tools, content and implementations resources
 * For everyone, Public Domain
 * Freereading....good to share with Terrie and others
 * Creative Common - it is okay for you to use my stuff
 * Attribution (CC by = you can do what you want with the content, just say where it came from)
 * NC = Non-commercial. Attribute my work and don't sell
 * SA= Share alike, use as you want, but, whatever you use it in you must make it a SA item
 * CC have several types of licenses...need to learn more about this...!!!!

[] Topic ideas..... Building one....
 * Alice Christie Creating Interactive, Interdisciplinary Mapping Mash-ups with GoogleMapgs**
 * migration patterns
 * folk lore around the world
 * pilgrims
 * 1) log into google maps
 * 2) Find your spot
 * 3) MyMaps
 * 4) Get started
 * 5) Adding urls
 * 6) Adding pictures (by url only)
 * 7) Find a image on a webpage
 * 8) google images - full size image, use that url
 * 9) could take a picture and post it on a webpage...flickr...whatever has a descrete url

**Tony Vincent GIMP**
 * make an image smlr, ok, try to make it bigger, can end up to looking bad
 * 8MP, overkill 3456x3204 = 9 computers screens large
 * dig pics, easily changed
 * photoshop diasters...check it out this website
 * uncompressed - bitmap/tiff/raw
 * compressed - gif/jpeg/png (new jpeg, transparent background)
 * checkered background = clear
 * saving...jpeg or png....jpeg can't have clear, save as a png, checkered will stay clear
 * no export...save as, select file type to save, don't use xcf, use png
 * on PC, you do end up exporting in this process
 * http://gimped.pbworks.com/ Handout from workshop........
 * Scaling items....if you want to keep ratio, hold down control key as you are dragging a corner
 * Adding a document (ie., pdf) File>Open
 * Image > transform>horizontal
 * pdf we used...crop adding a bit of space around it
 * perspective, use distort/perspective tool, click image, drag corners