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=Welcome to CCS Lincoln Technology Training!=

=FIRST: Our new school web site! Get to know it so that you may show parents at Back to School night. =

**We will work through these modules together. Click here: Why Integrate Technology? We want to make good use of the resources God has given us. Presently for technology, that is 17 laptop computers. Upper grade teachers will have 5 computers for their room. The remaining 7 computers will remain for sign out use. It is up to you to make use of this valuable tool.**

**For a start, we would like to have students work from a SAFE environment. A talented and gifted friend of mine came up with edlinks4u - a web program designed for elementary students. Please take some time to explore edlinks4u and find some ways you could use this in your classroom. Use the discussion tab and list some of your ideas!**

@http://www.edlinks4u.com

 * 1) Use this for all classroom computer work. Items are arranged by grade level and subject.
 * 2) Dance Mat Typing – at bottom of edlinks4u – great for teaching typing. Begin year with Dance Mat Typing. Students pass through levels.
 * 3) Icons link at the top of the page
 * 4) You may submit a link if you have a favorite!


 * Let's face it - it's kinda a pain to copy files onto CD or a thumb drive. Why not drag and drop into dropbox? It is a simple sharing tool. **

@http://www.dropbox.com Any file you save to Dropbox also instantly saves to your computers, phones, and the Dropbox website.
 * 1) 2GB of Dropbox for free, with subscriptions up to 100GB available.
 * 2) Your files are always available from the secure Dropbox website.
 * 3) Dropbox works with [|Windows], [|Mac] , [|Linux] , [|iPad] , [|iPhone] , [|Android] and [|BlackBerry].
 * 4) Works even when offline. You always have your files, whether or not you have a connection.
 * 5) ** Simple sharing ** Shared folders allow people to work together on the same projects and documents.
 * 6) Invite friends, family or teammates to a folder. It'll be as if you saved the folder to their computers.
 * 7) See other people's changes instantly.
 * 8) Create photo galleries viewable by anyone you choose.
 * 9) Send a link to any file in your Dropbox using your Public folder.


 * Now test out popplet.com. What ideas can you share for classroom use? Think of 2 creative ways to use it and be prepared to share! List these ideas also on the discussion tab. **

@http://www.popplet.com

 * 1) Visual platform for your ideas
 * 2) Great for webbing, visual thinking, categorizing,… be creative!


 * Engrade is a FREE online gradebook and MORE program for teachers. If anyone wants to try it - let me know. Take a view and see what you think. Ideas: Parents can go online (if you allow that option) and see their child's grade. Many schools do this. It is great IF you daily update your grades. It will not work if you allow assignments to slip and not record them in a timely manner. Just thoughts! **

@http://www.engrade.com

 * 1) Free online gradebook, homework calendar, messaging, quiz maker, flash cards, etc.

** Prezi is very similar to PowerPoint and can be fun for presentations, about me pages, reports...the possibilities are endless! Let's walk through the steps below to view a Prezi. ** = @http://www.prezi.com =
 * 1) noun
 * 2) press full screen
 * 3) press play button
 * 4) log in to make your own – or borrow others all for free!

** Now let's move on to a classroom web site. Why? COMMUNICATION! A classroom web site can serve as excellent customer service because parents can feel "connected" even when they are away. I even had grandparents from other countries use our class web sites! I heard nothing but thanks and rave reviews from parents. **

@http://www.shutterfly.com

 * 1) Build a class web site
 * 2) Share photos (with permission!), post weekly newsletter, upload files to share, videos, favorite links for class, homework, calendar, pencasts, etc.
 * 3) Parents LOVE a class web site and it will set you apart!
 * 4) == Visit: @http://mrsjimison.shutterfly.com  ==

==One easy thing to do is post sticky notes for a class. This site allows you to post notes with due dates, pictures, videos, and documents. It would be a great tool to assign homework assignments with document downloads.==

Linoit

 * One thing fun to do is create a PENCAST! They are simple and fun. Parents and students love them and they reinforce what you do in the classroom. Digitalwish below sells echo pens for about $99. You may be able to search around for even cheaper or refurbished ones. I even used my echo pen in Ethiopia to help with translating! (Hint: you could use it for Spanish class!) View a pencast here: **

@http://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/product?id=ECHO4

 * 1) Digital wish for echo pen….or echo pen web site
 * 2) Download pencasts onto Evernote or shutterfly web site for sharing

Another completely AWESOME app is ShowMe! It works by drawing out a lesson and recording your voice. I use it on my iPad and it works great. Here is a small demo I tried: media type="custom" key="10092609"

Visit this site at : ShowMe
Can I just say I LOVE spelling city? It is a teachers' dream. :) OK, it was for me, at least. Parents and students love it. First, watch the intro video: media type="youtube" key="EW3WL4djHV4" height="390" width="640" **Did that get you excited? Read more below:**

@http://www.spellingcity.com

 * 1) Have a parent type in your spelling lists
 * 2) create worksheets, cursive/printing papers with your words
 * 3) Kids may practice spelling games each week with the words
 * 4) Test out: []

** Want to have kids create books or stories? This could be integrated also into many subject areas! Writing, science, history... Visit: **

== May I say FLIP SNACK is FUN and easy to use! Just create a document, save it onto your computer a .pdf, load into onto the flip snack website, and there you have it! An awesome techy snack. Think of all the create uses! View this short flip snack: == media type="custom" key="9780880"

==**There are great social tools out there - twitter and facebook. But they are not always the best for classroom use. Our school has a facebook and Twitter account - for parent use. For kids, there is a safer route for older classroom students - Edmondo. You can post notes to students, post homework assignments, and upload files for kids to use at home. There is also a gradebook portion. I have created an Edmodo account for our staff use. We can post files for us all to share, write notes, etc. Please take a moment to join Edmodo (it's free) and then join our group - I will give you the code at our inservice. When you do this with classes, you can create a class group and it will remain private with just your classroom/school group. Please make sure to give Pam your code as well.** == **Visit: Edmodo.com**

==More sites to explore...if we don't have time today, please log into our wiki at any time from home and enjoy learning about these other great webtools: ==

===Answer the questions that you find on [|Collaborize Classroom]. Then, decide if you could use this for something in your classroom - or for our teacher meetings!! We will use Collaborize Classroom for some of our teacher meetings. So, I have sent you an invitation via email. You will need to confirm this. By using Collaborize Classroom, we won't have to use meeting time for ALL of our discussions! This is "blended learning" - a brick building with an online environment as well. Wouldn't it be great to tell families we have blended learning at our school? ===

Fur.ly

 * ===Use this tool to link to multiple websites with a single URL ===
 * ===It's easy to use - just add your URLs on the main page and click "go" ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Eliminates the need for multiple windows or tabs ===

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Typewith.me

 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> for online group collaboration on a document ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">invite others to join ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">each author comes up as a different color, so you can see who is editing what ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">import/export the document ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">save your document along the way, and view various revisions ===

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tubechop

 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">to share a clip of a YouTube video ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">select what you share with your students ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">easily share your video clip ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">an embed code for your blog or presentation ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">direct link to chopped video ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">link to original video ===

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ViewPure

 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">to remove ads and comments from a YouTube video ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">cleans up the video (no ads, other comments, etc.) ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">gives a direct link to your clean video ===

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|ZamZar]

 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">to send and share large files ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">sends converted files to email inbox ===

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Vocaroo

 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">to easily record and send a voice message ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">no software and no ads ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">send voice message URL to email inbox ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">no limit on message length ===

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">MorgueFile

 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">to find free images to inspire you, or use in creative work ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">as long as you don't sell or claim ownership of the image, ALL of the images in their database are free to remix, use for commercial purposes, and use without attributing the original author ===

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tiki-Toki

 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">to create an interactive timeline that includes video and image galleries ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">100% online so you can access it anywhere ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">no download required ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">works with videos and images on Flickr, YouTube, and Vimeo ===