Powerup2011

Power Up!

C04 - Tues., 8:30-9:45 - INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM: STARTING NOW FOR BEGINNERS
The wiki where we'll be playing

General Resources


 * Levels of Teaching Innovation Framework (LoTi)


 * Highly Engaging Web Sites for K-12


 * “Tech Basics” videos

Professional Development Resources


 * Classroom 2.0


 * Educator’s PLN


 * Twitter


 * Edchat wiki

Wikis


 * Wikispaces


 * WetPaint


 * PBWorks

Document Sharing


 * Google Docs


 * Slideshare

Shared Whiteboard


 * DabbleBoard
 * Skrbl

Shared Multimedia


 * Animoto


 * VoiceThread


 * TeacherTube


 * Next Vista for Learning


 * BrightStorm


 * Sophia

Additional Resources


 * Skype


 * iGoogle


 * Web 2.0 Tools


 * WebTools4U2Use

Open Content


 * Open content LiveBinder

C07 - Tues., 10:15-11:30 - BUILDING YOUR PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORK
Blogs - Platforms (for creating your own)


 * Wordpress.com (hosted) and Wordpress.org


 * Blogger


 * Edublogs


 * Twitter
 * TweetChat
 * TweetDeck


 * Plurk


 * Edmodo

Blogs - Aggregators (for reading)


 * Google Reader


 * Bloglines

Edchats on Twitter


 * Edchat wiki


 * Edchat schedule


 * Follow on Twitter @web20classroom, @tomwhitby, @ShellTerrell

Online Teacher Communities


 * Educator’s PLN


 * Classroom 2.0


 * International Reading Association’s “Engage”


 * ASCD’s “Edge”

Webinars


 * EdWeek’s webinars and archives


 * LearnCentral

'''Additional Resources '''
 * Skype


 * iGoogle


 * Google Docs


 * Delicious

D04 - Tues., 12:45-2:00 - MAKE TECHNOLOGY WORK FOR YOU
Answers to questions that came up in the session


 * Changing the default view of your folders
 * Password Protect Files and Folders in Windows

General


 * “Tech Basics” videos


 * Firefox


 * Delicious


 * Highly Engaging Web Sites for K-12

Wikis


 * Wikispaces


 * WetPaint


 * PBWorks

Professional Development Resources


 * Classroom 2.0


 * Educator’s PLN


 * Twitter


 * Edchat wiki

Personal Productivity


 * Skype


 * Google Docs


 * iGoogle


 * Evernote

D08 - Tues., 2:20-3:35 - THE WIDE WORLD OF EBOOKS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Hardware

Netbooks and tablets


 * Apple
 * Acer
 * ASUS
 * Dell
 * HP
 * Lenovo
 * Samsung

Ebook readers


 * Kindle
 * Sony
 * Barnes & Noble Nook
 * iPad

Ebook reader software


 * Microsoft Reader
 * Mobipocket
 * Kindle
 * Adobe Digital Editions
 * EPUB
 * Calibre

Free Ebooks


 * ManyBooks
 * Memoware
 * Gutenberg Press
 * University of Virginia Digital Collections
 * Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
 * Microsoft (including dictionaries)
 * Flexbooks
 * Connexions
 * Wikibooks
 * K12 Handhelds free K-12 ebooks


 * Check out your local public library web site for additional ebooks.

Commercial Ebooks


 * TumbleBooks
 * Fictionwise
 * Mobipocket
 * Amazon
 * Barnes & Noble
 * Overdrive (libraries and schools)

Free Audio Books


 * ManyBooks
 * LibriVox
 * Spoken Alexandria Project
 * Gutenberg: Audio Books Project

Check out your local public library web site for additional audio ebooks.

Making Your Own Ebooks


 * Calibre
 * Mobipocket Creator (Mobipocket, Kindle, Blackberry, etc.)
 * Microsoft Reader
 * ReaderWorks (Microsoft Reader)
 * Feedbooks

More Information


 * MobileRead
 * Teleread
 * Creative Commons

A4- Monday - 9:00-10:15 - Differentiating Instruction with Mobile Technology
Ebook readers
 * Kindle
 * Sony
 * Barnes & Noble Nook
 * iPad

Mobile media players
 * Zune
 * iPod
 * Creative
 * Sandisk

Digital video cameras
 * Flip

Ebook Reader Software


 * Microsoft Reader
 * Mobipocket
 * Kindle

Free Ebooks


 * ManyBooks
 * MemoWare
 * Gutenberg Press
 * University of Virginia Digital Collections
 * Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
 * K12 Handhelds free K-12 ebooks

Check out your local public library web site for ebooks.

Commercial Ebooks


 * Fictionwise
 * Mobipocket
 * Amazon

Free Audio Books


 * ManyBooks
 * LibriVox
 * Spoken Alexandria Project
 * Gutenberg: Audio Books Project

Check out your local public library web site for additional audio ebooks. Mini-Movies


 * iTunes
 * TeacherTube
 * NextVista
 * YouTube
 * WatchKnow
 * [http://media.k12opened.com K12 Handhelds movies} (includes sight words)

Audio and Video Conversion Tools


 * Zamzar (also converts YouTube videos for offline use)
 * YouConvertIt
 * MPEG Streamclip
 * Jodix (conversion to ipod)
 * Digital Media Converter

Audio Editing Software (for creating your own podcasts)


 * Audacity (Mac, Windows, Linux)
 * GarageBand (Mac)

Movie Making Software


 * Windows Movie Maker (Windows) (part of Windows Service Pack 2)
 * Photo Story (Windows)
 * iMovie (Mac)

Screen Recording Software


 * CamStudio (Windows)
 * Camtasia Studio (Mac, Windows)
 * Jing (Mac, Windows)

Graphic Organizers


 * Inspiration and Webspiration
 * Bubbl
 * Gliffy

Web 2.0 Tools


 * Google Docs
 * Wikispaces (wikis)
 * Wordpress (blogs)
 * More Web 2.0 collaboration tools

Cell Phone Applications


 * Blogger Mobile
 * Wordpress.com and Wordpress.org
 * Google SMS
 * Poll Everywhere
 * VoiceThread

A8 - Mon., 10:45-noon - MOTIVATE YOUR LEARNERS WITH MINI-MOVIES
Commercial Video Services


 * Discovery Education streaming
 * SAFARI Montage
 * PBS
 * BrainPOP

Free Movie Sites


 * iTunes and iTunes U
 * YouTube
 * TeacherTube
 * SchoolTube
 * WatchKnow
 * BrightStorm
 * Teacher’s Domain
 * NextVista
 * Khan Academy (also on www.curriki.org)
 * K12 Open Ed
 * MIT OpenCourseWare
 * TED

Audio and Video Conversion Tools


 * Zamzar (also converts YouTube videos for offline use)
 * YouConvertIt
 * Mpeg StreamClip -
 * Jodix (conversion to ipod)
 * Digital Media Converter

Movie Making Software


 * Windows Movie Maker (Windows)(part of Windows Service Pack 2)
 * Photo Story (Windows)
 * iMovie (Mac)
 * Animoto

Screen Recording Software


 * CamStudio (Windows)
 * Camtasia Studio (Mac, Windows)
 * Jing (Mac, Windows)

Free Music Sites


 * K12 Handhelds
 * ccMixter

QR Codes


 * Google URL shortener
 * I-nigma

B4 - Mon., 1:00-2:15 - THE ONLINE AND BLENDED LEARNING REVOLUTION
Virtual Schools


 * Florida Virtual School
 * Open High School of Utah
 * Michigan Virtual School
 * Kentucky Virtual Schools

Online Content Providers


 * K12, Inc.
 * Aventa Learning
 * Apex Learning
 * NROC Hippocampus

Learning Management Systems


 * Blackboard
 * Desire2Learn
 * Moodle
 * Sakai
 * Edmodo

Web Conferencing Tools


 * Elluminate
 * Adobe Connect
 * BigBlueButton

Other Resources


 * iNACOL
 * iNACOL, How to Start an Online Learning Program
 * P2PU

B8 - Mon., 2:35-3:50 - USING HIGHLY ENGAGING WEB SITES TO TEACH IMPORTANT SKILLS
All web updated web links available here.

Games


 * Arcademic Skill Builders
 * Study Island
 * GameGo
 * iCivics

Shared Multimedia


 * Teachers’ Domain
 * Brainpop
 * BBC for Schools
 * TeacherTube

Manipulatives/Graphing


 * Virtual manipulatives
 * Create A Graph

Graphic Organizers
 * Bubbl.us
 * Webspiration

Interactives


 * Thinkfinity
 * Illuminations (math)
 * Annenberg
 * Read Write Think

Creation Tools


 * Google Docs
 * Animoto
 * VoiceThread

Other Tools


 * Edmodo
 * Ways to Use Edmodo in Your Classroom