Equipment+&+Applications

**//Don't ask, "For what can I use these tools? Ask, "What can these tools do for my students?"// --(J. Harris)**
(While this has info on tools, don't get caught up in the tools...think also about Communication, Collaboration, & Meaningful Learning of your content!)

Windows Live MovieMaker - Video Tutorial

VoiceThread: [] [] [| http://voicethread.com/share/222249]

Blogs
[|www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech217.shtml] [|www.budtheteacher.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page] Example blog: [] []

Wikis
[|Overview of Wikis] [|Ways to use Wikis] Example wikis: []

[] [] http://density.wikispaces.com/

Have students use their own wiki as a way of showcasing their work--electronic portfolio. Have assignments on your wiki - they could upload to theirs or yours. You could have pages on your wiki linking to their wikis.

Podcasts
Podcast science experiments beforehand and get them to watch as homework so they are ready and know what is going on when they get to class the next day. Math - podcast a lecture then let them watch that as homework; during class the next day, have them work the problems that would have otherwise been "homework." Podcast a guest speaker for use in other classes. Students create podcasts to teach something to students in a lower grade. Students create podcasts to teach something to the non-IT students....like how to create a wiki; how to create a blog; how to customize a blog; how to add graphics and wrap text in Word 2007; etc., etc.

Microsoft Office Information & Help
[|PowerPoint Narration] [|MS Office 2007 Compatability Pack]- this will enable you to open and edit MS 07 documents with earlier versions of MS. Ask the MPS tech people to allow you the right to download this....better yet, you need administrator priviledges on YOUR laptop and teacher computer (not the school). [|Microsoft Education: Teacher and Faculty Resources, Lesson Plans, and Free Tools]

E-Mail
[|For the Classroom] What are the file size limits for MPS e-mail?

** Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) **
Skype - could you skype with a guest speaker during class?

**Scaffolding**
Examples 1. List some of the most important inventions of the 20th century 2. Pick one and list the benefits 3. List the risks of the chosen invention 4. For your chosen invention, do the benefits outweigh the risks? 5. Are we on the cusp of an invention that we might be better off without?

This sequence goes through Bloom's leading students from lower to higher level thinking and gets better results than asking the last question first. Don't forget this technique as you **//guide//** and **//facilitate//** student learning in your classroom.