Emerging Technologies Workshop : Emerging Technologies Workshop Synchronous “Live” Session 1Wednesday, March 25, 2009
1:30 – 2:30 pm Brandy Thatcher, facilitatorIllinois Central College
http://www.wiziq.com/ : http://www.wiziq.com/
Workshop Main page : Workshop Main page http://www.icc.edu/innovation/iccfa/
Workshop Navigation : Workshop Navigation
Website Tour & Getting Started Audio : Website Tour & Getting Started Audio
Questions : Questions Questions about the webpage?
NEXT: Google Group
Slide 7 : Creating a Google Account
To have full access to working with our Google Group, you’ll need a Google Account.
Other Benefits:
iGoogle
RSS Reader
Calendar
Gmail
Lots of other tools
Google Account : Google Account
Google Group : Google Group http://groups.google.com/group/iccfa-2007-teaching-and-learning
Slide 10 : http://groups.google.com/group/iccfa-2007-teaching-and-learning
Discussions : Discussions
Pages : Pages
Members : Members
Edit My Membership : Edit My Membership
Creating & Managing Your Own Group : Creating & Managing Your Own Group
Slide 16 :
Other Google Tools : Other Google Tools
Slide 18 : iGoogle – A Customized Search Engine Page Sign-in to Your Google Account before customizing the page. The customized page will be associated with your Google account, you can access this customized search page from any browser that you log into your google account with.
Slide 19 : My customized iGoogle Page
iGoogle : iGoogle
Slide 21 : Adding RSS Feeds to Your iGoogle Page Find a text-based RSS Feed that you want to “Subscribe” to. This will place a box on your iGoogle page that connects with the website, when new information is posted on the website, the box on your iGoogle page is automatically updated with that information.
Slide 22 : Adding RSS Feeds to Your iGoogle Page: Second Method http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/rss/programs.xml
Google Searching : Google Searching http://www.google.com/help/features.html
Tips for Searching Google [PDF]
Tips for finding reliable sources of information on the Internet
Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial by University of California
Web page Evaulation Checklist (handout created by Berkley Library) [PDF]
Google Calendar : Google Calendar
Instant Messaging : Instant Messaging Meebo
Ebuddy
Thinkature
Yackpack
Skype
Wiziq
Yugma
Dimdim
vroom
Wikis : Wikis http://wikiblogedu.org/
pbwiki - http://pbwiki.com/
pbwiki for educators - information specific to educators using a wiki in the classroom.
wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/ - a completely private and ad-free wiki costs approximately $5/mo starting
k-12 can get a free wiki on wikispaces
Google Sites - http://sites.google.com/
similiar to creating a wiki but more elaborate. You can create a website, public or private and invite peple with a google account (or to create a google account) to view and edit the set of webpages.
wetpaint - http://www.wetpaint.com/
ad free education wikis
wikia - http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia - search for wiki's on wikia or create your own
http://educationnetiquette.pbwiki.com/ : http://educationnetiquette.pbwiki.com/
Open Lab: Emerging Technologies Workshop : Open Lab: Emerging Technologies Workshop Tuesday, MARCH 31, 8:00 – 9:00 amTeaching and Learning Center, Room 240A, East Peoria Campus, Illinois Central College
Need More Assistance getting started in the Workshop? Or need assistance with one of the tools reviewed in week 1?
Drop-in for 1-on-1 assistance in a computer lab.
Week 2 : Presentation Tools
Social Networking
Blogs & Groups Week 2
Emerging Technologies Workshop : Emerging Technologies Workshop Synchronous “Live” Session 2Wednesday, April 1, 2009
1:30 –2:30 pm Brandy Thatcher, facilitatorIllinois Central College