SEVEN AND EIGHT OF TEN WORKSHOPS

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This is our next to last technology workshop.  So why 7 and 8 of 10?  This workshop will have an extended homework assignment to make up for two workshops that we're going to skip.  So if you're doing this for your technology credits, the extended homework will be counted toward your hours.  Hey, at least it's not another webinar!!!!!!!!!!!!!

COMING SOON TO A THEATER NEAR YOU....

I am an advocate of Google Docs - always have been and always will be.  Why not create your documents in a place where you'll always have access to them as long as you have the internet?  Why worry about losing a flash drive or the dog eating it?  Why worry about leaving your hard copy at home or some other place?  Google Docs can solve these problems as well as giving you the capability of collaborating on your document with friends - even in real time.  To me, it's a no brainer!!!!!!!!  But let me show you something new - something that you may not be aware of.  It's a new feature that Google has come up with.  Click on the link below.

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Once in, please type in the information that I've requested.  OK, you can see everyone's response as they type them in real time.  Great feature but not the latest.  Look and listen to what happens once I click on Comments.  Click on the green play button beside Record.  You should hear me commenting on the document.  This is a wonderful feature that will allow you to make recorded comments on your students documents.  Let's watch the video tutorial about 121 writing. 

In order to see how to install 121 writing to your Google Docs,

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Lots of the teachers from the three high schools really enjoyed working with Edcanvas.  But guess what?  They too have added a new feature - quizzes!!!!!  Click below to see a quiz that I  have created.

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INFOGRAPHICS

Infographics (information graphics) is the display of information in such a way that it can be easily understood at a glance.

NERDGRAPH

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Why not combine Hangout with Screencast-o-matic in order to create some great tutorials or videos?

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Knowing now that Google Hangout will allow up to ten people to communicate in a Skype-like setting, will allow collaborative work on documents in real time, will allow screen sharing, will allow viewing of YouTube videos together, and will allow screencasts and a live feed to YouTube for webinars, think of one way that you could use it in one of your classes (that is if the technology were working perfectly!)  Be creative and think outside the box while at the same time be serious.  Click on the link below and type in your idea so that we may all share with one another.

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Exactly What The Common Core Standards Say About Technology

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Briefly scan this article and choose what you think is one of the most important sentences in it.  Copy the sentence and then open up the Google Document and paste it into the document.

PASTE YOUR SENTENCE HERE

Do ONE of the following:

Create a Google Doc and put some text in it.  This can be original or copied and pasted.  Finally do a recorded comment of your document.  Send its URL to your lead teacher.

Create a multimedia Edcanvas with a five question quiz.  You may use the same Edcanvas that you created in an earlier workshop.  Send its URL to your lead teacher.

Create an Easel.ly infographic that could be used in one of your classes.  Send its URL to your lead teacher.

Download Google + which includes Hangout.  Experiment with Hangout until you're ready to try it out.  When ready, email me and we will schedule a time for a brief chat online which will prove to me you know how to use Hangout.  You can reach me at lhewett1@yahoo.com.    Then I'll send your name to your lead teacher.  Or do a screencast of a Google Hangout session and send the URL to your lead teacher.

That's it.  Good luck and good teching.