Digging Deeper Glogster

Using Webcams and Avatars

How to Use the Webcam to Record -Video - (as an avatar): http://video.stpsb.org/media/Curriculum/how_to_avatar_webcam/how_to_avatar_webcam.mov

How to Make Avatar with Webcam Software - MS Word:How to Make an Avatar_1.doc 

Using Newsmaker Software

Website: http://www.aboutnewsmaker.com/

Tutorials:

Set Up - Newsmaker_Instructions.doc

Start Up - Step+0+Startup+Screennewsmaker.pdf

Composing - Step+1+Story+Composingnewsmaker.pdf

Recording - Step+2+Recordingnewmaker.pdf

Publishing- Step+3+Publishingnews+maker.pdf

Creating Video with the Flip

Use this wiki as a resource:http://videoforclassrooms.pbworks.com/ 

How to create "killer" video: video.pptx 

How Get Video From Flip Cam to Computer: http://video.stpsb.org/media/Curriculum/flipvideo/flipvideo.mov 

Building Digital Projects with GlogsterEDU

Glogster opens the door to a whole new world of communication – just choose a background, throw in some shapes and characters from their galleries, add text, your own videos or photos and perhaps a pinch of music and there it is! In just a few minutes, you can make a digital poster, a colorful medley of ideas, reflecting your own special style.

EduGlogster - http://edu.glogster.com/

• Examples

   

• http://lpotier.edu.glogster.com/rocks/
•  http://lpotier.edu.glogster.com/mercury/

• Examples from categories on GlogsterEDU to give ideas for their student creations:

 Link to tutorial https://edunology.wikispaces.com/Glogster. (Scroll down to hand outs.) 

Other Web 2.0 tools you could add. https://purserclass.pbworks.com

• Wordle
• Tagxedo
• Google maps
• Animations (xtranormal)
• Video (avatars)
• Google Docs
• Google Squared
• Prezi
• Skrbl

Glogster Guidelines: Glogster guidelines.docx  

Glogster Resources: 

• http://toolkit4blogwalker.wikispaces.com/Glogster 
• http://sites.google.com/site/louisianamsp/classsroom-tools/multimedia
• http://edu.glogster.com/download/glogster-edu-educator-resource-library.pdf

Pulling It All Together with PB Works

 Now that you have created all these great projects in your classroom how do you integrate and showcase all the hard work? In this session you will discover how to create a wiki to show student videos/ digital projects, create teaching materials, do surveys, and more.

1. What do we know about wikis?

• Go to this link and take the wiki survey: http://wikicollections.pbworks.com.
• Look at a few of the examples and watch the video on wikis if you wish.

2. What purpose does a wiki serve in the classroom? What_is_a_Wiki.ppt

3. Create a PB Works wiki - http://wikicollections.pbworks.com./f/PBWorks_Tutorial.pdf

4. Wiki Etiquette - http://wikicollections.pbworks.com./f/Wiki%2BEtiquette.pdf

Wiki on Wikis in a K-12 Classroom - http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/Wiki_in_a_K-12_classroom

Make Way for Wikis - http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6277799.html

Wiki on Examples of Educational Wikis - http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis

Wiki Policy

·         Principal needs to be aware of the wiki.

·         Parents must grant permission for students to participate in the wiki.

• Students/ parents can choose to opt out of using the wiki and you must provide alternate school work.

·         Wiki page content is monitored and approved by the teacher.

·         Access to wiki is by password and for class members only (Parents are not allowed to take part in classroom sponsored wikis.)

·         No actual student names are visible. (uses initials or pseudonyms)

·         No student user has a profile online.

·         No recognizable student images are on the wiki.

·         You cannot ask students to get email accounts outside of our network to participate in a wiki. (You can use the parents email with their approval or input your own STP teacher email.)

·         Students must read and sign a wiki user agreement.

·         Students must sign the district Acceptable Use Policy and recognize its applicability to using the wiki, even when they use it from home.

·         Wikis are for academic purposes only and must be part of the curriculum.

·         Consequences for misuse of the wiki are spelled out in advance and administered through the school’s student disciplinary system.

·         The wiki is hosted on a reputable, established web site (PBWorks) that allows you to limit the users to students in your class and requires a password.

·         The district internet filtering does not block the chosen blogging tool. If it does you must seek approval. If not approved you must choose another site.

·         You cannot grade wiki entries for other class members to see. (Ex.: Students submit a collaborative wiki project. You cannot publically grade it or comment on it electronically. You must deliver the graded assignment to the student outside the electronic environment.)

Wiki MUST be set as "private" or only those "invited or approved" and "commenting" must be disabled.

• Student Video/multimedia may be posted in PBWorks as long as it is "PRIVATE" and available to only the student sin the class, since PBWorks is out district reccommended wiki tool.

Multimedia Project Rubrics

Multimedia Project Rubric with Self-Evaluation - http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/rub.mmproj.htm

Video Interview Rubric - http://www.olejarz.com/arted/digitalvideo/interviewrubric.pdf