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Professional Educators Sharing Tools for Learning
BCCUE is the Southern California, South Bay affiliate of Computer Using Educators (CUE).

See the [|BCCUE Web Site] for the latest info.

[|CUE] is for all teachers, not just geeks! Join us and find out how education is changing with the world.

[[image:circle.jpg align="right"]]Long Beach Event - Tuesday, May 6
Here's what we did:

Discussion "Gettiing Started with Technology in the Classroom", a primer on simple techniques for integrating technology as a classroom tool. We will discuss preparing our students for the 21st Century World and focus on ideas you can use tomorrow in class!

Tech4Learning presents This is a company that really understands about teaching and technology.

Google and other Free Web 2.0 Tools - Vanitha Chandrasekhar and Chris Eckert

Spreadsheets, word processing, and now with presentations!

http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/

Workshop Notes 2-6-08 - iPods in the Classroom
[|Presenter Info Sheet]

General Information

Information and Tutorials about iPods http://www.apple.com/support/ipod101

Information and Tutorials about iTuunes http://www.apple.com/support/ipod101/tunes

iPod Specs [|http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html]

Where to Find Educational Content

For free educational podcasts in iTunes click on the iTunes Store and click on Podcasts. Click on Education and choose the sub-category you are interested in.

[|Education Podcast Network]

[|NASA Multimedia Page]

Allison Fenimore has offered to share middle school science content she has created and collected. Email her at feni0001@gmail.com

Last year our company held a digital media conference at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Educators created podcasts for museum exhibits. You can download the podcasts at http://mdmc2007.com/media-list.php. You can view the conference wiki at http://mdmc2007conference.wikispaces.com/ .This year we will be offering a similar class at the [|San Jose Museum of Art] August 11th- 14th for 1 graduate credit. Information about the course is available at http://www.thestephensgroup.com/sjdmc.php. (Note: CUE members will be eligible for a $50 discount).

How to Create Educational Content for an iPod or iTunes

[|Mogopop] allows you to create and share multi-media files for your iPod

Tutorial on how to create notes for the iPod http://developer.apple.com/hardwaredrivers/ipod/iPodNoteReaderGuide.pdf

i[|Writer] allows you to create study guides (there is a fee)

iQuiz Maker works seamlessly so you can write, create, and package your very own quizzes. Download the free application today to begin putting the world to the test. For those of you who only want to load and play quizzes already made, use Quiz Installer. Quiz installer allows you to easily load quizzes onto your iPod. Quiz Installer is also included in iQuiz Maker. http://www.iquizmaker.com/

Open source tools to help you with the techie parts of creating content for iTunes or iPods

Audacity is a free open source recording application You can download it at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows. To create podcasts will also need to download a Lame MP3 encoder found at [|http://audacity.sourceforge.net]. Click here for a handout to get you started with [|Audacity]. (Note Mac Users would not need this because they have Garageband.)

To add chapter titles (to make it enhanced podcast) on a PC, Download WM Encoder free from Microsoft here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx (Again Mac Users don't need this because they can easily make enhanced podcasts with the iLife series.)

Use ImTOO 3GP Converter to convert movie files to mp4 format needed for iPods (Free trial version to use if recordings are less than five minutes)[| http://www.imtoo.com/3gp-video-converter.html] or Jodix http://jodix.com/

Creating an RSS feed using ListGarden [|http://www.softwaregarden.com/products/listgarden/]

How to Share Playlists

You can share your playlists with others by publishing them to the iTunes Store. Published playlists are called "iMixes". iMixes include 30-second preview songs available in the iTunes Store. Songs that aren't available in the iTunes Store don't appear in the iMixes.

For directions on how to share playlists across a network, I recommend [|Beginner's Guide to Sharing iTunes Music]

Professional Development Resources

[|November Learning Podcast Series]

Wiki Workshop Notes 1-12-08
Thanks to everyone for making the workshop a success! Thanks especially for your donations! We will have food at our next event, February 6!

Introduction
Intro Video Wiki Phenomenon Google search trends - blogs & wikis compared
 * [|Teachers talk about using wikis]
 * [|Wikipedia Article Count]
 * [|Wikispaces Education Page Count]
 * [|Trends]

Features
wiki wiki = fast, quick History Shared - This is great for teamwork, collaboration, etc. Portable - Work at any Internet connection. Statistics - How many and what types are viewing your pages? Email Notification & Page Feeds - Be informed of any changes Kids like it!
 * Not only can you see exactly who edited and when, but it shows what they added and what they deleted. You can also revert to any previous version!
 * Love to decorate
 * Their place
 * Send messages

This video helps demonstrate the usefulness of wikis: [|Quick demo Camping analogy of how wikis work]

Uses
Collection for sharing Peer edit Group authoring Journal What else?
 * Data
 * References
 * Stellar examples
 * Pictures
 * Other files
 * Collaboration
 * Debate
 * Compare & contrast

Many examples of how teachers are using wikis. By the way, if you go to the wikispaces home page, and click on the most edited pages, chances are they are education pages! Educational Wiki Examples

Create a Space
Some of the sites used by Educators: [|Wikispaces] [|PB Wiki] [|Wet Paint]
 * check the box to indicate you are a teacher and get no ads for free!

Great videos of how to in Wikispaces: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/tour

Visual Editor - WYSIWYG editing:
 * Bold
 * Horizontal Line
 * Headings 1, 2, 3

Text Editor for more control
 * Images
 * Links
 * Tables

Other features to explore or be aware of
 * Tags - to identify pages with key words
 * Templates - to easily create multiple pages out of one formatted page
 * Media – inserting video (and other media into pages)
 * -- get video embed code
 * -- Edit wiki
 * -- click TV
 * -- Choose video(TV)‏
 * -- Choose source
 * -- Paste code
 * Star Pages
 * -- Like favorites
 * -- Stored in profile

Organization
 * Organizers - accept members
 * Members - edit (join space)‏
 * Public - can view

Caveats
 * User remains signed in until you click on sign out
 * Members (Join space) can edit
 * Originators can’t remove organizers, so don't make others organizers unless you want them to take over

Thanks again and please fill out survey! (link above)

Thanks to everyone who joined us at our:

BCCUE Event - November 27, 2007
Here are some notes from:

Using Wikis in Education
media type="custom" key="375973" This counter has gone up about 200 since I put it up a couple days ago; now (12/20 1pm) it's at 52,722 Features Fast and easy to edit History - easily check to see what changes were made, when, and by who Shared - two or more can share and edit the same document Portable - any internet connection Kids like it
 * Love to decorate
 * Their place
 * Send messages

References: [|Wikispaces for Educators] [|PB Wiki for Educators] computer repair online [|Wet Paint for Educators] [|Handheld GPS Units] [|like2talk] [|postitles] [|movie] [|movielogin] Videos http://www.blip.tv/file/160494/ teachers talk about using wikis http://youtube.com/watch?v=6NRbbskf3cA Intro to creating a space http://youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY quick demo analogy of how wikis work http://youtube.com/watch?v=Duz3nbUmmSg editing at wikispaces http://youtube.com/watch?v=42kmSsq2ySM overview of wikispaces home page

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