Dee+Ann+Lantz

[|FMS Library]

I just downloaded a free educational book by Jeff Utecht called __Reach: Building Communities and Networks for Professional Development __ that I heard about through Tweeter.

Web 2.0 Connections

__Wordle:__ a tool that creates a 'word cloud' or poster with the words that you type in. The more times a word is typed, the larger the font. This can be used in many different situations at school. I could use it to show the different kinds of items found in the library, Classes can use in a MANY different ways - such as reading classes to show the main characters in a book, or themes of books, or spelling or forms of words, or.... the list is endless! Hmmm... I am going to have to ask how to get the wordle onto this wiki page. I have tried to copy it, insert it, and link it and I am doing something wrong. At least I have figured out how to link to the Wordle page. @http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/2203587/FMS_Library_2



__Animoto__: a tool that allows you to show photos and videos in a slideshow with music. This can be used in many classroom situations. I would like to develop an animoto that shows students how to use the online library catalog to reserve books. I will work on that later. It is a great way for students to summarize their project. Many students have a hard time only sharing the most important details. This is a fun way to encourage them to do so (using the 30 second free version.) I have signed up for the educational version so can make longer slideshows. Here is an personal animoto that I created to try using it. [|Animoto project Jacob prom]

__PhotoPeach__: a tool similar to animoto that allows you to turn photos and videos into a slideshow with music. I thought it was easier to use than Animoto plus you were not limited to 30 seconds for the free version. I liked putting captions on each picture and it was easy to download my pictures from Facebook to use in the PhotoPeach that I created. As before, there are many ways I can used Photopeach. I would like to use it to show how to use different items in the library. I want to use it with classes when they are researching in the library. This will be a great way to share the information they have gathered. Dee Ann's trip to St. Simons

Webspiration: a free web based tool like Inspiration that will allow you to make graphic organizers and outlines. I will love to introduce this to the speech classes this fall. They are to organize one of their speeches by using a graphic organizer. We used Inspiration last year but found it was difficult because students did not have this program at home. Now with this web based version, students can complete their graphic organizer at home!





Skype: a tool that allows free voice and video calls. What a great way to allow an expert in the topic students are studying to share with a class even though they are many miles apart. This opens the world of learning for our students. I did learn the hard way that we must teach our students about predators lurking out there waiting for naive students. I had someone ask me for video sex within 10 minutes of being on Skype and not realizing I had my settings set to public.

Glogster: a tool that creates online posters. I would like to use this to announce upcoming events such as Teen Read Week. It can also be used as the way for students to summarize their information from research. I need to spend more time figuring out how to add video, sound, etc. to it. http://lantzde.edu.glogster.com/test/

Personal Learning Network

Twitter through Hootsuite: I am still learning to remember to open up the Hootsuite and see what people that I am following have to say on Twitter. Especially now in the summer when I am not on the computer much, it is hard to take the time to see what it happening out there in cyberspace. I hope to use it more this next school year.

iGoogle: Pretty much my new homepage that shows twitter threads that I am following, google reader, my google docs and my gmail (besides the weather, date and time.) This one page can help me keep up on professional development, new things to learn, what I have in my google docs, and more!



Diigo: I need to remember to bookmark using Diigo so that I always have my bookmarks with me no matter what computer I am on. Right now, it is easy to get stuck when not on my computer that I use at school. I like that fact that I can share bookmarks with others through Diigo. There is so much information out there. Now we can collectively share with each other.