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Microsoft’s Free

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Fiona Beal

@fibeal

http://fionabeal.edublogs.org

http://schoolnetsa.blogspot.com

fionabeal@gmail.com

Seattle 2011

Some

highlights of

my trip

http://schoolnetsa.blogspot.com/2011/08/w

ill-you-be-next-to-attend-partners-in.html

Learning Suite

CD

Tools that I want to

show today Autocollage

Photosynth

Songsmith

Windows Movie Maker

Photostory 3

World Wide Telescope

Zoomit

Flashcards

Maths Generator

Bing Maps

Windows Live Writer

Maths Generator

One Note

Microsoft

Autocollage

Autocollage

Select a folder of photos, push a button and watch as your

images get swirled into a collage.

http://youtu.be/1GAUW0wRd4A

How to use Autocollage video

Classroom Ideas

A header for a blog or

website

To put a picture on your blog or classroom

door that incorporates everyone

A way of remembering everyone’s

names or displaying their work

Pictures from a project or outing can be collated as these learners

did for their “Adopt-a-Donkey” project.

Primary school learners made collages of symmetrical

pictures as a maths assignment.

Learners selected themes related to what makes South Africa great

from an 8-year old’s perspective. This learner chose “Sunsets”.

This teacher used Worldwide

Telescope to find images of the

solar system; he wrote a song

about space; and he made his

own movie using Movie Maker.

These learners made an Autocollage of polygons and then wrote a song

about the properties of these shapes and sang it using Songsmith.

Some other ideas that

could work well

• Make a card from the class

• Creative writing exercises – ‘How does this make

you feel?’ ‘Moods and feelings’

• Book cover

• Create a vocabulary exercise using Powerpoint

and store it on a blog

• Create certificates

• A collage of a novel’s characters

• Background for a PowerPoint presentation

• A record of a lesson

.

On the

conference

flash drive

you will find tip

sheets with

instructions

.

On the

conference

flash drive you

will find step

by step notes

from Microsoft

Microsoft

Photosynth

Information

• Go to http://photosynth.net/ and join.

• It will ask you to download the application

Watch the video online

http://www.youtube.com/user/innovativeteach#p/u/51/-cAf6m6YZU4

Classroom Ideas

Give a classroom tour

http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=fd71f194-

6973-42ca-85f2-f6633b18ab26

Create a vocabulary exercise

http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=5767adbc-

f7b8-4d9d-ab38-7aec9558820e

Show an art exhibition at school

http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=40bd31ae-

4249-477f-8fa9-bb08fa8d2541

Show the vicinity around your school

http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=74c4e358-

87ba-4e1a-8273-ffaf440a7749

Ideas worth trying…

• Use it to show around your classroom

• Use it for an outing

• Show something that is happening at your

school.

• Use it as a vocabulary lesson

• Use it to demonstrate everybody’s work.

• Submit your views to Bing Maps

.

On the CD you

will find tip

sheets with

instructions

.

In the flash

drive you will

find step by

step notes

from Microsoft

Windows

movie maker

Maker a Windows Live Movie and Photostory • Turn photos and video clips into movies and slide shows

• Add in music, sub-titles, special effects and credits

Classroom Ideas

High School Life Sciences learners made

movies to explain an aspect of

HIV/AIDS as an infomercial.

High School History learners created movies out

of still photos that illustrated the effects of various

Apartheid laws.

Some ideas that have

worked well

• A very quick movie

• Project

• Make book trailers instead of book reports

• Make movies about their book

• Movies about maths

• Movies about the year

• Movies of their dreams

• Combine with songsmith

• Helps avoid plagiarism – common way to do

projects

.

On the disk

you will find tip

sheets with

instructions

.

In the flash

drive you will

find step by

step notes

from Microsoft

Create a YouTube channel

Create a School Tube channel

Microsoft

Songsmith

Songsmith • Choose a style from pop, jazz, reggae etc. and a tempo.

• Sing into the PC microphone and Songsmith will then generate musical

accompaniment to match your voice.

Watch the video online

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oGFogwcx-E

Watch the video online

http://www.youtube.com/user/innovativeteach#p/u/108/LuoHejVm9hU

Watch the video online

Classroom Ideas

CLASSROOM

ACTIVITY GROUPS 1, 3, 5, 7 & 9

Find pictures of various polygons and make a collage using

Microsoft Auto Collage.

GROUPS 2, 4, 6, 8 & 10

Write a song to help you remember the names of the

various shapes and use Microsoft Songsmith to compose

your piece.

Group 1 5A

Group 3 5B

Group 5 5B

These groups created songs

using Songsmith

Some ideas that could

work

• Use it s a reward period

• Make up songs about the curriculum

• Create backings for class movies

• Use in music lessons

Bing maps

Watch the video online

http://www.youtube.com/user/innovativeteach#p/

u/52/PegH9eaffXM

Classroom Ideas

Some ideas that have

worked well

• Create a map of an outing route

• Submit a photosynth of an area to Bing

• Add project instructions at various points

Microsoft

Photostory

Watch the video online

http://www.youtube.com/user/innovativeteach#p

/u/98/ETP_JuN3zEg

Zoom.it

Zoom.it

Zoom.it

http://zoom.it/dhlX

Click on the

picture to

get to the

original.

Zoom in

and out.

Microsoft

Flashcards

Watch this video online

http://www.youtube.com/user/innovati

veteach#p/u/54/FhdEZ8KoA3s

Microsoft

World wide

telescope

Worldwide Telescope This tool brings together imagery from ground and space based

telescopes.

Explore the night sky by panning and zooming to different planets and

galaxies.

Watch a video online

http://www.youtube.com/user/innovativeteach

#p/u/18/esCMmOhRDdo

Classroom Ideas

Microsoft

Skydrive

Microsoft Live@Edu

Microsoft

Live Mail

neena@students.contoso.com

• Each learner can get a 10

GB inbox customized with

the institutions name.

IM

• See contacts

• IM via text or

voice

Spaces

• Share pictures

and stories

Mobi

le • Send and receive

instant messages

• Search the Web

• Use Live Search

Maps Browse

Windows Live

Spaces, and edit

your own Space

Aler

ts • Choose what

info you want

to receive

and how you

want to

receive it.

Skydrive

• Share

documents in a

password

protected 5GB

online space.

Get connected and stay in touch using

Microsoft Live@Edu

www.microsoft.com/liveatedu

Watch a video online

http://www.youtube.com/user/innovative

teach#p/u/73/BJ3PFZBa1BM

Classroom Ideas

This High School Maths teacher uses Office

Use Web Apps for group projects

and to uploads resources for

learners in SkyDrive.

These Grade three learners used their

personalised Live@edu email addresses

to communicate with learners in other

countries.

These learners made use of the online

Windows Live photo gallery to share the

photos they had taken on a school camp with

their contacts.

How can teachers use Live@Edu? • Collaborative class projects using Spaces

• Uploading resources for learners in SkyDrive

• Communicating with learners using messenger and

email

• Staying in touch with parents and giving them

access to their children's work online

• Planning projects using shared calendar

• Creating a blog using Word Press

Windows Live

Writer

Some ideas that have

worked well

This is a wonderful programmr to install and use to

write blog posts offline with correct formatting and

pictures – and publish I when you wish.

Maths

Generator

Maths Worksheet Generator Allows a teacher to create

worksheets in seconds.

Choose a type of question from a

sample, say how many questions

you want and a worksheet and

answer sheet are generated in

Word.

Microsoft Maths and Chemistry Add-Ins The Maths add-in for Word 2007 adds computational and graphing

capabilities to the Equation Tools ribbon.

The Chemistry add-in enables one to insert and modify chemical labels within Microsoft Word 2007.

Mouse Mischief

Watch the video online

http://www.youtube.com/user/innovativeteach#p/u/63/Ng046X2_55g

Mouse Mischief

Download the Multiple-Mouse toolbar for PowerPoint.

Make a presentation that includes yes/no or multiple

choice questions or drawings.

Connect up multiple mouses to one computer.

Let learners choose an icon and start fun begin.

This slide allows learners to each select an answer from

the options given.

Here learners draw lines on the

picture using their mouses.

These learners are using one

computer and two mouses to

work collaboratively on a

picture.

Here learners draw lines on the picture

using their mouses.

These learners are using one computer

and two mouses to work collaboratively

on a picture.

Microsoft

One Note

Watch this video online

http://www.youtube.com/user/innovativet

each#p/u/99/dO9YTofp5mk

More about the

Learning Suite

CD

Prepare for 21st century learning by building teacher capacity

http://schoolnet.org.za/PILP/

ICT Skills for Teachers

An opportunity to master computer skills related to the tasks

teachers perform. Teachers choose scenarios based on

what they want to learn and their skill levels.

One Step Further – ICT Integration

Written in OneNote, this course makes use of

Encarta and the Internet to develop information

skills.

WebQuests– ICT Integration

This course introduces teachers to a template for

setting up enquiry based projects that challenge

learners to explore the web for information. Learners

take on different roles in the group and complete a task.

Thank You!

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