Technology Tips for EducatorsTechnology Tips for Educators

By the end of the day:By the end of the day:

• Narrow my searchesNarrow my searches• Google everythingGoogle everything• Capture screen imagesCapture screen images•Create Tag CloudsCreate Tag Clouds•Convert YouTube VideosConvert YouTube Videos•Use TwitterUse Twitter•Use Social NetworkingUse Social Networking•And much more…And much more…

Agenda

Note – Filter selection by

selecting Videos

Google Search for Videos

Online Search for Help

TipLaptops use differentfunction keys to togglebetween the laptop screen and the projector screen

SearchAny topicDesignate filetype:pdfDesignate filetype:wmvDesignate filetype:ppt

Bing Search for Videos

Note – Hover over Bing Videos to see a preview

SearchBing.comHover your mouse over various videos for a preview

Free online Conversion sites such as ZAMZAR will allow you to convert flash video (flv) to other formats such as Windows Media Video (wmv)

that will play in PowerPoint.

•Visit YouTube•Find a short video of interest•Copy the URL•Open zamzar•Paste the URL into zamzar and convert it to wmv format•Select to have the converted file emailed to you

TipTo quickly enter a .com URL you canenter the name in the Browser and press Ctrl - Enter

Download a Free Video converter

Download a free video converter to your computer Ex. Any Video Converter (It’s really called that!)

http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/

Download a Free capture utility

Download a free capture tool such as: Jing by TechSmith Gadwin Printscreen * Snipping Tool included in Windows 7 … many others

Free at Home desktop searchProfessional version - $49

How do I transfer my presentation?

USB KeyeMailGoogle Docs online storageDropBox online storageOther free services - slideshare

TipUSB keys or thumb drives work well… but they can be lost easily andsecurity is a concern.

If your presentation includes video files it is important thatyou keep all of the required files inside the same file folder

Remember – USB keys can be misplaced/stolenBe careful with confidential student/teacher data

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Recommended Site

Free resources on this site with permission to freely copy and distribute!

Extension activity – Explore each of theseresources in more detail at a later date.

Resources

Free download of reproducible Google guides

Do you Do you search search

effectively?effectively?

Google Search – Tips and Tricks

• Page 2

• Demonstration of:

Related SearchWonder WheelTimelineAdvanced search and file type (not in this guide)

• Your turn – Try these

Google Search – Tips and Tricks

• Quotes for exact terms Use of +, -, ~, AND, OR

Sample refined searches and use of Google: “St. Pius” +OttawaSenators -parliament -US -U.S."Ottawa Catholic School Board" AND "St. Matthew" OR "St. Peter““Vancouver Hotel" ~cheap“Dell computer" $200...$800define:pretentiousweather: Kelowna100 kg in pounds40 km in milestime: Paris

Visit the following site to find quick search tricks within Google:

http://www.google.com/help/features.html

Google Extras – Tips and Tricks

Page 3

Demonstration of:

Google BooksGoogle ScholarGoogle News(http://news.google.ca/ )Google Fast Flip http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/ Google Alerts (not in this guide) http://www.google.com/alerts

• Your turn – Try them all

Google Extras – Tips and Tricks

Page 2

Demonstration of:

Custom Search EngineGoogle Bookmarks

http://www.google.com/cse/

http://www.google.com/bookmarks

Google Sites – Tips and Tricks

Page 16

Demonstration of:

Google Sites

http://sites.google.com/

http://sites.google.com/support/

Google Calendar – Tips and Tricks

Page 29

Demonstration of:

Google Calendar

http://www.google.com/calendar/

http://www.google.com/support/calendar/

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http://www.ocsb.ca/

Google Apps

Last year we had a successful pilot of Google AppsThis year all staff and all students will have a Google

Apps account for optional use.

You need an account before you can take advantage of the Google Apps features such as online forms and document collaboration.

Google Docs – Tips and Tricks

Demonstration:

Create a documentShare a documentCreate a survey

• Your turn

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http://www.googlelabs.com/

Google Labs

These people never sleep!

Check out the many “cool” Google tools available for free!

Look at some of these Google tools in the lab!

• Image Swirl• Google Squared• Google News Timeline

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http://www.twitter.com

Twitter

Twitter is a great tool for educators.

Sign up for free!

Follow me on Twitter – TDOttawahttp://twitter.com/#!/who_to_follow/search/tdottawa

Search for topics of interest on Twitterhttp://search.twitter.com/

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http://diy.despair.com/

Recommended Site

Create your own motivational posters for staff and students

Upload your own photos and add your own caption to make motivational posters (free download) or to order merchandise.

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http://diy.despair.com/

Sample Poster

Created in under 30 seconds – for free!

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http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp

Recommended Site

Generate newspaper clips for staff meetings and other discussion topics

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http://www.canada411.ca/

Recommended Site

Use reverse lookup to find name and address of someone who called but did not leave a message

Use reverse address to find the names/numbers of everyone living on a particular street

http://www.wordle.net/

Cloud Creators

Wordle

Create graphic “Clouds” in less than 30 seconds – for free!

Easily create clouds for free download from this site using text you upload, or text you paste, or from a website URL/

http://www.wordle.net/create

This sample was generated from Mashable RSS

http://mashable.com/

http://tagcrowd.com/

Cloud Creators

Tag Crowd

Create graphic “Clouds” in less than 30 seconds – for free!

Easily create clouds for free download from this site using text you upload, or text you paste, or from the URL of any website/

http://tagcrowd.com/

This sample was generated from our Board website URL

http://www.ottawacatholicschools.ca

Your Turn…Your Turn…

• Visit TagCrowd

• Create a Cloud of your school website

• Visit Wordle

• Select and copy text from any site or from any document and paste it into Wordle

http://tagcrowd.com/ http://www.wordle.net/create

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http://www.safeshare.tv/

Capture YouTube Videos

Free site that will allow you to indicate how much of a YouTube video to capture

Your Turn…Your Turn…

• Visit YouTube and search for a Nightmare Boss video

• Copy the video URL

• Visit SafeShare.tv

• Create a URL link to the YouTube Video

• Copy and paste the new URL into a web browser to view the video outside of YouTube

http://www.safeshare.tv/

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http://www.diigo.com/

Diigo

Social Bookmarking – group resources and networks

http://www.diigo.com/learn_more

Optional educator accounts allow for the creation of secure class/student accounts as well.Search groups such as Web 2.0, SmartBoards, etc.

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http://www.commoncraft.com/

Recommended Site

Common Craft provides quick simple explanations on most topics

Watch video tutorials for topics including:

• Social Media in plain English• Podcasting in plain English• Cloud computing in plain English• RSS in plain English

Wikipedia in plain English

http://www.commoncraft.com/wikipedia-video

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http://www.howcast.com/

Recommended Site

Howcast provides quick explanations on most topics

Watch video tutorials for topics including:

• Popular software applications• Hardware questions• Computer tips and tricks• Converting files, Skype, and much more

How to connect a USB device

http://www.howcast.com/videos/368126-How-To-Use-a-USB-Port

Your Turn…Your Turn…

• Visit either CommonCraft or HowCast

• Copy the video URL

• Visit SafeShare.tv

• Create a URL link to the YouTube Video

• Copy and paste the new URL into a web browser to view the video outside of YouTube

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Consider purchasing a

docking station, wireless

keyboard and wireless mouse

to use with your laptop

With a docking station and a wireless mouse and keyboard your laptop can function like a desktop at the office and a laptop when you need portability.

A docking station eliminates the need to reconnect power, printer cables, network cables, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUUecthuAj0

Docking station

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/Dual Display

with your laptop

With a dual display you can have one image on your laptop and an extended image or different program running on your monitor. Above I have my calendar open on one screen, and the presentation on another.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C0AZZ92J-4

Extended desktop display

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http://www.apple.com/education/why-apple/

iPods in School

Will your school embrace Smart Phones?

http://www.openculture.com/2009/02/the_top_educational_iphone_apps.html

http://www.touchmyapps.com/

http://www.freeappalert.com/

http://www.iste.org/Consider a school membership in ISTE

http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=NETSDownload or order copies of the National Educational Technology Standards

T. D’Amico

Questions ?Questions ?