October+2011-CA

___ Anaheim, California

Workshop Agenda - October 20, 2011

//** Begin at 9:00 am **//
 * Welcome - Feel free visit Cafe 10:31 for a coffee type beverage.


 * OPENING DEVOTION**


 * SHARING - (Check Edmodo Postings)**
 * Share a success story that you experienced since our last meeting. We celebrate success.
 * Share something that didn't go as well as you had hoped. We celebrate our failures as an opportunity to learn.
 * Share something that made you "Spark".


 * HOT TOPIC - [|"21 Things in Education That Will Be Obsolete by 2020"]**


 * PRESENTATION** - "Digital Footprints"

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 * DISCUSS -** Your Online Presence
 * Where are you online? (Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Blog, Ning, Edmodo)
 * Have you ever Googled yourself?
 * Why is an online presence important to you as an educator?


 * DISCUSS** - Your Classroom Online Presence
 * How would you respond to this comment: "I send a newsletter home every week. Why do I need to put that info on a web page too?"
 * What are parent expectations? How have they changed in the last 5 years?
 * How can an having an online class presence benefit your students?

Mr. Coley's Class 2M Gems Mrs. Abernathy's Class Mrs. Davis' US History Class
 * EXAMPLES:**

**Elements of a Good Class Web Page, Wiki, etc.. **
 * Assignments/Homework (Daily) - Should this list contain an archive of past weeks/days assignments? You could use a blog to accomplish this.
 * Calendar
 * Links - to help guide student research. Send them here //before// they go to Google.
 * Field Trip information
 * staying updated
 * Class Schedule
 * Spelling words
 * Memory Work
 * Class blog
 * Wish list
 * Photo Gallery
 * Announcements
 * Teacher Information
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Reports
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Order Info.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">forms
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Student work samples
 * TOOLS FOR ESTABLISHING YOUR ONLINE PRESENCE:**
 * Posterous - If you can send an e-mail, you can be a blogger.
 * Blogger - Already have a Google Login? You won't need a new username & password.
 * Google Sites - Same here.
 * Weebly Quick, easy, professional looking.
 * Wikispaces - Free Education Sites for Teachers. You're looking at it right now.
 * TeacherWeb - Ask Chris Ford
 * WordPress - More complex, but with a little knowledge, you can be dangerous. //It's what I use since I switched away from Blogger.//

// **Lunch Hour at 11:30 am / Back to Work at 12:30 pm** //


 * TOOL FOR ESTABLISHING YOUR STUDENTS' ONLINE PRESENCE:**
 * [|KidBlog.org]

**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__Class Web Sites:__ **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.teacherweb.com/CA/ChristLutheranSchool/MrsFord/apt5.aspx__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://teacherweb.com/CA/HephathaLutheranSchool/MrsKajszo/apt4.aspx__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://teacherweb.com/CA/HephathaLutheranSchool/MelanieHays__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.bethanylutheran.org__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://zionanaheim.org/#/schools/staff__]

Start thinking about setting a short-term and a long-term goal in terms of developing a technology lesson idea or project to work on at our workshops this year to implement in your classroom.
 * PROJECT/LESSON DEVELOPMENT** -


 * REFLECTION & WRAP-UP**

// **Dismiss at 2:00 pm** //

// **Writing Prompts -** //@http://writingprompts.tumblr.com/ LESSON: Blogging with Paper - http://www.notesfrommcteach.com/2010/09/learning-to-blog-using-paper.html St. John's Online Behavior Agreement (Word Doc) - @http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3066727/Online%20Behavior%20Agreement.doc The $69 Document Camera - http://www.ipevo.com/prods/Point-2-View-USB-Camera
 * __// Random Links: //__**