Red-Tuesday

toc (8:30-9:30) ||= Intro to the November Learning Team & The **[|Digital Farm]** by [|Jim Wenzloff] || (9:45-12:15) ||= Connecting and getting to know each other & powerpoint (yes really). Getting started on our wikis and our Red Group Wiki. || (1:00-3:10) ||= VoiceThread [|http://voicethread.com/share/522453/] & Learning on this Wiki || (3:10-3:30) ||= [|Pro-D Pitfalls by Elaan] Wiki Discussion Your focus- do you have one? ||
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 * ~ **Group**
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 * ~ **Morning**
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 * ~ **Afternoon**
 * ~ **Closing**

**Creating community:** It is important in your class... it is important online?
How can you use metaphors & 'Four Corners' in your classroom?

Different Learners go at different speeds! Are you ahead of the group? Explore the questions and links below for the session you are in. Document your learning on your wiki page or on the discussion tab above. [|Technology Empowers Differentiated Instruction]

**Why talk about Powerpoint? Design!**
How important is the idea of design? What do students need to know about design? How much of a project should design count for? How much does it count for on a typical poster board? Great Slide Shows: [|Dodging Bullets in Presentations] [|Thirst] [|Brain Rules] [|Video Gaming Trends] media type="custom" key="3905113" Powerpoint Humor: [|Life After Death by Powerpoint by Don McMillan] Dean @Shareski [|Design Matters] for the K12 Online Conference All about you: Create your own 4-7 slide powerpoint:

**Welcome to wikispaces**
[|Wikis in Plain English] "Join this wiki" - Find this on the top left of all pages on our wiki ([|or click here]). When you are signed in what you see instead of "Join this Wiki" is "New Page" - We can also do this on the Navigation bar, I'll show you how. All about the tabs and the navigation.
 * TEACHERS [|SIGN UP HERE] FOR NEW SITES!" **

We will create a page with 2-3 people (ideally). *Discussion about groups.
 * Share something you've learned today on that page.**

Teaching demands self-awareness, reflection, and continual growth. Teachers must be self-reflective, as persons and professionals, understanding that **their development occurs over the course of their careers.** (link to post: [|Looking in the mirror])

(See Wikispaces [|video tutorials] & Help & Teacher Help )

Tuesday Afternoon
Participation: Working with VoiceThread and our wiki**.**

[|Register & Apply for a free K-12 Account] Contribute to our VoiceThread (Challenge: make 3 contributions, 1 text, 1 voice, and 1 video) Here it is on Voicethread: [] I also 'trimmed' this: http://tr.im/redvt/ media type="custom" key="3912285" [|http://voicethread.com/share/522453/](This is a link to the same show above on the VoiceThread site.) (Each page has a link to explore, just hover over the lower part of the page) Did you figure out how to draw on the slide when commenting? Try it!

Add a link, an image, a media file (music, video, slideshare) to //your// group page. Start, or participate in a discussion on //this// page's discussion. (Just click on the tab above)

Some other VoiceThreads to check out: (Found here, be sure to check out the Best Practices page on this site.)

Voicethread made for the [|Many Voices for Darfur] project []

[] Which energy drink will diffuse the best through a cell membrane? by Hoi Chi, Jacob and Michael [] How does glucose concentration effect osmosis across a cell membrane? by Vikki, Cara and Wenting
 * Jeff Utecht shared these samples of G9 Biology Voicethread Projects from the class of Carol Jordan, a science teacher at his school.**

Alec Couros "What does social networking mean to you?" media type="custom" key="3912365"

**My Personal Experience with Wikis in the classroom.**
My blog posts about learning with students as we created our Science Alive wiki. (I was learning on the fly- a day, or hours ahead of the kids) [|WOW: Bringing Science Alive! (wiki)] [|"Some Assembly Required"] [|More than one face to Cyberbullying in the classroom] [|Wikis in the classroom: a reflection.]