How+To's

Wikispaces =__**Assignments**__ =  There is a check list that you will have to complete. The first one is due by Oct. 30th. The second checklist is due by April 30th. I have the master page, and I will give you a copy for your folder. However, if you loose the paper, or would rather check online, here is a copy for you. = = =__I**nteresting Tidbits:** __=


 1. Go to http://theengagedclassroom.wikispaces.com/ a. Click on Elementary Agenda b. Click on Day 1 c. Scroll down to Wikispaces, there is a link that says create your own wikispace. d. Create your user name & password (the username does appear on the website) e. Create your domain name, it will be one students and parents see, so make sure it is appropriate. f. Make sure to click the box that says you certify that it is for only educational use. That way there are no advertisements. 2. Once you create it a box called “Getting started” comes up, just click out of it. 3. To get started click on “New Page” Then start creating!
 * Wikispaces are really cool, you can create one for your classroom, and post things on it for the students and parents to see!

=**__Atomic Learning: What is it & Why use it?__** =


 * Can use it to show students tutorial on technology that you are using.
 * Over 30,000 tutorials, on more than 110 software applications. There are Spanish tutorials.
 * Flexible, we have a license for the three of us for this school year
 * Answers quick questions
 * Would free up Bonnie for basic questions if we bought a site license.
 * Can learn about wiki's here!
 * Teacher2Teacher lesson plans with incorporated technology
 * At home school work available.

=**__Pipe Cleaner activity!__** <span style="color: rgb(20, 4, 52); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"> = > > =**__GoogleDocs__**=
 * <span style="color: rgb(20, 4, 52); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">Show pipe cleaner video from theengagedclassroom.wikispaces.com: http://theengagedclassroom.wikispaces.com/Day+2+Elementary+Agenda
 * <span style="color: rgb(20, 4, 52); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">Get a bunch of pipe cleaners.
 * <span style="color: rgb(20, 4, 52); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">Have the students work in pairs.
 * <span style="color: rgb(20, 4, 52); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">Hand out a story Map, have each pair brainstorm before they begin.
 * <span style="color: rgb(20, 4, 52); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">Hand out digital cameras, explain how they need to go from shot to shot, slowly.
 * <span style="color: rgb(20, 4, 52); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">Import photos to iphoto, and create a slideshow.
 * <span style="color: rgb(20, 4, 52); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">Make sure that you go to settings and unclick the Ken Burns effect, and 1 sec. for each transition.
 * <span style="color: rgb(20, 4, 52); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">You can check mine out on the EC Portfolio, under iphoto animation.
 * Great for team collaboration.
 * You can share your documents with your team or others without having to send a paper, or an attachment.
 * You can edit online, your team members can edit the same paper as well.
 * You can create a document together without having to send the paper back and forth.
 * Able to do: spreadsheets, documents, and presentations.
 * Put your sub plans on a googledoc, and then in the event of an emergency your team can access your sub plans. You can change them from home without having to run into school.
 * Steps to getting to Googledocs
 * Go to[|igoogle.com]
 * Click on gmail, and set up an account
 * Then you can go into your gmail, and click on documents and go!

=<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 88, 16)">**__Making your own Blog__** = <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 88, 16)">First, make sure that you have an email account through Google. Blogs can be done for a number of things. You can use them to post assignments. Then when you have an absent student they can check the blog. Parents can check and see what the students are learning, and see how to help their child. You can also use it as a way to have students recap the day or week. It's a good way to review what they've done for the day, and be held accountable.

1. Log on to [|blogger.com], click on create your blog now. 2. Just follow the steps. It is that easy! Make sure that your username, and blog name is something you don't mind the students/parents seeing. 3. Then you'll want to go into settings. Under Settings, basic you'll want to select all No's, and the second to the last tab will be a yes. 4. Then in settings under the Permissions tab, you'll want to select, "Only these Readers." This will make it private so only the students in your class can view it. It will be a bit of a pain because any parents that want to view the blog need the gmail account, and you have to get it from them and invite them to view the blog. It will be worth it in the end because it will protect the students, and the blogs from other viewers. The rest of the settings are up to you, and how you want to view your blog. 5. If you want a different background, click on [|The Cutest Blog Ever!] There are a bunch of backgrounds to choose from. Then you just follow the directions. It is pretty easy! =__**Comic Life**__=

Click on Comic Life to view a bunch of templates that you can use with Comic Life.

=__Team Notes__= 9-19-08: