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   When teachers have a collection of course sites as part of a social bookmark  group:
   
   
  • Gives students a live link to select instead of fumbling through typing a  long URL into the address bar.  
  • Lets students choose from a variety of acceptable links, making for  productive research that still allows for variability.
   

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  Three well known examples of social bookmarking tools are delicious, FURL and StumbleUpon
  
  These sites require the user to create a free account.

   
   
  • delicious has a useful feature of suggesting tags  
  • FURL saves a (private) copy of the page, so you can see the  page even if it disappears or changes  
  • Stumbleupon users can rate sites and get personalized  recommendations according to their interests
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• In a controlled, educationally focused environment, students can chat with  invited guests who have been chosen by the teacher for their specialist  knowledge. Students can plan what they want to ask of the guest and, because  chat is more immediate than email, they can practice the skill of asking  follow-up questions in this live online environment. Used in this way, chat can  improve students’ thinking skills and literacy skills, and help develop critical  literacy.
  
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  Safe Chatting Chat is a powerful tool when used to achieve valid educational  outcomes. However, as teachers, we all have a responsibility to ensure the  safety of our students. How do I ensure safe use of Chat?     select a reliable, reputable chat room such as Kidlink   select a chat activity hosted by a reputable organisation      Oz  Projects at EdNA Online   Book Raps at oz-TeacherNet   Raps and Book Raps DET NSW     join in the activities with your students - supervision is  essential   encourage parents to participate in activities   make use of the NetAlert guidelines for safe Internet use   make use of the Cybersmart Kids  Online guidelines on safe chat.   read Chatdanger by Childnet International, which was created to inform young  people about the potential dangers and ways of keeping safe in interactive areas  online, such as chatrooms.

  
  

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• Wikis have different applications in the K12 classroom, they are used for  pedagogical, administrative and social goals
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• Collaborative Textbooks
• Student Portfolios
• Collaborative Understanding
• Collaboration Between Teachers
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• • Podcasting 101 displays easy steps to get your student podcasting in no time!
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• 1. Learn from what you watch.
• 2. See technology as a storytelling tool, not as a teaching goal.
• 3. Allow your students to push you (and lead you).
• 4. Learn by trial and error.
• 5. Give your students freedom, but hold them accountable.
• 6. Consider yourself the executive producer.
• 7. Don't forget to celebrate your students' work.

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  Not sure  what others are talking about when they mention blogs? Read this article and  you'll soon know what all the talk is about
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  As an  educational tool, blogs may be integrated in a multi-faceted manner to  accommodate all learners. Blogs can serve at least four basic  functions.

   
   
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     Classroom Management
     Class blogs can serve as a portal to foster a community  of learners. As they are easy to create and update efficiently, they can be used  to inform students of class requirements, post handouts, notices, and homework  assignments, or act as a question and answer  board. 

   
   
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     Collaboration
     Blogs provide a space where teachers and students can work to further  develop writing or other skills with the advantage of an instant audience.  Teachers can offer instructional tips, and students can practice and benefit  from peer review. They also make online mentoring possible. For example, a class  of older students can help a class of younger students develop more confidence  in their writing skills. Students can also participate in cooperative learning  activities that require them to relay research findings, ideas, or  suggestions.

   
   
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     Discussions
     A  class blog opens the opportunity for students to discuss topics outside of the  classroom. With a blog, every person has an equal opportunity to share their  thoughts and opinions. Students have time to react to ideas and reflect on  learning. Teachers can also bring together a group of knowledgeable individuals  for a given unit of study for students to network and conference with on a  blog.

   
   
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     Student Portfolios
     Blogs present, organize, and protect student work as  digital portfolios. As older entries are archived, developing skills and  progress may be analyzed more conveniently. Additionally, as students realize  their efforts will be published, they are typically more motivated to produce  better writing. Teachers and peers may conference with a student individually on  a developing work, and expert or peer mentoring advice can be easily kept for  future reference.
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   VoiceThread in the Classroom 

   

   Module  by:   Denise  Dierolf  ,   Molly Frazier  .    E-mail   the  authors 

   

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VoiceThread is a free program that can be operated by <br/>students and easily monitored by teachers. It allows for uploading pictures, <br/>narration by the creator and commenting by other viewers in 5 different <br/>ways-including audio and text. It has revolutionized story telling and can be <br/>used by teachers in all subject areas to present and share information. <br/>VoiceThread can be used as a creation, discussion, and assessment tool. <br/>VoiceThread is changing the way in which information in presented and <br/>shares.</span> </p></div><br/><div class="cnx_clear"></div><br/><div id="cnx_main"><br/><div id="id4294243" class="section"><br/><h2 class="section-header"><strong class="title">Introduction</strong></h2><br/><p id="id17807486" class="para">The world is slowly becoming smaller and smaller <br/>thanks to more advanced technology. But to young children they world is often <br/>still limited to their neighborhood. What if there was a program that allowed <br/>students to create and share not only with classmates and neighbors but also <br/>with people all around the world? VoiceThread is a technology that makes this <br/>possible. VoiceThread is a convenient, simple, interactive, online tool that can <br/>be used by person of all ages. Individuals can create a VoiceThread containing <br/>pictures and narration, which can then be commented on by others. It can be <br/>shared to anyone on VoiceThread or kept private. </p><br/><p id="id9877397" class="para">VoiceThread is especially beneficial within the <br/>classroom. "Teachers and students are using VoiceThread as a storytelling tool, <br/>a deep thinking tool, a research tool, an expository communication tool, and <br/>even an assessment tool" (Dyck,2007). VoiceThread has brought storytelling to <br/>the 21st century and allows stories to be shared around the world. "VoiceThread <br/>is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and <br/>videos and allows people to leave comments in 5 ways." Through the use of <br/>comments, VoiceThread creates an interactive environment in which individuals <br/>can share commons interests and ideas. It can also be used as an assessment tool <br/>for examining others opinions and as a tool for teachers.</p><br/><p id="id21110285" class="para">Businesses, teachers, and students use VoiceThread. <br/>It provides a creative outlet for students and encourages the sharing of ideas. <br/>But the uses of VoiceThread are not limited to storytelling. VoiceThread has <br/>unlimited possibilities in that it can include voice, type, doodling, unlimited <br/>slides or just a simple slide. It can include pictures or typed documents. It <br/>can be embedded or exported to other destinations and multiple identities can be <br/>created under one account. This is great for teachers who can establish one <br/>account and have kids use multiple identities to create and comment. VoiceThread <br/>can be used to collect information as well by uploading a simple slide and <br/>evaluating comments. Not only can VoiceThread be used as a creative outlet but <br/>it can also be used to learn more about others experiences and views. <br/>VoiceThread makes it possible to examine the thinking of others through <br/>pictures, text, doodling, and voice.</p></div><br/><div id="element-250" class="section"><br/><h2 class="section-header"><strong class="title">VoiceThread <br/>101</strong></h2></div></div>

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•  The world is slowly becoming smaller and  smaller   thanks to more advanced technology. But  to young children they world is often   still  limited to their neighborhood. What if there was a program that allowed    students to create and share not only  with classmates and neighbors but also   with  people all around the world? VoiceThread is a technology that makes this    possible. VoiceThread is a convenient,  simple, interactive, online tool that can   be used  by person of all ages. Individuals can create a VoiceThread containing    pictures and narration, which can then be  commented on by others. It can be   shared to anyone on VoiceThread or kept  private. 

   

   VoiceThread is especially beneficial  within the   classroom. "Teachers and students are  using VoiceThread as a storytelling tool,   a deep  thinking tool, a research tool, an expository communication tool, and    even an assessment tool" (Dyck,2007).  VoiceThread has brought storytelling to   the 21st  century and allows stories to be shared around the world. "VoiceThread    is  a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and    videos and allows people to leave  comments in 5 ways." Through the use of   comments,  VoiceThread creates an interactive environment in which individuals    can share commons interests and ideas. It  can also be used as an assessment tool   for  examining others opinions and as a tool for teachers. 

   

   Businesses, teachers, and students use  VoiceThread.   It provides a creative outlet for  students and encourages the sharing of ideas.   But the  uses of VoiceThread are not limited to storytelling. VoiceThread has    unlimited possibilities in that it can  include voice, type, doodling, unlimited   slides or  just a simple slide. It can include pictures or typed documents. It    can be embedded or exported to other  destinations and multiple identities can be   created  under one account. This is great for teachers who can establish one    account and have kids use multiple  identities to create and comment. VoiceThread   can be  used to collect information as well by uploading a simple slide and 
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• • Start small. Begin by creating your own VoiceThread on which  students may comment. As your students become more comfortable with VoiceThread,  they can make an individual project.  
  • Model appropriate comments for students. Give them prompts to  start their comments like, "This reminds me of..." or "I'm surprised that..."  
  • Make sure to discuss internet safety and copyright issues when  starting a VoiceThread project.  
  • Under one account, you can create several avatars. You can easily  monitor students from your account.  
  • If your VoiceThread is public, make sure to monitor all
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• Learning 2.0: A Study on the Impact of Web 2.0 Innovations on Education and  Training in Europe
• • Technical note: "Good Practices  for Learning 2.0: Promoting Inclusion. An In-depth Study of Eight Learning 2.0  Cases"