Valerie R. Burton, M. Ed. MsVRBurton@gmail.

com West Jefferson High School, Harvey, LA 70115

and answering a Frequently Asked Question Question: What can you do in a classroom with 33 students and computers? Answer: ePortfolios, PowerPoint Presentations, Wordles, PhotoMovies, Blogs, Wikis and Podcasts

Create Faux Facebook pages using PowerPoint

WJ Scholars create Facebook pages for famous Americans (Nonfiction Unit.) My Scholars. 1. Read an article about a famous American 2. Summarized this information and created a Faux Facebook page for their American 3. Uploaded the PowerPoints onto Slideshare and then embedded them into their blogs

Student Work samples http://www.slideshare.net/buccaneers/toni-morrisonfaux-facebook-byeva http://www.slideshare.net/buccaneers/facebook-sample-page-jfk-christine http://www.slideshare.net/buccaneers/jaymalisa-facebook

Create Podcasts for New Orleans Museum of Art

WJ Scholars create podcasts describing artifacts displayed at the Museum of Art (Nonfiction Unit.) My Scholars. 1. Selected a work of art to research, describe and analyze 2. Summarized this information and created a wikipage containing research results 3. Created a podcast describing an artifact 4. Uploaded the recordings to SoundCloud to be shared Student Work samples http://soundcloud.com/221podcasts/sets/noma-1

Create Blog Posts from Journal Topics

WJ Scholars create blog posts about being stranded, famous people to meet and resources if stranded. My Scholars 1. Composed blog post for personal blog 2. Added response to class blog Student Work samples http://msvrburton.edublogs.org/2010/12/09/super-powers-which-ones-do-you-want/ http://msvrburton.edublogs.org/2010/12/09/famous-person/ http://msvrburton.edublogs.org/2010/12/09/desert-island-dilemma/

Digital Stories
WJ Scholars study technology integration (MiniResearch Project.) My Scholars. 1. Read and summarized articles from eSchool about Technology Integration 2. Summarized research results and created a PowerPoint Presentation with at least 20 slides (slides with text and pictures) 3. Saved PowerPoints slides as jpegs 4. Created a Digital Story using PhotoPeach Student Work samples Destiny((: http://photopeach.com/album/14bi0n2 Klark's High Techno... http://photopeach.com/album/101jpoq jingle techno http://photopeach.com/album/9xspnc

Presentation Title: Tools to help you and your students create, produce and publish
This presentation will demonstrate how to use a variety of tools for teachers to help engage students and for the students to produce creative work. You will gain knowledge about a variety of web-based tools and instructional strategies that will enhance and energize teaching and learning in the 21st century classroom. We will examine the uses of:
1. Google Docs for collaboration and to gather information a. Peer Editing assign students to writing groups and they share and revise each others work. b. Forms have students complete surveys for pre/postreading assignments c. Tests create multiple choice tests that can be graded by Flubaroo d. Share information share a document as a webpage 2. Weebly.com for ePortfolios and easy websites a. Class website publish announcements, tips and reminders for parents and students b. Class ePortfolio collect assignments and artifacts to be showed off and shared. c. Student ePortfolio - highlight classwork, community service activities, awards and recognitions. 3. Wordle.net for avatars, presentations and prior knowledge assessment a. Activate prior knowledge create wordles to introduce students to the lessons vocabulary b. Autobiographical sketch submit descriptive words c. Read and Respond student created wordless that summarize information read d. Analyze writing copy text from essays to see what words are overused. 4. Kidblog.org for student blogs a. Safe - Teacher controlled student blogs b. Journals online journals with links, images and videos c. Collaborate share student blogs d. Students respond students can comment and make suggestions about work shared 5. Wordpress.com for an assignment blog a. Online bulletin board display messages and updates b. Online blackboard share daily assignments for students, parents and administrators 6. Photopeach.com for photomovies a. Movies instead of story summaries produce movies with related story pictures b. Share work take photos of hardworking students to be shared c. PSAs student/teacher PSAs that engage are created quickly 7. Twitter.com for updates a. Tweet out reminders b. Tweet out challenges c. Tweet out shout outs 8. Wallwisher.com to gather ideas and other online tools a. Post it notes post short messages and responses b. Quick survey poll the class and have them post quick responses on the wall

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