09-10 Month 1

MILI Introduction 2009

 

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MONTH 1 - PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS

 

• What is Social Networking
• We'll be using a Ning to interact:
• Ning Step-By-Step Instructions
• Ning Help (Condensed Version)

 

• Useful tools to use for clasroom preparation and in class:
• ART Evaluation of Assignments
• Plagiarism Proofing Assignments
• Research Project Calculator
• Dribbling Lessons  (Information Literacy Lessons Correlated with RPC)

 

• Create your own Personal Learning Network (PLN)
• Blogs
• Follow fellow MILI participant blogs
• Read other teachers blogs. Find some here:
• 100 Best Blogs for Teachers of the Future
• Free Technology for Teachers blog
• Twitter
• What is Twitter? - Twitter Training Resources for Teachers
• Find teachers to follow - twitter4teachers wiki (add your own Twitter account here, too)
• Twitter teaching advice - 100 Twitter Feeds for Teaching Advice
• More teachers to follow - 18 People to Follow for Real-Time Education
• More teaching advice - 100 Twitter Feeds to Make You a Better Teacher
• Facebook
• Friend people you meet at conferences, meetings, work to always keep in contact
• YouTube
• There are a lot of videos useful for your class - 100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers
• Follow YouTube channels:
• All the Teacher Tube channels
• mistermath
• National Geographic
• YouTube EDU
• Science teachers - Periodic Table of Videos
• Art teachers - Drawing Tutorials Online
• Music teachers - Symphony Orchestra
• Nings
• With Ning you can create a social network surrounding anything. There are many for education:
• Classroom 2.0
• NextGen Teachers
• Teacher Librarian Network

 

• Why are we having you blog? Here's why:
• Seth Godin & Tom Peters on Blogging (Video)

 

• Be more productive when following blogs, news, etc., by using RSS readers. What's RSS? Watch this:
• RSS in Plain English from Common Craft (Video)

 

• Subscribe to fellow participant blogs in the Ning - below a participant's blog look for the RSS feed button and click on it 
• If you don't have an RSS reader, set up a Google Reader account:

• Google Reader Help Videos

• Using Google Reader

• Google Reader keyboard shortcuts

• Need more Reader help? Look at the Google Reader Help page.

 

• Finding all of this overwhelming? Create a customizable homepage to keep it all in order.
• Customizable Homepages with iGoogle

 

• More ideas for keeping on top of blogs, websites, etc. - Ideas for Keeping Up