Poll Everywhere

Results from Poll Everywhere Survey using cellphones
EDU 573
What are the forms of Assessment?

Summative
Formative
Diagnostic
All of the above

Delicious - Social Bookmarking Website

Hi ATLP Faculty!

We are living in the information age and understanding how to manage all of this data including professional websites can enhance our scholarship and teaching. Delicious is a social bookmarking website that can store your favorites (websites) that you may use in your classes and it is stored on a server than can be remotely accessed from any computer, anytime and all you need to know is the website address.

Things you can do with Delicious

• Bookmark any site on the Internet, and get to it from anywhere

• Share your bookmarks, and get bookmarks in return (Network with other users)
  

• Discover the most useful and interesting bookmarks on the webHow to set up a Delicious account:http://delicious.com/help/getStarted

Here is an example of my Delicious Account: http://delicious.com/DrWoodbridge

I have been using Delicious with my EDU574 Technology Class. I had my students also share their websites with me, as well as, other colleagues and can be helpful in collaborating on presentations and publishing articles.

You will want to install the Firefox Add-On so anytime you bookmark a website, it will go into your Delicious account. It will need to be installed on whatever computers you access on a regular basis. http://delicious.com/help/quicktour

How to Use Google Docs

Hi ATLP Faculty!

We are going to use google docs as a tool for our ATLP Curriculum Steering committee. I will be sending out invites once I have collected everyone's gmail account names.

Review the following UTube Videos as resources fora basic understanding of how to use Google Docs and why this goggle application is useful in the classroom.

Google Docs in Plain English

Teachers and Principals Talk about Google Docs

Why Google Apps for Education?

Using Forms in Google Docs


Dr. Jerry Woodbridge
jerry.woodbridge@indwes.edu
awidowsheart@gmail.com

How to Set Up a Google Email Account

Setting up a Gmail account through Google is quick and easy. Just follow the steps below and you will be ready to use your new email account. 1.

1. Go to www.mail.google.com to open your new Gmail account.

2. On the Create an Account page, start by filling in the following information:

Your first name, Your last name, Your desired login name (be sure to click on the check availability box to ensure you get the login name you want.)

3. Select an 8 character minimum password. There is a password strength indicator that can let you know how strong your password is. This is an optional step that you can take, but it will ensure that your password would not be easy to "crack".

4. Once you have decided on a password, you can check the "remember me on this computer" if you want Gmail to automatically insert your password once you have entered your login name. You can also check the "Enable Web history " box if you want Google to keep track of the sites that you visit most often.

5. Enter a security question from the drop down menu. Try to choose one that would not be easy for someone else to answer.

6. Type in the answer to your security question.

7. If you choose, you can type in a secondary email account that will authenticate your Gmail account if there are ever any problems or if you forget your password. This is an optional step and can be skipped over if you do not have a secondary email or do not wish to enter it.

8. Select your Country location from the drop-down menu.

9. Type in the characters that you see for the word verification.

10. Review the Google Terms of Service. If you accept the terms, click on the "I accept. Create my account" button.

Read more: http://www.brighthub.com/internet/google/articles/1817.aspx

Wordle: Web 2.0 Application in Curriculum & the Classroom

Dr. Tammy Mahon asked me to share about the technology application Wordle for the ATLP faculty and staff this week. Wordle is considered a Web 2.0 tool which basically gives anyone the ability to read and write on the web just as I am by creating this blog on
Blogger so this information can be shared with others.

In our last ATLP meeting, we were trying to capture a vision for the Adult Teacher Licensure Program and as we were brainstorming a list of words that would describe our Transition to Teaching and Exceptional Learners programs. Wordle was a tool that could graphically capture our vision.

For this session, I have included several resources that will give us an overview of using Wordle:
Ways to Use Wordle in your Classroom
http://www.slideshare.net/JenniferW/wordle-ideas

This resource is a wonderful guide to using Wordle for the first time. Notice how it uses a PowerPoint in
Slide Share.

Using WORDLE in the Classroom
http://www.slideshare.net/murcha/using-wordle-in-the-classroom-presentation

This website gives some great examples of how to use wordle in the classroom and instructions for saving Wordle.

Wordle Blog (Jonathan Feinberg)
http://blog.wordle.net/2009/08/how-to-make-wordle-safe-for-classroom.html

This blog belongs to the software developer who created Wordle so if you have questions, access his blog to look for Frequently Asked Questions or send one to him.


skillsworkshop Blog
http://skillsworkshop.blogspot.com/2008/07/using-wordle-in-classroom.html

This blog connects Wordle applications to literacy.

Five Reasons to Use Wordle in the Classroom by Terry Freedman
http://www.techlearning.com/article/Blogs/20322

This is a wonderful article that applies Wordle from summarizing content, self reflection, a means of assessment, summarizing survey results, and illustrating one's work.

To make some words larger in the Wordle, they need to be written 2 to 3 times more than other words. You have lots of options in font colors and backgrounds and how the words are written (vertically, horizontally, or both.

Let me know if you have any questions about producing your own Wordle.

Dr. Jerry Woodbridge
jerry.woodbridge@indwes.edu
Blog: Ed. Tech Tips for ATLP
http://edtechtipsforatlp.blogspot.com/

See the example of a wordle when saved to the public gallery.
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1135967/Lord_Wordle