Generation+wired-Week+2

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 * || **Week 2: Participants will:** * talk more about //Generation Wired,// collaboration and communication.
 * review the difference between Blogger, WikiSpaces, Google for Education and the more "generic" Google accounts.
 * use different apps associated with both.
 * create and use a Diigo for Education account.

**Ways to expand communication and collaboration using "Social Media" tools.** * **Blogger:** __ [|http://www.commoncraft.com/video/blogs] __
 * **Wikispaces:** __ [|http://www.commoncraft.com/video/wikis] __
 * **Google Account and Sites with School Domain v. Google Accounts and Sites with Gmail:** __ [] __
 * **Diigo: [|http://diigo.com] **

**Preview**


 * "Using Google in the Classroom" [|http://bit.ly/4penFg]
 * 20 Interesting Ways to Use Google Docs [|http://bit.ly/guj6uK]

**Create** * Diigo teacher account for storing bookmarks: [|http://diigo.com] * Learn the basics of: Parting thought: What if all our classrooms were like our school's media centers? || Assignment:
 * @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlqfJsmjcOs
 * Diigo Teacher Console - for creating groups and sharing bookmarks.
 * Google Site (website) in the MVSDPRIDE.org domain
 * Google MVSDPRIDE.org Homepage
 * Google Page Types <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: medium;">__ [|http://bit.ly/googlesitespagetypes] __
 * <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Sites menus and tools for:
 * <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;">Editing and New pages icons
 * <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: medium;">"More" drop down menu for:
 * <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Page Actions and Page Templates
 * <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Site Actions
 * <span style="background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;">[|Recent site activity]
 * <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;">[|Page]
 * <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;">[|Attachments]
 * <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;">[|Page templates]
 * <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;">[|Apps Scripts]
 * <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;">[|Deleted items]
 * General
 * <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;">[|Sharing and Permissions]
 * <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;">[|Site layout]
 * <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;">[|Colors and Fonts]
 * <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;">[|Themes]
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Docs which includes Doc; Spreadsheets; Forms; Drawings; Presentations; Folders
 * <span style="color: #323229; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Google Docs: __ [|Google Docs in Plain English] __
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Editing Docs
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Word Count
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Inserting images, links, and comments
 * __ [|Collaborating and Sharing] __
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Publishing and printing
 * <span style="color: #c0472f; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;">[|Google Forms: Creating and publishing quizzes using Forms]
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Embedding Docs, Calendars, and Quizzes in their Google Site
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Access, use, and/or review
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Google Search Tools: Wonder Wheel, Timeline, Books, News, Scholar, Related Search
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Google Calendar
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Google Sites
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Google Chrome Browser
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Students AND/OR Teacher creates survey or form that applies to their own class’ lessons.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Use the form in class and upload this artifact to student and teacher eportfolios.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Create participants’ own class Diigo group account.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Save bookmarks for this topic to both course and classroom Diigo accounts.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Read
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//Backchannelling in a First Grade Classroom://
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|http://grade1ad.litcircuits.com/2010/03/27/backchanneling-in-grade-1/]
 * <span style="color: #c0472f; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|http://missjennieb.edublogs.org/2011/01/18/backchanneling/]
 * <span style="color: #c0472f; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/11/19/backchanneling-with-elementary-school-students/]
 * **<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;">//Students as Meaningful Contributors//: **
 * <span style="color: #c0472f; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|http://langwitches.org/blog/2010/04/10/students-as-meaningful-contributors/]
 * //**Digital Farms**// **by Alan November**
 * [|http://novemberlearning.com/resources/archive-of-articles/digital-learning-farm/]
 * [|http://vimeo.com/3930740]