bootcamp02b

What would you like to learn today?

Facilitator Contact Information:
Jamie Fath Nick Sauers Laura Bestler

** Review **

 * Does everyone have e-mail access?
 * [|Blogger.com] (what's your blog URL?)
 * [|Scott McLeod's NEA presentation - URL]
 * [|Scott McLeod's NEA presentation - slideshow]
 * Take a screenshot of your post and e-mail it to Laura [Jing]
 * [|Administrators on YouTube]
 * [|The School Administrator's Guide to Blogging]
 * [|YouTube Quick Capture]
 * [|YouTube Quick Capture Help]
 * [|Roger Wilcox!]
 * Questions about [|Google Docs], [|Technorati], [|bit.ly], [|Skype], [|Flickr], or [|Animoto]?
 * Blog Information
 * Example: [|A Day at Brooks]
 * NEXT BLOG Button (Getting rid of the NEXT BLOG Button)
 * Importing and exporting blogs to another blogsite
 * Promote your Blog

** RSS **

 * [|Google Reader]
 * [|Google Reader tips]
 * Organizing your feeds
 * New feature - [|Subscribe to individual pages]
 * Sharing your feeds
 * Moving Forward - Blogs and Subject-Specific Blogs
 * CASTLE's list of great blogs for busy administrators

** Microblogging **

 * [|Twitter]
 * Using Twitter as a listening station
 * [|@mcleod Twitter lists]
 * CASTLE Twitter List
 * Making your own list
 * Twitter 4 Teachers
 * Jamie Fath
 * Nick Sauer
 * Laura Bestler

** Google Sites **

 * [|Google Sites]
 * [|Google Sites help]

Monitoring

 * [|Google Alerts]
 * **// [|Manage your alerts] //**
 * Advanced Google Search
 * Advanced News Search
 * Help: Basic Google Search
 * Help: More Google Search

Scheduling

 * [|Google Calendar]
 * Help
 * Sharing
 * Embedding to a webpage
 * Event publisher
 * iCal
 * Sync to Outlook
 * [|TimeBridge]
 * [|Doodle]

** Wikis **

 * [|Video - Wikis in Plain English]
 * Wikipedia Asphalt
 * [|Wikified Schools]
 * Wikispaces Sandboxes (must create a Wikispace account):
 * http://bootcampsandbox01.wikispaces.com/
 * http://bootcampsandbox02.wikispaces.com/
 * http://bootcampsandbox03.wikispaces.com/
 * Wikispaces
 * [|Wikispaces Video Tutorial]
 * Wikispaces Help
 * Setting Permissions
 * Name & Copyright
 * Discussion pages in Wiki
 * [|Wikis vs. Google Docs vs. Blogs] (by our friend Kyle Pace)

Podcasting

 * [|Video - Podcasting in Plain English]
 * [|Audacity]
 * [|Audacity LAME MP3 Encoder Plug-In]
 * [|Audacity Video Tutorial]
 * [|Audacity Tutorials]
 * Blog Talk Radio
 * FAQ
 * [|Cinchcast]
 * [|Educational Podcast Network]
 * Podcasting on iTunes

Social bookmarking

 * [|Video - Social Bookmarking in Plain English]
 * [|Delicious]
 * [|Delicious Video Tutorial]
 * [|Delicious Help]
 * Bookmarklet
 * Install Firefox addon
 * A static page with your UNIQUE tag: http://www.delicious.com/tag/NAMEOFTAG?opennew=1
 * Example: @http://www.delicious.com/tag/edtech?opennew=1

** Collaborative Notetaking **

 * Titanpad
 * [|Collaborative notes sample]
 * [|Create a blank notes page]

Online brainstorming tools

 * Edistorm
 * Example
 * [|Mind42]
 * Wallwisher

** 1 to 1 Schools Information **

 * Iowa 1 to 1 Network
 * [|1 to 1 schools blog]
 * [|1 to 1 Iowa Map]

** Miscellaneous technology tools (alpha order) **

 * [|Dipity]
 * [|Dropbox]
 * [|Google Moderator]
 * [|iGoogle]
 * [|LastPass]
 * [|Mozy]
 * [|Readability]
 * See also [|InstaPaper] and [|Read It Later]
 * [|Text substitution]
 * [|Phrase Express] or [|Texter] (Windows)
 * [|TextExpander] (Mac) $
 * TypeIt4Me (Mac) $
 * SafeShare (YouTube Video sharing)
 * [|SlideShare]
 * Visual Thesaurus $
 * [|VoiceThread]
 * See also the VoiceThread 4 Education wiki
 * [|Wordle]
 * [|Zamzar]

**How-To**

 * How-to add a YouTub Video to a PowerPoint (YouTube Video Tutorial)

iPad

 * Support
 * Pictures / Photos / Videos
 * Applications we use:
 * Drawing Pad
 * Dropbox
 * Evernote
 * GoDoc
 * IAnnotate
 * Kindle
 * Zinio

Other Key Information

 * Science Leadership Academy
 * Acceptable Use Policy

Wrap-up

 * End-of-day survey