TW+12_15+Google+Docs_Voki




 * December 15 Session - Google Docs and Voki **

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(to hear the Voki message, click the arrow above)

an online collaborative tool. An account is required to create a Google doc; however no account is required to use the document.
 * Google Docs **
 * Google Docs Basics PowerPoint **

([|www.voki.com]) an online multimedia communication tool that allows the user to create an avatar (an image), record a message and insert the avatar into a website to deliver the recorded message. A voki is embedded above in this web page welcoming you to the Tech Wizards page.
 * Voki **
 * Voki Basics PowerPoint **

What works? Straight from the source - view some tips about what works in the learning process. The students in the Tech Wizards program used the Linoit online collaboration tool to provide insights and helpful hints for teachers and students about techniques that are effective in helping children learn. To view the Linoit canvases click on the links below. The pink sticky notes contain information for teachers, the blue sticky notes contain suggestions for students. To navigate around the Linoit canvas simply click anywhere on the background of the canvas and drag the canvas to move it.
 * The Tech Wizards Speak Out **

Group One Helping Children Learn Suggestions

Group Two Helping Children Learn Suggestions

Group Three Helping Children Learn Suggestions

=Linoit Review Reflections= The Tech Wizards used a Google Form to share their thoughts about Linoit, the online collaboration tool we studied at our last meeting. Listed below are the ideas and recommendations offered by the Tech Wizard students.

post sticky notes, videos and pictures || To update information about topics and what's going on. || Teachers can give students study tips and assignments or help with homework when they are at home. || to post sticky notes. || This system allows you to communicate messages, assign tasks, use for groups using different colors, post visuals - internet links, videos, pictures, and audio files. You can create a bulletin board for each class. || Teachers can post videos, graphics, pictures, concepts, on the bulletin board and have students do the same. All students can post information, opinions, and participate in discussions. || style bulletin board to display post-it notes. The notes show information that users post and others can see. The notes can also include videos and pictures. || Linoit can be used in a variety of ways. One way is to post notes containing information that the user posts for others to view. Teachers can use it to post assignments, due dates, weblinks, etc. It can also be used for students to post questions or responses to a teacher's questions. || Students can post a question from home that others can see and possibly answer, even if the teacher is not available to respond immediately. || that teachers and students can use to share ideas, activities, videos, photos, and documents. || The purpose of Linoit is to allow students and teachers to share ideas with each other in a structured environment. || Teachers can download a YouTube video for students to view. This would allow the teachers to share appropriate YouTube videos with the class.
 * **School Building** || **Advisor Name** || **How Would**
 * You Define**
 * Linoit?** || **What is the**
 * Purpose of**
 * Linoit?** || **Share one suggestion**
 * as to how Linoit might help**
 * teachers teach or students**
 * learn** ||
 * Catasauqua Middle School || Mrs. Fisher || It's a bulletin board where you can
 * Northwestern Lehigh MS || D&P Peters || This is an online bulletin board system
 * Orefield Middle School || Mrs. Snyder || A program that uses a cork board
 * Palmerton Junior High || Mrs. Morgan || Linoit is a collaborative online tool

It could also be used for teachers to post homework assignments, turn in documents for the class to use. || School || Mrs. Gerhart || A fun way of keeping track of assignments, projects, and other important things. || A way to share information between students and teachers. It is an innovative way to collaborate and share ideas. Mostly it is a message board where everyone has the ability to post their comments || Teachers can post assignments, students can respond to questions. || School || Mrs. Squillace || An online communication system that allows people to communicate with each other and give updates on events or groups || To communicate with multiple people at one time. To announce important dates. || Turtorials can be posted on Liniot for everyone to see. Take notes and share those notes immediately. || allows you to share ideas, post comments, add media, and various other things. || To be able to collaborate with others or use as a communication tool. || To post assignments or quizzes for students to view. || School || Mr. Weaber || A sharing website. || A canvas where you can post videos, pictures, comments, and assignments. Totally interactive. || Teachers can post assignments. Students can access information, assignments and submit work from any place there is a computer. || sticky note that contain pictures, videos, links, assignments and due dates. || To help organize assignments, due dates and other reminders quickly and easily. || Teachers can post tutorials made with jing to help students learn a new skill or topic. || School || Mr. Pauling || It is a website that you can post events and media. It is an online digital bulletin board. || It can be used for collaboration. An example is students can work on the same project from home. || It is a great way to post homework assignments and projects. Here is a example from our school: http://slsd.org/webpages/htoto/index.cfm?subpage=1194277 || School || Kerin Steigerwalt || Free online bulletin board that allows for sharing thoughts, ideas, words, pictures, and sound. Anyone can enter, anyone can post (sometimes only with permission), anyone can create a board. It's easy to use, most people could learn it on their own. || The purpose is to share your ideas or assignments, to give a place for free expression. Could be used for anything you'd use a bulletin board for...signs, notices, mementos of trips, etc. Virtual sticky notes! || An easy way for teachers to post assignments.. Could work really well with SMART boards...could be used for home- schooling...could be used as a project assignment instead of a big poster board. || School || John McGee || Linoit is an online sticky-note site that allows people to share their thoughts, opinions and ideas. || To be able to collaborate with peers, students, share opinions, or simply help you remember to do something. || A teacher can post a "hot topic" that is in the news, or that is being discussed in class. For example: wikileaks; should the government be worried? Should they be fighting to shut them down, or is it simply free speech? Students can respond in their own way based on their opinion. || collaborate with people all over the web. || Linoit's purpose is to collaberate in a safe way over the web using sticky notes. || It's an easy way to post homework for students that may be absent or for group discussions/activities. ||
 * Panther Valley Middle
 * Panther Valley Middle
 * Raub Middle School || Brian Scholl || It is an online "Post-it" Note board that
 * Slatington Elementary
 * SLMS || Corry Robbins || Online Tool teachers can use to post
 * Southern Lehigh Middle
 * Springhouse Middle
 * Weatherly Middle
 * Whitehall-Coplay || Erik Kloiber || A fun, easy, and interesting way to


 * Wizard Wonderings: Our Insights About Today's Session **

How to use Google Docs What a Voki is How to make a Voki || Using Google Docs Creating a Voki The Voki project || Time to practice with the programs Relating things to what we already know Review of Linoit Collaboration Team work Visualizing things helps me to remember || Is Voki free? (Yes Voki is a free internet tool that can be used without an account or with an account. If you do create an account you are able to save your Vokis, if  you use the tool without an account you are not able to save your avatars.  The Voki website is: www.voki.com)
 * || **What New Thing**
 * Did You Learn?** || **What Was the Most**
 * Enjoyable Part of the Day?** || **What Most Helped**
 * Your Learning Today?** || **What Questions**
 * Do You Have?** ||
 * **Students** || Features of Google Doc

Can you put Google Docs on a website? (Yes, you can put a link on a website to a Google Doc. To get the link for the Google Doc, click the Share button in the upper right hand corner of the  document screen and the code for the link will be displayed. OR, you  could download the Google Doc by clicking File in the menu bar, selecting  Download as, then download the file, save it to your computer and then  upload the document to your website or wikispace to embed it.)

Can you put a picture of yourself in a Voki? (Not at this point. Voki avatars must be chosen from the categories available in the Voki program. You can upload a saved image to use as  the background of a Voki, but not as the Voki avatar itself.) || How to create a Voki and insert it into a web page || The hands-on activities with the software programs || Examples of the programs in use Talking about classroom uses and examples of using the technology in the classroom Talking about how other non-tech teachers would think about the programs, their concerns, questions and how to get them to use the programs || Can we use Audacity clips with Voki? (Yes, when you save your Audacity file be sure to export it as an MP3 file. To upload your Audacity MP3 sound clip to Voki click on the symbol of a  file folder in the Give It a Voice area of Voki. Then click on the browse  button, navigate to the location of the file on your computer, click on the  file name, then click Open, click Upload, then click Done. Remember the  maximum length for a Voki audio file is 60 seconds.) ||
 * **Advisors** || Features of Google Docs