Week 2: Blogging & Collaboration
Power Searching
Improve your search skills with Google’s Power Searching online courses.
- Learn tips and tricks to become a fast and effective fact-finder with Power Searching with Google.
- Deepen your understanding of solving complex research problems using advanced Google search techniques with Advanced Power Searching with Google.
- Join a growing global community of Power Searchers.
Review materials to implement critical thinking and search strategies into your classroom. During class time, please complete Power Searching with Google.
Power Searching is a MOOC, or massive online open course. A MOOC is “an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. MOOCs are widely seen as a major part of a larger disruptive innovation taking place in higher education. About 10% of the students who sign up typically complete the course.” Wikipedia maintains a list of MOOC course providers.
Blog
Continue your blog from EDUC 512 or begin new one. Sign up for a teacher blog at one of the websites below.
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Teacher Blogs
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Student Blogs
- Kidblog: student blogging
- Weebly for class blogs + website
- Quad Blogging: instant network (of 4) for commenting
- #comments4kids
Collaborative spaces
- Trello: organize a project
- Google groups: email group members
- Kona: collaborate on a project
- Wikispaces: edit a site together
Search strategies
Information can be found with more than just Google. Depending on the information needed, search the following sites:
- YouTube: how-to
- Pinterest: crafty (K-2) ideas
- EduClipper: education resources
- Twitter: trends; real-time information
Bookmarking
- Diigo: online bookmarks
- EduClipper: educational virtual pinboard
- Pinterest: virtual pinboard
- Symbaloo: visual bookmarks
Google Sites
- Begin a google site.
- Add pages in class.
- Sites can be collaborative: ten AP World classes taught by four teachers in three states will work together to collectively create a set of resources, written and video, to help prepare for the AP World History Exam: https://sites.google.com/a/guhsd.net/ap-world-review-2011/
Google Sites Examples: Teacher-created for students
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Designed for College Students
- Designed for K-12 Students
- https://sites.google.com/site/whworldhistory/
- https://sites.google.com/site/westhillsphoto/
- https://sites.google.com/a/leyden212.org/mr-markey-s-office/
- https://sites.google.com/site/wisconsinrapidstechpilot/
- https://sites.google.com/a/leyden212.org/mr-fumagalli-s-webpage/home
- https://sites.google.com/a/leyden212.org/kapinos/
- https://sites.google.com/a/leyden212.org/reed-photo/
- https://sites.google.com/site/jccsmlearning/
- https://sites.google.com/site/csusmsinglesubjectprogram/
- https://sites.google.com/site/worldhistorywithls/
- https://sites.google.com/site/mrscourtneyhistory/home
- https://sites.google.com/a/lsr7.net/mason-s-4th-grade/
- https://sites.google.com/a/lsr7.net/rstuttsonline/
- https://sites.google.com/a/lsr7.net/lsnhs-art-department/
- https://sites.google.com/site/mrcourtneybcmsclassroom/home
- https://sites.google.com/a/lsr7.net/mrs-tiara-surface-s-class/
- https://sites.google.com/a/lsr7.net/miss-malotte-s-webpage/
Google Sites Examples: Student-created Projects
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College Student-created
- https://sites.google.com/a/mail.fresnostate.edu/larry-brownci100/
- https://sites.google.com/a/mail.fresnostate.edu/kvincentci100/
- https://sites.google.com/a/mail.fresnostate.edu/alyssa-martinez-ci-100/home
- https://sites.google.com/a/mail.fresnostate.edu/winnkey18/
- https://sites.google.com/a/mail.fresnostate.edu/acariagaci100/
- https://sites.google.com/a/mail.fresnostate.edu/mandoci100/home
- https://sites.google.com/a/mail.fresnostate.edu/moonflowerci100/home
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Middle School Students’ e-portfolios