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Upcoming Bagels & Laptops and Bagels & Literacy Se

The Bagels & Literacy and Bagels & Laptops sessions take place on most Thursday and Friday mornings in the main office conference room at 8am. Please feel free to stop on by, have some breakfast, and learn some new skills. Below you will find some of the resources presented at these sessions.

2008/2009 Bagels PD Series
Bagels & Laptops	Bagels & Literacy
September 19 - ARD with Ebert September 26 – My Gradebook October 3 – Class Drive Courses October 10 – iMovie October 17 – Rosetta October 24 – Google Apps for Education October 31 – Study Island November 7 – Blogging November 14 - Using Tech in a Humanities Classroom November 21 - Special Education/Assistive Technology December 5 - Tech Troubleshooting December 12 - Accessing and Using Student Data to Improve Classroom Instruction December 19 - Class Drive Re-fresh	October 30 - When Older Students Can't Read December 4 - Looking at Student Work (LASW): Writing December 11 - Looking at Student Work (LASW): Writing December 18 - What does the ELA MCAS assess? January 8 - What does the history MCAS assess? January 15 - What does the math MCAS assess? January 22 - What does the science MCAS assess? January 29 - Writing a good sentence

2007/2008

2/8 - MyGradebook with Dave Mastrovich
2/29 - Using Word with Grace Coleman
3/7 - FOSS with Jean Binjour
3/14 - ClassDrive Courses (lesson planning) with Dave Mastrovich
3/28 - ClassDrive Dropboxes
4/4 - Study Island with Josh Alexander
4/11 - Intervention System with Edgar Vasquez
5/2 - Achieve 3000 with Zariniaha Russell
5/9 - Read About with Dave Mastrovich
5/16 - Webquesting with Matt Ebert
5/23 - Class Drive Websites with Grace Coleman
5/30 - Class Drive Websites with Amy Daniels
6/6 - TBA
6/13 - Jing with Dave Mastrovich

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Got Word? by Grace Coleman

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Blogging by Zarinaha Russell

BLOGGING FOR DUMMIES (not YOU of course)

Teacher Setup: (EASY AS ONE, TWO ...TEN) OKAY, SO IT ISN'T MICROWAVABLE, BUT CLOSE!

Go to
- www.blogger.com
Create an account (FIRST NAME (DOT) LAST NAME @GMAIL.COM)
Name your blog (YOU CAN CREATE SEVERAL BLOGS FOR DIFFERENT CLASSES)
Choose a template
Create your blog- YOU ARE NOW OFFICIAL!
Be sure to link the blog account to your web page (Class Drive: attach as an URL web link)
- This ensures that your students are always able to access your Blog, no matter how many changes you make!

Student Blogging:

Go to teacher website
Click Blog Link
Direct students to click on the heading of the blog you have assigned
Click Post A Comment
A Comment Box will pop up
Advise students to click the "Other" button before leaving a comment. Students should type their name in the "Username" box.
NO PASSWORD IS REQUIRED
CLICK PUBLISH COMMENT
By hitting the back button or refresh, students can view other comments

WHY BLOG?

It is a great tool for maximizing student participation and voice (ownership)
Students love debating a topic, knowing that they can and will have a say
I have found blogs useful for peer review- editing and revising grammar and the structure of paragraphs through using student work
Great jump starter for Do Nows, B.C.W.'s (before class work)
Appeals to multiple-learning styles-- you can add photos, videos, links, and words to maximum learning for all students
Teachers have used blogs across disciplines, and for various purposes (check out lgfnet homepage for more ideas)

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Dropboxes by Matt Ebert

Drop-Boxing in 14 Easy Steps

Directions:
1.    Go to your webpage (example: mebert.lgfnet.org)
2.    Click on Admin and enter your password
3.    Click on My Courses
4.    Click on the course in which you wish to create a drop box item
5.    Click on items
6.    Click on the appropriate term
7.    Click on Add New Item
8.    Enter a title for your item (example: Response to Literature)
9.    Enter a Due Date and Time
10.    Enter any description you wish to put under details and objectives
11.    Click Yes for Portfolio Item and Allow Digital Submission (later, if you choose to remove it from the portfolio you can…)
12.    Click "Add Outcomes"
13.    Choose the appropriate outcomes from the drop down menu by clicking them
14.    Click Save

Congratulations You've Just Created A Drop-Box

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MyGradebook with Jermaine Newman

Jermaine has posted his MyGradebook tutorial on his website. Check it out below.

http://jnewman.lgfnet.org/248800

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Embedding Google Video by Dave Mastrovich & Matt E

Embedding Google Video
Dave Mastrovich and Matt Ebert

1.    You first need to open up two things:
    a.    The video you want to embed (in iMovie)
    b.    Firefox with two tabs
        i.    One tab should be http://video.google.com/
        ii.    The other should be your ClassDrive site (with you logged in as the administrator

2.    In order to place a video onto your website you first need to compress the video. Here are the steps:
    a.    iMovie should be open…select it
    b.    Move the clip you want to embed into the clip viewer at the bottom of the iMovie screen (if you’re having trouble try switching from “timeline mode” to “clip view mode”)
    c.    Click “File” and select “Export”
    d.    On the screen that appears, make sure that Quicktime is     selected and “Compress the movie for” the “Web”
        i.    iMovie will ask you where you want to save your “compressed” file. I would select your movie folder to keep your hard drive more organized (but what do I know).
    e.    Once your movie is compressed we’re ready for Google Video.

3.    Google Video
    a.    You should already have Firefox open and cued up to the Google Video homepage. At the top right of the page there is a link that reads “Upload your videos.” Click it.
        i.    The email address to use is lgfnet@lgfet.org
        ii.    The password is lgfteacher
    b.    Browse for your video file (I hope you remember what you called it) and select it.
    c.    You must fill in all of the fields on this page otherwise your computer will yell at you (and who needs that at 8:15 in the morning).
        i.    I usually select the “Educational” genre unless I’m doing something random.
    d.    IMPORTANT: If you don’t want your video to be public (everyone in the world can see is and search for it) please select the “Unlisted” radio button!
    e.    Also…you must agree to the terms and conditions.
    f.    Some flashy animation comes up as your video uploads…the longer the video, the longer the upload time.
    g.    After the video uploads you’re not quite ready yet…you still have to wait for your video to be “scrutinized” by the staff at Google Video.
    h.    Once it is, click on the link to open the video.
        i.    Switch to the ClassDrive tab at this point.

4.    Embedding the Video
    a.    Make a content block wherever you want to put the video.
    b.    Delete that little annoying line that tells you where you put your content in the content block.
    c.    Click on the little filmstrip in the editing bar at the top of the content block.
        i.    On the screen that pops up, there will be a section that reads “File/URL.” This is where you’ll enter the URL for your video.
        ii.    Switch back to the Google Video tab and copy the URL of your uploaded video.
        iii.    Paste the URL into the appropriate field.
        iv.    Click on the empty box at the bottom of the pop-up window.
        v.    Click “Insert”
    d.    Save the Content block!
    e.    Done!

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Webquesting with Matt Ebert

How-To-Webquest in 8 Easy Steps, Some Letters and Notes

Overview: Webquests are Internet based treasure hunts. Students use teacher-approved websites to complete tasks and answer questions.

Open up Firefox
Go your webpage and login
Click on Sites.
Click on Add a Site
Click “Choose A Template” and Select “Webquest”
Name your Webquest and Choose a Template for how you want your page to look
Click Save. Then, click pages.
Here you will see different pages. Each of these pages can be modified to fit your webquest’s needs—The following are examples of what your Sections may look like:
1. Introduction: An overview of the project and key thought questions—Why are we doing this project?
2. Task: What you would like the students to do.
3. Process: Step by step directions of what you would like the student to do. Also, here is where you will add any web links that students need to use to complete this task.
4. Evaluation: How each student will be graded?
5. Conclusion: The final summation of what students should know and be able to do when they have completed the project.
6. Exemplars: Models of how student work could / should look
7. Teacher Notes: Any additions students need to know about…

Note:

There are many ways to create a webquest. Teachers can also create Roles for students so that they work in teams to explore information and websites.

Reminder:

You do not need to have each section on the webquest. You can pick and choose which ones are necessary for your assignment.

Link(s):

You can go to http://mebert.lgfnet.org and then click on High School Webquest to see an example of a basic webquest.

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/little_rock/ is an example of a detailed webquest with roles for students.

http://bestwebquests.com/ is a resource filled with many different types of webquests