20th Vs. 21st Century Teachers

Google Docs Spreadsheets and Forms for Business

Best Educational YouTube Videos

For the some best of ed videos check out:

The Top Ten Videos Inspiring Us To Rethink The Way we Learn:

30 Inspiring YouTube Videos to Use in the Classroom

100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers

Educational & Safe YouTube Alternatives for Kids

http://www.schooltube.com/

http://teachertube.com/

Google Sites (wiki): The Easiest Way to Start a Free Webpage

1) Go to Google Sites Overview Page watch the tour and read up

2) If you don’t have a Google Account sign up for one

3) Watch some tutorials from a Youtube Playlist from Google to get you up and started:



At least watch these:
How to create a new google site
How to edit a google site
How to embed content into a google site

4) Explore and start building

Video: Anatomy of a Wiki

YouTube - Anatomy of a Wiki: Using Wikispaces, they take you through a nice tour of all the main components of a wiki such as the navigation, history, and discussion

Video: Wikis in Plain English

YouTube - Wikis in Plain English

Video: Blogs vs. Wikis

YouTube - Blogs vs. Wikis: A fictional debate between JFK and Richard Nixon on the propriety of using blogs vs. wikis.

One main separation I have heard a lot of educators use for the students and educational purposes, blogs are for opinions, ideas, and journaling whereas, wikis can be used for facts, resources, and projects.

Video: Podcasting in Plain English

YouTube - Podcasting in Plain English

Video: Web 2.0 Us/ing Us

Web 2.0 Us/ing Us

The rising trend of Web 2.0 is shifting from a human to computer interaction to human to web interactions. As the new web platform behaves more like desktops and software applications, we should shift our paradigm on how we view technology.

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What Why & How to Screen Cast/Capture

Screen Casting 101

What is Screen Casting?Screen cast also called screen capture is video recording of your computer screen with commentary.
Example:
Watch a What is a Screencast Screencast
See also:
Check out Wikipedia's definition
Check out Google's definition

Why Screencast?
Think about how long it takes to explain something, wouldn't be easier to just show them. Screencasts give you a shoulder to shoulder private tutor experience. In the past few years I have ditched the instruction manuals. Now I search for a how to screencast on Youtube if I want to get oriented or learn a new software application.
Genres:
*Software/Webware Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials
*Product/Service Demo
*How to's: see Mathcasts (coming soon)
*Concept: see In Plain English Series & Web 2.0 Us/using Us(coming soon)
*Usability Testing: see Remote Beta Testing via Screencasts

How to Screen Cast? (For Free)
Step 1: Pick the tool

Great Tools for Creating Screencasts - A PDF Handout

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/05/great-tools-for-creating-screencasts.html?m=1

Screentoaster Webware (Free)
*Webapp no download, easy upload to Youtube, can export and save as .mov file so you can edit

CamStudio Freeware-For Windows and Linux

Resources: How To Use Camstudio Tutorial and Review - Excellent how to on youtube

Step 2: Record/edit the video

Techniques:

*Turn your powerpoints into multimedia movies with narration
*Use an animated whiteboard like paint or draw
*Open up a text editor and type to add subtitles
*Open up a webcam drag the window in the region to have video of you accompanying the screencast
*Use google earth/maps to zoom in and give a virtual fieldtrip experience

Step 3: Upload/publish the video on a video host like Youtube


Other Screencasting Resources:
15 Places to Find Great Screencasts: Or just type in "How to..." or "... Screencast" into Youtube
Screencasting Primer Wiki: A collection of good resources
What Is Screencasting: A classic article by Jon Udel who coined the term "screencast"

Video: History of the Internet

History of the Internet from PICOL on Vimeo.

History of the Internet from PICOL on Vimeo. An animated documentary explaining the invention and evolution of the Internet.

Video: Social Bookmarking in Plain English

Social Bookmarking in Plain English

Video: Blogs in Plain In English

Blogs in Plain English

Length: 2:58

Video: Pay Attention

This presentation was created to movtivate teachers to more effectively use technology in their teaching, for more information click here.