tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898649421130935182023-11-16T10:01:19.875-08:00Digital Jewelry BoxDiane M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05659050435823969478noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589864942113093518.post-87338241024402531102019-02-02T12:01:00.003-08:002019-02-02T12:46:17.720-08:00Thing 7: Presentation ToolsSearch Tools (briefly):<br />
It took me a while to find a topic that I really wanted to explore; initially, I browsed through Search Tools Ninja but did not find too many new ideas. One that I did like quite a bit though was Wakelet for sharing links of interest with others. It may be more of a curation tool than a search tool, but it works a little like Pinterest as it is searchable for many topics. I loved some of the collections that I found, like <i>Dr. Martin Luther King Jr</i>. (awesome for teachers), <i>Why Is Denmark So Happy?</i>, <i>The Marie Kondo Effect</i>, and more. I decided to use Wakelet to create a collection of search tool articles that I want to read and explore when I have more time. You end up with a webpage with links contained in graphic boxes that would make the person you are sharing your collection with more likely to open them!! I have provided a link to my Search Tool Articles below:<br />
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<a href="http://wke.lt/w/s/IhqZN" target="_blank">Wakelet - Search Tool Articles</a><br />
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I am familiar with Google Slides, Haiku Deck, and Prezi, but I did find some great new presentation tools in this lesson. My favorite would have to be Adobe Spark!! The art teacher at my school has been raving about it, but this is the first time I actually explored the options. I thought it was just a blogging site, but you can create much more than just a blog post. This is a super easy platform to create videos, slideshows, newsletters, digital portfolios, infographics, presentations (instead of powerpoint), demonstrate how to cook a dish or a DIY project, create photo journals, post items for an estate sale, etc.<br />
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I watched videos that students created about themselves and I can see this being an easy, fun, and creative way to document their lives to share with others at the beginning of the school year. It works from elementary to the high school level, but the older students could make a more in-depth presentation. I like the way one student shared the history of her family with pictures of events that were happening around the world at the same time, making history more relevant in the classroom. Students can add their own voice or use music. They can add text, an icon, or pictures. Adobe has templates for beginners or the user can start from scratch. Adobe also has free accounts for educators who can use it to set up assignments with templates or use the lessons available. Students can hide their identity and share their work directly into Google Classroom. I have created my own photo journal, which you can check out below:<br />
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<a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/r2eYRWutStaf7/" target="_blank">Indy & Leo's Photo Journal</a><br />
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Lastly, I read a good article by Dr. Monica Burns on using Adobe Spark with Google Slides to collaborate and share student work. This could be used for reading responses to book quotes using images to enhance the quote - text in the slide can explain the quote. Students could also upload a video into Google Slides that shows how a science experiment is done. The slide template would be set up by the teacher with the students using one slide each to demonstrate their learning in an online collaborative format. I have saved the article to my Pinterest page, but I will also be adding it to a new collection in Wakelet on presentation tools. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thing 22: Teaching & Learning with Primary Resources</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am so glad I decided to learn a bit more about primary resources for teaching and learning!! Sometimes we librarians think we know all the best sites - such as the Library of Congress and various databases that provide some primary resources, however, I now have some really good sources to share with the teachers at my school. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First off, I was fascinated to see the real "Green Book" used by African Americans during the Jim Crow years - our students study and write papers about this time period every year. By coincidence, there is a very popular movie showing titled "Green Book" that I am going out to see tonight & I had no idea why the movie had that title until now. Wow - I am learning something important that I can share at school and it will be incredibly useful and interesting to share this primary resource supported by the New York Public Library. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I also enjoyed reading the article by Hayley Glatter in the Atlantic magazine about using primary resources in the classroom to teach about current events - which are so relevant to the students at our school. Specifically, teaching about the Black Lives Matter Movement. Most textbooks are too out-of-date to discuss current events or to compare the past to things that are shaping our world today. Primary source documents, such as current news articles, can provide information in an objective format allowing students to form their own critical evaluation of the information. I love the quote in the article that stated "No one reads a textbook as an adult, - What do you read? You read the newspapers, magazines, and (Social Studies is) basically based on news." In addition, Common Core Learning Standards demand the use of more primary sources in education. Note: I realize news articles are not all primary sources...just the articles that describe the event as it happens on the day or time period in which it happens.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some new sources that I came across were compliments of Larry Ferlazzo, an educator and prolific author of educational materials. His fantastic compilation of websites for topics covered in the high school classroom were awesome!! I especially liked his Websites of the Day and Best of the Week Websites. I found some unique sites that I have never seen before. I bookmarked his main website and will be passing Larry's website on to the teachers at my school.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The new apps by the Library of Congress were fun to play around with; Engaging Congress and Eagle Eye both seem like resources that can be used for our high school social studies classes. I really liked the Engaging Congress app, although it may be a little challenging for secondary students. The trivia questions are presented a little like the online game Kahoot - which is well-loved by students. I thought the video stories were fun with cartoon images explaining historical events and users can answer questions interactively by moving the correct responses into place. I would recommend this app to anyone interested in learning more about the U.S. Government.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Eagle Eye was a user-friendly interactive game where the user can sort primary source images into the correct area or put primary sources in the correct order. To do this, the user needs to take a closer look to get the correct answers. It is in this way the user learns about the source as he/she is sorting through. This seems like a middle school activity, but it can still be great for getting high school students to take a closer look at primary source documents. Teachers can create an account and do more, such as create individualized lessons. Video instruction is included with tips and other suggestions that teachers may need to use this site.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lastly, I took a good look at NY Heritage and the Digital Public Library of America. I was aware of both sources and determined that I definitely needed to add DPLA to my library webpage for the primary source sets which were quite impressive! NY Heritage was limited as I did not find what I was looking for by doing a search and if I had a hard time finding a specific image or related document, then the students would not find it either. Compared to DPLA, it is not user-friendly, nor does it have enough collections of interest for the high school. </span><br />
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Since our school is fully integrated with Google educational tools and uses Chromebooks, I thought I should see how Google Drawings could be used in the classroom or for personal use. Glad I did as I liked the many options for creating visual graphics.<br />
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Teachers and students could find many ways to utilize the graphic organizer templates in the Google Drawings Resources posted by Eric Curts. The training video explains how these templates can be used for a wide variety of subjects from the life cycle of insects to writing and word exercises. Math teachers could make use of Google Drawings with whatever shapes they want students to accurately measure (a video is dedicated just for math). Mind mapping could also be used with this tool. Students may prefer to show what they have learned by creating a graphic organizer to demonstrate their knowledge instead of writing an essay. Students can also organize their research and writing by using them. This free tool also allows the collaborative sharing of the templates. It is also easy to insert pictures, links, videos, etc.<br />
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I was excited to watch the video that Curts posted on creating greeting cards. I have done it in Microsoft Publisher and this is similar in the way it functions, except maybe a little easier. You just copy the template and begin to put in your own wording and pictures. The Research option helps you find a good image which can be dragged and dropped into the template. Users can choose from up to 700 different fonts too. You need to flip the message/images for the top half when you are done, but that is really easy with the rotate or flip vertically tab. I will definitely be coming back to this Google Drawing tool in the future. Check out my card with the link below. I tried to insert it as a picture but it was not working. It might be because I saved it as a pdf instead of a jpg.<br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1B2hnbDOeKOMPyw1KO3EIVSqsc8O5eDCHUO4HgLppkMI/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Greeting Card with Google Drawing Tool</a><br />
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Another way the I can use this tool at school will be for creating pathfinders, brochures, newsletters, and posters. The posters can be interactive with any multimedia resource that you would like to incorporate. Infographics may be great as tutorials for technology instruction or as a way to share information in a simplified graphic. Visual learners will appreciate the many ways that the Drawing tool can create and share information.<br />
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Lastly, I have opened a free account with The Noun Project to get some really great icons to use in school publications and signage. This is the most diverse collection of royalty-free icons (over a million to choose from). You can even change the color and size. 'Love the simple reading and library icons. Check it out below:<br />
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Diane M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05659050435823969478noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589864942113093518.post-33065081532663316782019-01-12T13:45:00.001-08:002019-01-13T10:04:55.189-08:00Thing 14: Bitmoji FunBitmoji Fun<br />
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In an effort to break the stereotype of a boring old conservative librarian, I thought I should try creating a Bitmoji for myself. Also, I use emoji's often in my text messages (and sometimes emails), so why not expand on the cute visuals with my communication, right?<br />
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I like the way the Daring Librarian has used them to enhance her signage in the library with her themed Bitmoji's. If I were working at the elementary level, some of this signage could be helpful to students that are not yet reading or have learning disabilities. When I worked in a special education classroom, we had picture exchange cards that our students could use to indicate what they wanted - very helpful for kids that were not talking or reading. They also had PEC schedules so they knew ahead of time what activity was coming next. If the teachers had a cartoon image of themselves, the students could know even more about what was going to happen that day and with whom. This may not sound like a big deal, but to children with autism, it can mean the difference between a calm understanding child or one who will become extremely distraught if the sequence of events is not what he/she expected.<br />
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So, I will use my new Bitmoji image with some of the signs that use in my library, my library newsletter, and on my updated bookmarks that I use for usernames and passwords to the district databases. The Back to School Bookmarks by Tiffany Whitehead were inspiring with the Bitmoji images and QR code. I am definitely excited to add my Bitmoji image to the library webpage as well - it could use a few nerdy cartoon images of me with books or promoting library services.<br />
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Unfortunately, I cannot download the Chrome Extension for Bitmoji on my school laptop so I will have to use it from my home computer or my iPad. I had no trouble using it on my phone - seems like it is meant for this device. Anyway, it will be fun to use these images of myself to relay a message to friends. If I can get it to work with my Remind App for the book club, that will be great, but it wasn't going through when I experimented just now (could not search for the image I needed). I don't like having to login everytime I want to use Bitmoji - that will definitely prevent me from using it on a regular basis (much easier to use with text messages).<br />
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I realize that Snapchat is connected to Bitmoji and it looked like there were some very fun (silly) ways to use Bitmoji with photos. I especially liked the Booksnaps and would like to experiment with that - as a librarian, this is a graphic way to highlight parts of the text that you want to share. I would need to connect with students on Snapchat first. Right now I have no "friends" on the service to send a "snap" to. I have never been comfortable taking selfies & it seems like that is part of the fun here. I probably sound as old as I am right now (in my 50's)!!<br />
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I used my phone to create my image in Bitmoji - quite easy and surprisingly specific with every facial feature. Here are a few Bitmoji's with my image. I think they look like a slightly younger & prettier version of myself, but I am okay with that 😉 The glasses were PERFECT. If you wanted a Bitmoji to make you look like an older person, you may not find a good representation offered.<br />
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<br />Diane M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05659050435823969478noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589864942113093518.post-25597560065288462572018-12-31T11:22:00.004-08:002019-01-01T18:21:06.971-08:00Thing 27: Notetaking Tools and Skills<br />
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Over the last month or so I have noticed our students seem to lack the ability to stay focused when someone is teaching, lecturing or performing for any extended period of time. It was embarrassing to me as a teacher librarian to witness them talking and on their phones during a performance at Geva theater or when a guest speaker came to our school to share important information with them about issues of social justice. I felt they should have been responsible to answer some basic questions outlined ahead of time by the teacher. That would have required them to be focused while listening for specific information and taking notes.<br />
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After listening to the podcast <i>Notetaking: A Research Roundup</i>, the benefits of handwritten notes is clear. I loved the information in this Cult of Pedagogy podcast by Jennifer Gonzalez and have added this series to my podcast library of shows in my iPhone. I will also share this with teachers. It would be beneficial for students to receive some lessons on taking notes. From my perspective, they are not good at it. Our school doesn't allow cell phones in the classroom anymore, but they all have access to chromebooks. Hopefully, they are not doing all their notetaking digitally. I read the NYT's article about the problems with students using laptops instead of a notebook for recording notes. I agree that they are generally too distracted by other options on the laptops while a lecture is taking place. Also, the evidence in favor of written notes and memory is strong. Hopefully, the students can still write legibly with paper and pen (probably considered old-fashioned). The biggest disadvantage is the need for digital devices for students with special needs - who will not want to be singled out, when they are the only ones with a Chromebook. Still, this was a great article - event the comments were interesting.<br />
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Sketchnoting is an interesting concept and I expolored it for a while. I will definitely share the presentation by Sylvia Duckworth with our art teacher, but I think basic notetaking is more important than learning to add sketched visuals in your notes. Visuals are great though, especially for this generation, so my favorite digital notetaking tool is Google Keep as it has many advantages:<br />
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FREE for anyone with a Google Account<br />
Available on Chromebooks, which our students use<br />
Super easy to learn & use<br />
Nice visual layout - appeals to younger users<br />
Can add photos<br />
Easy to organize by color<br />
Automatic syncing to other digital devices<br />
Reminder bell - just click to choose a day/time<br />
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Collaborate with others<br />
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Students are already using Google Docs but for notetaking, I like Google Keep better - it is just more fun! I often see students taking photos of important information & they can send the photos to Google Keep to organize according to subject. I have my own account which I intend to use a bit more. FYI, if you are looking for an awesome "list making" app, I highly recommend Wunderlist, which I use almost daily, especially to keep track of what groceries to pick up at the store.<br />
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Lastly, I just received a new iPad for Xmas and will be checking out some of the cool apps for sketchnoting once I am all set up. I like the idea of annotating photos, especially for teaching. I also learned some handy features with the iPad Gesture Guide - thank you!<br />
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<br />Diane M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05659050435823969478noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589864942113093518.post-84544227931523609302018-12-28T18:51:00.002-08:002018-12-28T18:51:29.639-08:00Hi Everyone,<br />
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Hope everyone had a great holiday!! I am getting a late start with Cool Tools...preparing for Christmas, decorating, attending parties, baking, wrapping gifts, etc has been taking far too much of my time. I promise to start focusing on getting through my required 5 lessons in Cool Tools!<br />
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I am a high school librarian at School Without Walls Commencement Academy in Rochester, NY and I this will be my third time signing up for the program. I am looking forward to learning some new technology and reading about the experiences of my colleagues. <br />
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Outside of work, I love audiobooks, cooking, baking, cycling with my friends, listening to music, spending time with my sons and my nine-month-old kitten.<br />
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Please check out my new holiday bulletin board below.<br />
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<br />Diane M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05659050435823969478noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589864942113093518.post-79075034141610825412017-05-21T12:29:00.003-07:002018-12-06T18:52:07.913-08:00Thing 27: Power Up Your BrowserAdd-Ons and Extensions for browsers are handy tools to have on your bookmarks bar, but I have not taken advantage of them as I should. In Google, I had added dropbox, email templates, Flash clipper, Google Hangouts, and Grammarly. With the exception of Grammarly, which functions automatically, I have not used them much (highly recommended). So, I added some more extensions to my Google Chrome browser that looked liked like easy and helpful tools. I am now trying out the Bookmark Sidebar which this pops up whenever my cursor moves to the left side of the screen. I bookmark a lot of sites so this should be a good one for me. I also added Google Keep, which is an app on my phone that I rarely use, but I might use it more for remembering things if I noticed the icon on my bookmarks bar. Similar to Google Keep, I added Sticky Notes as I like to keep lists of things I need to do. I already have this on my laptop at work and have recommended it to one of my colleagues.<br />
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I added the Print Friendly & PDF extension, which will allow me to print only the essential parts of an article. I can remove ads and images that I don't need, saving on ink and paper. I can also change the size of the text and convert the document to a PDF file. For saving images and text, I have added Awesome Screen Shot and Google Drive. I played around with Awesome SS and liked the added tools that allow you to add text, blur images that need to be private & save or share the image. I also created a "project" or collection of images - this is a great feature, but you can only create one project on a free account. My sample screen shot from this site is below - note the blurred face on the left, the added text, and I did crop the image as well.<br />
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For my Firefox browser, I added some fun extensions like the Emoji Keyboard and for wallpaper background, Japanese Tattoo (very pretty). Some practical added extensions were Ad Block Plus and UBlock Origin and No Script Security Suite. They all had excellent reviews and will increase my security in ways that I may not detect. Ads drive me crazy and can be sources for online viruses, so eliminating their presence with Ad Block Plus and UBlock Origin is very helpful. I tried NoScript for a week, but it was blocking every site that I normally visit, so I disabled it.<br />
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I added Reader to my Firefox browser. This can change the text size, font, background color and read the text to me. Some of these features are not really necessary for me, but I will try it out a few more times to see if I like it. It is very easy to use.<br />
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Chrome Web store has so many extensions and apps that it can be overwhelming. The same can be said about Google Drive add-ons and apps for your mobile phone. I appreciate the suggestions offered by Polly and hope to be able to advise my colleagues and friends on the best ones to add to their browsers for web-based services, online security & creation, collaboration/connection with the digital community.Diane M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05659050435823969478noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589864942113093518.post-89067092912914081712017-05-14T18:44:00.002-07:002017-05-14T18:46:27.938-07:00Thing 18: Student Assessment & Feedback ToolsFor student assessment, I checked out a couple of very good tools: Kahoot and Padlet. I was introduced to Kahoot by a colleague a few months ago. She showed me a quiz that she had created and I thought it worked well, but really didn't get how super fun and easy this site was for students & teachers. It works almost like the clickers that teachers use to get classroom feedback, except the students can use their phones, iPads, or chrome books to answer the questions presented. When the class is working on a quiz together, with a time limit for each question, it can seem like a competitive game - which is a very engaging & motivating way to capture student attention. It could also be a little discouraging to struggling learners (slow readers or those with a processing delay), so I would give students slightly more time than needed to accommodate everyone. Fortunately, Kahoot lets you choose how long they have before the option to answer is gone. I like that flexibility. <br />
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Creating a quiz, jumble, survey or discussion in Kahoot is really easy, especially if you are able to find one that has already been created by another user. You are able to duplicate that Kahoot and then edit it to fit your students. As a librarian, I like to create quizzes based on books that we read in book club. Kahoot had a quiz for just about every popular book I looked up, even the most recent one, Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone! So, I duplicated it and made some edits so that we can use it for our next club meeting. With the Kahoot jumble, you can create a puzzle that asks the student to put the events of the story into sequential order - something I would really like to use for historical fiction. I could also recommend it for our social studies teachers. <br />
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Kahoot allows the use to upload pictures & videos to make the quiz or lesson more more engaging to students. Participants get to choose a fun username and results to each question are revealed as the game is played with the top three winners depicted graphically by podium levels. Cool huh! <br />
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The other assessment tool that I think students & teachers would love is Padlet. It looks a lot like a white board with post-it notes stuck all over it, except we don't use any paper or ink. The teacher can ask the class to add comments on a question posed above the "pad" and each student logs in and adds a comment, question, or response to someone else's post. This could allow everyone to get in a comment, even the quiet/shy students. Students could also post a comment anonymously, which could bring more in-depth questioning to the table. I could see students using padlet for brainstorming ideas, planning an event, sharing questions about a lesson as a ticket-out-the-door, etc. Padlet allows the users to post multimedia, making the resulting board visually appealing. For our book club, I could have my students use Padlet to post questions, comments, and favorite lines from the books we read and when the group meets, we can read and discuss what was shared.<br />
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Lastly, I belong to a bicycling club that needed a new name, so I created a survey in Google forms. It was easy to set up and the graphic designs were perfect for this subject. I also liked the pie chart that showed the results of the participants. My only concern was whether the survey could be opened by someone who did not have a google account. The answer is "yes" anyone can open the survey, even without the Google connection. I would recommend this platform for anyone that needs a free survey for educational or recreational purposes. Below is a link to my survey:<br />
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First, I checked out an article link in Edutopia.org on the 9 elements/themes of digital citizenship (DC). I liked it because it was a simple breakdown of the critical areas that educators & parents need to focus on. <a href="http://digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html">http://digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html</a><br />
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The author of this article wrote a book on these 9 themes titled: <i>Digital Citizenship in Schools </i>& he is the creator of the website DigitalCitizenship.org. His credentials are perfect for teaching this topic and the book is promoted through International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).<br />
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Going back to the original article, I found another excellent website on the topic of DC - Cyberwise.org. This site posted an article on Digital Relationships & Teen Dating Apps. I don't know why I hadn't come across this type of information before, but it makes sense that teens would have their own version of online dating...but of course the dangers to teens for such services is serious. In fact, the article wrote about 3 separate cases of sexual assault in 2012 from one of the teen dating sites (Skout). These dating apps provide teens with the freedom to take some risks, push boundaries, flirt and make contacts with strangers, try out a more mature dating platform, share personal information as well as their locations. Teens that try out these apps are not thinking about the consequences of sharing this information or the dangers of meeting strangers who are often older men (predators). I was surprised just how many dating apps were out there for 13 to 19 year old teens. For most sites, they did not verify the age of the users. One of the sites, "Hot Or Not" gives teens the message that dating is all about beauty, to teens who are already self-conscious about their body image. Another site called "Meet Me" shared racy photos and mature content. "MYLOL" was rated as "Not Safe" by Common Sense Media. Fortunately, there is parental monitoring software that can block the use of these apps and the amount of time that teens are on their devices (Surfie). The link for this article is below. I intend to include these dating apps in my discussions/lessons on internet safety. <br />
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Cyberwise.org was also a good site for other articles, videos and resources that educators and parents can use on the topic of DC. The tab for Cyber Civics for schools and parents was especially good for downloadable lessons & resources. You can follow them on FB or Twitter too - very interesting posts from my short exploration!<br />
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My favorite example of an excellent a blog/webpage is the Plymouth Regional High School Library, which is done on WordPress. I must have spent over an hour just checking out all the neat features powered by all sorts of online technology. I even learned something meant for students, such as the MLA template that is available in Google Docs; I will be directing my students to use this feature and will post this information on my own library webpage. </div>
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On the PRHS Library Website, there is a tab for research pages. This section features a changing banner of beautiful book covers compliments of Library Thing. I am not sure why this is on the research section, but it is attractive. What I really like about this section, is the library calendar which uses a Google Form to get the details needed for teachers reserving space:</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I hope to make this easier by posting the list of fact-checking websites by Daryl Paranada on my library catalog home page. I direct students to this page for databases and other important links for research, so I hope they will remember to use these sites when needed. I knew of Snopes.com and FactCheck.org, but I added 4 more. I may also create a lesson with real and fake news reports that can be verified using these sites. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I really like the TedEd video titled "How to Choose Your News" by Damon Brown. This could be shown to students at the beginning of the lesson for some background on news literacy.</span><br />
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So, I set up an account with Diigo a long time ago, but haven't made much use of it, despite the occasional email with from the Diigo in Education group. I think I needed to have a few groups that fit my needs, like Teacher-librarians!!! If Joyce Valenza is posting, it will be very useful! In addition, I joined the Cool Tools for Schools & Google in Education groups I also went ahead and added Heather, Buffy and Shannon to people I follow, so I think Diigo will be a good source for me now. I added the bookmarklet to my toolbar, so I can quickly put useful digital content in to my Diigo library.<br />
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Flipboard is not new to me but I love it and use it often on my iPhone, so I added the examples that Polly posted to explore at my leisure.<br />
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Pinterest is GREAT and I have used it many times for library displays, storytime lessons and related crafts, library skills lessons, etc. Here is a collection of pins that I put together to help librarians promote Banned Book Week: <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/riderdi/bbw-promotion/">Banned Book Week Pinterest Board </a><br />
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Since I needed to explore a new curation tool, I have created an account with Symbaloo and currently have a board that will be added to my school library website for digital resources. I believe the graphic symbols on a webpage will be much more inviting and user-friendly to my students. It is not easy to get them to bypass a quick Google search for information, but if they can access all the best sites on a single page, it is more likely to be used. They will also see other resources that will help them find related subjects of interest. The link to my new Symbaloo Webmix is: <a href="http://www.symbaloo.com/home/mix/13ePBeg5d1">SWW Library Resources</a><br />
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Thanks for the great curation resources and the inspiration to revisit forgotten curation tools. Diane M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05659050435823969478noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589864942113093518.post-12638168397670293102016-05-22T19:01:00.005-07:002016-05-22T19:36:17.005-07:00Thing 16: Digital Tattoo & Digital Citizenship<br />
Getting started on this subject was difficult with all the information I read and reviewed! I like the way Thing 16 starts with the "Mind Reader" - a great video that features gullible young people from different backgrounds in an exotic foreign location (Brussels) that have plenty of personal information online, but don't realize it. It would be a fun way to start a lesson with students on digital footprints. Thing 16 also provided a plethora of lessons on the subject of digital literacy (citizenship, footprints). I found myself bookmarking EVERYTHING into a folder on my computer for this subject. I was not aware that there was a week designated for awareness on the topic in October (Digital Citizenship Week). With lessons/videos from Common Sense Media - Education, iKeep Safe/Google, Cyberwise, Teachinctrl.org (InCtrl), Digizen, and the Teaching Channel, it would be easy to put some lessons together to raise awareness of the issue and teach digital literacy during Digital Citizens Week. I could also find posters to display through some of these sites or Pinterest (I now have a DC board on my account). Really, ideas are everywhere; thanks to Cool Tools for Schools, I have a wonderful set of resources to start with & will likely find many more. <br />
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Digital citizenship, copyright, plagarism, etc, can be had topics to get students excited about. I have heard numerous times how dry the topics can be. Students think they know how to behave on their "digital playground", but until they witness a hurtful or punishing consequence, they will ignore this topic. This is where I plan to have multimedia lessons that are interactive. One lesson that I watched through Teaching Channel could help engage students with a hands-on lesson <i>Understanding the Impact of Digital Footprints</i>. First the students go online and google the classroom teacher, who maintains a professional digital footprint as a good example. Then students are asked to investigate two people online for a job position and determine which one was honest and more reliable. They need to make inferences to decide some factors, but collect evidence to back up why they chose one candidate over another based on profiles found on the internet. This type of lesson could be very interesting and make a lasting impact on students. <br />
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One of the sources highlighted a book that may be useful to have on the shelves of the school library: <i>lol...OMG</i> by Matt Ivester. This book is in our public library and I will check it out in the future as well as others that may be a little more up-to-date.<br />
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Lastly, I was interested in the article on sexism in the gaming industry with bullying or "doxxing" of female game designers who comment on the industry. The term doxxing means to expose someone's true identity online (full name and address). Most people do not want to have personal information online for safety reasons. If you want to have your background information removed from the general public, you can contact various databrokers such as Pipl, Spokeo, Whitepages, etc. Time-consuming, but likely worth it! <br />
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<br />Diane M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05659050435823969478noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589864942113093518.post-82565528411608531162016-05-15T20:10:00.000-07:002016-05-16T17:27:07.858-07:00Thing 19: Social Reading & Book Stuff<span style="font-family: inherit;">It made sense that this lesson started with Goodreads; it has been my number one resource for cataloging my books and reading book reviews for years. I started out with Library Thing for cataloging my books, but gravitated to Goodreads, which seemed more user-friendly (particularly for mobile devices. Anyway, when I read about the Goodreads widget, I was happy to add it to this blog and I plan to add it to my school library webpage too. I have showed my students this site numerous times, especially when they want to know what book comes next in a series; all they need to do is find the author profile and scroll down to the books written by him or her. I check reviews for numerous reasons, but I really love it for perspective - seeing both the positive and negative comments helps me moderate discussions in both adult and teen book clubs. There are so many different ways to interpret a story and share other related information (similar books, movies, authors, places, historical events, etc.). Goodreads is bookmarked on my laptop, and desktop; I also use the Goodreads app on my iPhone.</span><br />
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I have opened an account with Net Galley for advance reading of new titles, but I have an issue with the fact that I have 2 kindle accounts and I am trying to correct that with Amazon. Net Galley needs the address of the device(s) I plan to use. I hope to talk with them again tomorrow when my little-used kindle is fully charged. I use the kindle app most of the time on my smartphone or my iPad and apparently I inadvertently opened a second account. It will be good to get this straightened out! To be honest, I really prefer paper books, but I know how important it is to stay on top of current technology and use eBooks too. The Book Bub was a great resource for discounted eBooks and after signing up for an account, I receive daily emails with the really good pricing deals - this will encourage me to get back into the eBooks!</div>
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I have an Overdrive account, but I've used it mostly to get audio books onto my phone ('love audio!). Downloading books is easy, but I tend to forget about them and they expire before I finish them. If I could renew the eBooks, I may be more likely to borrow them. For now, borrowing eBooks just doesn't work for me. I do recommend them to others though.</div>
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Diane M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05659050435823969478noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589864942113093518.post-81175452445150368582016-04-04T19:42:00.001-07:002016-04-06T14:02:46.747-07:00Thing 15, Web PresenceAfter reviewing the many options for a web presence, I realize school library websites CAN be great! Currently I have my own school website and have administrative rights to update or change the School Wires website, but the layout and design are very boring (no templates to choose from). We just don't have a lot of options for more than the basics, so I like the idea of using a Blogger, Wordpress, or Weebly webpage. I have experience using all three web formats: multiple blogs on blogger, one blog on Word Press and I have a nice poetry website on Weebly that I created for a library science project; the link is below:<br />
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The website example from Cool Tools that I liked best was done by the Castilleja School Library - an exemplary Word Press blog used as a school website!! I would be happy to add a few of the nice features on my own library website. I may start a Pinterest board for my school library collection and add it to the webpage as a visual book cover display of our collection. Great way to promote circulation!! <br />
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Another good website was the Staples Library Learning Commons. I like the user-friendly, simple layout with multiple tabs, lots of information - yet not too much. This is partially the result of the web designer using Symbaloo to organize many sites into an attractive box with symbols for each one. The grid format for Tech Tools, Student Showcase and Finding a book works well for containing a lot of material on one page without a cluttered look. Nice!<br />
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I work in a school that is using Google Classroom as a stand-in for teacher websites (even though they can have a School Wires webpage). So, it would make sense to introduce the Google Sites webpage option to teachers and students. I like the Club Site template and will share it with the club advisors. It is much more attractive than just a Google Classroom for student clubs!<br />
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The Rochester School Library System has LibGuides available to teachers for the second year now and although it could be used as a school website, I still think of it a an ideal program for topical, subject specific webpages. I love the mobile friendly option, reusable pages, and having the LibGuide Community available for ideas when I need to create a guide. Lastly, I was happy to see my own Industrial Revolution LibGuide used as an example for other Cool Tools participants : )<br />
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The last thing I will share for Thing 15 is a few of my Smore online fliers. I printed them and used them on a bulletin board, but the concept of online promotional fliers is great for our digital world. Sadly, Smore.com only allows you to create 5 fliers for free and then you have to pay for the service. I would not need it enough at this time to pay for it, but you never know...<br />
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<a href="https://www.smore.com/91zm">Smore Poster - February Reading Challenge</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.smore.com/e4stj">Smore Poster - April is National Poetry Month</a><br />
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Here is a poster I made from a free site for making posters - Canva<br />
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I saved this to a file in my documents called "Screenshots", but you can save your screenshot to many programs or simply the clipboard.<br />
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I also played around with the Windows snipping tool, which took a few tries to understand, but here is a snipped image of a book cover - I tried the drawing tool, but it is hard to control: <br />
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Now that I have a few options for screenshots, I moved onto a fun photo editor called Fotojet. I created a postcard with multiple pictures into a template from a vacation:</div>
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And I have also created Mock magazine cover with pictures from the NYC Five Boro Bike Tour that I participated in a few years ago. I could have a lot of fun with this:</div>
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The last media item that I know I would use (also for my bulletin board is the quote graphics and word clouds applications. I love finding inspirational quotes to motivate students to read!! I also like to make books more meaningful by sharing passages or quotes that will resonate with readers (or anyone). I have used Recite in the past, but I also liked Quozio - it's definitely nice to have a few options with different backgrounds to highlight the text. This is one from Quozio:</div>
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These sites could have been used with social studies teachers and their students while they were studying philosophers from the Scientific Revolution; some well-known famous quotes originated with Aristotle, Thomas Hobbes, Francis Bacon, etc. The quotes could have been posted on the classroom walls, in Google Classroom and in research papers. I would love to create some nice graphic representations of different quotes and pin them into a Pinterest board. It would be the first time I pinned an image of my own creation!!</div>
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<br />Diane M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05659050435823969478noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589864942113093518.post-396578960120831772016-03-06T11:59:00.001-08:002018-12-06T18:52:56.535-08:00IntroductionHi Readers,
I am creating this blog as part of the <i>Cool Tools for Schools</i> professional development program for teachers and librarians. I happen to be a high school librarian in the Rochester, NY area. Digital technology is everywhere and it is important to know how to use all the tools available for learning, communication, networking, and fun. At the high school level, I hope to help staff and students with technology in the classroom, so this will be a great mind expanding and highly relevant experience for me. Actually, it is my second year in the program, but I decided to switch over to Blogger as WordPress is using advertising to support their free blogs - Boo!
Anyway, I chose the name "Digital Jewelry Box" because I happen to love jewelry and would never go anywhere without wearing something from my jewelry box - which is kind of the same way I feel about technology in education...you need to have it, use it, and show it off! Am I right? So, although this is a late start, I have used Blogger before (three blogs to my name) and do not anticipate having any trouble using it. Here we go...
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