March+16,+2007

Online Learning Links
 * March Minutes:**

Synch ---> Asynch
 * Online courses - Tonya**

Benefits of online learning Hazards of online learning > - a pacing guide is a GOOD idea! > - sometimes the tool gets in the way of the content
 * levels the playing field
 * //everyone// must participate
 * provides time to think / reflect / actually learn!
 * time management -- students put off until the last minute
 * technology issues

Blended or hybrid classes:
 * online autopsy
 * English class - online discussion for literature
 * blogs / wikis in addition to f2f
 * class projects with students from other schools / states / countries
 * virtual tours


 * Do our students have the capability to participate from home?
 * this varies based on the community
 * can offer after-school access to computers

Tools for Online Learning For synch: Course Management Software: > To do:
 * polycam
 * Tandberg
 * marratech
 * ichat / AIM
 * iVisit
 * skype
 * Bkackboard
 * Moodle
 * Zanzibar
 * novelle
 * File exchange
 * disc board
 * Chat / virtual classroom
 * Content delivery
 * Grades
 * Testing / survey
 * Enrolling students
 * Controlling access

Other Tools: Online interactive tools: > >> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > http://www.professorgarfield.org/ReadingRing/Strips/strips.html > http://www.wikihow.com > http://www.rinkworks.com/dialect > http://shakespeare.weblog.com > http://switcheroozoo.com > http://senteacher.org
 * Wiki
 * Blog
 * Discussion groups
 * Podcasts
 * Vodcasts
 * Screen-capture movies
 * email
 * Web pages
 * Telephone / fax
 * Zoho - John
 * www.zoho.com
 * benefits:
 * free / beta
 * platform independent
 * all internet-based
 * can utilize existing documents
 * email of successful import
 * usefullness limited only by time and creativity
 * collaboration
 * docs can be published
 * read / write access is decided by author
 * no software to install, maintain or license
 * ZOHO writer:
 * Auto - save
 * Larned AUP
 * Buttons - similar to MS Word
 * can insert HTML
 * can use anchors
 * history - can review all changes
 * can share document by entering email addresses (John's school uses Gaggle for student email)
 * print preview
 * publish to blog
 * import / export
 * ZOHO Sheet:
 * spreadsheet just like Excel
 * ZOHO Show
 * like PowerPoint
 * more structured / less choices
 * requires patience!
 * ZOHO Creator
 * database
 * can import from spreadsheet
 * can share to collect data
 * ZOHO challenge - quiz creator
 * ZOHO polls
 * More utilities continue to be added
 * Google Pages - Judy
 * www.pages.google.com
 * must have gmail account
 * web-design tool - free!
 * simple interface
 * great for kids!
 * can share URL with grandma :-)
 * can have 5 sites per email address
 * Google Shared Apps
 * Educators - can administer tools for students
 * www.google.com/educators/p_apps.html
 * can assign email accounts specifically for Google Apps
 * free!
 * classroom activity crib sheets
 * classroom posters - www.google.com/educators/posters.html
 * allows API's
 * Webhuddle - similar to Maratech but free (no video)
 * www.webhuddle.com
 * free
 * open source - can download and run from our own server
 * can be recorded
 * Comics Lab
 * WikiHow
 * Dialectize
 * Students take on the persona of the characters in Shakespear and write a blog as if they were that person.
 * Switcheroozoo
 * Sen Teacher