Video+Tutorials

media type="youtube" key="0klgLsSxGsU" height="344" width="425" ​ Go to [|www.google.com/reader] to set up a reader account. You may have to set up a google account, but you don't necessarily have to have gmail. I set up my gmail account just to begin streamlining everything. Begin subscribing to RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds of the sites you frequently visit. These can be news sites, educational blogs, online professional journals, etc.! Let the news and information seek you out, not the other way around! I just signed up to have the updates of five instructional technology blogs sent to my reader and I've learned a ton already. I use this information to update the wiki or pass it on to the teachers in my district. RSS is just that..really simple!

media type="youtube" key="-dnL00TdmLY" height="277" width="341" Play the clip above to learn more about wikis and begin brainstorming how wikis could be used by teachers and students, alike. Go to wikispaces.com and begin creating yours!

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Play the clip above to learn more about Google Docs. Go to [|www.google.com], click on "more," and scroll down to "documents." Follow the directions to set up your account in less than five minutes and let the collaboration begin!

media type="youtube" key="y-MSL42NV3c" height="344" width="425" Play the clip above to learn more about podcasting and begin brainstorming how you could integrate it into your curriculum. Click on this link to learn more ways that podcasting can be used in education: []. Click on this link to LISTEN to why elementary teachers are using podcasts in their classrooms: []. Go to the following website to download Audacity, a free sound recorder that can be used to help create podcasts: [].

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Play the clip above to learn more about blogging and begin brainstorming how you could use this instructional strategy in your classroom. Click on this link to see numerous examples of how other educators across the United States and World are using blogs in their classrooms: []. Go to [|www.blogstream.com] to begin setting up your classroom blog.

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VoiceThread can be found at [|www.voicethread.com]. I think it can be used across the curriculum and I am going to try to have my tech enrichment students experiment with it later in the year.