online+activities

You may watch any of the following videos/powerpoints in place of any of the face-to-face sessions offered on Wednesday or Thursday. These videos are intended to allow staff to self-direct their learning towards the strand they have chosen to pursue. These videos are designed to fit in one of your 50-minute time slots in our staff development schedule. After you have watched the video, please go to your WIKI PAGE and post your reflections.
 * Online Sessions**

Go to: [|www.irvingisd.net/academy/secure] and sign in using the website login. Add 5 terms and definitions from your content area. Including teaching strategies with your terms will be helpful, but not required.
 * Academy Vocabulary Development**

[|Copyright Information] and [|Reconsideration Policy]
 * Academy Library Professional Resources**

http://k12online.wm.edu/WikiWhileYouWork.mov
 * Wiki While You Work, Mark Wagner, Irvine California**

http://k12online.wm.edu/BlogIfYouLoveLearning.mov
 * Blog if You Love Learning, Mark Wagner, Irvine California**

[|Part 1: Signing Up and Logging In] [|Part 2: First Steps]([|here’s the handout]) [|Part 3: Posts & Comments] [|Part 4: Inserting Images and Hyperlinks] [|Part 5: Organize and Categorize] [|Part 6: Building a Blogroll]
 * Setting up a Wordpress Blog, Darren Wilson, The Academy**

http://k12online.wm.edu/BlogIfYouLoveLearning.mov
 * Globally Literate, Mark Wagner, Irvine California**

http://k12online.wm.edu/TwoWayTeaching.mov
 * Two-Way Teaching an Overview of the Read/Write Web, Mark Wagner, Irvine California**

http://k12online.wm.edu/k12wikipresentatation_LowRes.wmv
 * Wiki Collaboration Across the Curriculum, Victoria A. Davis, Camilla, Georgia**


 * Create a wiki to use in your classroom - Use the information and tutorials below if you need help!**

Use [|this link] to set up a free educational wiki via Wikispaces.

Wikispaces Tutorial Videos, WikiSpaces.com [|http://www.wikispaces.com/site/tour#introduction? Teachers|]


 * Creating assessments in Blackboard** http://blackboardsupport.calpoly.edu/content/faculty/Video/Faculty_Videos/FacCreateSetupTest.html


 * Managing Collaborative Sessions in Blackboard** http://blackboardsupport.calpoly.edu/content/faculty/Video/Faculty_Videos/FacCollab.html

http://blackboardsupport.calpoly.edu/content/faculty/Video/Faculty_Videos/FacGroups.html
 * Creating Groups in Blackboard**

http://www.catwhillock.net/teachers/websitevideos/ESTracking/Instructions.htm
 * Tracking Employability Skills, Cathleen Willock, The Academy**


 * Digital Storytelling with Miscrosoft's Photostory 3, David Jakes, JakesOnline.org**
 * [|Tutorial 1]** | Beginning the digital storytelling process, corresponds to pages 1-2 of the tutorial handout.
 * [|Tutorial 2]** | Removing black borders from images, corresponds to page 3 of the tutorial handout.
 * [|Tutorial 3]** | Adding text to a title slide or image, corresponds to page 4 of the tutorial handout.
 * [|Tutorial 4]** | Adding your voice narration.
 * [|Tutorial 5]** | Customizing motion with Pans
 * [|Tutorial 6]** | Customizing motion with Zooms
 * [|Tutorial 7]** | Fine tuning motion in your digital story
 * [|Tutorial 8]** | Adding transitions
 * [|Tutorial 9]** | Adding background music-mp3's
 * [|Tutorial 10]** | Adding background music-onboard music
 * [|Tutorial 11]** | Finishing Your Digital Story