-Workshops+&+Tech+How-To's

Table of Contents | |Vale
= = =Workshops at Vale: =

List of upcoming after-school workshops for 2013-14:
**Oct - //Library Classroom//- Promethean Board** **– **

Dec --Wikispaces & Google Calendar **– **
=Tech How-To's: =
 * ===Videos to learn how to use Web 2.0 tools in 5 mins .!: LearnItin5===
 * ===Videos on Tech & other 'How-To's' - most are 2 min. or less: CommonCraft===
 * === Interactive Whiteboard : 101 tips for beginners: interactive whiteboard===
 * === Teach or learn without email - Share your screen!! : []===
 * []

Technology: > @http://www.slideshare.net/rbyrnetech/best-of-the-web-2013
 * ==List of books on technology in the classroom available at the NAC Library: [[file:Technology in the Classroom.doc]]==
 * ==iPods & iPads in the classroom - lessons, app reviews, etc. - a teacher's blog: ipodsibilities==
 * ==Community based educational technology projects: Web 2.0 Labs==
 * === Best of the Web: Richard Byrne: ===

= iPods: = How to upload videos to iPod:

= iPad: = Cool tools for/as iPad: []

= Smart Notebook: = How to use it:

=Working with Documents/Google: = > > > === === = Blogging in the Classroom: = = =
 * ===Give a document it's own website -instantly by sharing a doc.to public for visibility only - Google Docs/Drive ===
 * === Five Essential Google Drive Skills for Teachers: FreeTechnologyForTeachers===
 * ===Organize students turning in work in Google Drive with folders : gClassFolders-How to use gClassFolders===
 * ===What are blogs?: Common Craft===
 * ===3 Ways to Use Classroom blogs: freetech4teachers.com===
 * ===Easily set up a Wordpress blog for your class (via NISD): [] -Once you have set up your blog - Log in here===
 * ===3 classroom blogging tips: the tempered radical===
 * === **Four Good Ways to** **use Media** **in your blog:** ** Freetech4teachers **===

= Infographics: =

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Wikispaces:

 * ===Simple way to create a wiki: www.wikispaces.com===
 * ===-What is a Wiki - view video: commoncraft===
 * ===5 ways to use a Wiki in the Classroom: Free Technology for Teachers===
 * ===-Teacher flyer with great links! (pdf): handout===
 * ===- How-to Videos : []===
 * ===** YouTube -How to Videos for both beginner & advanced! :** []===
 * ===-Presenting Wiki to others: toolkit===

= Google: =
 * ===Use Google to tell if photos are fake or real -exercise with sharks in a flooded mall: []===

= Organizing: =

Create sign-ups online: []
= Create videos, games & more: =
 * ===Create- a youtube movie, a facebook app, a video game, and more: []===
 * ===Create stop motion videos easily: [|JellyCam]===
 * Creating Interactive Videos: @http://blogs.slj.com/neverendingsearch/2013/03/29/an-interactive-video-round-up-seven-tools-to-explore/

= Going Mobile & Creating Apps: =
 * ===Step 1 -Creating an iphone app & uploading to itunes: [|makeuseof.com]===
 * ===Step 2 - How to create an iphone or android app: [|makeuseof.com]===
 * ===Step 3 - Go to this site: [|buzztouch.com]===
 * ===Using smartphones for reporting and recording: [|http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/]===

= Radio/Podcasting: =
 * === Youth Public Radio producers - check out the 'RESOURCES' : []===
 * ===Make your own Radio Diary : []===
 * === StoryCorps - a website that collects life stories and show you how to record & share stories: []===
 * ===All about **Podcasting**:[[file:Podcasting (1).doc]] ===
 * ===[]===

= Managing your creations: = = Storage & File Sharing: =

3.. Upload, Download, & share large files up to 1GB:[]

 * Conversion sites: **

2. Convert PDF to Word : [|http://www.pdftoword.com]
=Learning HTML & computer programming is easy!: =
 * ===Beginners guide: shayhowe.com===
 * === Beginners guide to ** html ** with practice exercises: [|w3schools.com] ===
 * === **Excellent site with videos for computer programming/code: @http://www.code.org/** ===
 * === **Free** **After-school program** **for coding!!!:** **@http://www.codecademy.com/afterschool** ===

= Other helpful tools & guides: =
 * === Shorten URLs or Web Addresses: []===
 * ===Save web articles as PDF for later reading: []===
 * === Documents : A. Embed video into Microsoft Word : [|hpTeacherExperienceExchange]===