Screencasting for Teachers

My 4 year old screencaster

Screencasting. Treasures of my Diigo library. I have made too many excuses not to start making screencasts, but there is no turning back after this post:) One good motive for blogging. 


Screencasting in the Classroom (6 minutes, from 12BlueDucks)

Screencasting resources: 
Screencast-o-Matic
Hoe to Record-a-Screencast-with-Screencast-O-Matic
Livebinders: Student Screencasting
Screencast Academy Wiki
Cybrarymans Video and Screencasting page
18 free screencasting tools
12 Screencasting tools for creating video tutorials
Top 10 Free Screencasting Tools for Creating Video Tutorials
how-to-make-fantastic-screencasts-using-screenr (video tutorial)
Screencasting tips and best practices
Screenflow for Mac
Screencasting with Tildee
Flip the Classroom – Screencasting Resources
Jing (video tutorial by Russel Stannard)
Movenote
Screencastle
Camstudio
Greenshot

Blogging in the Classroom

This post present some ways to blog with your students. In my school we have used Blogger, because it is so easy to create. In 10 minutes students are ready to post for the first time.
In my opinion there are many benefits blogging in school. Students work and skils become visible, students gets feedback from classmates and also other maybe international schools and also learn to give open good ctitics for each other, student can use mobile for images, shoot their own videos or embed videos from Youtube - so there are many good reasons to start blogging in the classroom.

First video is great tutorial how to create easy and quick Blogger blog. In Livebinders link end of this post there are other blogs like Wordpress and Kidblog. Slideshare presentations give good reasons and ideas to blog in classroom and blog resources links fulfill your hunger of information. There are more than you need to start blogging with your students.

How to Create a Blog on Blogger

Blogging in the Classroom by Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano

Blogging in the classroom

View more presentations from Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano

A classroom blog and classroom wiki by Fiona Beal

A classroom blog AND a classroom wiki? Show me!_beal

View more presentations from fionabeal

More great blog resources to get you started:


NEW: Reform Symposium Presentation on Student Blogging! by Alfonso Gonzales
Livebinders: Blogging with Students
Cybraryman students blogs 
Kidblog.org
Edublogs.org
100 classroom blogs for teaching ideas & inspiration
The Whiteboard blog: Starting a blog: a guide for teachers
7 reasons teachers should blog by Steve Wheeler
65 interesting ideas for class blog posts by Tom Barret
14 steps to meaningful student blogging
Blogging tactical guide
100 reasons why educators should use blogs
The ultimate guide to getting started with blogging! 
Blogging in Education: Prezi
Beginner Blogging

iPad in Classroom

We are starting two year mobile, iPad and tablets project in six Finnish upper secondary schools in August. Project is funded by Finnish National Board of Education, learning enviroment development projects. 

Project goals are: 

• iPad use in history and economics class and language teaching
• iPad use in entrepreneurship project teams and all kind of project based learning
• iPad use in part of our school athletes learning and training.  

We will post lot of examples of this project during next two years, but before that I give some Youtube examples of iPad use in classroom.

If you have not used iPad before, check Apples guided tours.

Using the Ipad in Classroom

Kindergarden and second grade students use Ipad

Ipad for every Lakewood Park Student

Seton Hill students with Ipad

Skype in Classroom

Thanks to Twitter I have lots of new teacher colleagues around the world. Im starting next year cooperation project with one school from Australia and one from Greek. We try to do online projects with a help of  Skype. 

I hope this post help students and teachers use  Skype videocalls  collaboration with countries around the world.  First part of post presents basic use of Skype and second gives some  examples how to use Skype in Classroom.


Making easy Videocalls with Skype

How to use Skype

Skype Tutorial Guide Presentation

View more presentations from iamproudlypinoy2010

Skype in Classroom

After basic manual instructions check Skypes program Welcome to Skype in classroom. Video tutorial in Vimeo show  How to create a project on Skype in classroom.

Example of Skype in Classroom

Example of Skype in Classroom

Ways to use Skype in Classroom:


Educators guide using Skype in classroom
50 Awesome Ways to use Skype in Classroom
Boost your Skype
How to Use Skype at School
Virtual author visits in your library or classroom
Skype around the world project
LiveBinders: Skype in School
List of examples
Skyping in classroom (Slideshare)
Skype in the K-12 classroom (Slideshare)
Skype for Interviews - slidecast

Google Docs for Teachers and Classrooms

This post presents Google Docs use in the Classroom. Google Docs is excellent collaboration tool for teachers, school development and classroom use. Basicly its about collaborative planning and writing, sharing information, working simultaneously with other students or teachers, and in my opinion it should be used on every school.  

I use Google Docs nowdays in writing project plans when network of schools apply funding for projects. We use Facebook closed groups organization and innovating the creative writing process and then write whole application in Google. Some of our student use it in planning school projects.  Lets take Google Docs in everyday use in schools. First there is a tutorial from Josh Stumpenhorst  how to use Google Docs.  There are also  lots of examples Google Docs in classroom.


Using Google Docs 101 from Josh Stumpenhorst @stumpteacher

Google Docs in the Classroom by Melanie Wiscount

Google Docs in the Classroom

View more presentations from mwiscount

Google Docs in Classroom

29 interesting ways to use google docs in the classroom

View more presentations from Inge De Cleyn

Google Docs in Classroom

Google Docs Community in Youtube

Using Google Docs in Virtual Classroom - Great tutorial!

Google Docs Related Recourses

34 Interesting ways to use Google Docs in the Classroom

Using Google Docs in Classroom - simple as ABC

Using Google Docs in Classroom

20 Google Docs Tips

100 Google Docs Tips for Students and Educators

Cybraryman Google Docs Page

Flickr for Teachers and Classrooms



This post presents basic use of Flickr and some practical ideas for use of Flickr in classroom. I use Flickr in mainly two ways, first saving my family pictures safe place and keep them private and second find free Creative commons pictures for my presentations with students or other teachers. More information on creativecommons.org. You can also share your pictures, join groups, collaborate with other users. This photo found in creative commons search: Kids in school / classroom. Link: School children at a floating primary school



School children at a floating primary school, Prek Toal Wildlife Sanctuary.  Picture by Tajai
















         If you havent sign in yet, take a tour in Flickr and see what is going on there. 
First two tutorials presents basic use of Flickr and the rest gives ideas how to use Flickr in classroom.

               Introduction on Flickr

How to use Flickr: 10 Steps in Two Minutes 

U Tech Tips Presents: Flickr - Photo sharing

                Flickr In Classroom

 Using Flickr as on online classroom - case study

Flickr in Classroom by Nicledndimed

Flickr in art teaching

 

If you want more Flickr tools:

Flickr tools

Tools for Flickr



Updates: Facebook and Twitter in Classroom

In my first posts I present some ideas Twitter in Classroom part 1 and part 2 and also Facebook in Classroom. Since then many new updates has been published. But first you have good possibility to enjoy and relax by listening lecture, slidecast on Facebook Strategies for the Classroom by Kevin Lim. Lasting hour and 56 minutes! If you are busy as they say in these days, there is Youtube video Twitter in 60 seconds.

Facebook Strategies For The Classroom

View another webinar from Kevin Lim

Twitter in 60 seconds for teachers

Updates:

Twitter Finds a Place in the Classroom CNN video
Twitter for Teachers
Using Facebook in Education
How teachers can use Twitter to maximise their professional learning
Twitter in Classroom
Twitter and facebook used as vrtual classroom with help of Hootcourse
How teachers Facebook and Tweets for Students 
How Twitter in the Classroom is boosting Student Engagement
Facebook and Youtube in Classroom
Teach with Twitter
If You were on Twitter

Prezi part 2 - in Classroom

My first Prezi post How to make a Prezi - Rookie to Pro in 20 minutes  presented the diffferent ways to make good presentations with Prezi. This post gives you some ideas to use Prezi in Classroom.

Prezi Meeting in the Classroom by Zoltan Radnai

Prezi by Paul Hill:  Thoughts on using Prezi as a teaching tool

Thoughts on using Prezi as a teaching tool on Prezi

From Tom Barret: 13 interesting ways to use Prezi in the

the Classroom

View more presentations from j3pr0x

More Prezi in Classroom:

Blog post: Using Prezi in the Early Elementary Classroom

Facebook in Education part 2 - in classroom

After previous Facebook in Education post I found some many exellent resources to share, that school marketing in Facebook post after this. So, what did I found?

First there is great video: Teacher Sarah Romeun: Using Facebook to teach

Second a presentation from Slideshare: Making the case for Facebook in education

Making the case for Facebook in education

View more presentations from Jen Hegna

Finally two amazing links for using Facebook in classroom:

100 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom

Cybrary Man's Educational Web Sites - Cybraman facebook-page

Now there is enough tips for Facebook in classroom, next post is about marketing and branding schools with help on Facebook. 

Twitter in Classroom 2

Twitter in classroom ideas:




Make Twitter-account to your school
Researching a topic using hashtag
Creat a learning network PLN -follow and be followed by people with similar interest
Creat your course learning network – follow together same people
Asking questions from teacher and students
Seeking help or advise on a project from Twitter community
Following leading thinkers
Sharing what you are learning in a course
Taking notes in class
Read an article, webpage, book and summarize on tweets.
Twiit links to your classmates
Follow a famous person and document their progress. President, elections, popstars . . .
Role playing. Choose historic person and create a twitter account for them – choose an image which represents the historical figure. There are countless ways to take different roles in different subjects, religion, history, philosophy . . .
Learn more of different cultures, twiiting with school abroad.
Have students
Sharing blog posts
Tell a story, 140 characters and one student at a time. Twitter stories.
Be a journalist. Describe what you see, be a reporter in and out school: events, news.
Follow mentors or famous people
Know your classmates better. One student at time could be a Twitter-chat host
Brainstorming project ideas
Vote
Ask student their opinions in different subjects.
Share interesting websites. Teachers and students can post interesting websites


33 Ways use Twitter in Classroom


Lets create more together!