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** Tammy’s Tips, Tricks, and Tools ** [|www.Tammyworcester.com] Her website, “Tammy’s Technology Tips for Teachers” is a popular online resource for teachers around the world. Tammy has developed several software applications for teachers and is the author of several best-selling technology resource  [|books]   that are published and marketed nationally.   Tammy is extremely innovative and resourceful and specializes in finding unique and creative ways to use traditional computer tools in the classroom. She enjoys sharing her ideas with teachers throughout the nation and has a presentation style that can be described as inspiring.  *Tip of the week – [|Join Mailing List] to received weekly tips. Check out some of her past tips: Nov. 02 - Tip of Week -  [|Google Accounts]  Nov. 17 - Tip of Week -  [|iGoogle]  Nov. 24 - Tip of Week -  [|Google Docs Holiday Templates]  Dec. 09 - Tip of Week -  [|Customized Google Maps] <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Dec. 17 - Tip of Week - <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> [|Collaborative Google Maps] <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jan. 12 - Tip of Week - <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> [|Stinto - Chat Room] <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> **Some sites she talked about:** ** Magic Penvv ** ** http://magic.pen.fizzlebot.com/ ** <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Very addictive game! <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Ignore all adds and wait for pink line to load. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Great for science / laws of motion / forces! ** Create Songs ** – JamStudio.com - http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/index.htm Join for free, play for free, but you have to pay $10 if you want to download. – If you are working with a group and want to give them a file quickly – you upload the file, give everyone you want to have the file the url Filedropper gives you, have them go to the site to get the file. – Type what you want, save as mp3 - copy and paste in and have the computer read it. - a great proof-reading tool. For students to create their own e-books. Start w/ pdf document. Upload it to Issuu. This turns it into an e-book. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Often, you are in a great need for some pictures to freshen up your webpage and would like to include one of these images. If you want to do this, there are quite a lot of steps necessary: =<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The solution = <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">With ImageCodr.org, there is no need to do all this manually, you simply enter in the URL of the picture page (as seen in your browser) you are interested in and ImageCodr.org will generate the ready to use HTML code. It will also display a brief and easy license summary, so you don't get in legal trouble because you missed something. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[|Click here for an example what ImageCodr does] ** Vocaroo ** http://vocaroo.com/ Click to record. Gives you an imbed code for blogs. Download the online stopwatch application to your PC or Mac <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="border-right: #cccccc 1pt solid; padding-right: 4pt; border-top: #cccccc 1pt solid; padding-left: 4pt; background: #fafea7; padding-bottom: 4pt; border-left: #cccccc 1pt solid; color: black; padding-top: 4pt; border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid; text-decoration: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-underline: none;">[|Download the Online Stopwatch Application for your PC or MAC.] <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="border-right: #cccccc 1pt solid; padding-right: 4pt; border-top: #cccccc 1pt solid; padding-left: 4pt; background: #fafea7; padding-bottom: 4pt; border-left: #cccccc 1pt solid; color: black; padding-top: 4pt; border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid; text-decoration: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-underline: none;">[|The Online Countdown part split out, just for you.] <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|**Large Stopwatch -** Use the Stopwatch in FULL SCREEN.] <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|**Split Lap Timer** Split Laps, record times] <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|**Egg Timer** Counting down with sand.] <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  [|**Bomb Countdown** Watch the fuse go down.] <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  [|**Clock Countdown**.] <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="border-right: #cccccc 1pt solid; padding-right: 4pt; border-top: #cccccc 1pt solid; padding-left: 4pt; background: #fafea7; padding-bottom: 4pt; border-left: #cccccc 1pt solid; color: black; padding-top: 4pt; border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid; text-decoration: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-underline: none;">[|Download a Stopwatch and Countdown timer that stays on top of all open windows.] <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="border-right: #cccccc 1pt solid; padding-right: 4pt; border-top: #cccccc 1pt solid; padding-left: 4pt; background: #fafea7; padding-bottom: 4pt; border-left: #cccccc 1pt solid; color: black; padding-top: 4pt; border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid; text-decoration: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-underline: none;">[|A Free, Full Screen Online Calculator] <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ** Picnik ** photo editor - http://www.picnik.com/ – do sketch, print on textured paper, and frame http://www.flip-coin.com/   <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-no-proof: yes; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">   Flip a virtual coin. ** Fodey ** Newspaper Creator - Create your own newspaper clipping! http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp Stinto - http://www.stinto.net/ <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Stinto offers you a comfortable, yet also easy to use chat, which you can create with one click and which will be deleted after a longer period of inactivity. <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Create your own free stinto-Chat with only one click – no registration required! http://tinypaste.com/ Tiny Paste is a service that lets you take large amounts of text and put it all in one place, and then gives you a tiny url to share it with your friends. Classtools.net ** iGoogle - ** Brings all your pages to you! <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Use as a calculator – puts in the correct order of operations <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Use as a conversion tool – (1 mile in meters) (100 dollars in euros) ( define: enormous) <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Google – Advanced Search (right of search window) – Type topic – go to file format – Microsoft PowerPoint – add jeopardy to the end of your search! <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   PowerPoint Presentations on your Projector [|Web Tools] <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[|Google Tips & Tricks] <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[|Time-Saving Shortcuts] <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[|Activities]
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What’s New? <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> **
 * Filedroper **
 * VozMe **
 * Issuu **
 * Image Codr http://www.imagecodr.org/ **
 * Make sure you understood the license correctly
 * Get the correct HTML code for the //IMG// tag
 * Link the image back to the Flickr photo page
 * Give the author of the image proper credits (Attribution)
 * Link to the Flickr profile of the author
 * Link to the license the image is licensed under
 * Online-Stopwatch- **
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Conferences with business partners
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Planning for the evening with friends
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Gamer meetings
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Nice discussions
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">stinto <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> is the right choice for every reason!
 * Using Google **
 * Click the links below for more great sites from Tammy – **

Presentation by: Leslie Fisher Lesliefisher.com Click here to see Leslie’s Presentation - Click on “Gadgets” http://lesliefisher.com/handouts/handouts.html
 * Great Gadgets! **

** Plenty of Tools, Plenty of Ideas  **http://sites.google.com/site/freetoolsoutthewazoo/ Presentation by: Rushton hurley   rh@nextvista.org   [|www.nextvista.org] To have Rushton send you more information sign up at: [|www.Nextvista.org/conference] ** Sketch Up - Free! ** Create a building or something and go to Tools…Shadow settings You can download models that others have created. Go into them to learn about different cultures Google 3D Warehouse – Trees, Ken Shelton is a teacher in CA who had Showing – Full View only **Advanced Search** – File Type – Power Point or pdf (to get templates Example: Advanced Search – File Type – pdf – Storyboard  **Search within a site or domain:** limit the domain to .edu so the search will only come from institutes of higher learning.  ** Zamzar.com ** ** Pod Save Audio (copyright-friendly music) ** ** Creative Commons Search (copyright-friendly stuff) ** ** CoolIris **  **Fresh Brain.org** (online project place)  **Urban Dictionary** (what’d that kid say?)
 * Google Books **
 * NextVista.org (student-audience videos; free to use / contribute to) **
 * Approximately 150 videos
 * Convert your files for free
 * Step 1 click on url. go to the Utube page with the address you like
 * Step 2 tell it the format you want it.
 * Step 3 Put in your email address
 * Step 4 Convert it.
 * Rules: Credit the composer and do not sell the presentation
 * Check out Stine for good jazz
 * Hint: Search up in the green…click “go”
 * Kids can use these photos legally if you site them.
 * Right Click…Open in new tab…download large size
 * Copy the name…rig
 * Interfaces with flicker
 * When a kids says something you don’t understand
 * This is not for kids.

=** Score! Winning Strategies to Conquer Information Overload **=

Presentation by : Kathy Schrock http://kathyschrock.net/ Support Sites for Kathy’s presentation are found at:** http://www.kathyschrock.net/score/****** How to file email: Set up email filters 1.    Monitor your email for 2 weeks. Categorize email. 2.   Create applicable folders or labels 3.   Look for the “filter” instructions 4.   Create your filters or rules 5.   Monitor the folders for 2 weeks 6.   Reevaluate your folders POP: Post Office Protocol -   When you access your email, it comes off the serer and downloads to your local computer -   Messages are scattered about -   If your hard drive fails, you lose your email -   Leaving mail on the server is  IMAP: Internet Message Access Protocol Mail stays synchronized Email programs access email from server Items stay on the server until you delete them You can use multiple **Use POP or iMAP; do NOT mix the two **If you only read your email on 1 computer use POP Use multiple email clients Set each client to sue Imap If you use a Web-based client Netbooks **(small computer 8, 16, or etc. G…1 G ram…be sure to get good battery) Solid state drives SSD or hard drives 1 GB ram Processor that is battery friendly 3 or 6-cell battery for 5 hours Acer Aspire One (6-cell battery) HP Mini 1000 3-cell EEE PC - Very small keys The larger the screen, the less time your battery lasts. These are for gathering information, etc. “Very Smart” phones ** Web 2.0 Tools: http://www.diigo.com/list/kathyschrock/web20tools Online Tools to help you manage – Online Faxing Faxage -   Port your fax number over Faxage -   Multiple users and cover pages -   Faxes all stored online -   Notified by email with PDF attachment -   Various pricing ($7.95 per month for 150 faxes in/150 faxes out) -   Con: have to can in non-digital -   Stays in there system until you delete it. Really Simple Syndication -An XML-based format for distributing and aggregating Web content -Distribution by content provider News Readers – Popular – Netvibes, Google Reader, Bloglines Start your browser here to have everything in one place Google Alerts – Set the terms you want to follow Receive an email Insert gadget in iGoogle page Social Networking Platform Facebook for Productivity ** Use the built-in groups function Keep the group closed Set up seperate Kinda like IM but not Web-based or clinet-based 140 characters Following and followers Foxmarks Firefox Plug-in Shared to any computer Online account Can use any moment of free time All revisions kept -no more accidental deletions -Document always up –to-date -Can revert back to an earlier time Curriculum writing Creation of monthly newsletter Suggestions for new report card comments Accrediation reports work Drafts Share Google Docs with Others Revisions in Google Documents (you can see students’ revision) Cloud Storage – Glide OS 3.0 - Works w/in the browser see [|www.glidedigital.com] Online File Storage Sites Thinkature **
 * POP or IMAP **
 * Use IMAP if you read on more than one
 * Linux or Windows XP Home
 * HTS Touch Diamond
 * Samsung Instinct
 * LG Dare
 * Blackberry Storm
 * Google G1
 * iPhone
 * RSS and News Readers **
 * iGoogle – **
 * Ning **
 * Classroom 2.0.com
 * Twitter **
 * Online Bookmarkikng **
 * Collaborative Documents **
 * Google Docs & Spreadsheets **
 * Mobile Me

Presentation by: Julie Young President and CEO of Florida Virtual School Talent isn’t just in schools. The theme is “we’ve failed you”, but we now have the solution. We are going to work with you in //your// world. Book: Grown up Digital – We think about technology as this “thing” Ages 12-31 are Digital Natives – Their expectations are different than the generation before them The ‘next’ generation is 0-11. There is not a lot of research done yet on them. If you understand the ‘net’ generation you understand the future. These are the people who are going to approach the world differently. Change – don’t just change or get something new because it sounds like a good thing. Know the “why” behind the “what”. Entry – Struggle Physically different and they’re trying to get comfortable Adoption – Integration begins Adaptation – Technology to Teaching Appropriation - New Methods – replace traditional activities with new activities. Invention- New Learning This generation is disruptive. They enjoy disruption. When they get to school they “power down”. They admit to knowing how to “play the game”, but they don’t admit to being engaged. Online / Virtual 71% of kids say their virtual world is important to them. Flicker, Face Book, My Space, Twitter, etc. 75% say they will join a “cause’ on the internet (environment, politics, tech) – they have a passion to be involved. This is a generation that WANTS to learn. This is a generation that WANTS to be in the driver’s seat. Struggling kids – those who get D’s and F’s are succeeding in online classes because they don’t feel dumb. We need to connect with the kids. 96% of our kids 11-31 go online every day. They are playing games online and they are totally engaged. That is what we compete with.
 * The Net Generation: Are We Ready? **