Smart+Structures,+Safe+Spaces

= = **Smart Structure, Safe Spaces**


 * ** What technology is available? **
 * ** What technology are school administrators and families most comfortable with? **
 * ** What is the appropriate venue for this activity (classroom, school library, public library, other institution)? **
 * ** Are there any partnerships (in-house, community, beyond) that will enhance the process and/or product? **
 * ** How will the technology add value to the learning process/product? **
 * ** How will working with an author add value to the learning process/product? **
 * ** What are the Privacy Policies of the different online tools? **
 * ** How secure will your digital group be (flexible public/private settings)? **
 * ** What fair use and copyright issues should be taken into account? **
 * ** What fair use and copyright issues should be taken into account? **

**Using These Tools in the Real World**
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 * John Schumacher from Brook Forest Elementary in Oak Brook, Illinois, recently featured on the May 2011 cover of School Library Journal**

John Schumacher 0-45: Planning through Googledocs, Texting, and Skype. 1:00-2:00 Ivy and Bean Animoto video project; "brother/sister" libraries. Caldecott Medal Podcast with Garageband, etc. 2:06-3:15 World Read Aloud Day with Van Meter Library 3:16-3:47 4th graders use Edmodo to chat about books, etc. 3:50-4:00: Poem in Your Pocket 4:01-4:15 Dia/Book Fiesta billingual reading 4:20-4:35 Children's Book Week, Summer Reading 4:37-5:53 Joys of Collaboration, Connecting Online

Mr. Schu Reads

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 * Like Phil Bildner (THE UNFORGETTABLE SEASON), the author can tell "the story of the story".**

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 * Humanities teacher Shirley Rinaldi of the Poughkeepsie Day School **

Shirley Rinaldi 0:00-1:45 Getting Started with blogs, branching out 1:50-3:00 Time management: replacing traditional journal writing with online journals 3:00-4:14 Introducing a new tool; displaying learning on the wiki to share with other schools-global learning, driving passion and empowerment 4:15-Introducing tech projects to school community; sharing the work and gaining support 5:00-6:10 Students as creators, not consumers 6:11-7:27 Multiple ways to read and respond

Shirley's blog and 6th grade class blog Shirley's Prezi on her learning journey with Web 2.0 tools in the classroom [|Shirley's students share their favourite] Web 2.0 tools (VIDEO) In the video, Shirley mentioned use of Wallwisher in the class Wiki; a quick overview and video tutorial of this free tool.

Shannon M. Miller won a [|Shorty Award] for her work with social media in education.
 * Shannon M. Miller, Van Meter Community Schools**

media type="youtube" key="_JW135YH43Y?hl=en" height="344" width="425" 0-3:00 Fave tools (Edmodo, Animoto, Dipity, Voicethread, Primary Wall) 3:00-4:00 Engaging Readers 4:00-7:05 The super-connected school, the less-connected school: making it work 7:10-8:12-Start with Skype 8:15-8:45-Students developing communication skills

Van Meter Library Voice