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A notebook of ideas…

17 Apr

ACE Notebook image …for blending Academics and Computers in Education

Welcome to ACE Notebook.

ACE Notebook is designed to be a collaborative blog for and with educators looking to infuse technology into their curricula.   As an adjunct instructor/facilitator in online teacher education, my courses have focused on online tools or online resources paired with course content.  Participants in those courses have generated creative, practical, and engaging activities for their classrooms using a variety of web-based tools

Each entry in the “notebook” focuses on a specific web tool or software application.  Each entry has potential uses for the classroom.  You are encouraged to make a comment about the web tool and how you have or intend to use the resource in your classroom.

 
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Posted by on April 17, 2011 in Classroom Technology, Computers in the Classroom, Web 2.0 Tools

 

Instapaper

10 May

My “can’t do without” tool this summer.  How many bookmarks do you have for sites or resources to check later?  Chances are you haven’t even taken time to organize those bookmarks into specific folders, complicating identifying the bookmarks later.  With a quick install of the Instapaper tool, a “Read Later” button appears in the toolbar, permitting users to “Read Later” articles, web pages, blogs, etc. and then deciding whether to bookmark the resource permanently in an appropriate folder.

When time permits to review your Instapaper collection, users have the opportunity to archive, delete, print, share, send to Kindles, and many more options.  

Instapaper could be a tremendous resource for students working on research papers or class projects.  Instead of printing every article a student finds on a topic, he/she could “Read Later” the articles when he/she actually has time to read and sort through content, eliminating a need to print everything.    

 
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Posted by on May 10, 2012 in Classroom Technology, Computers in the Classroom, Online Collaboration, Technology Integration, Web 2.0 Tools

 

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Bag the Web

27 Mar

Teachers and students often resort to bookmarks to gather Internet resources for research and study.  Perhaps, as a teacher you have created a website for class studies, or used curation tools like Scoop It, Pinterest, or Symbaloo.  Bag the Web for Education is a new curation tool that has many possibilities for teachers and students, particularly since there is an education component for this tool.

Once an individual has created a FREE account, “bagging” a resource (text, images, videos) is as simple as copying/pasting a URL.  “Bags” can be made public or private.

In less than 15 minutes, this “bag” for Edgar Allan Poe was created.

http://bagtheweb.com/u/acenotebook/bags/published

Imagine the possibilities that this new tool can provide for your students and yourself.  Take time to review the information for teachers and students and don’t miss the New Story of one 5th grade teacher and his students using Bag the Web.

 
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Posted by on March 27, 2012 in Classroom Technology, Computers in the Classroom, Technology Integration, Web 2.0 Tools

 

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Let’s Start a Discussion…

05 Mar

The ISTE professional development series help create an understanding of the technology and pedagogy that faces educators in this 21st century.  Join us, as ITIP Ohio offers online book discussion of the recently published ISTE book titles.  Collaborate with your peers and teaching colleagues to share your reactions to the ISTE selection and to define strategies and implementation of ideas from what you have read.   For more information, contact hours, and pricing, check out ITIP Ohio Book Reflections.  ITIP Ohio accepts registration from educators throughout the World Wide Web!

Upcoming titles:

Connecting Students to STEM Careers
Online Book Reflections Dates: April 1-15, 2012

Media Literacy in the K-12 Classroom
Online Book Reflections Dates: May 1-15, 2012

From Fear to Facebook
Online Book Reflections Dates: June 1-15, 2012

NETS for Administrators: Profiles
Online Book reflections Dates: July 1-15, 2012

 
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Posted by on March 5, 2012 in Classroom Technology, Computers in the Classroom, Online Collaboration, Technology Integration, Web 2.0 Tools

 

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What’s the Diffen?

01 Mar

Helping students see the difference!

One of the hardest writing assignment for students is the comparison/contrast–how are two items alike and/or how are they different?  Perhaps Diffen will eliminate the confusion for those students.  Try comparing Steinbeck and his contemporary Hemingway.  A science teacher might ask students to compare cells:  animal cell vs. plant cell.   Or perhaps a health teacher might challenge students to compare/contrast the abdomen and the stomach.

Diffen has the capability of searching Wikipedia to develop a comparison/contrast chart; however, students can also complete the chart with information gleaned from classroom studies or other research tools.  Also, check out the categories of predefined subjects for comparison.

 
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Posted by on March 1, 2012 in Classroom Technology, Computers in the Classroom, Technology Integration, Web 2.0 Tools

 

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ShinySearch

04 Feb

Students enjoy personalizing everything from their notebooks, lockers, to their clothes and hair styles.  Bring that love of personalization into the computer lab with a personalized search desktop.  A student only needs to login to ShinySearch by selecting a style/interest category and typing his/her name.   ShinySearch then produces the Google search page into a customed-designed seach page for the student.  Students can use ShinySearch at home, and once customized by their interests and name, save the site as a homepage.  As a homepage, ShinySearch provides additional features with a quick link to email accounts, social networking sites, news, and more resource sites.  Guaranteed a few adults might like this as a homepage as well.

 
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Posted by on February 4, 2012 in Classroom Technology, Computers in the Classroom, Google Tools, Technology Integration, Web 2.0 Tools

 

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One Word

06 Jan

Writing in class today?  Need a quick warm-up activity to jump-start the process.  Consider using One Word. –a simple interface, with the word “Go.”  Try it without creating a username and password; however, regular use requires registration. Upon selecting “Go,” students will see “one word” and are asked to write for one minute about that word.  When a minute has elapsed, students can email the activity to themselves or to the teacher.

  • Possible extensions for the activity:
    • At the end of a week, have students select one warm-up activity to turn into a descriptive paragraph
    • At the end of the week, challenge students to write a short story using all 5 of the warm-up words
 
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Posted by on January 6, 2012 in Classroom Technology, Computers in the Classroom, Technology Integration, Web 2.0 Tools

 

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