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= = =TAKE OFF 2010 "Computer Apps and Web2.0'= The aim of this course is to develop students awareness, skills and application in the use of Web 2 and other 21st century tools so they can implement them into their work as learners. Each session will have: **a learning, a discovery/project and sharing component.** Play "games" in own time. Use only good language and use all aspects of the computer responsibly and safely. Respect others: help other learn and learn from ech other. A Learn ONLY zone  Today you are to choose a tool you haven't used before, explore it's capabilities and prepare a presentation - 5 minutes to present it to our group in the last session of the Take Off.  The cool tools for school wiki below lists quite a few. You can choose a program that is installed on the school's computers or a web 2.0 application. You can work in pairs to really deeply explore the progam's functionality. In your presentation you must make reference to how you could use it assist you in your learning.  http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/   animoto xtranormal sumopaint.com Scratch Sketchup Game Maker  Prezi  pindax  voicethread  debut  mywebspiration  myebook  wallwisher, <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(http: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Linoit] <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(http: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;"> Quizlet <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(http: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[] <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">or any others you can find ||
 * RULES: Students who play by the rules stay in the game.**
 * WEEK 7 || <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> Over the 6 weeks that we have been doing this Takeoff together - we have learnt about some web 2.0 tools. New tools are coming avaliable every day.
 * WEEK 6 || Glogster []

Join glogster, You may need to use a netbook to record video and sound.
 * create a glog
 * add a movie( small),
 * sound file (small - like an effect),
 * graphics,
 * wall,
 * text, etc to explore the capabilities of the application

Add a link here to your glogster site so others can make comment
 * appropriately comment on someone else's glog,
 * add the glog to either your website, wiki or blog - at 50 % of the original size or smaller by changing the source/embed code (where it states 100% - change it to 50%)

If you have made a glog before choose from the the following tools and explore its capabilities to present to students at the end of the session up load to youtube, schooltube or teacher tube and place on wiki, blog or website.
 * Prezi
 * pindax
 * wallwisher, <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Linoit]
 * Quizlet
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[]
 * http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ ||
 * WEEK 5 || 1. Make a movie - many ways: moviemaker, photostory, kahootz3, other...

2. Mind mapping: mapmyself, webspiration, exploratree link or embed into your blog, wiki or website || <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">[] <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">[] **TASK:** **Task**: Watch "Blogs in plain English if you want to know more about blogging It can be found on the Blogging page **Challenge:**  **Blog sites**:  edublog: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[], blogger <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|https://www.blogger.com]
 * **WEEK 4** || **Websites**:
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Create your own web site
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Customise your own header and add widgets.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Link your Wiki and Blog to the Website
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Create a graph/chart using excel OR create a mindmap and place into the website.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Put some information in a table.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Record the address of your website on this wiki here ||
 * WEEK 3 || TOPIC: **BLOGGING**
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Sign up, setup your blog site
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Make an entry on a blogging site.
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Enter your site details on the Week 3 or Blogging page of this wiki (you will need to request membership to this wiki if you have not done so already to do this.)
 * 4) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Go to someone else's blog and make comments (be mindful of appropriate online behaviours)

**EXTENSION TASK**: Add a cluster map to your blog site. to see where your visitors come from. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: separate; color: #006344; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">[|www.clustrmaps.com]

Next week:Google Docs - forms, spreadsheets, word, presentations Delicious - social bookmarking Websites Requests: ||
 * || WEEK 2

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Responsible and Safe Computer Use <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Wikis, Blogs and a Google form to fill in ||   ||   ||. || No computers or network. Discussed Open Source, Web 2.0 and Off the Shelf software. Had a look at te IWB Gained an overview of participants skill level and discussed personal goals for this session || Kahootz Tutorials Learning resource ID [] CN7842
 * WEEK 1 || Getting to know each other.