Houston+Coop+2012+Agenda

Below are the links we'll be using in the June 21, 2012 workshop. Each should open in a new window so you won't have to keep finding this page again.

Today's Meet
 * Question: What are gifted kids' intellectual and academic needs?

Poll Everywhere (iPad users: check out Polldaddy - online & in the App Store)
 * Register for an educator account.
 * Create a poll based on something you're currently teaching.

Primary Pad (Other Ether Pad alternatives: Sync In, PiratePad, TitanPad)
 * One person in the group starts the page.
 * That person pastes the URL in Today's Meet.
 * Everyone else navigates to the page by copy and pasting the URL into your address window.
 * Individually take notes in the document.
 * As a group, categorize the notes.

Wikispaces
 * The Students' History
 * Listen to the November Learning podcast: Building Legacay Within a Textbook (Garth Holman & Michael Pennington)
 * Respond to questions in Today's Meetingduring the podcast
 * Link to the teachers' blog
 * Great Books for Gifted Kids Wiki
 * Wiki to collaborate on great books for gifted kids

Tagxedo (iPad users: check out WordSift)
 * Search for an article on differentiation.
 * Copy the text. (Highlight, then Ctrl-C)
 * Paste the text in Tagxedo box. (Ctrl-V)
 * Play with the layouts.
 * Compare your results with your neighbor's.

Bubbl.us (iPad users: in the App Store, check out Inspiration Maps Lite, SimpleMind+, Idea Sketch, or MindMeister - syncs with online version)
 * Create a mindmap of the characteristics of gifted kids
 * Other options
 * SpicyNodes.org (http://www.spicynodes.org/index.html)
 * Mindmeister.com (@http://www.mindmeister.com/)
 * Mind42.com (requires activation email) (@http://mind42.com/)
 * Mindomo.com (requires activation email) (@http://www.mindomo.com/)

Exploratree (iPad users: in the App Store, check out Popplet Lite and read this blog post for examples)
 * Find a graphic organizer to compare two things.
 * Find a graphic organizer for multiple perspectives.
 * Find a graphic organizer for SCAMPER.
 * Find a graphic organizer to use with your students next week.
 * Edit or create a graphic organizer.

Diagramming Free Play (iPad users: in the App Store, consider Tools 4 Students $0.99)
 * Creately.com( http://creately.com)
 * Gliffy.com ( @http://www.gliffy.com/)
 * Cacoo.com ( @https://cacoo.com/)

Multimedia Timelines
 * You can read more about them in thisarticle.
 * Tiki-Toki(requires registration - 1 timeline is free)
 * XTimeline(requires registration - completely free) (not iPad compatible)
 * TimeGlider (requires registration - 3 timelines free) - really cool //New York Times//timeline generator (no reg required, not iPad compatible)
 * Time Toast(requires registration to create - free)
 * TimeRime(requires registration to create - free) (not iPad compatible)
 * Dipity (requires registration - free)
 * Choose an application and search for timelines related to what you're currently teaching.
 * Register and create a short timeline. (Could be a topic about which you're studying or a history of you)

Screencast-O-Matic.com
 * Try it out!
 * iPad Apps
 * ScreenChomp
 * free.
 * no "gallery"
 * share via email, Facebook, Twitter, or copy link
 * ShowMe
 * free
 * search posted "ShowMe's" by topic and subject area (in app or online)
 * "Like" presentations to bookmark
 * share via email, Facebook, Twitter, or copy link
 * post to friends within ShowMe or publicly in ShowMe

Content Resources Check out one of the resources that is closest to what you teach/support
 * TED-Ed- model lessons that feature animated video, customizable
 * Khan Academy- most notable for math, but other topics included
 * Mathtrain.tv - middle school math (learn more about how Mathtrain started in a podcast)
 * Wolfram Alpha- math and comparative information (search engine)
 * Flipped Learning- secondary science
 * Great Books for Gifted Kids Wiki - Educator created wiki to collaborate on great books for gifted kids

Blogs to Follow
 * Byrdseed Gifted ([|http://www.byrdseed.com][|/]) by Ian Byrd
 * Unwrapping the Gifted ([|http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/unwrapping_the_gifted][|/]) by Tamara Fisher
 * Gifted Exchange ([|http://giftedexchange.blogspot.com][|/]) by Laura Vanderkam

Twitter
 * #gtchat- global conversation about gifted education, 6 pm CST (US) Fridays
 * Check out the handout for suggested folks to follow and articles on Twitter.

Productivity Tools
 * Dropbox
 * Cloud product
 * Creates folder on each device and on web to save "stuff" (files, pictures, presentations, video, etc.)
 * Updates whenever wifi is available
 * Allows you to access the folders from any device or the web
 * Free for first 2.25 GB of storage (can get up to 16GB through referrals)
 * You can make folders public or share folders - you have complete control over sharing
 * [Disclosure - if you use the link above to signup for your own free account, we both get 500MB additional space free]
 * Evernote
 * Cloud product
 * Notetaking application that can be loaded and access from multiple devices
 * Take text notes, audio notes, clib web sites, photos, etc.
 * Saves notes in various "notebooks" you set up
 * Free
 * You can share pieces and parts for collaboration
 * Searchable
 * Several additional products are available with the same idea
 * Evernote Peek creates flashcard type activities on iPad
 * Splashtop
 * Allows you to remote into any computer that you set up on the account (with wifi access)
 * Whiteboard app turns an iPad into an interactive whiteboard
 * Whiteboard app is about $20

For the independent study folks:
 * Weebly- free web site creator
 * TED Talks- incredible source for videos by experts and innovators in a WIDE range of fields
 * RSA Animate- animated sketching that enhanced fascinating lectures
 * Library 2 Play: 23 Things- blog independent study on 23 web 2.0 tools
 * Livebinders - way to structure web research
 * 50+ Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story - tons of web 2.0 tools for digital storytelling and much more
 * Teach with Web 2.0 - another wiki filled with web 2.0 tools for teaching