Galena+Park+2012+Agenda

Below are the links we'll be using in the October 27, 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 do you like best about teaching gifted kids?

WordSift
 * Click on one of the samples below the box.
 * Play with the buttons to see how the words are analyzed and highlighted
 * Note "workspace" doesn't work on the iPad

Wikispaces
 * The Students' History
 * Listen to the November Learning podcast: Building Legacay Within a Textbook (Garth Holman & Michael Pennington) OR
 * Watch video on YouTube: IdeaJam: Education Live Stream (students are featured from 16:50 to 38:20)
 * Share your thoughts in Today's Meetingduring the podcast or video
 * Link to the teachers' blog
 * Great Books for Gifted Kids Wiki
 * Wiki to collaborate on great books for gifted kids

Mindmeister (iPad users - Mindmeister App)
 * Create a mindmap of the characteristics of gifted kids
 * Other laptop options
 * Bubbl.us
 * SpicyNodes
 * Mind42 (requires activation email)
 * Mindomo (requires activation email)
 * Other iPad options
 * Popplet Lite (read this blog post for examples)
 * Inspiration Maps Lite
 * SimpleMind+
 * Idea Sketch

Lino (iPad users - Lino App)
 * Create a sticky note board on the tech tools we've used so far

Storytelling
 * Create a story or cartoon
 * iPad Apps
 * Toontastic
 * Sock Puppets
 * Laptop
 * Storybird- books using provided or uploaded art
 * GoAnimate - animations using your dialogue and their characters

Screencast-O-Matic.com
 * Try it out!
 * iPad Apps
 * ScreenChomp
 * ShowMe
 * Educreations

Poll Everywhere
 * Register for an educator account.
 * Create a poll based on something you're currently teaching.

Socrative
 * Get a partner
 * Try different question types
 * Develop a quiz to try with your partner
 * Teacher site: t.socrative.com
 * Student site: m.socrative.com

Content Resources Check out one of the resources that is closest to what you teach/support
 * TED - videos of inspiring "talks" made by visionary leaders in numerous fields
 * 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:
 * Tagxedo (laptop) - word cloud generator with lots of save options and manipulation options
 * Exploratree (laptop) - graphic organizer source
 * 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