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Advancing Technology 2008

The Redwood Writing Project's Advanced Technology Institute

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

On Blogging

  • Gail Desler's Instruction Manual for Edublogs (National Writing Project)
  • Kevin Hodgson's "Bringing the World to My Doorstep: A Teacher's Blog-Reading Habits" (National Writing Project)
  • Moderating and Ethics for the Classroom Instructional Blog (T.H.E. Journal)
  • Katie Ash's "Educators Test the Limits of Twitter Microblogging Tool" (Digital Directions: Trends and Advice for K-12 Technology Leaders)
  • Anne Davis' "Rationale for Educational Blogging" (University of Georgia)

Follow this BlogLog link for a long list of sample blogs. Please also check out the Blogging Resources page.
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ATI2008 Documents and Resources

  • How to Get Coaching and Schedule a Workshop
  • The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the Modest Tech Project
  • How to Use Google Docs
  • How to Use Blogger
  • How to Publish to Blogger from Google Docs
  • How to Use seedwiki
  • How to Use Page Creator
  • How to Use Jing
  • How to Use iGoogle
  • How to Use del.icio.us
  • How to Upload Video
  • Richardson Article

ATI2008 Tech Resources

  • Audacity: "The Free, Cross-Platform Sound Editor"
  • BluWiki: Websites for the People
  • Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies' Directory of Free eLearning Tools
  • DivShare: Free Online Storage for Videos, Photos, Music, and Documents
  • Flip: Online Flipbook
  • Foxmarks: Free Firefox Add-on to Sync Bookmarks across Computers
  • Foxmarks: Free Firefox Add-on to Sync Bookmarks across Computers
  • Free Online Software: A Compendium
  • Jing: Free Screen Shots (Images, Video, Sharing)
  • KnightCite: Tracy's Favorite Citation Generation Site
  • LearnHub: An Educational Social-Networking Site
  • Lulu: Self-Publishing (Online and Print)
  • LunarPages: Free Web Hosting for Educators
  • Make Textbooks Affordable: Free Online and Printable College Textbooks
  • Meet-O-Matic: Free Meeting-Planning Software
  • MyStudiyo: Create Quizzes for Blogs and Websites
  • Ning: A Social Networking Site
  • PageFlakes: An Online RSS Feed Album
  • PBWiki for Educators
  • PHP List: A Free Open-Source Newsletter Manager
  • Podcast: "The Ultimate Podcast Collection"
  • Shutterfly: An Online Photo Album
  • SiteMeter: Free Visitor Counter
  • Skype: Online Conference Calling
  • Sound Studio: Easy Recording and Editing Sound Free (Lengthy) Trial
  • SurveyMonkey: The Simple Way to Create Online Surveys
  • TappedIn: The Online Workplace of an International Community of Education Professionals
  • The Cutest Blog on the Block (Backgrounds, Pretties)
  • Tokoni: A Storytelling and Story-Posting Website
  • Twitter: A Free Networking System for Instant Activity Updates
  • VoiceThread: Free Accounts for K12 Educators
  • Wikispaces for teachers
  • Wordle: A Game for Generating Word Clouds

For Your Reading Pleasure

  • On Blogging
  • On RSS
  • On Web 2.0 and Tech in General
  • On Wikis

For Your Edification (and Amusement)

  • FreeRice: Educational Charitable and Vocabulary Game
  • Frog Leap Puzzle: Are You Smarter than a Second Grader?
  • Judson Laipply's "The Evolution of Dance"
  • Taylor Mali's "The Impotence of Proofreading"
  • Taylor Mali's "What Do Teachers Really Make?"
  • The Merchants of Cool: A Report on the Creators and Marketers of Popular Culture for Teenagers
  • Type Racer: Practice Typing, Compete, and Read Lit--All at the Same Time
  • Virtual Bubble Wrap

dream big. start small.

Agendas

  • Friday, June 27, 2008
  • Saturday, June 28, 2008
  • Friday, July 11, 2008
  • Saturday, July 12, 2008
  • Friday, August 8, 2008
  • Saturday, August 9, 2008

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Writing Prompts

  • w.r . . . p.r.o.t.o.c.o.l
  • Writing Prompt #1
  • Writing Prompt #2
  • Writing Prompt #3
  • WR #3--Revisited
  • Writing Prompt #4
  • Writing Prompt #5
  • Writing Prompt #6
  • Writing Prompt #7
  • Writing Prompt #8
  • Writing Prompt #9
  • Writing Prompt #10
  • Writing Prompt #11

Our Projects

  • visit our ATI 2008 project blogs
  • visit our del.icio.us sites

Our Sponsors

  • Redwood Writing Project
  • National Writing Project
  • California Writing Project
  • College of the Redwoods
  • Humboldt State University English Department

for more information

  • review participant contract
  • check out the ATI2007 blog
  • contact tracy duckart