#18 Week 8 web 2.0 connections

This is my Zoho Doc that I posted directly to the blog. The zoho editor has lots of formating tools including special math symbols. Easy to jump right in! There are quite a few collaborative tools on zoho, though some of the require money... Like the database application. There are many times we use Excel when we should really be using a database, but we either don't have access to one or they are too much work to set up. This looks pretty easy (like the old appleworks database) and you can also create web forms and integrate into web page... might be worth the $25 if you had a need for a database!

Blog responses by Robin Turk

1. library livin’ Week 4 - #9

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2. Sonic Shade Week 9 - #20https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7500539252511721651&postID=8913490489812165777&page=1

3. Book 2.0 – chapter 5 Professional Development

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4. Janet’s Raven 2.0 - No Week—on Library Blogs

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5. Aunt Book – Week 6 # 15 https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5186509637097213927&postID=7036547893740821174&page=1

Curriculum Connections

Motivational Posters
There are many uses for these motivational posters found on several of the image generator sites, such as BigHugeLabs or Imagegenerator.org. Our sixth grade teachers are always trying to come up with new projects for the beginning of the year to help socialize kids. We also explore ways for students to identify themselves with character traits. I see students making posters with images of themselves illustrating a character trait, or just with that trait as the text. Comic pictures would be great too. Giving students a choice of several of these tools would be the best approach! RobinT July 08

Group work notes and sharing: not a new idea- I learned from David Loertcher at th e AASL 2007 conference. The trick is to have at least one computer per group. Set up a page for the project with directions etc and insert a table for each group. Label each cell and link to a new page. Then each group has their own page to record notes and it is easy to share. Suddenly being the note taker takes on a new meaning! Robin T July 2008