• Classroom gmail account

               Creation of a classroom gmail account for use with some of the tools

               When you have created and activated your classroom gmail account, please create an email in that

               account and send  it to csitterley@gmail.com  REMEMBER-write down your account name and password

• NETS*S - National Educational Technology Standards for Students-renewed in 2007
• NETS*T - National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers- renewed in 2008
  
  

• Review survey results

               Review of the results of the Blended learning survey taken earlier in the day

                         (remember-you recorded your username and pw)

               You can get definitions of the various levels at the LoTi Lounge

• Your Turn:

               Using this link, please log in (your usual username and the password that will be provided). .  

               Please use the information from NETS*S and NETS*T as well as from the Blended Learning Survey

               to respond to the following questions:  (You are using a blogging site called kidblog that allows

               creation of a private blogging area for only those you add to the group-we will set up a kidblog

               for those who wish to have one)

                    How can you use the NETS*S elements to help you reach the next level on the Blended Learning Survey?  

                    How will your classroom learning be different when you do that? 

                    What activities and technology use can you implement in your classroom (pick a subject)?

• Dropbox

               Dropbox is an online storage area-we will set up an account on dropbox and look at how to access

               and share.  You will get an invitation from either Kyli or me in your gmail classroom account.  When

               you create the dropbox account, you will be asked to install an application on the computer.  We will

               do this to complete the registration, but we will use the web-based application to save files.  Once the

               account is set up, you will access your files from http://dropbox.com

• Posterous

               Posterous will allow creation of a web site / blog with very little effort.  Posts to the account can be

               made from a gmail account.  We will use the class gmail account that we created earlier to post to your site.

• Google Applications

               For this activity, we will work in the new google account that you created for your classroom.