Span+378-Sept.+12,+2008

=12 de septiembre, 2008=

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=Asignaciones para el 12 de septiembre=

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 * Proponer temas para conversación //(Preguntas y perspectivas)//
 * Trabajar en sus proyectos de comunicación profesional
 * Más información acerca de las asignaciones para el curso

//Supertechs - Pueden bajar y conocer el programa Zotero--creo que voy a necesitar un poco de ayuda extra cuando trabajamos con esta aplicación. No tengo Mac, así que sería fantástico si alguien quiere llegar a ser experto. Guías disponible here: (busquen las páginas entituladas "agenda" y "handout")//

=1) Los quehaceres - 12:00 - 12:05=


 * Pasar la lista
 * Canción - Mananas y bananas
 * Oración - Firma aquí para ser voluntario (por firmar ~ tres veces y hacer click sobre "save")
 * user:scvrska
 * Dos personas dejaron sus carpetas de ACTFL en la clase
 * Log out

=2) Trabajos colaborativos - 12:05 - 12:35= = =

Estaciones de exploración del alfabetismo -

[|Voicethread] = =

=3) La profesionalidad en la práctica - 12:35 - 12:50=


 * Copyright, Cybercourtesy, & Cybersafety in a Creative Commons Age
 * [|YouTube], [|TeacherTube], [|DotSub], [|Zamzar] - El uso de videos en la clase
 * Embedding

=4) Preguntas y perspectivas=


 * //(Nominar temas para conversación//)**

A little bit ago, I wrote a paper (if you can call it that) for my ENGL423 class that dealt with using blogs and other types of media/technology in the classroom. It's a very surface-level-type thing, but I was reminded of it when reading the [|TESL-EJ] page. [|Check it out!] user:tomrc

For anyone who is having trouble formating Word to create Field Trip Forms or Cover Letters don't fear. Use this link to download hundreds of user-created templates. [|HIT ME]user:ToddLager Niiiice. I wasn't aware of these! user:chericem1

So, everyone here has probably heard of the Nintendo Wii. Have you heard that by using the game controller that comes with the Nintendo Wii (plus about $10-15 of spare parts and some soldering experience), you can get a DIY [Do-It-Yourself] Smart Board? Johnny Lee, one of my new heroes in this world, shows you how. Just click [|this link] to see (Caution: YouTube Link). He's got a few other cool things he's done with a WiiMote, but they have less importance to us teachers. user:tomrc Just forwarded several articles on this to friends earlier this week, but hadn't seen the video. Thanks! This was VERY interesting! user:chericem1

Ever see a great video that you want to download, but it is on YouTube (or stuck in some other Flash-based player)? Have no fear; there is a solution! For those of you who use the one true browser (Firefox), get the add-on [|Download Helper]. This add-on will allow you to download videos that often are embedded into web pages. There's often one major problem. More often that not, these files come in a file format .flv or Flash Video format. This isn't your usual file type. Since most of you will never get into Flash development (I've only toyed with the idea of maybe looking into it myself), you'll need a player that can read that .flv format. No, Quicktime is no good (which also rules out iTunes). Windows Media Player and Real Player are not what you're looking for, either. What you need is [|VLC]. It plays [|everything]. Seriously. It works for Mac and Windows (and Linux for those of you brave enough; I'm not). It's also free. Check it out! user:tomrc I've been using [|Zamzar] for this in order to avoid having to use an FLV player. user:chericem1 Zamzar and I have butted heads one too many times over poor conversion quality, documents and videos alike. The reason I use VLC is simply //because// it is an everything player (though, admittedly, the Mac version is far more limited in its capacities than the Windows and Linux versions ). It's kind of my Swiss Army Knife of media players. Not to say that I don't make use of other media players out on the market. Having an iPod pretty much marries you to Quicktime+iTunes whether you want to be or not. But if ever I come across a media file that I'm not sure will play elsewhere, I know VLC will open it. Oh yeah. And its free, too. user:tomrc

Tom have you tried this? Amazing little application for anyone out there using a Mac. Its called TubeTV. All you do is copy and paste the URL of the Youtube or Google Video into the address bar. In just a minute the video is downloaded, converted into MPEG4 format and dropped into iTunes. Its keeps your from having to use .flv format, but these will play in VLC too. Downside for some of you is that it's only for Macs. But hey its free. [|Come on, hit me!] user:ToddLager Agggh! It appears to be only for Macs. :-( user:chericem1 Just buy a Mac, Cherice. It'll make everything better :D Just kidding (sort of). This actually seems pretty useful. Only about 25% of my VLC usage goes into FLV files. The majority is actually for playing Windows Media files since Windows Media Player for Mac is worse than Vista . This could be useful, though. user:tomrc Tom's right you have to get a Mac. Here in Provo its 100% Mac in the Provo School District, its what all the schools use, plus new teachers get a free Macbook. Don't get me wrong Windows has things a Mac can't do for me, like stream Netflix movies. But thats the last I'll say on the subject, I'm not a hater. If I was smart enough I would probably be using Linuxuser:ToddLager

I'm still hung up on and excited about the idea of writing grants for classroom technology and field trips. I found a good [|site] with lots of links for you and a [|great little guide] that was especially helpful. For now it all just gives me more ideas; the wheels are spinning! user:ErinMB These are great sites! Will you please post these links to the grants page of the wiki: http://languagelinks2006.wikispaces.com/Grant+Writing? Remind me to tell you about the iPod grant in class user:chericem1 iPod Grant? That sounds too good to be true.user:ToddLager

A fun but very useful cross platform application just went from private to public beta. DropBox adds a folder on your mac or PC that you can open anywhere and store your files. It updates any saves to those files when you modify them - so its pretty amazing. You get 2 gb of data to store whatever. [|DropBox] user:ToddLager

For Gianna - ====[|Cookthink] - Shows how web 2.0 thinking used in web design makes sites more useful to users via random access through various conceptual categories (cuisine, ingredient, mood, taste, etc.) Select tags from multiple tabs, results displayed in visual tag cloud.user:chericem1====

[|FoodieView - The Recipe Search Engine] - Metasearch engine for recipe sitesuser:chericem1
//"If software can go open source, why can't teaching?"// //[|Thomas Reyes-Cairo]// user:chericem1

//“I want my students to realize that in most cases they don’t have to go anywhere else to be truly happy. Happiness is to be found right where they are.”// [|Mara Bohman] user:chericem1

[|One-eyed shrimp], fish that ride bicycles, 3 blogs, a unit, some [|useful bookmarks], and overseas adventures that lead to mourning re: the start of school. . . Gianna leads a life busy and interesting enough for 3 people! user:chericem1

Looks like I'm [|not the only one with questions about the YouTube policy]! user:chericem1

Heidi can probably give me some tips re: pacing in long distance races! user:chericem1

Elyse also has some [|useful bookmarks] - any idea why none of the activity links work in the Novelinks lesson plans (at least for you and Gianna)? user:chericem1

I can see I have definitely underestimated the people in this class. I will do my best to kick things up a few notches! user:chericem1

You all are WAY more interesting than my dissertation! user:chericem1

=5) Asignaciones para la próxima clase=

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 * Proponer temas para conversación
 * Crear una encuesta acerca de la lectura para el 22 de septiembre con [|Google Forms], [|Survey Monkey], [|Poll Everywhere], u otra herramienta
 * Trabajar en su proyecto de comunicación profesional (escojan uno):
 * Cover Letter (or Letter of Inquiry) [[file:Cover Letter Assignment Sheet-BYU.doc]] [[file:Cover Letter Evaluation Checklist-BYU.doc]]
 * Course Syllabus
 * Field Trip Plan & Waiver
 * Philosophy of Teaching & Learning [[file:Teaching Philosophy Assignment-BYU.doc]] [[file:Teaching Philosophy Brainstorming Template-BYU.doc]]
 * Professional Biography [[file:Professional Biography Assignment-BYU.doc]]
 * Resume [[file:Resume Assignment-BYU.doc]]
 * Substitute Lesson Plan [[file:Substitute Lesson Plan Template-BYU.doc]]
 * Más información acerca de las asignaciones para el curso

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