Eva LaMar's 2007 handouts

NECC 2009 QTVR Panorama Resources

World Wide Panorama Project:

Other Panorama Websites (educationally appropriate)

Software Resources:

PT Gui Pro (used to stitch the 6 images together. This is EASY to use and quite reliable)
Photoshop (CS4) -for editing images and panoramas
Cubic Converter (turns my panorama into a cube)

Tutorials

NECC 2009 Web 2.0 Tools for Collaborative Podcast Projects

Web 2.0 tools (free)

Buzzword (easy to use, track changes, set up multiple documents)
Presentations (use for designing the structure of the podcast, focus content questions, use as a graphic organizer) As of June 18th, 2009, Presentations is part of Adobe Labs development program.
Photoshop.com- this allows for collaborative editing of images. Perfect for enhanced podcast images.
drop.io Real time file sharing and collaboration tool

Fee-Based Online Tools

GCast- this used to be free and fantastic because it was so easy to set up an account and have experts in the field call in and leave commentary for students to then download into Garageband. It is WORTH the $99.00 annual fee if you would like to easily capture quality sound through phone calls. Students can interview experts and/or grandparents, etc by emailing questions and then having the person call into the account and leave the answers.

Eva's Classroom: Podcasting Examples

Thompson's Mill: An Oregon State Park collaborative project between students and rangers (first draft of podcasts)
The Ammendments: Eva's 8th grade social studies class podcasts about the Constitutional Ammendments.
Eva Podcasts about how to create a Podcasting SOUNDBOOTH
In collaboration with the 5th grade teachers at Riverbend Elementary, our students created "Read It Forward" book talk podcasts recommending books for others to read!

Google Earth & Google Lit Trips

PODCASTING RESOURCES

MARZANO & VOCAB RECOURCES

Handouts available from Jerome Berg's Google Lit Trips TIPS page on his website:

Making Placemakers for GE Lit Trips- Create a placemarker, change the icon, color of marker and other details. (PDF file)
Formatting a Placemarker- add the images, links and format the placemarkers! (PDF file)
How to find hard locations using Google Earth: Learn about the different techniques for finding locations using GE.
Adding route PATHS to a GE tour. Learn how to add a line path throughout the route. This is an excellent technique that is a 'must do' for any Google Lit Trip since it keeps the reader focused on the direction and path of the journey!
Capturing the best view. Learn how to set the GE viewer so that it makes the most of each location.

Handouts for Podcasting:

Planning guides
Garageband information (Macs only)
Audacity (PC free podcasting software)
Handouts for Podcasting- my iWeb page
Creating a Podcasting Booth:
- Podcast about making a Podcasting booth
- My web page with the pictures- podcasting booth
Tracking sheet for the teacher

Screen shots & Screen-cast movies on how to use common software programs with Marzano's 6-step vocabulary instruction program:

Main site created by Eva

Safari Browser-

Firefox Browser-

Inspiration Software

How to use Google Earth (link to my page on Google Earth).

List of Google Earth Lit Trips that are high quality and well designed! (A true lit trip is more than just showing the journey through a book. It should ask the viewer to think, respond, and be involved throughout the journey.)

Lit Trips for grades K-5
Lit Trips for grades 6-8
Lit Trips for high school
Lit Trips for higher ed

Our students' podcasts:

I created this Matrix of Marzano's 9 strategies for improving student achievement:

MUST HAVE BOOKS

Handouts from other resources: