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February 25, 2014 Watch and listen to our online agenda.  Start visually planning your multimedia presentation using Animoto, MovieMaker or iMovie this week.  Use our Google Community to ask questions and learn together! Have fun playing! 

February 18, 2014 We are holding class online! Check our Google Community for the agenda and meet me on Twitter during our normal class time!

February 18, 2014

Teach a copyright lesson using Creative Commons; Top 5 Sites to Find Images for Student Use; Copyright-friendly images; Classroom Copyright Chart; Teaching Copyright Basics with a Cool Interactive Tool; Making Common Craft Style Videos.

Find a #digcit lesson on Common Sense Media that you could teach in your classroom. Plan to teach it and write a reflection on the impact on student learning.

Mike Ribble notes due 3/4. Have questions ready for our EdCafe, as well as the author!  

Next week, 2/25: Class online the 9 elements of #digcit: Access, Commerce, Communication, Literacy, Etiquette, LAw, Rights & Responsibilities, HEalth & Wellness & Security.  Discussion in our Google Community.

February 11, 2014

Love this image and scenario!  What concrete ways can you help students understand the consequences of their words and actions?

Check out the following resources: One; Stand in My Shoes: Kids Learning About Empathy; We Are All the Same Inside; Each Kindness.  Add your resources here.

In class: Review 13 Reasons Why and share presentations.  Participate in an ongoing discussion about the story.

Check out Google Community too!

Divide and conquer the reading for this course. Mike Ribble's book and Jason Ohler's book.

For next week: Create a presentation on 13 Reasons Why using a presentation tool. Possible tools to use: Prezi, Glogster, HaikuDeck, ThingLink, MovieMaker, PowToon, iMovie, SlideRocket, VoiceThread, 30Hands, etc. Check out Cool Tools for School for more options.

February 4, 2014 - 2nd Class of the Semester

To Do: What’s your digital presence? Find out more about your digital tattoo? What would happen when you interview for a job?  What would they find out about you?  Let’s hope this would not happen to you during an interview: I Hate the Brenda Sharpe Group. 

To Review: #digcit Scoop.It! Resources

Copyright video created by high school students.  As we create assignments throughout the semester, we must follow proper copyright!  Check out Creative Commons; Top 5 Sites to Find Images for Student Use; Copyright-friendly images; Classroom Copyright Chart; Teaching Copyright Basics with a Cool Interactive Tool.

Also, check out Vimily! I think it's my new favorite tool and could be used for your final multimedia presentation! Ideas for final presentation can be found here!

Don't miss Paul Bogush's blog post: Making Common Craft Style Videos

January 21, 2014: Snow Day 1st Class Cancelled
January 28, 2014: 1st Class of the Semester

Get Twitter Handle – Why Twitter? If You Were on Twitter; Twitter: A Getting Started Guide; Twitter 102; How to Get Started on Twitter. 

Make sure you are connected on G+ and in our Google Community.  Also, create a folder in Google Docs; add name, course, semester and year and share this folder with me.  Example: MBFXC 536 Spring 2014.  All work will be shared through this Google folder.

Sign up for your Blog Pal!  You will also need to create a Google doc with links to your blog pals.  You will be keeping a running record when you comment and reflect on the changes you see in your blog pals' writing throughout the semester.

Copyright video created by high school students.  As we create assignments throughout the semester, we must follow proper copyright!  Check out Creative Commons; Top 5 Sites to Find Images for Student Use; Copyright-friendly images; Classroom Copyright Chart; Teaching Copyright Basics with a Cool Interactive Tool.

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Additional Resources for class tonight...

To Do: What’s your digital presence? Find out more about your digital tattoo? What would happen when you interview for a job?  What would they find out about you?  Let’s hope this would not happen to you during an interview: I Hate the Brenda Sharpe Group. 

To Review: The #digcit chat archive from 1/8

Some other must read #digcit: They Loved Your GPA Then They Saw Your Tweets; Hey Kids, Your Twitter is Showing; There’s More to Samantha Goudie Than Just Being “Vodak Samm”; Twitter Turns Ugly Over PR Person’s Idiotic Tweets; Teacher Calls Autistic Student ‘Hot Mess,’ Parents ‘Crazy’ on Facebook. 
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