February+Seminar+-+tech+workshops

-Lookstein Center web conferencing platform we used for our first (sept, 09) meeting ||<  -Ning review and more advanced features -Google Refresher: with all of the constant updates, what have people discovered recently (more about Google Wave) -Twitter: would like to be convinced of it's usefulness beyond our in person meetings! || Google analytics Google docs (forms, etc) Picasa (editing, collage, slideshow, etc) Animoto ||< Text messaging for classroom teaching, evaluations, etc Video editing Voice recording Second life ||< Delicious- not technical aspects but thinking about how to best use Finding education related videos to use for professional development || Blogger We're using the Ning, but we never had any kind of formal session. Maybe a few minutes to make sure we all know all its features? ||< I'd like a quick review of Twitter. || RSS stuff - i can't figure out how they work or how to integrate them.
 * ~ Name ||~ Technology platforms that I can teach ||~ Technology platforms I'd like to learn ||~ Technology skills I'd like to improve ||
 * ~ **Howard **  ||<  Nothing yet ||< -EDGE!
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 * ~ **Ellen **  ||<  Blogger
 * ~ **Barry ** ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">I'm afraid I can't be too useful here. I'm pretty comfortable with web conferencing in general, so if I have advance notice on which programs, I'd play around with it at home and be willing to teach. <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I don't understand RSS suff either.
 * ~ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">**<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Robyn ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">

while i hate to say it = because i completely don't like it - i need to learn second life/virtual jerusalem ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> || ...While it is not a platform, I saw that Ellen asked about video editing. I do that on the side professionally and happy to teach it if needed. ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> EDGE. I would love to learn some basic coding in order to create add-ons to EDGE or the like. ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> I would love to figure out the formula of going viral and creating an active social network. I would like to get an overview of all the most popular platforms and why they are better than others. I suppose I would also like to understand wikis better as that is one I don't use and didn't learn much about when it was taught in Israel. I would also like to talk about specific issues, challenges and triumphs with technology integration in schools. This would not be case studies from our schools but from an expert who knows the research. || Google Docs ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> I am not sure... I will try to come back after others have populated the list - - I feel like I don't know what I don't know! :) ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">How to choose which technology to use -- i.e. why a wiki over a shared google doc? || Blogger RSS feeds ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I'm also interested in what to use when ( see Rachel's entry above) || RSS feeds (like others have said - don't know how to best utilize them), Blogging ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> Always looking for new ways to use (or the deeper levels of) what I'm already using. ||
 * ~ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">**<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Jonathan ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">With two or three days notice I can teach whichever platform you need. <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I can always learn more about any platform. ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I think Rachel's comment (see below) is an important one. Please consider a presentation on that not by a neophyte like us. ||
 * ~ **<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Lillian **<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||
 * ~ **<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Nammie **<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> I would prefer not to teach any platform at this stage as I feel like I know a little about a lot of platforms, rather than a lot about any specific one. ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> EDJE (I guess I don't even know what the acronym stands for since I assumed it was a "J") ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||
 * ~ **<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Eliezer **<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> Wordpress, Ning, Animoto, setting up a url and hosting a site using godaddy and hostgator, twitter & tweetdeck, facebook.
 * ~ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">**<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Rachel ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">
 * ~ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">**<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Lisa ** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Google docs- quick review
 * ~ **<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Elana **<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> Google stuff, Wikis, Twitter, picassa, could spend time learning others if had some prep time. ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> Virtual worlds
 * ~ **<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Sid **<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||
 * ~ **<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Joy **<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> I wish that there is something I could put in this box... ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> webinar platforms, RRS feeds as others have mentioned (I don't really understand what this is), UStream, I am sure there are lots more...I feel like the child who does not know enough to even ask the question ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||
 * ~ **<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Ira **<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> Pretty comfortable learning anything well enough to teach. Just got the hang of PhotoPeach, which may be better even than Animoto! ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> I am less interested in learning lots of new applications, as distinct from platforms like ning, google groups, etc which might be useful as a basis for leading my CoPs. Ning would be perfect if we could nail down the notification problem. I have joined the creators group and asked for help on this. ||< <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ||