FCS+In-Service

=FCS In-Service= Thursday, June 18, 2009 8 - 11 a.m. North Penn High School

Thank you for coming today. Here are the links to the sites discussed in today's presentation:

[|21st Century Skills]

 **Make Math Easy** Mr. Rob Shettsline's site where students can get information, learn at their own pace, and collaborate to create new content. http://makematheasy.wikispaces.com/ Check out: Geomtery videos: http://makematheasy.wikispaces.com/9.6+Lesson Using google survey to get information for graphing: http://makematheasy.wikispaces.com/Scatter+Plot+Survey  **Survive** A creative writing student created this project where students each wrote a chapter a day, anonymously, from the point of view of one character. The only common ground was the setting, a Detroit hotel, but soon their stories began to include each other's plots and characters, melding into one interactive narrative. http://survive.wikispaces.com/ Check out: The story behind the hotel One character’s story A daily wrap-up Scoring & grading

 **The Ponderosa** This Math teacher and CFF coach was among the first in our district using wikis. http://ponderosa.wikispaces.com/ Check out: Ponderosa TV - http://ponderosa.wikispaces.com/Ponderosa+TV  ** Swindells ** This site began as a course management site for my students, but has evolved into a starting point for interactive in-service presentations, and a sharing point for collaborative sites. Swindells - http://swindells.wikispaces.com/ Check out: Web 2.0 glog, Upcoming training sessions

 **Effective Instruction** Rather than watch a PowerPoint, our teachers participate in the presentation for our Effective Instruction in-service. http://npformative2.wikispaces.com/ Check out: Professional development through wiki Think-write-pair-share Chat / live broadcast Resources

 **Classrooms for the Future** Our CFF teachers use this resource for links, FAQs, discussion boards, and more. http://npcff.wikispaces.com/ Check out: Guiding CFF teachers through online class Links Pullouts

 **Collaboration for 21st Century Skills** This site is a space for a new kind of flex session. Teachers research sites that foster 21st Century Skills, and share their ideas with their colleagues. http://c421cs.wikispaces.com/ Check out: Links > google docs surveys Transition into google docs survey for district flex Upcoming flex sessions

 **English Department** Our English department uses this site to share best practices, files, links, videos, and pictures. http://a132.wikispaces.com/ Check out: Curricula General Stuff English 10.5 Summer Reading

**SANDBOX...** Click the sandbox, find your name, and practice making changes to the page. Edit navigation to make a new page In the new page, change size, color, font Make a link to a new page as easily as typing it Bring in a picture Use discussion board Embed video Embed RSS Embed a widget Embed a gabbly chat

Don't forget to take my "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" challenge. Once you feel comfortable working with a wiki, it's time to...

 **MAKE YOUR OWN...** Just how easy is it to create a Wikispaces site and get started? Let's try one together...

Starting a new wiki – choosing the name is key (SokoRocks) BeatnikBrown ** BeatnikBrown’s use of wikis: http://beatnikbrown.wikispaces.com

Students and teachers are able to work together to create original content.
=Videos=

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 * Wikis in Plain English**

Michael Wesch, with 200 students at Kansas State University []
 * A Vision of Students Today**

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 * The Internet Overdose Song**