Teens+and+Tech

Learning in a 21st Century World
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My name is //(name)// and I teach //(level and language)//. I am like a //(object)// because //(your imagination required here)//.
 * Logistics and Introduction**s

Challenge - Use the [|Creative Commons] search and find a visual representation of your object. Did you know? In Firefox 3.0, Creative Commons search is one of the toolbar search options.

**Copyright Soapbox:** Fair use, photos, publishing, distance networks - there are many ways to create and publish content, as well as remix or mashup existing content. As educators, we are responsible to demonstrate appropriate copyright.

[|Technology & Learning Magazine] has a great article about copyright and a [|handy chart] (PDF).

Need an easy way to create citations? Use [|Son of Citation Machine]

 [|Who are you?] Ever need to gather information about your students AND have it at your digital fingertips? Collect it through either a [|Google Docs Form (and spreadsheet)] or a [|Survey Monkey] free survey. Let's collect a little information about our group!
 * Gathering Information**

This French teacher uses a Google Form to collect data from students watching a film and this German teacher collected information about her students.

**Trends in Technology**
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 * 1. Microsoft Surface Computing**

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 * 2. 3D Brush**

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 * 3. Bioprinting**

**Trends in Education**
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 * 1. A Vision of K-12 Students Today**

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 * 2. 21st Century Pedagogy**

Global Trends
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 * Information R/evolution**

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 * Did you know 2.0**

**Communicative projects and activities**


=Digital Storytelling - Three environments=

Digital storytelling with the ability to have text, audio, video, or doodle commentary on each slide. You must have a VoiceThread account in order to create or comment.
 * [|VoiceThread]**

You can set preferences to allow others to comment as well. [|VoiceThread] is an interesting, easy to use web-based environment for digital storytelling and there is an [|education portal].

[|Langwitches]describes how she used it with her students and how to get started. Read more about how educators are using VoiceThread.

(//Linked examples:)//
 * Spanish example - [|La familia] and [|a story about a horse].
 * Chinese - [|student example in Chinese,] a [|student sample about the zodiac animals], this [|example] has a teacher record a speech sample and the students repeat and record and here students can hear [|colors].
 * French - a simple use for [|French vocabulary on professions]
 * EvenKindergarten students can use VoiceThread

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[|Comiqs] allows you to create comic strips using your own photos which you can then embed into websites, wikis, blogs or social networking sites. Comiqs can easily pull in your [|flickr] photos. [|Pikistrips] allow you to create comic strips from your photos. [|Toondoo]allows you to create your own comic characters and comic strips.
 * [|Spanish Cooking Project]
 * [|Spanish 2 Project]


 * [[image:gold_star.png]] [|Voki]** creates an avatar to which the individual gives voice.
 * [|French example]
 * [|German example]
 * [|A French Voki Poems Group on Ning]

[|BubblePLY] - Allows you to add speech and thought bubbles to any online video. Great for drawing students' attention to specific features of a video clip, for encouraging them to use their language skills to comment on the content of the video by having them insert them

Need a web presence? A place to hold your media? Try [|wikispaces] - advertisement free for K-12 educators.