Educación Emocional y habilidades de Alfabetización para la Vida

 SLIDESHOW TOOLS    S lideShow Tools allow you to create and share slideshows. PhotoPeach   PhotoPeach allows you to quickly upload photos to create great looking slideshows and even simple quizzes. Students under 13 are allowed to create their own PhotoPeach presentation provided their parent or guardian agrees to  the term and conditions. How to embed content in Posts  Once you have created your content using one of the above online tools you embed in a post as follows: 1. Copy the embed code. Websites use a range of different icons to represent embed code. Looks for icons like </> , the word Embed, Share, the share icon, HTML, or hover your mouse over icons until you see the word Embed. 2. Go to Posts> Add New 3. Place your cursor where you want the video to appear and then click on the Add Media  button. 4. In the Add Media window click on the Insert Embed Code tab. 5. Paste the embed code into the Insert Embed code box and...

  Haiku Deck   Haiku Deck is a tool that allows you to create presentations using their website on your computer or their app on your iOS device. Haiku Deck works by combining beautiful images with minimal text. As you type a word(s) on the slide Haiku Deck searches Creative Commons images to find images to match your text. You can also upload images from your computer. Below is an example of a Haiku Deck created by a student. Presentations PowToon PowToon is an online tool that allows you to make animated videos and presentations easily. Students under 18 are allowed to use the Education version of PowToon. Prezi  Prezi  is an online tool that uses a single canvas instead of traditional series of slides for presentation and storytelling. The images, text, videos and other objects are placed on the canvas and users can zoom in and out. Below is an example of a Prezi created by a student. Prezi or PowerPoint Note: Students under 13 are not allowed to create the...

  Animoto     It allows students to focus on content creation rather than trying to learn an editing or manipulation tool. In the school context, Animoto For Education is an ideal tool for students to create their own booktrailers, digital stories, or music videos. Students under 13 are allowed to use Animoto For Education under direct supervision of the teacher within the classroom. Teachers can sign up for an Animoto For Education account for free. Biteable  Biteable allows you to make animated videos and presentations easily. Students under 13 are allowed to create their own Biteable presentation. Google Slides Presentation  Google Slides Presentation is part of the freeware web based office suite offered by Google within Google Drive. Google Slides can be a great way to share student work on a class blog when students don’t have their own blogs. Here are two examples from Miss Jordan’s class blog . Digital Work : Haiku poems Here the students e...

  Curation tools :   Curation tools allow you to collect, preserve, maintain, archive, and share information. The goal of content curation is to find the most relevant content pertaining to a specific category and funneling this information for yourself and your readers in a very targeted way. Curation tools: multiple intelligences   LiveBinders   LiveBinders allows you to curate webpages, PDFs, documents, images, or videos into a digital 3 ring binder. Content can be curated by tab and subtabs within tabs.  The LiveBinder below is used by the teacher to share resources from classes. Check out the following for more information: Using LiveBinders with students. Using LiveBinders on iPads. Note: Students under 13 are allowed to create their own LiveBinders provided their parent or guardian agrees to their terms and conditions. LiveBinders: Curation tools Polls, surveys, and quizzes    Online polling and survey tools help you gather opini...

  SoundCloud   The next app is an online audio distribution platform that allows users to upload, record, promote and share their own sounds. The SoundCloud embed above  was used by the teacher to engage the students, showcase their creativity while summarizing the essence of a story into something memorable. You can read more about the activity and check out more of their SoundCloud here.Your students must be over 13 years old if you want them to upload their own audio to SoundCloud. Brainstorming tools   Brainstorming tools help students think up new and creative ideas quickly and easily. Brainstorming allows students to comprehend connections between concepts and helps them with their thinking process. Popplet   Popplet is a popular collaborative brainstorming tool that can be used to create graphic organizers, timelines, and  many other visual organization forms. Popplet is also a powerful presentation tool, students can create Popplet on th...

  Getting around limitations with under 13s Teachers can still have accounts to create content for the blog. Have students sign up at home with their parents when this is allowed in the Terms. Use tools that don’t require sign up.(eg. Tagxedo or Make Beliefs Comix ). Use tools that allow teachers to create student accounts. Audio hosting websites    Audio is used for a wide range of purpose including: Grammar and fluency reading practice. Delivering content. Engaging auditory learners. Creating podcasts   Educators use audio hosting websites when they want to embed their audio within embedded players rather than uploading them directly to posts as a link. Anchor.fm and SoundCloud are commonly used audio hosting websites. Programas malignos,vías de infección y consecuencias de contagio Anchor.fm   Anchor . fm is an excellent free service for recording, hosting, and distribution podcasts. You can create recordings on your computer or on the m...

 Welcome to the eighth step in our free professional learning series on class and student blogging! Step 8: Embed Content in Posts   The aim of this step is to: 1. Introduce you to online tools that you can embed into posts and pages. 2. Learn how to embed content into posts and pages.  We have embedded examples of each tool in this post to help you work out how each tool could be used with your students. Some of these tools are not designed to be viewed on mobile devices.  Embedding content in Posts   If you look closely at class blogs you will notice many of have cool interactive tools embedded in posts and pages.Embedding content like slides, quizzes,polls,videos, and storybooks into posts creates opportunities for  reader engagement and interaction not achievable using plain text or images.  Most online tools provide embed code that you can use to embed what you have found or created into posts. There are some popular tools used by educat...

  Using student photos Online   Even though 99.99% of visitors to your class blog will be well meaning parents, students, community members, or interested visitors from around the world, the unfortunate reality is that those with bad intentions can also visit public sites. There are also cases where the personal background of a student might mean they need more privacy and anonymity than others.  Decisions on whether to use student photographs or not are often about protecting educators from having problems with parents, caregivers, or administrators who have concernes about cyber-predators. Information that helps someone identify a student should always be shared with care.    Before using any student photos online, even on a private blog, you need to: Find out your school, district, or Education Department guidelines for sharing student photos online — make sure you follow these guidelines. Find out if there are forms caregivers and students need to si...

 Attributing free and public domain images     Public domain images and free to use images may not have a strict legal requirement of attribution, depending on the jurisdiction of content reuse, and depending on the terms and conditions of use of content from the website, but attribution is recommended to give correct provenance for most of these sites.  This means within or at the end your blog post it is recommended to attribute the image, include their copyright information and link the photo back to it’s original photo page.Here’s a list of free and public domain websites: Pixabay Unsplash Openclipart Wikimedia commons  The commons  Getty Open Content Images   All the images on Pixabay and Unsplash are Creative Commons Zero. They do not require any attribution and can be modified . You need to refer to the terms and conditions on the other websites to see if attribution is needed and how it is meant to be added. Add image to Pixab...

  Photos for Class are from the folks at Storyboard. Photos for Class Multicolr Search lab allows you to search Flickr images by color. This is a handy tool when you’re trying to match specific colors. All you need to do is select up to 5 colors. Multicolr Search lab Creative Commons and Image Attribution  It’s a requirement of all Creative Commons licenses that you attribute the original author. This means you can’t just use a Creative Commons image without correctly acknowledging the person who originally created it. Within or at the end your blog post you must: Attribute the image . Include their Copyright information . And you should link the photo back to its original photo page. The next one is an example of image attribution: Photo by @ ninisn licensed under INTEF 2 . 0   Generic Adding Images from Compfight to Posts   Here are two options for finding Creative Commons images:   Compfight   plugin - is a quick tool on al...

 Flickr Creative Commons Images   One of the most common sources of Creative Commons images used by bloggers is Flickr (an online photo sharing website).  Unfortunately, it is often assumed the Flickr images are licensed under Creative Commons and are allowed to be used. This isn’t the case. Images marked as “All Rights Reserved” are copyrighted and require permission from the person who uploaded it to Flickr. Images with “Some Rights Reserved” means the Flickr user has applied a Creative Commons license to their photo and you can use the image in the manner specified by the license. If you look at images directly on Flickr always check to see which license applies to ensure you only use the image in the manner specified by the license. The license is listed below the image.  For those you might be allowed to use, click on “Some Rights Reserved” for further explanation. This takes you to the Creative Commons license where you can read how you are allowed to...

 Into to Creative Commons    Creative Commons, founded in 2001, is an organization that provides free content licenses that people can apply to their work. These are known as Creative Commons licenses.   When you license your work with Creative Commons, you are allowing people to use it without having to ask permission, provided they use it in the manner stated in your Creative Commons license. The reason people use Creative Commons licenses is to make it easier for everyone to share and adapt creative work without the concern of copyright infringement.  Creative Commons licenses are used for books, websites, blogs, photographs, films, videos, songs, and other audio and visual recordings. If an image, website, doesn’t include a Creative Commons license, or isn’t public domain work, or doesn’t indicate that the content is free to use, then it is automatically implied that all content is copyright and you should not use it ! Put simply — unless stated otherwi...

  Step 7: Images, Copyright, and Creative Commons   This important step introduces you to copyright, fair use, and using images on blogs. You will learn how to find and add Creative Commons and public domain images to your blog posts. Intro to Copyright , Fair use, and Images in posts  You can not just use any image you like in a blog post. Why? Because unless stated otherwise, the law  automatically grants full “copyright “ over any creative work a person makes. Just because you find it on Google... Does not Make it free! You may be thinking it’s okay because as educators, we have a few more flexible copyright rules, called “Fair Use”, to play by.   Fair Use , in some cases, means you may have more flexible copyright rules if an image, text, video, etc. is being used for educational purposes. Fair Use, Copyright, and Cretive Commons  The trouble is, most of the laws and rules  that cover fair use and education were written well before the in...

20. Do not forget Grandparents and other family members   Your ready-made audience doesn’t only consist of parents, of course. There may be other family members, including grandparents, who would love to become part of your blogging community but just need guidance or encouragement.   Linda Yollis has had great success with some grandparents becoming particularly interested in her class blog. Bubble,  a 92 year old great-grandmother guest posted on her blog and Nonno, an Italian grandfather was once a regular contributor. Grandparents blogging The role these community members played in the students’ development was priceless. 21. Set up an Email subscription    Add an email subscription widget so parents can subscribe for notification of new posts. Our tutorial walks  you through the simple set up process. Note : This feature is only available on Pro blogs and CampusPress blogs. Get parents involved infographic  This infographic might...

16. Virtual volunteers    Linda Yollis has shared the idea of having parents act as virtual volunteers on a roster basis. Rather than helping students in the classroom, they can assist online by replying to students and engaging in conversations. 17. Parent blogging Rep  Some classrooms have a parent representative to assist with various tasks and events. Would a blogging rep work in your class?  The rep could organize your virtual volunteer roster, invite families to read and comments on posts, respond to comments, or, depending on skills, assist with tasks like photography and the creation of multimedia. 18. Blogging Homework   Depending on your homework policies and procedures, you could incorporate blogging into homework tasks that involve family members. Example tasks prompts could include : Show a familiar member a blogging buddies’ site and leave a comment together. Write an invitation to a friend or family member to comment on a specific pos...

  10. Hold parent information nights   Many classes hold these events at the beginning of a school year. Why not put blogging on the agenda?  When Kathleen Morris’s old blogging buddy in California, Linda Yollis, held a back to school information night, she Skyped in to discuss the benefits of blogging with her families.  Maybe you could get a former student, parent, or colleague to help you with your presentation? 11. Parent Email Newsletter    Sending a regular e-newsletter to parents can be a great way to offer blogging news or tips (along with other classroom news and reminders).  A newsletter can also be a platform to thank the parents who have been commenting, and invite parents to comment on particular posts. Being specific on what you want parents to comment on can increase participation. The Anatomy of an E-mail Newsletter 12. Post for parents   This idea was originally inspired by Henrietta Miller. You can achieve a big incre...

 5. Add links to your school website    Many schools set up pages on their school website with a directory to class blogs. Take a look at the example from Berwick Lodge Primary School  .   If you have your own teacher blog, you might like to add the link to your class blog there as well. 6. Explain browser bookmarks   It’s a good idea to teach students or families how to bookmark a favorite website. This might seem simple to you but could be a skill that’s new to others. Computer Hope  offers some really easy to follow instructions for bookmarking in different browsers. You could even email something like this to families or older students. 7. Add a link to your email signature  This simple idea reminds colleagues and parents to check out your class blog whenever you are in touch with them. Besides is an example from Free Technology for Teachers. Add a link 8.Created detailed parent handouts   There is a lot to know about effecti...

  21 Ideas to help educate and involve families and students      The most important tip is to make sure copy/paste your blog URL from the address bar of your web browser into any information you share with students and parents!It’s really easy to type your blog URL incorrectly— copying/pasting your blog URL ensures you get the URL correct every time!  1. Include your name in the blog URL   Your blog in the URL name allows you the flexibility to keep the blog if you change subject areas or year levels  in the coming school years. Simple  is always best! http://mrswaters.edublogs.org/ is easier to remember than http://mrswBPSRoom124.edublogs.org/   Here are some examples of class blogs that have the teacher’s name in the URL: Mrs . Hamman’s class blog - http://blogs.goaj.org/mrshamman/ Ms. Saltau’s Class blog -  http:// sarahjane.edublogs.org/ Mr. Cartlidge’s science blog - http://mrcartlidge.edublogs.org/   2. Busin...

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  In this sixth step, Help parents and Students connect,  you will learn a number of different ways you can help parents and students find and use your class blog. The aim of this step is to: Explain why it’s important to help parents and students connect with your class blog. Show common problems parents and students have locating class blog. Suggest 21 ways you can help parents and students find and use your class blog. Why help parents and students connect?   All teachers know that family involvement in schooling is a key predictor of a child’s success. With many families juggling full time work and other commitments, we need to come up with new ways to keep up the levels of family involvement.   Blogging is a great way to do this. Class blogs are an excellent way for parents to find out what is happening in class and what their child is learning. Students love seeing their work published online and adore getting comments from people. Comments motiva...

 Commonly or frequently Asked  Widget Questions    Here are some answers to questions the Edublogs support team are frequently Asked about: 1.  I am trying to remove a widget and I can not find it listed in my sidebar in Appearance > Widgets. How do I remove it?   The most common reason why you may have trouble removing a widget, or see two of the same widget on a blog, is some themes hard code widgets into their sidebar. Hard coded widgets can not be removed. NotePad Chaos is an example of a theme with hard coded widgets. Pages, Categories, Links, and a what is the place are all coded in the theme. 2. Why do not the categories I set up in Posts > Category display in my Category widget?  Categories and tags on posts are used to help us(readers) locate information in different ways. When your readers click on a categories link on a post or in your sidebar, it loads a page with all posts that use that category. Categories will not display ...

 Commonly used visitor tracking widgets    Visitor tracking widgets are popular on class blog because: Knowing you are writing for a global audience is incredibly motivating for students. Realizing people from other countries are reading what has been written increases students’ interest and excitement. This can motive students to blog. It also provides built-in geography lessons — many students constantly check for new visitors and enjoy finding out more about the countries where their visitors are from.  Here’s  a quick overview of the most commonly used visitor tracking widgets on class blogs: ClustrMaps: ClustrMaps is a thumbnail hit counter map widget that shows the geographical location of all visitors to your blog. Number of visitors from a location is indicated by the relative size of the dot. Flag Counter: Flag Counter widget shows the total number of visitors from each country next to the country’s flag. Every time someone from a new country...

  Meta: Simple Widget for easy log in and log out of your blog, to access your dashboard and to locate your RSS feed. Pages: Displays a list of your pages in the sidebar. Commonly used for themes that don’t have page links in the navigation. Recent Comments:  Displays the most recent comments left on your blog by readers. Recent Posts: Displays the most recent posts you have published. This makes it easier for readers to see what’s new on your blog. Search: Adds a search box to your sidebar that makes it easier for readers to search the contents of your blog. Tag cloud: Displays a cloud of the tags that you have assigned to posts. It helps your readers quickly see what topics you write about. Text:  Allows you to add text or embed code to your sidebar. This is a very useful widget because you can use it to add content from other sources to your sidebar using their embed code.( Note:  Only available on Pro or CampusPress blogs).  Some widgets are also add...

  Widgets and blog design   There are hundreds of different widgets you can add to the sidebar of your blog using embed code in a text widget but when adding any widget you need to think about the design of your blog. Widgets can be noisy, take up a lot of space, and may distract readers.   When adding widgets think about whether it adds to your blog OR does it distract readers from your posts? You need to have a balance between widgets and your blog content; you want people to read your posts! How to add widgets     Adding a widget is simple, go to Appearance > Widget.  Widget Video Tutorial : e.g. Edublogs Widgets Demo Blog Edublogs Widget Demo Overview of Available Widgets   Here’s a summary of the main widgets you will find in your dashboard and what they are used of: Archives: Used to organize your previously published posts by month. Handy for readers who want to browse for older content. To save space on your sidebar, change the conf...

  Step 5 : Adding   Widgets   This step explains how widgets are used on class blog. The aim of this step is to: Explain how widgets  are used on class blogs. Introduce you to the commonly used class blog widgets. Show you how to change widgets and add widgets to your sidebar. What are widgets ?     The term widget refers to any tool or content that you add, arrange, or remove from the sidebar(s) of your blog — these are the blogs that make up your sidebar. Widget How widgets are used on class blog?     Widgets are used for a wide range of purposes including to: Help students, parents, and visitors find information on the blog — e.g. Search widget, pages widget, category widget, tag widget Track visitors to the blog. Visitor tracking widgets are used to highlight a blog’s global audience. This can be incredibly motivating for students and provides a built in geography lesson — e.g. Flag Counter, Revolver Map Increase student en...