Transcript AASL Top 25 Websites (according to Liz!) for Teaching and

Selected AASL Top 25 Websites (according to
Liz!) for Teaching and Learning
Additional resources and links can be found at:
http://aasltop25selections.wikispaces.com/
And
http://www.ala.org/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/b
estlist/bestwebsitestop25
Compiled by Liz Deskins, for 1-10-2013 presentation
Original directive for
This AASL Award
 “The Best Websites for
Teaching and Learning
honors websites, tools, and
resources of exceptional
value to inquiry-based
teaching and learning as
embodied in the American
Association of School
Librarians‘ Standards for
the 21st Century Learner.”
New for 2012
 “The "Top 25" Websites
foster the qualities of
innovation, creativity,
active participation, and
collaboration. They are
free, Web-based sites that
are user friendly and
encourage a community of
learners to explore and
discover.”
http://blogs.middlebury.edu/fluency/files/2010/05/Blooms_Digital_Taxonomy.jpg
Remembering: recalling information
Actions for this level
include:
• Recognizing
• Listing
• Retrieving
• Locating
• Finding
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2.1.2. Organize
knowledge so that it
is useful.
4.1.6. Organize
personal knowledge
in a way that can be
called upon easily.
 Diigo: http://www.diigo.com/
a free social bookmarking, research, and
knowledge sharing tool.
 GoogleReader http://www.google.com/
A way to collect and store for future
reading all of the blogs, or other RSS sites
you subscribe to.
Ideas for using Diigo with students:
• Save important websites and access them on any computer.
• Categorize websites by titles, notes, keyword tags, lists and groups.
• Teachers and students can use the group and list features of Diigo to organize
bookmarks on themes or topics. Classes can also collaborate and discuss information
within Diigo.
• Students can use Diigo to create annotations on useful websites, and save the
websites to groups or lists.
Ideas for using Google Reader with students (or teachers):
• Google Reader can be used as a way to receive news on a certain topic for a paper or project to
directly to you. All the information on a certain topic can be found by a search engine such as
Google and then converted to a RSS feed and put into your reader/aggregator.
• If students have class blogs (such as one for group projects, discussion groups or lab groups) then
Google Reader can keep you up to date with any new activities on their blogs.
Understanding: The ability to comprehend
and to share what you know with someone else.
Actions for this
level include:
•
Interpreting
•
Inferring
•
Comparing
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 GoodReads http://www.goodreads.com/
Discover and share books you love on
Goodreads, the world's largest site for
readers and book recommendations!
AASL Standards
2.1.3. Use strategies to
draw conclusions …
from further
investigations.
4.1.5.Connect ideas to
own interests and
previous knowledge
and experience.
 Popplet http://popplet.com/
A free online tool that allows you to create
mind mapping and brainstorming diagrams.
Ideas for using Goodreads with students:
• Have students use it to research reading choices.
• Create a class group for sharing.
• Use the fan feature for active Goodread authors and follow their updates and posts.You
may even be able to start an online conversation with them.
Ideas for using Popplet with students:
• create Popplets to showcase their favorite authors,
• Use Popplet to help very young students gain English language acquisition skills,
including understanding word sounds, and creating word webs that show the
connection between words and images around a common theme.
• Have students share what they learn about characters in a book by preparing
Popplets in groups to write about the story characters.
Applying: The ability to use learned
material in a real way.
Actions for this level
include:
• Implementing
• Using
• Executing
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2.1.6. Use the writing
process, media and
visual literacy, and
technology skills to
create products that
express new
understandings.
3.1.4. Use technology
and other information
tools to organize and
display knowledge and
understanding in ways
that others can view, use,
and assess.
 Prezi http://prezi.com/
Presentations are created on a virtual canvas
combining visual images, text, and
multimedia pieces.
 Animoto http://animoto.com/
An easily accessible tools for creating videos
and presentations.
Ideas for using Prezi with students:
• As a portfolio of student work
•As a timeline.
•As an agenda.
Ideas for using Animoto with students (or teachers):
•Create a 30 second commercial or public service announcement about …
•Have students create a simulated field trip. Or a reflection after one.
•Create Book trailers which you can showcase on your library webage.
Analyzing: The ability to see and manipulate parts that
make up the whole of something. These can be classified,
sorted, or rearranged to demonstrate this ability.
Actions for this
level include:
• Organizing
• Attributing
• Collecting
-------------AASL Standards
2.1.2. Organize
knowledge so that it
is useful.
2.1.4. Use
technology and other
information tools to
analyze and organize
information.
 Livebinder
http://www.livebinders.com/
 Your three-ring binder for the web! A place
to store and organize information.
 Symbaloo
http://www.symbalooedu.com/
 An online visual bookmark organizer.
Ideas for using Livebinder with students (or teachers):
•Create your own PLN using this folder system.
•Create targeted information for a particular class resource.
•Use as your own personal online filing system.
•Find someone else’s Binder and add it to your shelf. This is called sharing, not stealing!
Ideas for using Symbaloo with students:
• Students can create an online portfolio of work.
•Have students create a background resource for a class study of something, for example, a
Shakespeare work.
•Create a “selected online resources” so students do not needlessly “Google” for information
during a project.
Evaluating: The ability to judge the
value of material for a given purpose.
Actions for this level
include:
• Monitoring
• Checking
• Critiquing
AASL Standards:
1.1.2. Use prior and
background knowledge
as context for new
learning.
4.1.7. Use social
networks and
information tools to
gather and share
information.
4.4.5. Develop personal
criteria for gauging how
effectively own ideas are
expressed.
 Twitter https://twitter.com/
Sharing information,140 characters at a time!
 Edmodo http://www.edmodo.com/
A secure place for students and teachers to share
and collaborate.
Ideas to use with students:
• Produce a Tweet dialogue between two opposing characters (e.g. King Harold and
William the Conqueror) about a key issue...
• Summarize a topic / concept / viewpoint as a tweet; each student should be given
a different one to focus on.
• Write a collective poem, each tweet one line of the poem.
Ideas to use with students:
• Have students write reflections that can be assessed online by teacher.
• Allows for online conversation between students.
• Peer critiquing.
Creating: Combining elements into something new
and different . Demonstration of new thinking from
assimilating information.
Actions for this
level include:
• Designing
• Planning
• Producing
AASL Standard:
1.3.4. Contribute
to the exchange of
ideas within the
learning community.
Use the writing
process, media &
visual literacy, and
technology skills to
create products to
express new
understanding.
 VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/
"A VoiceThread is a collaborative,
multimedia slide show that holds images, documents,
and videos and allows people to navigate slides and
leave comments in a variety of ways.“
 Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com/
"A wikspace is a workspace or presentation space
that can be viewed or used collaboratively. A great
space to share new thinking or just to design it."
Ideas to use with students:
•Use to allow young students “talk” about a final project, then share with parents online.
•English language learners can use this to collect language fluidity change over time.
•A classroom can create a community story.
Ideas to use with students:
•As a class, build an information space for a curricular topic.
•As a teacher, create a pre-chosen set of web sites or word documents for student use.
•As a librarian, put your summer reading lists here and give address to school
community.
Any further questions?
Remember, you are only limited by your
own imagination in designing ways to use
these tools.
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or ideas. I will add them to the wiki
created for this presentation.
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