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Enhancing Online Communications for Students and Families

Learn how to utilize various web-based resources to organize information, share content, and enhance communication for students and families in an educational setting. Discover free tools and platforms such as Progressbook, Viking Mail, Edmodo, Weebly, and QR Code Generator.

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Enhancing Online Communications for Students and Families

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  1. Creating Online Communications for Students and Families 1) Please log in to your computers. In this lab, you must enter “princeton\” before your username. ----For example, mine is: princeton\msand . 2) Please check your email from me.

  2. Topics in this presentation • Progressbook, Viking Mail, Edmodo, Weebly , QR Code Generator • Free online images and videos • Free software training through Atomic Learning to build your technology skills • Free Princeton logos and artwork that you can upload to your own online sites

  3. What are your goals for using online communications? • Introduce yourself as a professional and provide contact information • Post class and school information (syllabus, assignments, schedule, special events) • Link to additional content area or technology resources • Post exemplary student work **Please follow the link in the email that I sent you to complete a one-question survey. **FORUM

  4. Web-based Resources to Organize your information

  5. Progressbook- on the gradebook page under “Post Homepage”

  6. Advantages: Similar to tools you will find on Microsoft Word Post Text Post (1) image Provides a grade book Help is available at the top right of the screen Disadvantages: Only one picture per page Cannot insert clip art, video or audio Only several fonts to use Cannot link to another Progressbook page FREE!!

  7. http://www.princetonschools.net/ Viking Mail

  8. Advantages: Email/Gmail: chat Calendar You can give others permission to schedule your calendar Mobile notifications On the left> go to my calendar>settings>labs for new opportunities Documents Text/Word--- With Google Cloud Connect  Presentation/PowerPoint Spreadsheet/Excel Drawing/Paint Form (poll/questionnaire) FREE!!

  9. (Web) Sites • Post text • Post files and images • Google Groups • Discussions online or in email • Tech Support • Docs-https://docs.google.com/support/ • Mail-https://mail.google.com/support/ • Sites-https://support.google.com/sites/bin/answer.py?answer=153055

  10. Vikingmail • Disadvantages: • No video upload enabled at school • If you build a site here and then leave the district, you cannot save your completed project to take with you. • Sometimes Google Docs has complications • Documents will not upload • Have trouble sharing documents -It’s possible Viking Mail works better with a Google Chrome browser (free download)

  11. Advantages: Post text/comments, files, images, Video Chat Builds forms, polls, questionnaires Provides test making software Provides a gradebook (can be exported to Progressbook) Easily arrange easy to organize information into the library Allows grouping of members Possible for a teacher to track traffic of site visits Tech Support As a teacher, you can join professional communities based on topics that you choose www.edmodo.com Edmodo FREE!!

  12. Disadvantages: • The library can be difficult to reorganize once documents are added • Requires some monitoring unless you limit students’ permissions to “read-only”

  13. Advantages Free for Educators Post text (titles, paragraphs, entire documents) Post links to files and images Post Video – can be viewed online Blog Chat/Forum Builds forms, polls, questionnaires Provides test making software Provides a gradebook Easily arrange layout of each webpage/ easy to organize info Allows grouping of members Possible for a teacher to track traffic of site visits Image editor Tech Support http://education.weebly.com/ed-features.php

  14. Disadvantages: • Weebly Pro $2.50-$3.33/month for access to: -video, embedded documents, audio • Register the domain/publish your site online $40-$50/year

  15. QR Code Generator QR codes are similar to the UPC codes on packaging. They can help your student access any web links with their smartphones. One example of a free QR generator: http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ FREE!!

  16. Free online images and videos

  17. 3. Video Capture These products will capture a short video of whatever it is that you are demonstrating on the screen: - Jing (Free and Pro versions) http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html - www.camstudio.org FREE!!

  18. Click here to see a new library of free PHS Photos!Thanks to Lonnie D!! FREE!!

  19. File types to use online • Graphics- .jpeg, .png, .gif • Audio- • .wav (higher quality-uncompressed) • .mp3 (lower quality) • Video- • .swf (Flash) • .mpg • .wmv (Windows) ***Be sure to use the smallest file size possible if you are concerned with how quickly a web page is loading. 1 bit = 1024 kbs 1024 kbs = 1mb 1024 mbs = 1 gb

  20. FREE!! www.atomiclearning.com This is a free resource for our staff that has a variety of lessons to help us learn to use new technology. • Tim Dugan is the contact person for this resource. • Username and Password: • princetoncityschools

  21. Free Images to Copy and Paste

  22. Make the MAIN IDEA of your page a focal point. • -Bigger, different color, larger size, place a frame around it • 2. Only use 2 different fonts per page. • Try to repeat 3 or 4 main colors throughout your project. • Allow for extra space if you don’t want the viewer to miss an important item. Basic Design Guidelines for the Web http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/ -165 Mortal Sins That Will Send Your Site to Web Design Hell - Web Design Checklist 2: 83 Potential Mortal Sins

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