Teacher-Librarian Joyce Valenza teaches at Springfield Township High School in Erdenheim, Pa. In addition to her job there she also writes a blog for School Library Journal entitled The Neverending Search. Having met her her at this year's Edcamp Philly unconference, I am very impressed with her passion for her work and what she has done for all teacher-librarians. Here is a speech she made on September 5, 2011 at TEDxPhiladelphiaED.
Backchanneling: using networked computers to maintain real-time online conversation alongside live spoken remarks- Wikipedia
Several of the junior high school language arts teachers in my building have been using Edmodo with great success. It's great to see seventh graders excited about sharing ideas and communicating online. It doesn't hurt, of course, that Edmodo reminds the kids of Facebook. 5 Ways to Use Twitter to Avoid a Backchannel Disaster- from Mashable.com
Chatzy-have your own private chat room simply by inviting people and giving them the URL
Donut Chat- filter words, manage many rooms and embed in your web site
Edmodo- classes can have their own micro blogging network; students can communicate in real time, teachers can post assignments, questions for discussion
Google Wave-invite people into a conversation, post any links you might have, see text in real time and use many gadgets Google has.
If you've never seen a LiveBinder, let me introduce you to them. LiveBinders are your 3-ring binders for the web. Think of them as resource links in a virtual binder. LiveBinders is offered for free and allows you to add as many tabs as you like to your binder. The following are mainly for my fellow teacher-librarians and media specialists, but there are several that many of you tech geeks should love. NOTE: This post will also be added to the page for Teacher-Librarians and Media Specialists.
Last year, one of our administrators asked me to compile a list of sites on pros and cons of social networking and students. The more information I gathered, the more I realized what an important post this would be for teachers. All of the infographics can also be found on the page I made for infographics. Here are sites with information on the topic:
