Ann Bell's Posts - Classroom 2.02024-03-19T12:54:24ZAnn Bellhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AnnBellhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1949939472?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=18cud87jtiqh&xn_auth=noFinal Call for a Web 2.0 Coursetag:www.classroom20.com,2010-01-05:649749:BlogPost:4247062010-01-05T00:16:21.000ZAnn Bellhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AnnBell
<p style="text-align: left;"><img alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1974055015?profile=original"></img></p>
<br />
<b><br />
Final call for online course: EDUC 744 966 – EDUC 744-966M January 25 – April 9, 2010</b><br />
“3 Graduate Credits”<br />
<br />
<i>Implementing Instructional Technology Innovations</i> University of Wisconsin-Stout<br />
<br />
Web 2.0 provides critical tools to meet the demand for easier and more efficient ways of teaching and learning. Explore how to improve instruction using new technologies such as wikis, blogs, podcasts, photo sharing, virtual offices, simulation, and…
<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1974055015?profile=original" alt=""/></p>
<br />
<b><br />
Final call for online course: EDUC 744 966 – EDUC 744-966M January 25 – April 9, 2010</b><br />
“3 Graduate Credits”<br />
<br />
<i>Implementing Instructional Technology Innovations</i> University of Wisconsin-Stout<br />
<br />
Web 2.0 provides critical tools to meet the demand for easier and more efficient ways of teaching and learning. Explore how to improve instruction using new technologies such as wikis, blogs, podcasts, photo sharing, virtual offices, simulation, and digital game-based learning and new emerging technologies.<br />
<br />
This course is designed to help educators apply the current trends, research, and best practices for supporting instruction with appropriate application of recent and innovative educational technologies. For both experienced professionals and newcomers interested in incorporating the latest technology into existing curricular units to help students achieve their educational standards and objectives. This course will help educators develop effective teaching methods and instructional strategies that capitalize on students’ interest in technology and use that familiarity to improve students’ academic performance.<br />
<br />
Register online at:<br />
<a href="http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/register.shtml">http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/register.shtml</a><br />
<br />
You may pay via credit card, school purchase order or invoice.<br />
For more information, email Ann Bell bella@uwstout.edu<br />
or telephone (512) 240-5252.<br />
<br />
Sign up now. You won’t be disappointed.Final Call - Digital Media Online Professional Development Coursetag:www.classroom20.com,2008-09-23:649749:BlogPost:1924302008-09-23T11:13:32.000ZAnn Bellhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AnnBell
<img src="http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/media/images/banner.1.jpg"></img><br />
<br />
<b>Final call for online course:<br />
EDUC 744 938 September 29 – December 5, 2008</b><br />
<b>Digital Media and Visual Literacy</b> <a href="http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/media/">http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/media/</a><br />
3 graduate credits<br />
<br />
This course investigates visual literacy's impact on the learning process when integrating digital media with educational curriculum. Includes pedagogical considerations for using multimedia to stimulate inquiry, creativity, and higher order…
<img src="http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/media/images/banner.1.jpg"/><br />
<br />
<b>Final call for online course:<br />
EDUC 744 938 September 29 – December 5, 2008</b><br />
<b>Digital Media and Visual Literacy</b> <a href="http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/media/">http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/media/</a><br />
3 graduate credits<br />
<br />
This course investigates visual literacy's impact on the learning process when integrating digital media with educational curriculum. Includes pedagogical considerations for using multimedia to stimulate inquiry, creativity, and higher order thinking. Examines video pre-production classroom practices, video editing, video distribution methods and criteria for evaluating student work.<br />
<br />
Discover exciting new ways to integrate digital video clips and multimedia as an integral part of the classroom and library media center curriculum. Video production encourages student involvement in analytical thinking, script writing, performing, editing, proofreading, and using computer and television technologies in a purposeful way.<br />
<br />
Register online at: <a href="http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/register.shtml.">http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/register.shtml.</a> You may pay via credit card, school purchase order or invoice.<br />
<br />
For more information, email <a href="bella@uwstout.edu">Ann Bell</a> bella@uwstout.edu<br />
or telephone (512) 240-5252.<br />
<br />
<b>Sign up now. You won’t be disappointed.</b>Final Call for Web 2.0 Coursetag:www.classroom20.com,2008-09-23:649749:BlogPost:1924262008-09-23T10:43:50.000ZAnn Bellhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AnnBell
<img src="http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/innovations/images/banner.jpg"></img> <a></a><br />
<br />
<b>Final call for online course: EDUC 744 966 – September 29 – November 24, 2008</b><br />
“3 Graduate Credits”<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/innovations/">Implementing Instructional Technology Innovations University of Wisconsin-Stout</a><br />
Web 2.0 provides critical tools to meet the demand for easier and more efficient ways of teaching and learning. Explore how to improve instruction using new technologies such as wikis, blogs, podcasts, photo sharing,…
<img src="http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/innovations/images/banner.jpg"/><a href="http://"></a><br />
<br />
<b>Final call for online course: EDUC 744 966 – September 29 – November 24, 2008</b><br />
“3 Graduate Credits”<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/innovations/">Implementing Instructional Technology Innovations University of Wisconsin-Stout</a><br />
Web 2.0 provides critical tools to meet the demand for easier and more efficient ways of teaching and learning. Explore how to improve instruction using new technologies such as wikis, blogs, podcasts, photo sharing, virtual offices, simulation, and digital game-based learning and new emerging technologies.<br />
<br />
This course is designed to help educators apply the current trends, research, and best practices for supporting instruction with appropriate application of recent and innovative educational technologies. For both experienced professionals and newcomers interested in incorporating the latest technology into existing curricular units to help students achieve their educational standards and objectives. This course will help educators develop effective teaching methods and instructional strategies that capitalize on students’ interest in technology and use that familiarity to improve students’ academic performance.<br />
<br />
Register online at:<br />
<a href="http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/register.shtml">http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/register.shtml</a><br />
<br />
You may pay via credit card, school purchase order or invoice.<br />
For more information, email Ann Bell <a href="bella@uwstout.edu">bella@uwstout.edu</a><br />
or telephone (512) 240-5252.<br />
<br />
Sign up now. You won’t be disappointed."Implementing Instructional Technology Innovations" Online Coursetag:www.classroom20.com,2008-05-06:649749:BlogPost:1391022008-05-06T21:00:00.000ZAnn Bellhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AnnBell
<p style="text-align: left;"><img alt="" height="123" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1974048002?profile=original" width="590"></img></p>
<br />
<b>Final call for online course:<br />
<br />
EDUC 744 966 - June 11 - August 8, 2008</b><br />
<a href="http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/innovations/index.html">http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/innovations/index.html</a><br />
<br />
<b>3 graduate credits</b><br />
<br />
Web 2.0 provides critical tools to meet the demand for easier and more efficient ways of teaching and learning. Explore how to improve instruction using new technologies such as wikis, blogs, podcasts, photo sharing,…
<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1974048002?profile=original" alt="" width="590" height="123"/></p>
<br />
<b>Final call for online course:<br />
<br />
EDUC 744 966 - June 11 - August 8, 2008</b><br />
<a href="http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/innovations/index.html">http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/innovations/index.html</a><br />
<br />
<b>3 graduate credits</b><br />
<br />
Web 2.0 provides critical tools to meet the demand for easier and more efficient ways of teaching and learning. Explore how to improve instruction using new technologies such as wikis, blogs, podcasts, photo sharing, virtual offices, simulation, and digital game-based learning and new emerging technologies.<br />
<br />
This course is designed to help educators apply the current trends, research, and best practices for supporting instruction with appropriate application of recent and innovative educational technologies.<br />
<br />
For both experienced professionals and newcomers interested in incorporating the latest technology into existing curricular units to help students achieve their educational standards and objectives. This course will help educators develop effective teaching methods and instructional strategies that capitalize on students’ interest in technology and use that familiarity to improve students’ academic performance.<br />
<br />
Register online at: <a href="http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/register.shtml">http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/register.shtml</a>. You may pay via credit card, school purchase order or invoice.<br />
<br />
For more information, email Ann Bell <a href="bella@uwstout.edu">bella@uwstout.edu</a> or telephone (512) 240-5252.<br />
Sign up now. You won’t be disappointed.<br />
<br />
<b>Ann Bell, Instructor and Course Developer<br />
University of Wisconsin-Stout</b>Advantages of Social Catalogingtag:www.classroom20.com,2007-11-11:649749:BlogPost:743032007-11-11T22:36:17.000ZAnn Bellhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AnnBell
<div class="entry"><div class="snap_preview"><h2 align="center"><font color="#FF0000">Advantages of Social Cataloging</font></h2>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Social bookmarking has added a great deal to how information users share their online resources, however <a href="http://www.librarything.com/" target="_blank">LibraryThing</a> has taken social bookmarking and networking to an entirely new…</span></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="entry"><div class="snap_preview"><h2 align="center"><font color="#FF0000">Advantages of Social Cataloging</font></h2>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Social bookmarking has added a great deal to how information users share their online resources, however <a href="http://www.librarything.com/" target="_blank">LibraryThing</a> has taken social bookmarking and networking to an entirely new level.</span></p>
<h2><a href="http://annamaebell.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/bookshelf.jpg" title="Bookshelf"><img src="http://annamaebell.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/bookshelf.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Bookshelf" align="left"/></a></h2>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://www.librarything.com/" target="_blank">LibraryThing</a> at</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://www.librarything.com/">http://www.librarything.com/</a> is a social network of bibliophiles. It is a Web site to help people
catalog their own books, as well as connects people with the same<br />
books, and comes up with suggestions for what to read next. Its primary<br />
feature is the automatic cataloging of books by importing data from<br />
booksellers and libraries through Z39.50 (<span>Z39.50</span> is a client server protocol for searching and retrieving information from remote computer databases).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://annamaebell.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/books.jpg" title="Books"><img src="http://annamaebell.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/books.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Books" align="right"/></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Users (informally known as thingamabrarians) can catalog personal
collections, keep reading lists, and meet other users who have the same<br />
books. While it is possible to keep a library catalog private, most<br />
people choose to make their catalogs public, which makes it possible to<br />
find others with similar tastes. Thingamabrarians can browse the entire<br />
database by searching titles, authors, or tags generated by users as<br />
they enter books into their libraries.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Users of <a href="http://www.librarything.com/" target="_blank">LibraryThing</a> can import information from over 80 libraries including</span> <a href="http://annamaebell.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/library-of-congress.jpg" title="Library of Congress"><img src="http://annamaebell.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/library-of-congress.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Library of Congress" align="left"/></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">the <a href="http://catalog.loc.gov/" target="_blank">Library of Congress</a>, and the <a href="http://www.collectionscanada.ca/amicus/index-e.html" target="_blank">Canadian National Catalogue</a>. Once the correct book and edition has been located, a simple click adds
it to their own catalog. They can also add books from another member’s<br />
catalog or by searching on <a href="http://www.librarything.com/" target="_blank">LibraryThing</a> itself. Assuming the book is found (and most will be), each time a user adds a book, <a href="http://www.librarything.com/" target="_blank">LibraryThing</a><br />
automatically posts an image of its front cover, its date of<br />
publication, its ISBN (International Standard Book Number), a list of<br />
other editions. It may even suggest where a person can buy new copies<br />
online. If the user desires, they can add other information, including<br />
tags, a star rating, a Dewey decimal number, the date they acquired the<br />
book, the day they started reading, and the date they finished reading<br />
it. Users can add comments to the database and even post reviews. If<br />
the correct book or edition is not available in the available<br />
databases, users can add it manually or edit the record later.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Although <a href="http://www.librarything.com/" target="_blank">LibraryThing</a> provides cataloging data from the <a href="http://catalog.loc.gov/" target="_blank">Library of Congress</a>, it encourages its users to tag the books included in their collective collections. </span><a href="http://annamaebell.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/clouds.gif" title="clouds.gif"><img src="http://annamaebell.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/clouds.thumbnail.gif" alt="clouds.gif" align="right"/></a> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://www.librarything.com/" target="_blank">LibraryThing</a>, like many other folksonomy applications, incorporates a tag cloud into the “Social Information” page created for each book. The tag cloud enlarges the tags visually when they constitute a high percentage of use. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">When a book is tagged, you can view when other users or books use that tag.
“Members with your books” shows the 50 most similar libraries from<br />
other members. When viewing another member’s profile or library, the<br />
system shows how many (and which) books you share with that other<br />
member. If desired, you can leave a (public or private) comment on<br />
their profile. You can also add the member as a friend, to your private<br />
watch list, or as an interesting library.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">The <a href="http://www.librarything.com/" target="_blank">LibraryThing Web</a> site does not use advertising, but receives referral fees from online
bookstores that supply book cover images. Individual users can sign up<br />
for free and register up to 200 books.</span> <a href="http://annamaebell.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/dollars_falling_from_sky.jpg" title="dollars"><img src="http://annamaebell.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/dollars_falling_from_sky.thumbnail.jpg" alt="dollars" align="left"/></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Beyond<br />
that limit and/or for commercial or group use, a subscription fee is<br />
charged. You can browse for free can post up to 200 books free of<br />
charge. You can also access your virtual library from my cell phone<br />
while standing in a bookshop by pointing your cell phone’s browser to<br />
<<a href="http://www.librarything.com/m/" target="_blank">http://www.librarything.com/m</a>>. Beyond that, you have to pay either $10 for a yearly membership or $25 for a lifetime account.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://cat.danburylibrary.org/" target="_blank">Danbury Public Library</a>, Danbury, Connecticut was the first library to add the <a href="http://www.librarything.com/forlibraries/" target="_blank">LibraryThing widgets</a> to its catalog. The <a href="http://www.librarything.com/forlibraries/" target="_blank">LibraryThing data</a> is integrated almost seamlessly into the record display. Tags and the
tag browsers bring the cataloging efforts of LibraryThing’s thousands<br />
of users into the local OPAC (online public access catalog). Users<br />
merely click on a tag associated with a book and the tag browser opens<br />
and provides a list of all the other books in the library with that<br />
same tag. The tag browser also provides a tag search engine, which has<br />
created an entirely new way to navigate our catalog.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;" align="left"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Follow the link to a <a href="http://cat.danburylibrary.org/record=1263103" target="_blank">biography of Benjamin Franklin</a> in the Danbury Library</span><a href="http://annamaebell.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/ben-franklin.jpg" title="Ben Franklin"><img src="http://annamaebell.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/ben-franklin.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Ben Franklin" align="right"/></a> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><<span><a href="http://cat.danburylibrary.org/record=1263103" target="_blank">http://cat.danburylibrary.org/record=1263103</a>>. Notice the LibraryThing tag cloud at the end of the record. It provides
more links to related OPAC resources than the traditional Library of<br />
Congress or Sears Subject Headings. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Using <a href="http://www.librarything.com/" target="_blank">LibraryThing.com</a>, readers, authors, librarians, and researchers can now multiply their
resources by sharing libraries and network with those with similar<br />
interests and information needs.</span></p>
</div>
</div>Why Use RSS Feedstag:www.classroom20.com,2007-10-30:649749:BlogPost:683922007-10-30T12:54:30.000ZAnn Bellhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AnnBell
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><img alt="" height="150" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1974046326?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="139"></img> Many people are interested in Web sites such as news sites, community and religious organization information pages, product information pages, medical websites, and weblogs whose content changes on an unpredictable schedule. Repeatedly checking each Web site to see if there is any new content can be very tedious. Before RSS Feeds were available, users would have to go to each page, load it, remember how it is formatted, and find where they last left off in…</p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><img height="150" alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1974046326?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="139"/>Many people are interested in Web sites such as news sites, community and religious organization information pages, product information pages, medical websites, and weblogs whose content changes on an unpredictable schedule. Repeatedly checking each Web site to see if there is any new content can be very tedious. Before RSS Feeds were available, users would have to go to each page, load it, remember how it is formatted, and find where they last left off in the list.<br/></p>
<p>Email notification of changes was an early solution to this problem. Unfortunately, when you receive email notifications from multiple websites they are usually disorganized and can get overwhelming, and are often mistaken for spam. <br/></p>
<p>RSS is a better way to be notified of new and changed content. Notifications of changes to multiple websites are handled easily, and the results are presented to you well organized and distinct from email. The feed your aggregator checks is virus free and you know that everything in your aggregator is something you want to read because you subscribed to it. There are no ads, no spam; just new content from the sources you read. You can scan the headlines, read the entire post, click through to the actual Web site, and file the information away for later retrieval. <br/></p>
<p>Another feature of RSS is that it contains strictly content from web sites; it removes the eye candy that encompasses many Web sites today. You will not see Web site templates downloaded within an RSS feed, only the content that the web site is providing. A nice feature of some aggregator is the ability to create your own template and pull the Web site content from your feeds into it. This is often called web content customizability. You can see how this is literally changing the face of the World Wide Web.</p>