The class is designed to teach students about web applications, digital citizenship, personal network building, and social media responsibility and practice. This blog will be used to share with our readers the tools, websites, and web resources that students are learning about. We hope that you find a tool that you can utilize.

There are so many web applications available on the Internet that students may not even know exist. In this course, students will explore the Internet and take advantage of all that it has to offer. Students will learn that Google is more than just a search engine. They will discover various web applications that will help make their time on the Internet more effective and efficient. The web applications that will be explored include, but are not limited to: sharing buttons, blogs, avatars, RSS, social bookmarking, photo sharing/editing, audio and video, presentation, drawing, collaboration tools, and screencasts. Internet marketing and shopping sites will also be explored. Students will explore applications of which they can utilize to enhance both their learning and social experiences. Students will learn and practice digital literacy and responsibility, collaborate, share, create, socialize, and organize content, while demonstrating internet safety. Upon leaving this course students will be informed digital learner/citizen!


I LOVE LOVE LOVE looking for new tools to share with my students! I explore the web daily in search of new tools. I also gain knowledge from other Social Media blogs/websites who have found resourceful tools. Thank you to all of those experts who share their love for technology with the rest of us!


I also enjoy looking at the students creativity - through their blogs! My students love exploring Social Media! And will walk away with a collection of tools (their own Personal Learning Network) that will enhance their Internet experience both personally, educationally, and professionally.

iGoogle - Personalize Your Google Home Page - PLE

Today we will create an iGoogle homepage.  You will explore the various gadgets that you can add to your page.   You will find gadgets that deal with news, games and more to the of which you can add to your Google page.  Have fun!!! 
 
Students can benefit from having a "personalized home page" that gives them access to key information from across the web. iGoogle is one way of allowing students to create their own "virtual locker". Personalized gadgets can be added to this self-designed page, including news, local weather, a personal calendar, to-do lists, encyclopedias,and many other time-saving tools that will help students organize and complete their school work. There are educational gadgets such as the SAT/ACT Word of the Day and powerful gadgets like Google Reader, which brings together information from many sources.

Assignment #1 - Create an iGoogle page to be used as your homepage.
Choose a theme. Add and arrange gadgets as directed.
Begin with the following:
  • Google News
  • Links List
  • GMail
  • USA Today News
  • Google Map Search
  • Wikipedia Search
  • Dictionary
  • Online English Grammar
  • Calendar
  • Livestrong Fitness Tip of the Day
Add a post to your blog describing 3 of the gadgets you added to your iGoogle page and why you chose them. Include the # of current users for each gadget. Also add a link to your iGoogle page.


Customize your Google homepage by adding a theme and gadgets. You can switch back and forth from iGoogle to Classic view.

With Google you can: Search, Explore, Communicate, Show and Share.
iGoogle



Personal Learning Environment


Click here to create your iGoogle page!
  • Create an iGoogle page
  • Take a snapshot of your iGoogle page
  • Create a post called iGoogle and explain iGoogle.

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