Deb Norton Tech

App Smashing on International Dot Day - September 15th Watch this Chat with Deb video to see the first activity using Lucidchart Diagrams, the Quick Research extension, the Lucidchart Add-on and Google Docs   Blogging example: Give students a chance to begin showcasing their work and projects with a simple blogging platform. Students will make an account on Postach.io  and name and create a blog.  Students will make an account on Evernote Connect the Evernote account in Postach.io under the sources tab. Students will install the Evernote Web Clipper Extension from the Chrome Web Store. Whenever students create content on the web or have a picture of something they have done saved in Evernote, they can click on the Evernote Web Clipper Extension and the site or picture will be posted onto their blog. Students can use Doppleme  to create an avatar to represent themselves in a private and secure way. There is no account necessary...

This Chat with Deb is on the topic of student blogging. ` Here are the resources shared in this episode: Thinglink Doppelme Kidblog Tumblr Blogger Google Sites Our students' Kidblogs Here are some additional resources: A nice chart comparing many different blogging sites. Use the hashtag #comments4kids on Twitter to help promote student blogs and get comments. Edublogs - this is a wonderful guide on how to use Edublogs for student blogging.  A YouTube video on how to use Kidblog  Would you like to contact me?  Here is my email: nortond@ripon.k12.wi.us Click here  for all episodes of Chat with Deb

Several of the sites that we use such as Kidblog and Glogster allow students to upload a profile picture.  Since we teach our students not to post actual pictures of themselves online, we create avatars. The site that we will be using is called Doppelme .  There are a lot of sites for creating avatars, but my choice is Doppelme .  Here's why. Doppelme does not require an account.  Simply create the avatar and the right click and save your image.  You can get an account for free and have access to all of the choices if you would like to. Doppelme has plenty of choices so that students' avatars will all look different. Doppelme looks realistic and like people. Doppelme is simple and easy to use. Before we start, I make sure students know that they must be appropriate in their choices. Here are what our avatars looked like last year. Notice that we also use pseudonyms instead of our real names for privacy on th...