MediaTech_Agenda

Media/Technology Resources

Demonstration and hands-on practice with Lightspeed EVL, MyBigCampus, Gale, WorldBook, Atomic Learning, and Visual Thesaurus, ESU7 Online Catalog. Participants will begin to develop activities that in which these tools could be used to address Nebraska standards. (Mac/Win) Lunch on your own 11:30 – 12:30.

__Lightspeed Educational Video Library (EVL) __ - Authentication protocol needs to be in place (LANMAN) (same authentication as MyBig Campus) - User accounts are created by LANMAN - Users can view approved videos, but only authorized users can submit videos for approval - Only YouTube videos can be submitted - For your school EVL website, go to http://lightspeed.[schoolname].[esu#].org/safevideos/ where [schoolname] is your district and [esu#] is your ESU. Example: http://lightspeed.osceola.esu7.org/safevideos/

EVL is used to share YouTube videos with school students without having to unblock YouTube for students. Teachers can preview a YouTube video and submit it to EVL for approval. Once approved, the YouTube video can then be viewed by students. YouTube is the only type of video that can be added to EVL. For other video resources, use MyBigCampus.

Activity: Submit a video for approval
 * 1) Find a YouTube video for classroom use and copy the URL (click on the up arrow at the bottom of the video screen). Highlight the URL text shown in the window and Copy.
 * 2) Go to you EVL website (see above) and login.
 * 3) Choose Submit a Video from the links at the top right of the Lightspeed EVL screen.
 * 4) Paste the URL form Instruction 1 in the text box displayed and click Get Video.
 * 5) Enter the title, if different than what is shown, select Category and Grade Ranges.
 * 6) Enter tags for the video. Separate with a comma, no space. Use as many tags as you can think of. This helps to find the video later.
 * 7) Enter notes if needed and your email and click Submit Video.

Activity: Search for a video that has been approved on your EVL website.
 * 1) Can search by title, tag or category.
 * Search for tag: STI
 * Search for title: Carribean
 * Search for category: Reference Tools
 * 1) From the main screen, scroll down to find a list of videos that have already been approved.

__ MyBig Campus __

 - Educational Tour

- Authentication protocol needs to be in place (LANMAN) (same authentication as EVL) - Create district and school(s) by registering MyBigCampus.org (LANMAN) - Need to adjust Lightspeed settings to give permissions for user properties (LANMAN) (such as link to facebook, link to EVL, look at other ligthspeed sites, follow others, library access, social content, etc.) - Once district and school are created, then each user creates an account and tie to a school.

Features - Private file storage - Assignments, Wall, Announcements - Public Library, Collections <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Calendar (Private, Group, Public) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Groups <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Messages, Blogs, Discussions

Use MBC as an alternative to Angel, Wikis, Blogs, etc. The "Facebook like" interface can be accessed with authenticated user accounts, such as logging into a network.

__Gale/Cengage__ - @http://galesites.com/k12/esu7 - Health and Wellness Resource Center - Sample Searches

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">- Kids InfoBits - Kids InfoBits Search Tips

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">- Newsstand - InfoTrac Student Edition Search Tips

- Student Resource Center - Junior - Student Resource Center Silver Search Tips

- Student Resources in Context - Student Resources in Context - Search Tips

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">- PowerSearch 2.0 Search Tips

WorldBook - @http://www.worldbookonline.com/ - World Book Kids - [|Training Site] - [|World Book Student] - [|Training Site] - [|World Book Advanced] - Training Site - World Book Discover - Training Site - Living Green - Early Peoples - Inventions and Discoveries - Dramatic Learning - Early World of Learning

Atomic Learning Technology tutorials subscription for ESU 7 teachers, staff, students and parents http://esu7techtraining.wikispaces.com/Atomic+Learning

Visual Thesaurus - @http://nnnc.visualthesaurus.com/

- Training Videos

Unit Planning -

Action Plan -

Link to Google Doc Sample Lesson Plan (be sure to copy to your Google Doc Domain) Link to Google Doc Sample Lesson Plan Template (be sure to copy to your Google Doc Domain)