Created by CTAP Region IV, April 2005 TTT-29 publishing_agenda.doc Publishing Made Easy --Agenda Time Content Handouts 10 min Filler—Participants turn on computers and go to this website: www.ctap4.org/infolit/publish.htm 10 min Orientation 1. Introduce self and participants 2. Review the larger picture: question>search>reading>taking notes> writing>publishing. Place publishing in relation to the larger process. Our main goal: to answer our BIG question and share what was learned; Focus on topic, goal of the process. 3. Review objectives/overview for the session; Teachers will... a. Become aware of the possible solutions for publishing student work b. Understand legal requirements and learn technology tools for fair use and citing resources c. Use the publishing features of Microsoft Word d. Experience the free online service of Think.com Review agenda for the session 10 min Types of publishing • Print publishing • Web publishing • Interactive online publishing 50 min Word Publishing 1. Describe the features we will be using in MS Word 2. Model the following skills and participants mirror after each step on their computer • Formatting text • Creating columns • Creating a title • Adding a line • Adding clipart • Adding a photograph Sample Mayan Essay text (electronic) Notable Newsletters (PME-4) 15 min Participant work: Word Publishing 1. Participants continue to practice and explore the skills 50 min Think.com 1. Download cats_v_dogs.doc and have participants finish the assignment. 2. Introduce the Think.com site. 3. Have participants log into Think.com as “students” in Ms Morrison’s class and read their assignment, which includes voting in a class poll on pets and posting a scaffolded writing assignment to their own student Think.com page. 4. Participants post the writing assignment, then read two other assignments and leave comments on stickies for the authors. 5. Debrief possible uses for Think.com and explain how to get a free account. Cats vs Dogs (electronic) Created by CTAP Region IV, April 2005 TTT-30 publishing_agenda.doc 40 min Blogs 1. Participants pair share: Do you remember when the Internet first came into your classroom/or teaching situation? 2. Show the http://kferenz.blogspot.com on the screen. Point out – the url, the contextual clues for reading and posting to this blog. 3. Participants go to the blog site, read and post a comment (open ended either a response or their own story) Allow time for each participant to post 4. Refresh the screen and demo how we now have everyone’s comment visible. This is an example of distributed and collaborative learning – the knowledge is distributed among the bloggers and this is a collaborative writing exercise. 5. PPT Slide show – talk through the 12 slides (talking points are on the presenter nvotes of the slides 6. If there was time we would start our own bog. Use www.blogger.com. Be sure and select the “don’t post” or make public Blogs and Wikkis (PME-7) 10 min Fair Use • Review guidelines for educational fair use. • Have participants discuss various scenarios of possible uses of materials in small groups and reach consensus for which scenarios meet fair use guidelines and which don’t. Fair Use and Copyright (PME-9) 5 min Citing Resources 1. Introduce and review “Citing Your Sources—Simplified” 2. Describe and model the Noodle Bib website as participants follow along. Citing Your Sources— Simplified (PME-10) Noodle Bib (website) 5 min Evaluation Documents (in order of use) Document name Document file name File use Sample Mayan Essay (original) mayan_essay.doc Electronic Sample Mayan Essay (modified) mayan_essay_final.doc PME-2 Notable Newsletters newsletter_skills.doc PME-4 Cats vs Dogs cats_v_dogs.doc Electronic Blogs and Wikkis blogs_wikkis.doc PME-7 Fair Use and Copyright Policies fair_use.doc PME-9 Citing Your Sources--Simplified citing_resources.doc PME-10 Noodle Bib website Electronic